6.1
2023 (latest)
MARRIAGE RATE
marriages per 1,000 population · 1970–2023 · CDC/NCHS National Vital Statistics System
10.6
1970
10.9
high · 1972
5.1
low · 2020
−42%
since 1970
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. CDC/NCHS NVSS national table, per 1,000 total US population. 2023 latest; table titled Provisional; 2013-14 exclude Georgia, 2006 excludes Louisiana. 1970-1999 from NCHS Health E-Stat 'Marriage Rates in the United States, 1900-2018' (Curtin & Sutton 2020); its 2000-2018 overlap matches the NVSS table exactly.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/marriage-divorce.htm
- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/marriage_rate_2018/marriage_rate_2018.pdf
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Marriage Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.1 | −2% |
| 2022 | 6.2 | +3% |
| 2021 | 6.0 | +18% |
| 2020 | 5.1 | −16% |
| 2019 | 6.1 | −6% |
| 2018 | 6.5 | −6% |
| 2017 | 6.9 | −1% |
| 2016 | 7.0 | +1% |
| 2015 | 6.9 | +0% |
| 2014 | 6.9 | +1% |
| 2013 | 6.8 | +0% |
| 2012 | 6.8 | +0% |
| 2011 | 6.8 | +0% |
| 2010 | 6.8 | +0% |
| 2009 | 6.8 | −4% |
| 2008 | 7.1 | −3% |
| 2007 | 7.3 | −3% |
| 2006 | 7.5 | −1% |
| 2005 | 7.6 | −3% |
| 2004 | 7.8 | +1% |
| 2003 | 7.7 | −4% |
| 2002 | 8.0 | −2% |
| 2001 | 8.2 | +0% |
| 2000 | 8.2 | −5% |
| 1999 | 8.6 | +2% |
| 1998 | 8.4 | −6% |
| 1997 | 8.9 | +1% |
| 1996 | 8.8 | −1% |
| 1995 | 8.9 | −2% |
| 1994 | 9.1 | +1% |
| 1993 | 9.0 | −3% |
| 1992 | 9.3 | −1% |
| 1991 | 9.4 | −4% |
| 1990 | 9.8 | +1% |
| 1989 | 9.7 | −1% |
| 1988 | 9.8 | −1% |
| 1987 | 9.9 | −1% |
| 1986 | 10.0 | −1% |
| 1985 | 10.1 | −4% |
| 1984 | 10.5 | +0% |
| 1983 | 10.5 | −1% |
| 1982 | 10.6 | +0% |
| 1981 | 10.6 | +0% |
| 1980 | 10.6 | +2% |
| 1979 | 10.4 | +1% |
| 1978 | 10.3 | +4% |
| 1977 | 9.9 | +0% |
| 1976 | 9.9 | −1% |
| 1975 | 10.0 | −5% |
| 1974 | 10.5 | −3% |
| 1973 | 10.8 | −1% |
| 1972 | 10.9 | +3% |
| 1971 | 10.6 | +0% |
| 1970 | 10.6 | — |
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