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Indiana Marriage Report - 2002
Table 18. Number, Mean, and Median Age of Both Bride and Groom (First Marriage) by County of Issuance:
Indiana Occurrences, 2002

County of Issuance Number Mean Age Median Age
Bride Groom Bride Groom Bride Groom
INDIANA
26,783
27,242
24.9
26.7
23.0
25.0
Adams
175
181
23.1
25.2
22.0
24.0
Allen
1,634
1,682
25.6
27.2
24.0
26.0
Bartholomew
303
306
24.6
27.0
24.0
25.0
Benton
34
33
23.1
24.1
23.0
23.0
Blackford
51
51
24.1
25.1
22.0
23.0
Boone
192
184
24.4
26.2
23.0
25.0
Brown
83
87
24.1
27.0
23.0
25.0
Carroll
79
78
24.5
26.6
23.0
25.0
Cass
170
194
23.7
26.4
23.0
25.0
Clark
431
446
24.8
26.9
23.0
26.0
Clay
107
111
23.9
25.7
22.0
24.0
Clinton
158
154
23.8
25.7
23.0
25.0
Crawford
40
46
21.7
26.0
21.0
24.0
Daviess
128
140
22.6
24.8
21.0
23.0
Dearborn
206
209
24.5
26.4
23.0
25.0
Decatur
126
121
23.2
24.6
22.0
24.0
DeKalb
177
207
23.0
26.3
22.0
25.0
Delaware
478
493
24.1
26.7
23.0
25.0
Dubois
172
200
23.8
26.7
23.0
25.0
Elkhart
910
961
24.0
26.5
23.0
25.0
Fayette
95
99
22.6
25.4
21.0
23.0
Floyd
256
268
24.3
27.0
23.0
25.0
Fountain
60
71
23.8
27.0
23.0
25.0
Franklin
83
93
23.0
25.6
22.0
24.0
Fulton
86
102
22.2
25.8
21.0
24.0
Gibson
117
108
24.6
25.9
23.0
24.0
Grant
264
265
24.2
25.7
22.0
24.0
Greene
131
136
23.1
25.2
22.0
24.0
Hamilton
867
849
26.1
27.6
25.0
26.0
Hancock
240
264
23.7
25.9
23.0
24.0
Harrison
130
134
23.2
25.9
22.0
24.5
Hendricks
442
446
24.8
26.1
23.0
25.0
Henry
166
165
23.8
25.9
22.0
24.0
Howard
377
382
24.4
25.7
23.0
25.0
Huntington
171
179
23.2
25.2
22.0
24.0
Jackson
211
218
23.7
25.1
22.0
24.0
Jasper
144
146
23.3
25.8
22.0
24.0
Jay
83
88
25.8
28.5
25.5
27.0
Jefferson
105
104
23.6
25.4
23.0
24.0
Jennings
129
141
22.4
24.9
21.0
24.0
Johnson
520
525
23.9
25.6
23.0
25.0
Knox
134
135
22.7
25.4
22.0
23.0
Kosciusko
365
356
23.0
24.9
22.0
23.0
LaGrange
244
258
22.4
24.6
21.0
23.0
Lake
1,845
1,843
26.7
28.5
25.0
27.0
LaPorte
463
479
24.9
27.0
23.0
25.0
Lawrence
161
169
22.9
24.9
22.0
24.0
Madison
532
534
24.2
26.0
23.0
24.0
Marion
4,529
4,444
26.7
28.1
25.0
27.0
Marshall
209
227
23.6
25.5
22.0
24.0
Martin
38
49
23.3
26.7
22.0
25.0
Miami
172
165
24.7
26.1
23.0
24.0
Monroe
583
602
25.3
27.3
24.0
26.0
Montgomery
149
177
23.6
25.8
22.0
24.0
Morgan
222
224
23.0
24.9
22.0
24.0
Newton
39
34
24.1
26.4
24.0
24.0
Noble
185
185
23.7
25.2
22.0
24.0
Ohio
27
31
22.4
25.3
22.0
23.0
Orange
97
104
22.5
25.9
22.0
24.0
Owen
76
79
22.7
23.8
21.0
22.0
Parke
53
52
23.7
24.8
21.0
24.0
Perry
82
87
23.2
25.2
22.0
25.0
Pike
58
61
23.2
26.2
22.0
25.0
Porter
624
624
25.2
26.9
24.0
25.0
Posey
86
83
22.8
26.5
22.0
25.0
Pulaski
66
67
23.0
26.4
21.0
23.0
Putnam
142
138
22.9
24.1
21.0
23.0
Randolph
105
103
22.5
24.2
22.0
23.0
Ripley
90
101
24.3
26.0
23.0
25.0
Rush
77
80
23.2
26.0
22.0
24.0
St. Joseph
1,202
1,193
25.9
27.7
25.0
26.0
Scott
103
108
23.0
25.8
21.0
24.0
Shelby
163
161
23.9
26.1
22.0
25.0
Spencer
74
83
22.9
25.6
22.0
24.0
Starke
104
109
22.9
25.0
22.0
23.0
Steuben
139
156
24.1
26.9
23.0
25.0
Sullivan
86
85
22.5
24.2
22.0
24.0
Switzerland
32
35
22.4
27.2
22.0
25.0
Tippecanoe
730
750
24.3
25.9
23.0
25.0
Tipton
74
73
23.3
25.5
23.0
25.0
Union
25
33
24.0
27.0
22.0
25.0
Vanderburgh
703
698
24.5
26.1
23.0
25.0
Vermillion
64
64
22.6
25.3
21.0
24.5
Vigo
381
373
24.1
25.6
23.0
24.0
Wabash
150
150
23.3
25.4
22.0
24.0
Warren
38
39
24.1
24.8
23.0
23.0
Warrick
159
165
23.8
25.7
23.0
25.0
Washington
100
121
23.0
26.1
22.0
24.0
Wayne
327
324
24.5
26.5
23.0
25.0
Wells
123
132
23.2
25.3
22.0
23.0
White
87
99
24.1
26.0
22.0
24.0
Whitley
135
133
23.5
26.4
22.0
25.0

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team.
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This table was run on November 3, 2005.

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