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Indiana Marriage Report - 2002
Table 20. Number, Mean, and Median Age of Both Bride and Groom (First Marriage) by County of Residence:
Indiana Occurrences, 2002

County of Residence Number Mean Age Median Age
Bride Groom Bride Groom Bride Groom
INDIANA
25,022
24,705
24.7
26.6
23.0
25.0
Adams
172
163
23.1
25.1
22.0
23.0
Allen
1,528
1,558
25.6
27.2
24.0
26.0
Bartholomew
282
269
24.5
26.7
23.0
25.0
Benton
30
28
22.9
23.8
23.0
22.0
Blackford
50
41
23.6
24.8
22.0
23.0
Boone
195
163
24.5
26.2
23.0
25.0
Brown
60
54
22.6
25.6
22.0
24.5
Carroll
80
74
24.3
26.5
23.0
24.0
Cass
170
184
23.6
26.4
23.0
25.0
Clark
377
415
24.6
26.8
23.0
25.0
Clay
111
111
23.5
25.6
22.0
24.0
Clinton
157
146
23.9
25.7
23.0
24.0
Crawford
44
50
22.1
25.6
21.0
24.0
Daviess
121
125
22.5
25.0
21.0
24.0
Dearborn
154
146
24.0
26.5
23.0
25.0
Decatur
121
110
23.4
24.8
23.0
24.0
DeKalb
170
183
23.1
26.2
22.0
25.0
Delaware
451
473
24.0
26.3
23.0
25.0
Dubois
161
179
23.8
26.9
23.0
25.0
Elkhart
859
872
24.1
26.3
23.0
25.0
Fayette
98
100
22.6
25.6
21.0
23.0
Floyd
217
206
24.0
27.0
23.0
25.0
Fountain
56
57
23.5
26.6
22.0
25.0
Franklin
82
81
22.8
25.6
22.0
24.0
Fulton
88
84
22.0
25.6
21.0
23.0
Gibson
109
101
24.5
25.9
23.0
24.5
Grant
251
246
24.1
25.6
22.0
24.0
Greene
128
137
22.6
24.8
22.0
23.0
Hamilton
812
766
26.0
27.7
25.0
27.0
Hancock
235
243
23.8
26.1
23.0
25.0
Harrison
137
116
22.8
26.0
22.0
24.0
Hendricks
415
416
24.7
26.0
23.0
25.0
Henry
174
168
23.7
25.6
22.0
24.5
Howard
353
347
24.3
25.8
23.0
25.0
Huntington
165
162
23.2
25.3
22.0
24.0
Jackson
204
202
23.7
25.2
22.0
24.0
Jasper
139
137
22.9
25.7
22.0
24.0
Jay
75
77
25.3
26.9
23.0
25.0
Jefferson
96
93
23.1
25.6
23.0
25.0
Jennings
134
143
22.5
24.8
21.0
24.0
Johnson
519
504
23.9
25.5
23.0
25.0
Knox
125
131
22.9
25.0
21.0
23.0
Kosciusko
356
345
23.0
25.0
22.0
23.0
LaGrange
220
221
21.8
24.7
21.0
23.0
Lake
1,639
1,545
26.7
28.4
25.0
27.0
LaPorte
404
422
24.6
26.7
23.0
25.0
Lawrence
160
154
23.1
24.7
22.0
24.0
Madison
517
466
24.1
26.0
23.0
24.0
Marion
4,302
4,212
26.7
28.1
25.0
27.0
Marshall
196
200
23.6
25.7
22.0
25.0
Martin
42
44
23.1
27.1
22.0
25.0
Miami
165
163
24.5
26.2
23.0
24.0
Monroe
518
530
25.2
27.4
24.0
26.0
Montgomery
142
164
23.2
25.8
22.0
24.0
Morgan
237
228
22.9
24.8
22.0
24.0
Newton
41
42
23.8
25.6
24.0
24.0
Noble
189
178
23.6
25.2
22.0
24.0
Ohio
19
18
22.2
25.2
22.0
23.0
Orange
93
98
22.3
25.1
22.0
24.0
Owen
75
73
22.8
24.8
21.0
23.0
Parke
56
47
23.6
25.0
21.0
24.0
Perry
71
76
22.8
25.1
22.0
25.0
Pike
58
60
23.1
26.5
22.0
25.0
Porter
532
524
24.9
27.0
24.0
25.0
Posey
79
70
22.6
26.3
22.0
25.0
Pulaski
64
65
22.2
26.6
21.0
24.0
Putnam
125
133
22.4
24.3
21.0
23.0
Randolph
94
89
22.5
24.2
22.0
23.0
Ripley
85
98
23.9
25.2
22.0
24.0
Rush
73
67
23.0
26.7
22.0
25.0
St. Joseph
1,052
989
25.6
27.7
24.0
26.0
Scott
102
105
22.8
25.7
21.0
24.0
Shelby
166
155
23.7
26.0
22.0
25.0
Spencer
71
81
22.4
25.3
22.0
24.0
Starke
107
110
22.9
25.2
22.0
23.0
Steuben
103
127
22.9
25.8
22.0
24.0
Sullivan
74
71
22.3
24.6
22.0
24.0
Switzerland
34
37
21.4
26.3
21.0
24.0
Tippecanoe
677
677
24.3
25.8
23.0
25.0
Tipton
73
64
23.6
25.8
23.0
25.0
Union
21
23
21.5
24.3
21.0
24.0
Vanderburgh
623
621
24.3
26.0
23.0
25.0
Vermillion
62
60
22.4
25.4
21.0
24.0
Vigo
360
337
24.0
25.7
23.0
24.0
Wabash
139
148
23.0
24.8
22.0
24.0
Warren
30
34
24.2
25.1
22.0
24.0
Warrick
157
145
23.6
25.7
23.0
25.0
Washington
96
111
22.9
26.3
22.0
24.0
Wayne
281
278
24.3
26.6
23.0
25.0
Wells
115
124
23.0
25.3
22.0
24.0
White
94
97
23.8
26.1
22.0
24.0
Whitley
128
118
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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