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INDIANA MARRIAGE REPORT
2003

Highlights

• There were 43,461 marriages performed in Indiana in 2003.
  
  
• Marriages occurred most frequently in the months of June (5,538 or 12.7%), August (5,132 or 11.8%), May (4,658 or 10.7%), and July (4,615 or 10.6%).   For details, please see Table 1.
  
  
• Overall, more marriages occurred on Saturday (57.2%) than on any other day of the week. However, civil marriages were more likely to occur on Friday, while religious marriages were more likely to occur on Saturday.   For details, please Table 2.
  
  
• The average age at marriage for brides and grooms who had never been married before was 24.9 and 26.8 years, respectively.   For the white population, the bride's average age at first marriage was 24.5, while the groom's average age at first marriage was 26.4.  For the black population, the bride's average age at first marriage was 29.5, and the groom's average age at first marriage was 30.3.  For details, please Table 14.
  
  
• Only 50.3 percent of marriages were first marriages for both the bride and the groom; 24.4 percent of marriages were subsequent to a divorce for both the bride and the groom.  In another 23.3 percent of marriages, either the bride or the groom had been previously divorced.  In 4.9 percent of marriages, the bride, the groom, or both had been previously widowed.  For details, please Table 5.
  
  
• In Indiana in 2003, 11.5 percent of marriages were second marriages for both the bride and the groom; 8.0 percent were first marriages for the bride and second marriages for the groom; 8.2 percent were first marriages for the groom and second marriages for the bride.  For details, please Table 6.
  
  

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