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Indiana Marriage Report - 2003
Table 18. Number, Mean, and Median Age of Both Bride and Groom (First Marriage) by County of Issuance:
Indiana Occurrences, 2003

County of Issuance Number Mean Age Median Age
Bride Groom Bride Groom Bride Groom
INDIANA
26,269
26,516
24.9
26.8
24.0
25.0
Adams
168
165
23.4
24.4
21.0
23.0
Allen
1,575
1,593
25.4
27.1
24.0
25.0
Bartholomew
319
344
24.0
26.4
23.0
25.0
Benton
34
37
23.1
25.4
22.0
24.5
Blackford
41
48
23.7
26.3
22.0
25.0
Boone
184
189
24.2
26.4
23.0
26.0
Brown
78
86
25.1
27.4
23.0
26.0
Carroll
75
72
24.1
25.9
23.0
25.0
Cass
194
194
23.5
26.0
23.0
24.0
Clark
415
429
25.1
27.2
24.0
26.0
Clay
122
130
23.0
25.4
22.0
24.0
Clinton
121
134
22.9
25.2
22.0
24.0
Crawford
31
33
22.3
23.8
20.0
23.0
Daviess
143
135
23.0
25.0
22.0
23.0
Dearborn
185
192
24.7
27.1
23.0
25.0
Decatur
113
108
24.0
25.7
22.0
24.0
DeKalb
183
187
23.5
25.8
22.0
24.0
Delaware
496
499
24.1
25.7
23.0
24.0
Dubois
196
211
24.7
26.1
24.0
25.0
Elkhart
787
801
24.7
26.2
23.0
25.0
Fayette
111
119
23.7
26.3
23.0
24.0
Floyd
245
252
24.3
26.7
24.0
25.0
Fountain
44
56
22.5
26.5
22.0
25.0
Franklin
83
86
23.7
26.5
23.0
25.0
Fulton
63
68
23.0
27.3
22.0
25.0
Gibson
125
138
22.3
25.6
22.0
25.0
Grant
274
272
24.0
26.3
23.0
25.0
Greene
138
139
23.2
24.6
22.0
23.0
Hamilton
888
875
26.2
27.6
25.0
26.0
Hancock
219
213
24.0
25.7
23.0
24.0
Harrison
143
141
23.2
25.0
22.0
23.0
Hendricks
506
515
24.7
26.3
23.0
25.0
Henry
188
181
23.9
26.0
23.0
24.0
Howard
380
379
24.3
26.2
23.0
25.0
Huntington
183
185
23.6
25.6
22.0
24.0
Jackson
176
195
23.5
26.0
23.0
24.0
Jasper
137
140
23.4
25.4
22.0
24.0
Jay
56
65
24.0
26.0
25.0
27.0
Jefferson
99
105
24.0
26.0
23.0
24.0
Jennings
112
117
23.5
25.4
22.0
24.0
Johnson
553
549
24.3
26.0
23.0
25.0
Knox
151
158
23.1
25.8
22.0
24.0
Kosciusko
377
380
23.1
25.0
22.0
24.0
LaGrange
206
207
22.8
24.3
21.0
23.0
Lake
1,761
1,753
26.9
28.4
25.0
27.0
LaPorte
452
446
25.5
27.0
24.0
26.0
Lawrence
199
195
23.1
25.6
22.0
23.0
Madison
545
564
24.2
26.2
23.0
25.0
Marion
4,376
4,304
26.6
28.2
25.0
27.0
Marshall
209
229
23.9
26.1
22.0
24.0
Martin
44
49
22.9
26.4
22.0
24.0
Miami
156
153
23.8
25.7
22.0
24.0
Monroe
534
537
25.8
27.4
25.0
26.0
Montgomery
150
154
24.2
25.7
23.0
25.0
Morgan
262
258
23.7
25.5
22.0
24.0
Newton
44
49
24.4
26.7
23.0
26.0
Noble
188
203
23.4
26.3
22.0
24.0
Ohio
15
18
23.4
25.1
22.0
24.5
Orange
100
96
23.4
25.6
22.0
24.0
Owen
80
74
23.4
24.5
22.0
23.0
Parke
52
56
23.9
26.3
22.5
24.5
Perry
84
95
24.3
26.2
23.0
25.0
Pike
53
52
22.9
26.5
22.0
25.0
Porter
593
576
25.4
27.3
24.0
26.0
Posey
82
88
24.3
26.5
23.0
25.0
Pulaski
54
60
23.5
25.5
22.5
24.0
Putnam
119
122
22.7
25.6
22.0
24.0
Randolph
85
101
22.8
25.7
22.0
25.0
Ripley
100
113
24.0
25.9
23.0
25.0
Rush
73
79
23.0
25.1
22.0
24.0
St. Joseph
1,133
1,157
25.9
27.9
25.0
26.0
Scott
90
97
23.6
25.5
22.0
24.5
Shelby
170
174
23.6
26.6
23.0
25.0
Spencer
80
78
23.9
25.7
23.0
25.0
Starke
75
79
23.2
26.0
22.0
24.0
Steuben
146
156
25.1
27.2
23.0
25.0
Sullivan
78
80
22.7
24.9
22.0
24.0
Switzerland
29
31
23.5
27.0
23.0
25.0
Tippecanoe
738
710
25.2
26.4
24.0
25.0
Tipton
62
59
22.8
24.6
22.0
23.0
Union
26
26
23.3
23.7
21.0
22.0
Vanderburgh
700
700
24.8
26.7
24.0
25.0
Vermillion
62
61
22.3
24.7
21.0
24.0
Vigo
407
410
24.4
26.2
23.0
24.0
Wabash
136
134
23.9
25.3
22.0
24.0
Warren
38
35
22.3
24.5
22.0
23.0
Warrick
184
186
23.2
25.6
23.0
24.0
Washington
101
96
23.4
24.9
22.0
23.0
Wayne
317
325
23.7
26.5
22.0
25.0
Wells
130
140
22.5
24.7
21.5
23.0
White
105
101
24.7
25.9
24.0
24.0
Whitley
135
135
23.7
25.1
23.0
24.0

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Public Health System Development and Data Commission, Data Analysis Team.
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This table was run on September 24, 2007.

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