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Table 1
Marriages and Marriage Rates for Counties
Indiana, 1998
Place of
Occurrence
Number of
Marriages
RATES
Per 1,000 population Per 1,000 females Per 1,000 males
All
Ages
Age
15 +
Unmarried All
Ages
Age
15+
Unmarried All
Ages
Age
15+
Unmarried
Age
15-44
Age
15+
Age
15-44
Age
15+
Age
15-44
Age
15+
Indiana 47,254 2.9 3.7 38.3 8.8 5.6 7.0 80.3 16.0 5.9 7.7 73.1 19.6
Adams 277 8.9 12.2 49.0 33.7 17.5 23.4 107.6 61.0 18.2 25.3 90.0 75.6
Allen 2,613 8.7 11.3 38.3 27.3 16.9 21.7 79.6 49.3 17.9 23.8 73.9 61.3
Bartholomew 664 10.4 13.2 53.3 36.4 20.3 25.4 111.6 65.1 21.5 27.7 102.1 82.6
Benton 84 8.9 11.7 54.4 32.9 17.4 22.2 119.4 57.9 18.2 24.5 100.1 76.3
Blackford 119 8.5 10.7 47.2 29.5 16.4 20.3 102.8 51.6 17.4 22.5 87.3 68.7
Boone 313 8.2 10.6 50.7 32.6 15.8 20.1 104.2 55.3 17.0 22.6 98.8 79.5
Brown 130 9.2 11.6 54.2 35.8 18.5 22.8 121.4 68.2 18.5 23.5 98.0 75.1
Carroll 123 6.5 8.4 39.3 25.7 12.8 16.2 88.1 46.8 13.4 17.3 71.0 56.8
Cass 343 8.9 11.4 46.7 29.4 17.2 21.6 99.0 51.4 18.6 24.2 88.3 68.5
Clark 784 8.9 11.3 41.4 27.8 17.1 21.3 83.9 48.1 18.7 24.2 81.8 65.6
Clay 232 9.4 12.0 55.7 33.0 18.0 22.6 121.7 56.5 19.6 25.5 102.8 79.1
Clinton 249 8.0 10.4 47.9 29.7 15.5 19.8 103.8 51.5 16.7 22.1 89.0 70.1
Crawford 104 10.5 13.5 60.5 36.7 20.8 26.4 139.5 69.2 21.1 27.6 106.7 78.4
Daviess 235 8.5 11.3 50.0 30.4 16.5 21.4 107.4 53.3 17.7 23.8 93.4 70.7
Dearborn 344 8.9 11.7 49.1 32.7 17.4 22.6 107.1 59.9 18.1 24.1 90.8 71.7
Decatur 218 9.2 12.1 50.3 33.4 18.2 23.5 111.6 61.5 18.7 25.0 91.5 73.4
DeKalb 375 10.6 14.0 56.5 38.9 20.8 27.2 126.2 71.7 21.7 28.9 102.4 85.0
Delaware 955 8.0 9.8 27.7 20.5 15.2 18.3 55.2 36.2 16.8 20.9 55.8 47.1
Dubois 294 8.0 10.5 43.2 29.2 15.8 20.5 95.9 54.0 16.4 21.7 78.5 63.6
Elkhart 1,542 9.9 13.0 48.5 34.4 19.3 25.1 103.1 62.4 20.2 27.1 91.6 76.6
Fayette 280 10.8 13.7 54.7 35.0 20.8 26.0 117.6 62.4 22.3 28.7 102.4 79.5
Floyd 486 7.5 9.7 36.7 24.3 14.4 18.2 74.7 42.2 15.8 20.7 72.2 57.2
Fountain 126 7.1 9.0 43.2 25.4 13.7 17.1 94.2 44.3 14.7 18.9 79.9 59.5
Franklin 118 6.0 8.0 34.4 22.7 11.9 15.6 80.7 42.9 12.2 16.2 60.0 48.4
Fulton 161 8.5 11.0 50.8 31.5 16.6 21.0 108.4 56.1 17.6 23.0 95.8 71.8
Gibson 166 5.2 6.6 29.9 18.3 10.0 12.6 65.5 32.0 10.8 14.0 55.0 42.8
Grant 658 8.9 11.1 39.8 26.5 17.1 21.2 80.7 47.1 18.4 23.5 78.4 60.7
Greene 278 9.1 11.6 54.8 32.5 17.7 22.1 123.2 57.7 18.9 24.3 98.8 74.3
Hamilton 1,114 10.2 13.5 58.3 43.2 20.0 26.2 120.1 78.2 20.9 28.1 113.5 96.5
Hancock 411 9.0 11.7 50.4 35.4 17.8 22.6 109.2 65.0 18.4 24.0 93.8 77.9
Harrison 221 7.4 9.7 41.5 28.3 14.7 18.9 92.4 52.8 14.9 19.8 75.5 61.0
Hendricks 651 8.6 11.1 46.1 33.7 17.3 22.3 111.1 66.9 17.1 22.2 78.9 67.9
Henry 376 7.8 9.7 41.6 26.5 15.0 18.5 89.0 46.6 16.3 20.6 78.2 61.6
Howard 813 10.1 12.9 48.9 32.9 19.3 24.2 98.8 56.9 21.0 27.5 97.0 77.8
Huntington 328 9.3 12.1 50.5 33.1 18.0 23.1 109.6 58.6 19.1 25.4 93.5 76.0
Jackson 335 8.9 11.4 49.0 31.8 17.2 21.9 105.0 56.6 18.3 23.9 91.9 72.7
Jasper 246 9.9 12.9 51.1 36.2 19.5 25.2 112.4 67.7 19.9 26.5 93.7 78.0
Jay 162 7.5 9.6 41.8 26.4 14.6 18.3 90.4 46.2 15.5 20.3 77.7 61.6
Jefferson 210 7.0 8.9 32.5 21.5 13.7 17.0 68.1 39.1 14.5 18.6 62.0 48.0
Jennings 248 10.5 13.4 51.7 35.2 20.8 26.3 113.6 66.4 21.2 27.4 94.9 74.8
Johnson 859 9.7 12.5 48.2 34.2 18.9 24.0 101.3 61.0 20.1 26.2 91.8 77.8
Knox 313 7.8 9.7 33.1 21.7 15.3 18.8 77.3 40.1 16.1 20.3 57.9 47.5
Kosciusko 637 9.8 12.9 54.4 37.9 19.1 25.0 115.1 68.9 19.9 26.8 103.3 84.3
LaGrange 357 12.1 17.1 66.6 49.7 24.2 33.8 146.6 95.5 24.2 34.7 122.0 103.8
Lake 2,998 6.3 8.2 26.5 18.1 12.1 15.5 53.3 32.3 13.1 17.5 52.9 41.3
LaPorte 866 8.1 10.2 35.1 24.0 16.5 20.8 86.1 48.4 15.9 20.2 59.1 47.6
Lawrence 409 9.5 12.1 53.6 33.6 18.5 23.0 116.6 59.6 19.7 25.4 99.2 77.1
Madison 1,138 8.7 10.9 38.9 26.1 17.1 21.1 85.8 47.8 17.8 22.6 71.3 57.3
Marion 7,282 9.1 11.7 35.1 24.5 17.4 21.8 69.4 43.0 19.2 25.1 70.9 57.1
Marshall 400 9.5 12.5 54.1 35.4 18.6 24.1 119.3 64.3 19.3 25.9 98.9 79.0
Martin 68 7.6 9.8 41.4 26.6 15.0 19.1 91.6 49.4 15.5 20.2 75.7 57.7
Miami 311 8.4 11.1 46.8 31.7 16.6 21.6 104.7 58.6 17.1 22.7 84.7 68.8
Monroe 944 8.7 10.3 21.2 18.0 16.7 19.6 41.8 33.4 17.9 21.5 42.8 39.2
Montgomery 296 8.6 10.9 44.9 29.4 17.1 21.3 108.3 55.9 17.3 22.2 76.7 62.2
Morgan 545 9.7 12.6 53.6 37.7 19.2 24.5 116.2 69.2 19.8 26.1 99.4 83.0
Newton 106 7.8 10.3 45.5 29.5 15.4 20.0 101.8 54.9 15.9 21.2 82.2 63.7
Noble 391 10.3 13.7 55.8 38.2 20.4 26.6 124.7 70.7 20.9 28.2 101.1 83.3
Ohio 43 8.1 10.4 48.7 30.2 15.8 20.0 113.5 54.2 16.6 21.7 85.4 68.3
Orange 194 10.5 13.5 58.4 36.4 20.5 26.0 128.4 65.8 21.6 28.1 107.2 81.5
Owen 206 11.9 15.3 71.0 45.7 23.5 30.0 155.4 85.1 24.2 31.4 130.7 98.6
Parke 141 9.1 11.5 50.8 31.3 17.8 22.0 110.7 56.6 18.9 24.1 93.8 69.9
Perry 152 8.0 10.1 39.3 26.0 16.1 20.5 103.8 52.0 15.7 20.0 63.1 52.2
Pike 87 7.0 8.7 42.0 24.9 13.7 16.8 95.4 44.7 14.1 18.1 75.0 56.3
Porter 1,026 8.0 10.3 36.9 27.2 15.6 20.0 76.8 49.9 16.3 21.4 71.0 59.6
Posey 172 6.6 8.7 38.8 26.3 13.1 16.9 83.8 48.5 13.4 17.9 72.1 57.4
Pulaski 109 8.6 11.3 53.8 33.1 17.0 22.1 125.5 61.3 17.5 23.3 94.2 71.8
Putnam 268 8.8 10.9 35.0 25.9 18.1 22.6 87.2 54.0 17.2 21.2 58.4 49.7
Randolph 200 7.4 9.3 41.6 26.4 14.3 17.7 89.4 46.7 15.2 19.6 77.8 61.0
Ripley 172 7.0 9.1 39.0 24.7 13.7 17.6 86.7 45.1 14.3 18.9 71.0 54.6
Rush 157 8.7 11.2 47.7 30.7 16.8 21.3 103.2 54.6 17.9 23.5 88.8 70.3
St. Joseph 1,926 7.8 9.9 31.9 22.1 15.0 18.8 66.5 39.6 16.2 21.0 61.3 49.9
Scott 258 12.3 15.9 64.6 42.3 23.9 30.6 139.7 76.7 25.3 33.1 120.3 94.2
Shelby 320 7.9 10.3 41.6 28.1 15.5 19.7 89.4 50.8 16.3 21.3 77.8 62.7
Spencer 121 6.2 8.0 35.3 22.9 12.4 16.1 86.2 45.5 12.4 16.1 59.8 46.0
Starke 216 9.5 12.3 52.3 32.7 18.7 23.9 115.2 60.2 19.3 25.5 95.7 71.8
Steuben 431 15.7 20.1 77.2 54.3 31.3 39.8 179.9 106.4 31.5 40.5 135.3 110.8
Sullivan 183 9.6 12.2 59.9 33.5 18.5 22.9 130.6 57.0 20.1 26.0 110.5 81.0
Switzerland 44 5.7 7.3 34.2 20.2 11.2 14.3 78.3 37.8 11.6 15.0 60.7 43.6
Tippecanoe 1,185 9.1 11.0 25.5 21.1 18.4 22.3 57.6 42.6 17.9 21.9 45.9 41.8
Tipton 121 7.5 9.6 41.9 26.7 14.6 18.2 90.0 47.2 15.5 20.1 78.3 61.5
Union 69 9.9 12.8 55.5 35.9 19.3 24.3 116.5 63.3 20.3 26.9 106.1 82.9
Vanderburgh 1,117 6.8 8.5 30.4 19.3 12.8 15.8 61.8 32.9 14.4 18.4 60.0 46.6
Vermillion 145 8.6 10.9 48.7 27.9 16.4 20.4 104.3 47.5 18.2 23.3 91.2 67.3
Vigo 777 7.3 9.1 28.2 19.4 14.4 17.6 63.7 35.8 15.0 18.7 50.6 42.3
Wabash 258 7.4 9.4 36.9 24.6 14.3 17.8 79.1 43.2 15.2 19.8 69.2 56.9
Warren 55 6.7 8.6 43.0 27.5 13.3 16.6 91.9 49.5 13.6 17.8 80.8 61.8
Warrick 298 6.6 8.7 37.4 26.5 13.1 16.8 80.0 48.5 13.5 17.9 70.3 58.6
Washington 241 10.2 13.1 55.9 36.0 20.2 25.7 129.6 67.7 20.4 26.9 98.4 76.8
Wayne 620 8.6 10.9 41.9 26.7 16.5 20.3 85.6 46.0 18.1 23.3 81.9 64.0
Wells 216 8.3 11.0 50.8 33.1 16.2 20.8 107.1 57.0 17.1 23.2 96.6 79.0
White 178 7.7 9.9 44.7 28.2 14.8 18.9 98.2 49.9 15.8 20.7 82.0 65.2
Whitley 221 8.0 10.4 45.7 30.8 15.7 20.2 101.8 56.2 16.3 21.6 82.9 68.0
Unknown 21

NOTES: 

1. Rates are based on population counts from the 1990 Census (see Table 15). Population estimates for more recent years are not available by marital status.
2. Unmarried includes never married, divorced, and widowed.

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team

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