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INDIANA MARRIAGE REPORT
2002

Highlights

• There were 44,952 marriages performed in Indiana in 2002.
  
  
• The most frequent months for marriages were June (6,048 or 13.5%), August (5,072 or 11.3%), July (4,801 or 10.7%), and September (4,504 or 10.0%).   For details, see Table 1.
  
  
• More marriages occurred on Saturday (57.1%) 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, see Table 2.
  
  
• The average age at marriage for brides and grooms who had never been married before was 24.9 and 26.7 years, respectively.   For the white population, the average age for bride's first marriage was 24.4, while the groom's average age for first marriage was 26.4.  For the black population, the average age for the bride's first marriage was 29.2, and the average age for the groom's first marriage was 30.0.  For details, see Table 14.
  
  
• Only 49.3 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 24.0 percent of marriages, either the bride or the groom had been previously divorced.  In 5.3 percent of marriages, the bride, the groom, or both had been previously widowed.  For details, see Table 5.
  
  
• In Indiana in 2002, 11.9 percent of marriages were second marriages for both the bride and the groom; 8.2 percent were first marriages for the bride and second marriages for the groom; 8.6 percent were first marriages for the groom and second marriages for the bride.  For details, see Table 6.
  
  

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