NYC Vital Records used data from the Census Bureau to take a look at how the standard age to get married is evolving across the U.S.

Child marriage remains legal in most states, many of which allow children as young as 15 or 16 years old to get married. A handful of states have no age requirements at all for marriage.

NYC Vital Records analyzed the 2023 Census, which shows half of women in the United States get married ... increased the marrying age. Couples living together before marriage are becoming more ...

Meanwhile, in Washington D.C. and Massachusetts—states with the highest rates of women with college degrees between ages 25 and 64—the median age for marriage is 31 and 30, respectively.