Line chart showing typical marriage age is continuing to rise for men and women. After a post-war drop, the median age of Americans at their first marriage has been on a steady rise since the 70s ...

The average marriage age for Americans has increased over time, according to US Census Bureau data. In 1962, 90% of 30-year-olds had been married at least once. By 2019, only 51% of 30-year-olds ...

Most states have laws setting the legal age of marriage with parental consent at 16, but there are some areas of America that have not set specific age requirements for marriage.

As the chart shows, marriage rates have declined steadily since the 1980s. Today they are lower than any other time since 1870, including during the Great Depression.

The minimum marriage age in most U.S. states is 18, according to Unchained, but 47 states allow people under 18 to get married through exceptions like parental consent or judicial approval.

Pennsylvania has become the third state to fully ban child marriage, following Delaware and New Jersey.. Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law last week a bill that sets 18 as the minimum age to obtain a ...

A newly passed Louisiana law sets the minimum marriage age at 16. Under the new law, which will take effect Aug. 1, no person under that age will legally be allowed to marry. The state had no ...