Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for 2008

National Vital Statistics Report, Volume 57, Number 19

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Technical Notes

Data shown here are provisional and include only events occurring within the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia). Provisional birth, death, and infant death data in this report are based on a combination of counts of events provided by each reporting area and registered vital events processed into National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data files. Some of these may not have occurred in the specified month of this report. Monthly provisional birth, death, and infant death data may be updated during the course of a data year. Updates based on registered events will be included in the month the event occurred. However, updates based on counts received from the states may include the event in the month it was processed rather than the month in which it occurred. This may result in a low figure for a given month followed by a high figure for the month(s) in which the delayed records were processed. Once the provisional data year has ended, updates cease. Thus, provisional birth, death, and infant death data may not accurately track either the preliminary or the final number of events registered.

Marriage and divorce data in this report are counts of all events occurring in the state that were received in the registration offices during the 1-month period. Divorce figures include reported annulments. There is considerable variability among the states in the procedures that are used to submit the counts of marriages and divorces to NCHS and in the extent to which the states update their counts of marriages and divorces as new information is received. Therefore, counts vary in their completeness. Marriage and divorce counts, unlike other provisional data, may be updated after the end of a data year if final counts are provided by the state. Readers seeking further information on this should contact NCHS at births@cdc.gov.

Tables A and B provide monthly, year-to-date, and 12-month ending counts and rates for births, deaths (excluding fetal deaths), and marriages, and 12-month ending rates for divorces. These counts include events occurring in the United States to nonresidents of the United States and differ from the data in preliminary and final reports that are based on place of residence. Birth, death, and infant death figures (death and infant death figures exclude fetal deaths) in Table 1 for each state are estimates by state of residence. These estimates are derived by applying adjustment ratios to the number of events recorded as occurring in the state during a 1-month period. The adjustment ratios for each data year represent the observed relationship between final state occurrence figures and final state residence figures for the 3 most recent years for which final data were available and are expressed as a single ratio for each state for births and deaths. Monthly state marriage and divorce figures shown in Table 2 represent the actual count of all events occurring in the state (state of occurrence) and are not adjusted by state of residence.

Until 1998, provisional totals for births, marriages, and divorces for the entire United States included corrections for observed differences between provisional and final figures. These corrections compensated for delays in reporting. Beginning with data for January 1998, these monthly corrections for births, marriages, and divorces have been discontinued. Further information on these changes has been provided in the National Vital Statistics Reports presenting provisional data for January (vol. 48, no. 1), February (vol. 48, no. 2), and March (vol. 48, no. 4) 1999, available from the National Center for Health Statistics website.

NCHS has ceased publishing divorce counts and rates based on provisional data from the combined 50 states because it is no longer statistically feasible to calculate estimates of monthly divorce counts for nonreporting states (California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, and Minnesota). Instead, NCHS publishes only the 12-month divorce rates shown in Table A, based solely on the combined counts and populations for reporting states and the District of Columbia. Aggregate 1-month, cumulative counts and rates, and 12-month counts for divorces have been discontinued because of their very limited usefulness when based on less than the full complement of states. Monthly marriage and divorce counts as reported by each state will continue to be shown in Table 2 .

In 2006, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana temporarily suspended collection of marriage counts (Louisiana does not provide NCHS with divorce counts; see previous paragraph). National marriage counts and rates shown in Table A for 2006 exclude Louisiana data. Louisiana reinstated the collection of marriage counts in 2007. Populations for these marriage rates exclude Louisiana.

Population estimates used for computing rates originate from the U.S. Census Bureau and are based on the 2000 census. All population estimates used for a single data year are based on population estimates of the same vintage (that is, the same reference year). Changes in rates between years in part reflect differences between vintages of the population estimates. Monthly population estimates may fluctuate from month to month even among estimates of the same vintage. This is especially true for population subgroups (e.g., females 15-44). This monthly variability in population estimates will be reflected in population based rates. Monthly rates are based on populations estimated for the specific month. Year-to-date rates are averages of monthly rates that have been weighted by the number of days in the corresponding months. Rates for 12-month periods are the sum of events for the period per population estimated at the midpoint of the period. Populations have been estimated by NCHS for the 12-month divorce rates based on the 44 reporting states and the District of Columbia. Monthly infant mortality rates are based on relatively few events and are highly variable. As a result, NCHS has discontinued publishing provisional monthly state specific infant mortality rates. National monthly infant mortality rates will continue to be available in Tables A and B .

List of Detailed Tables

  1. Provisional number of live births and deaths: Each state and Puerto Rico, December 2007 and 2008, and cumulative figures, 2006-2008
  2. Provisional number of marriages and divorces: Each state and Puerto Rico, December 2007 and 2008, and cumulative figures, 2006-2008

Acknowledgments

This report was prepared by Betzaida Tejada-Vera of the Mortality Statistics Branch (MSB) and Paul D. Sutton of the Reproductive Statistics Branch (RSB) of the Division of Vital Statistics (DVS) under the general direction of Stephanie J. Ventura, Chief, RSB, and Charles J. Rothwell, Director, DVS. Connie Gentry, Kathy Holiday, Chrissy Jarman, Susan McBroom, and Pam Stephenson of the Data Acquisition and Evaluation Branch (DAEB) were responsible for acquisition of the provisional data. Brenda Green, Kryn Krautheim, David Justice, Jenny Justice, and Adrienne Rouse, also of DAEB, evaluated the quality of the provisional data. This report was edited by Demarius V. Miller and Laura Drescher, CDC/CCHIS/NCHM/Division of Creative Services, Writer-Editor Services Branch, and typeset by Jacqueline M. Davis, CDC/CCHIS/NCHM/Division of Creative Services.

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Tejada-Vera B, Sutton PD. Births, marriages, divorces, and deaths: Provisional data for 2008. National vital statistics reports; vol 57, no 19. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2009.

Tables

Table A

Table A1. Provisional vital statistics for the United States, December 2008

[Rates for infant deaths are deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live births; fertility rates are live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years; all other rates are per 1,000 total population. National data are based on events occurring in the United States, regardless of place of residence. Data are subject to monthly reporting variation. See “Technical Notes “]

Item December 2008 (Number) December 2007 (Number) December 2008 (Rate) December 2007 (Rate)
Live births 351,000 356,000 13.5 13.8
Fertility rate 66.6 67.2
Deaths 213,000 214,000 8.2 8.3
Infant deaths 2,200 2,300 6.3 6.5
Natural increase 138,000 142,000 5.3 5.5
Marriages1 161,000 145,000 6.2 5.6
Divorces2
Population base (in millions) 305.8 303.5

See footnotes at end of Table A2

Table A2. Provisional vital statistics for the United States, December 2008

[Rates for infant deaths are deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live births; fertility rates are live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years; all other rates are per 1,000 total population. National data are based on events occurring in the United States, regardless of place of residence. Data are subject to monthly reporting variation. See “Technical Notes “]

Item 12 months ending with December 2008 (Number) 12 months ending with December 2007 (Number) 12 months ending with December 2008 (Rate) 12 months ending with December 2007 (Rate) 12 months ending with December 2006 (Rate)
Live births 4,247,000 4,315,000 13.9 14.3 14.3
Fertility rate 68.4 69.2 68.7
Deaths 2,453,000 2,415,000 8.1 8.0 8.1
Infant deaths 27,600 28,600 6.5 6.6 6.6
Natural increase 1,794,000 1,900,000 5.8 6.3 6.2
Marriages1 2,162,000 2,197,000 7.1 7.3 7.3
Divorces2 3.5 3.6 3.7
Population base (in millions) 304.5 302.2 299.1

… Category not applicable.

— Data not available.

1 All marriage figures for 2006 and 12-month ending marriage figures for 2007 exclude data for Louisiana. Populations for these marriage rates also exclude Louisiana.

2 Divorce figures exclude data for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, and Minnesota. Populations for divorce rates also exclude these states.

NOTE: Figures include all revisions received from the states and, therefore, may differ from those previously published; see “Technical Notes .”

Table B

Table B1. Provisional number and rate of live births, by month: United States, January 2007-December 2008

[National data are based on events occurring in the United States, regardless of place of residence. Data are provisional and are subject to monthly reporting variation; see “Technical Notes “]

Period Number Rate per 1,000 population Rate per 1,000 population (Unadjusted) Rate per 1,000 women aged 15-44 (Seasonally adjusted1)
January 2007 355,000 13.9 67.2 70.4
February 2007 327,000 14.2 68.5 69.9
March 2007 361,000 14.1 68.2 69.1
April 2007 338,000 13.6 65.9 66.9
May 2007 362,000 14.1 68.4 69.3
June 2007 356,000 14.3 69.4 69.1
July 2007 379,000 14.8 71.6 68.9
August 2007 390,000 15.2 73.6 71.1
September 2007 368,000 14.8 71.8 67.7
October 2007 371,000 14.4 69.9 69.5
November 2007 353,000 14.1 68.8 70.2
December 2007 356,000 13.8 67.2 68.3
January 2008 356,000 13.9 67.8 71.2
February 2008 338,000 14.1 68.7 70.2
March 2008 350,000 13.6 66.6 67.1
April 2008 346,000 13.9 67.9 69.2
May 2008 355,000 13.8 67.5 68.5
June 2008 349,000 14.0 68.5 67.1
July 2008 376,000 14.6 71.4 70.0
August 2008 373,000 14.5 70.9 68.0
September 2008 369,000 14.8 72.4 68.4
October 2008 359,000 13.9 68.2 68.1
November 2008 325,000 13.0 63.8 64.7
December 2008 351,000 13.5 66.6 68.1

See footnotes at end of Table B2

Table B2. Provisional number and rate of marriages, deaths, and infant deaths, by month: United States, January 2007-December 2008

[National data are based on events occurring in the United States, regardless of place of residence. Data are provisional and are subject to monthly reporting variation; see “Technical Notes “]

Period Number of marriages Marriage rate per 1,000 population Number of deaths Death rate per 1,000 population Number of infant deaths Infant death rate per 1,000 live births
January 2007 115,000 4.5 222,000 8.7 2,400 6.8
February 2007 136,000 5.9 204,000 8.9 2,200 6.6
March 2007 161,000 6.3 216,000 8.5 2,600 7.1
April 2007 170,000 6.8 203,000 8.2 2,300 6.8
May 2007 203,000 7.9 199,000 7.8 2,500 7.0
June 2007 242,000 9.8 188,000 7.6 2,300 6.5
July 2007 252,000 9.8 194,000 7.6 2,300 6.3
August 2007 218,000 8.5 191,000 7.4 2,500 6.5
September 2007 214,000 8.6 187,000 7.5 2,400 6.5
October 2007 193,000 7.5 198,000 7.7 2,300 6.3
November 2007 146,000 5.9 199,000 8.0 2,400 6.8
December 2007 145,000 5.6 214,000 8.3 2,300 6.5
January 2008 132,000 5.1 224,000 8.7 2,500 6.9
February 2008 136,000 5.6 222,000 9.3 2,300 6.8
March 2008 141,000 5.5 231,000 9.0 2,400 6.9
April 2008 159,000 6.4 206,000 8.3 2,200 6.4
May 2008 176,000 6.9 201,000 7.8 2,400 6.6
June 2008 218,000 8.7 190,000 7.6 2,200 6.4
July 2008 233,000 9.0 191,000 7.4 2,300 6.2
August 2008 225,000 8.7 191,000 7.4 2,400 6.5
September 2008 213,000 8.5 186,000 7.5 2,100 5.9
October 2008 206,000 8.0 198,000 7.7 2,300 6.4
November 2008 161,000 6.4 200,000 8.0 2,200 6.5
December 2008 161,000 6.2 213,000 8.2 2,200 6.3

1 The method of seasonal adjustment, developed by the U.S. Census Bureau, is described in The X-11 Variant of the Census Method II Seasonal Adjustment Program, Technical Paper No. 15 (1967 revision).

NOTE: Figures include all revisions received from the states and, therefore, may differ from those previously published; see “Technical Notes .”

Table 1

Table 1a. Provisional number of live births: Each state and Puerto Rico, December 2007 and 2008, and cumulative figures, 2006-2008

[Data are estimates by state of residence]

Area December 2008 December 2007 January-December 2008 January-December 2007 January-December 2006
Alabama 5,695 5,429 64,683 65,219 63,296
Alaska 944 865 11,444 11,060 10,992
Arizona 8,391 8,678 99,873 103,646 103,070
Arkansas 3,519 3,458 40,269 40,939 40,494
California 45,835 46,738 551,592 566,388 562,676
Colorado 5,718 5,703 70,271 70,992 70,969
Connecticut 3,123 3,224 40,406 41,684 41,588
Delaware 941 948 11,810 11,774 11,678
District of Columbia 651 624 7,794 7,628 7,565
Florida 19,812 20,144 231,395 239,273 237,371
Georgia 12,606 12,763 146,411 147,294 148,427
Hawaii 1,658 1,596 19,431 19,110 18,583
Idaho 1,985 1,937 25,288 25,053 24,320
Illinois 14,144 16,256 176,673 182,135 180,519
Indiana 7,362 7,403 88,176 89,916 89,461
Iowa 3,349 3,314 40,156 40,778 40,423
Kansas 3,496 3,403 41,687 42,268 41,290
Kentucky 5,052 4,877 58,402 59,127 58,390
Louisiana 5,659 5,600 64,396 65,219 60,190
Maine 1,044 1,085 13,672 14,177 14,213
Maryland 6,519 6,490 78,774 79,476 78,587
Massachusetts 6,080 6,206 76,526 77,731 77,610
Michigan 9,727 10,099 120,997 125,880 127,603
Minnesota 5,719 5,887 72,213 73,599 73,520
Mississippi 4,003 4,014 45,411 46,690 46,073
Missouri 6,733 6,743 81,099 81,827 81,478
Montana 1,020 1,018 12,561 12,407 12,506
Nebraska 2,213 2,224 26,914 26,967 26,744
Nevada 2,895 3,352 39,167 41,041 40,065
New Hampshire 1,080 1,112 14,066 14,397 14,534
New Jersey 9,292 8,988 112,658 115,294 114,934
New Mexico 2,197 2,437 29,683 30,392 29,867
New York 20,775 20,843 255,284 258,249 254,806
North Carolina 11,187 10,949 131,251 131,314 128,186
North Dakota 741 727 8,973 8,837 8,599
Ohio 12,405 12,110 148,850 150,892 152,112
Oklahoma 4,796 4,578 54,898 55,372 54,212
Oregon 3,873 3,825 48,619 48,957 48,229
Pennsylvania 11,956 12,294 148,640 149,970 148,234
Rhode Island 923 918 12,006 12,503 12,488
South Carolina 5,444 5,374 63,001 62,851 61,870
South Dakota 926 986 12,089 12,344 11,932
Tennessee 7,076 7,123 85,319 85,894 83,928
Texas 32,880 34,489 403,019 405,376 399,831
Utah 4,376 4,168 55,559 55,002 53,280
Vermont 469 544 6,275 6,492 6,412
Virginia 8,889 8,933 107,150 109,615 108,245
Washington 7,236 7,301 90,721 89,387 87,090
West Virginia 1,804 1,698 21,005 21,432 20,678
Wisconsin 5,795 5,778 72,471 72,932 72,425
Wyoming 649 627 7,976 7,858 7,632
Puerto Rico 4,062 3,878 45,367 46,551 47,785

See footnotes at end of Table 1b

Table 1b. Provisional number of deaths: Each state and Puerto Rico, December 2007 and 2008, and cumulative figures, 2006-2008

[Data are estimates by state of residence]

Area December 2008 December 2007 January-December 2008 January-December 2007 January-December 2006
Alabama 4,188 4,125 47,821 46,764 47,032
Alaska 309 290 3,503 3,486 3,318
Arizona 3,898 3,895 45,493 45,215 46,073
Arkansas 2,615 2,472 29,330 28,324 28,032
California 19,602 21,073 232,719 237,059 238,011
Colorado 2,731 2,569 31,402 30,077 29,502
Connecticut 2,346 2,525 28,610 28,536 29,790
Delaware 689 627 7,475 7,332 7,111
District of Columbia 501 450 5,115 5,217 5,177
Florida 14,751 14,055 170,535 167,196 170,007
Georgia 6,045 5,024 68,055 65,913 66,335
Hawaii 798 799 9,270 9,319 9,384
Idaho 931 920 11,006 10,967 10,703
Illinois 9,073 9,405 100,247 100,049 101,922
Indiana 4,934 4,751 54,612 54,246 55,652
Iowa 2,639 2,501 28,731 27,304 27,493
Kansas 2,132 2,163 24,643 24,307 24,473
Kentucky 3,300 3,046 40,720 39,315 40,066
Louisiana 3,054 3,533 39,634 38,611 38,376
Maine 1,056 1,027 12,433 12,398 12,280
Maryland 4,021 3,882 43,786 43,715 43,566
Massachusetts 4,780 4,691 52,892 53,109 53,631
Michigan 7,682 7,824 88,450 86,740 84,716
Minnesota 3,605 3,437 38,529 37,116 36,982
Mississippi 2,533 2,411 28,910 28,236 28,656
Missouri 4,897 4,872 56,919 54,463 54,913
Montana 788 754 8,907 8,616 8,488
Nebraska 1,363 1,394 15,492 15,280 14,952
Nevada 1,409 1,601 18,942 19,771 18,295
New Hampshire 902 922 10,272 10,178 9,901
New Jersey 5,758 6,093 68,506 69,172 71,809
New Mexico 1,265 1,340 15,586 15,261 14,962
New York 13,231 13,358 149,634 148,378 150,329
North Carolina 6,865 6,796 77,392 76,093 74,734
North Dakota 494 528 5,939 5,648 5,917
Ohio 9,849 9,856 109,831 106,772 106,977
Oklahoma 3,330 3,214 36,945 36,074 35,585
Oregon 2,707 2,762 31,767 29,186 31,361
Pennsylvania 9,700 10,858 125,754 124,485 125,151
Rhode Island 810 850 9,774 9,751 9,731
South Carolina 3,302 3,422 38,354 37,763 36,652
South Dakota 526 660 6,946 6,821 7,043
Tennessee 5,269 5,052 58,676 56,948 56,687
Texas 14,523 14,411 163,991 158,740 152,461
Utah 1,210 1,285 14,064 14,142 13,772
Vermont 462 344 5,119 4,919 5,009
Virginia 5,380 5,124 59,038 57,954 57,571
Washington 3,912 4,263 48,347 47,043 44,844
West Virginia 1,947 1,950 21,466 20,912 20,573
Wisconsin 4,201 4,272 46,813 46,130 46,188
Wyoming 383 363 4,175 4,200 4,281
Puerto Rico 2,573 2,421 28,570 28,606 27,406

NOTE: Figures include all revisions received from the states and, therefore, may differ from those previously published; see “Technical Notes .”

Table 2

Table 2a. Provisional number of marriages: Each state and Puerto Rico, December 2007 and 2008, and cumulative figures, 2006-2008

[By state of occurrence]

Area December
2008 1
December 2007 January-December
2008 1
January-December 2007 January-December 2006
Alabama 3,216 3,088 39,035 41,622 42,386
Alaska 346 442 5,847 5,800 5,536
Arizona2 2,884 2,560 37,772 39,495 38,983
Arkansas 2,420 2,663 30,961 34,275 35,088
California 16,041 14,148 246,802 225,920 225,341
Colorado 5,086 1,980 37,876 34,160 33,841
Connecticut 1,778 1,124 19,105 19,502 19,319
Delaware 329 262 5,391 4,970 5,105
District of Columbia 159 122 2,417 2,418 2,297
Florida 11,014 12,497 147,941 155,929 155,658
Georgia 548 3,625 57,361 64,034 66,456
Hawaii 2,234 1,855 25,068 27,346 28,679
Idaho 763 1,034 14,536 14,981 14,863
Illinois 5,437 5,790 75,882 76,830 77,981
Indiana 4,932 3,022 50,671 44,441 44,231
Iowa 969 1,059 19,564 19,895 20,060
Kansas 1,649 2,231 18,693 19,024 18,918
Kentucky 1,968 1,963 35,239 33,351 35,324
Louisiana 4,251 2,721 36,276 32,787
Maine 860 452 9,348 9,870 10,289
Maryland 2,734 2,543 33,391 36,618 37,020
Massachusetts 1,925 2,219 33,996 37,895 37,993
Michigan 4,206 3,269 55,726 56,996 59,400
Minnesota 1,464 1,340 28,820 30,070 30,952
Mississippi 1,225 1,198 15,872 15,824 16,560
Missouri 2,497 2,589 39,526 40,405 40,308
Montana 423 434 7,267 7,263 7,055
Nebraska 779 751 12,559 12,159 12,015
Nevada 8,564 7,965 112,185 126,354 131,389
New Hampshire 423 502 9,030 9,350 9,367
New Jersey 3,748 2,820 45,682 46,519 47,727
New Mexico3 507 524 8,033 11,229 13,423
New York2 15,433 8,216 134,969 129,943 131,004
North Carolina 4,911 4,536 58,994 63,932 64,736
North Dakota 240 292 4,107 4,316 4,354
Ohio 6,404 4,425 70,574 70,632 72,783
Oklahoma 1,918 1,666 24,913 26,508 26,266
Oregon 2,412 1,579 27,172 26,664 26,679
Pennsylvania 3,352 3,359 69,538 71,094 71,511
Rhode Island 333 340 6,487 6,786 6,990
South Carolina 1,146 2,375 28,578 34,908 33,852
South Dakota 347 272 6,196 6,170 6,303
Tennessee 4,511 4,511 60,651 62,149 64,505
Texas 13,623 13,623 179,451 176,313 178,116
Utah 1,150 1,636 19,978 25,060 23,342
Vermont 266 256 4,693 5,317 5,352
Virginia 4,024 3,872 56,882 58,289 60,235
Washington 3,207 2,812 42,133 41,397 41,559
West Virginia 692 888 12,299 13,303 13,263
Wisconsin 1,301 1,656 31,586 32,159 33,437
Wyoming 359 333 4,722 4,826 4,867
Puerto Rico 2,550 2,438 19,195 21,603 22,589

See footnotes at end of Table 2b

Table 2b. Provisional number of divorces: Each state and Puerto Rico, December 2007 and 2008, and cumulative figures, 2006-2008

[By state of occurrence. Divorces include reported annulments]

Area December
2008 1
December 2007 January-December
2008 1
January-December 2007 January-December 2006
Alabama 1,476 1,319 19,509 21,255 22,867
Alaska 117 231 2,921 2,897 2,825
Arizona2 2,051 1,952 23,985 24,515 24,274
Arkansas 1,155 1,225 15,908 16,858 16,486
California
Colorado 1,794 1,737 20,992 21,177 21,139
Connecticut 1,190 727 11,369 11,194 11,027
Delaware 198 249 3,147 3,215 3,239
District of Columbia 37 105 1,475 994 1,218
Florida 5,755 6,016 82,055 84,373 85,969
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho 666 596 7,182 7,348 7,394
Illinois 3,072 2,873 32,237 33,239 32,158
Indiana
Iowa 639 646 7,269 7,622 7,949
Kansas 897 1,664 9,971 9,426 8,462
Kentucky 1,377 1,464 21,029 19,743 21,127
Louisiana
Maine 641 411 4,709 5,614 5,608
Maryland 1,868 1,569 16,210 16,662 17,065
Massachusetts 147 1,006 12,992 14,644 14,621
Michigan 3,292 2,437 33,812 34,502 35,026
Minnesota
Mississippi 1,046 936 13,049 13,095 13,955
Missouri 1,682 1,744 22,495 22,223 22,243
Montana 363 291 3,449 3,901 4,192
Nebraska 569 516 6,129 6,151 6,095
Nevada 1,379 1,361 16,909 16,593 16,958
New Hampshire 312 306 4,909 4,981 5,322
New Jersey 2,024 1,810 25,766 25,687 25,794
New Mexico3 431 570 8,148 8,434 8,383
New York2 6,856 3,442 52,251 55,068 59,543
North Carolina 2,530 2,645 35,086 36,205 35,824
North Dakota 109 156 1,755 1,925 1,963
Ohio 2,211 2,776 39,009 38,884 40,111
Oklahoma 1,536 1,360 18,088 18,954 19,023
Oregon 1,310 1,216 15,045 14,499 14,867
Pennsylvania 2,967 3,215 34,089 35,508 35,330
Rhode Island 222 198 2,825 3,006 3,199
South Carolina 615 973 11,382 13,194 12,796
South Dakota 253 211 2,473 2,442 2,467
Tennessee 1,682 1,682 26,390 26,501 28,066
Texas 5,744 5,744 77,649 77,810 79,469
Utah 849 662 9,489 9,491 9,904
Vermont 199 221 2,225 2,256 2,390
Virginia 3,048 2,540 29,713 29,516 30,571
Washington 2,825 2,225 24,558 26,138 26,163
West Virginia 630 672 8,641 9,299 9,183
Wisconsin 1,350 1,266 17,067 16,458 16,730
Wyoming 96 181 2,727 2,610 2,690
Puerto Rico 1,515 1,480 14,880 15,454 17,539

— Data not available.

1 Figures based on monthly counts and may be underreported.

2 Figures for marriages are licenses issued for some counties.

3 Figures for marriages are marriage licenses issued.

NOTE: Figures include all revisions received from the states and, therefore, may differ from those previously published; see “Technical Notes .”

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