- INSIDER's Data team examined the average age of first marriages in every state.
- Most people across the US are getting married between the ages of 25 and 30.
- Men are, on average, slightly older when they first get married than women.
It's no secret that millennials are approaching marriage differently, causing the divorce rate to decline significantly in recent years. But when examining the age of people who are getting married, the numbers are surprising.
INSIDER's Data team compiled data from the U.S. Census Bureau to see men and women's average age when they first wed in every state. We found that the average age around the US that people get married hovers between 25 and 30 years old. Additionally, in almost every state men get married slightly later in life than women.
Take a closer look at how the average age of marriage differs from state to state.
In Alabama, the average man gets married at age 28.1. Women are 26.4.
However, Alabama is one of the states with the most divorces. In fact, there were about 3.7 divorces for every 1,000 people in 2017. Fun fact: the divorced wife may be legally prohibited from using the name of the divorced husband.
On average, men get married at 28.7 years of age, and women get married at 26 in Alaska.
Alaska is also one of the states with the highest divorce rate, with 3.6 divorces per 1,000 people in 2017.
Men in Arizona typically get married at 29.5, while women married at 27.5.
In Arizona, there were 3.5 divorces for every 1,000 people in 2017.
See the rest of the story at Business Insider