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Marriages and Marriage Rates
Michigan and United States
Occurrences
Selected Years, 1900 - 2008

Year	United States		Michigan
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
1900	709,000	18.6	23,295	19.2
1910	948,000	20.5	29,039	20.7
1920	1,274,476	23.9	50,805	27.7
1930	1,126,856	18.3	29,482	12.2
1940	1,595,879	24.2	46,342	17.6
1950	1,667,231	22.1	58,180	18.3
1960	1,523,000	17.0	61,090	15.6
1970	2,158,802	21.2	91,933	20.7
1980	2,390,252	21.2	86,898	18.8
1990	2,443,489	19.6	76,099	16.3
1991	2,371,000	18.8	72,747	15.5
1992	2,362,000	18.5	71,322	15.1
1993	2,334,000	18.1	70,771	14.9
1994	2,362,000	18.1	70,966	14.8
1995	2,336,000	17.8	71,042	14.7
1996	2,344,000	17.7	68,598	14.1
1997	2,384,000	17.8	66,974	13.7
1998	2,244,000	16.6	65,642	13.4
1999	2,358,000	17.3	67,105	13.6
2000	2,329,000	17.0	66,326	13.4
2001	2,327,000	16.6	66,876	13.6
2002	2,256,000	15.6	65,104	13.2
2003	2,187,000	15.0	62,920	12.5
2004	2,279,000	15.6	61,932	12.3
2005	2,230,000	15.0	61,108	12.1
2006	2,193,000	14.8	59,400	11.8
2007	2,205,000	14.6	56,996	11.3
2008	n.a.	n.a.	55,465	11.0

Note: Rates are the number of persons married per 1,000 population. Beginning with 1978, marriage data for the U.S. include non-licensed marriages registered in California. If non-licensed marriages were included in the 1977 total, the marriage rate would increase from 19.8 to 20.1.  1991-2007 U.S. data are provisional.

Sources: Michigan Occurrence Marriage Files. Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Community Health; Population Estimate (latest update 9/2007), National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Census Populations With Bridged Race Categories; Monthly Vital Statistics Report, National Center for Health Statistics.

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