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Women's median age at first marriage: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Women's median age at first marriage (years). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Median age at first marriage by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-11

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National value: 28.9 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 31.5 years
RI 30.7 years
DE 28.2 years
CT 30.1 years
NJ 29.8 years
MD 29.9 years
MA 30.6 years
VT 30.5 years
NH 27.7 years

Lowest: 25.5 to 26.8 years
Group 2: 26.8 to 27.8 years
Group 3: 27.8 to 28.5 years
Group 4: 28.5 to 29.8 years
Highest: 29.8 to 31.5 years

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	District of Columbia	31.5
2	Rhode Island	30.7
3	Massachusetts	30.6
3	New York	30.6
5	Vermont	30.5
6	California	30.3
7	Hawaii	30.2
8	Connecticut	30.1
8	Illinois	30.1
10	Maryland	29.9
11	Nevada	29.8
11	New Jersey	29.8
13	Louisiana	29.6
14	Maine	29.5
15	Florida	29.2
15	Pennsylvania	29.2
17	Michigan	29
18	Virginia	28.9
19	New Mexico	28.7
19	Oregon	28.7
21	Washington	28.5
22	Colorado	28.4
23	Georgia	28.3
23	Minnesota	28.3
23	Texas	28.3
26	Delaware	28.2
26	Ohio	28.2
28	Arizona	28
29	North Carolina	27.9
30	Missouri	27.8
30	Wisconsin	27.8
32	Alaska	27.7
32	New Hampshire	27.7
32	Tennessee	27.7
35	South Carolina	27.5
36	Mississippi	27.2
36	Montana	27.2
36	West Virginia	27.2
39	Iowa	27.1
39	Nebraska	27.1
41	Kentucky	26.8
41	Oklahoma	26.8
43	Indiana	26.7
43	North Dakota	26.7
45	South Dakota	26.5
46	Alabama	26.4
46	Kansas	26.4
48	Wyoming	26.3
49	Arkansas	25.8
50	Utah	25.6
51	Idaho	25.5

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B12007: Median age at first marriage by sex. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by women's median age at first marriage (years) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B12007: Median age at first marriage by sex; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-womens-median-age-at-first-marriage/

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