Title: Marrying Age | FlowingData
Headings: Marrying Age
Marrying Age
This is when Americans get married.
Age at Marriage
Employment Status
Education
Race or Origin
Seven year itch: When do people get married and divorced?

Content: So for each demographic group, you can see the typical age people were when they married. The green line is for women, and the orange line is for men. Click the checkbox to toggle between first-time marriages only and all marriages during the timespan. Marriage by Demographic
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 YEARS OLD 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% MARRIAGES, MALE AND FEMALE Minimum age to marry in most states, w/o parental consent National median marriage age
Age at Marriage
This chart shows the percentage of people who were of a certain age when they married, for both men and women. Use the filters below to toggle between demographics. Employment Status
Employed
Unemployed
Not in Labor Force
Education
High School or Less
Bachelor's
Advanced
Race or Origin
White
Black
Hispanic
Asian
Native
First Marriage Only
As one might expect, women tend to marry at a younger age than men, regardless of the demographic group. The median age of women marrying for the first time was 26, and the median age of men marrying for the first time was two years older at 28. Similarly, for marriages overall, not just the first-time marriages, the medians for women and men was 29 and 31, respectively. Median is just a broad measurement though. Looking at the full distributions, it’s interesting how much smoother the lines get as you go from high school level education up to advanced.