Marriage rates in the United States have gone up since the pandemic began, according to new data shared by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The marriage rate has been increasing since the pandemic put a pause on many weddings in 2020, with communities ordering people to stay at home and banning large gatherings to limit the spread of COVID-19.
In the first year of the pandemic, there were 1.7 million U.S. weddings — the lowest number recorded since 1963.
Data shared by the CDC on Friday shows how the number of marriages grew from 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2020 to 6.2 per 1,000 people in 2022, the highest rate observed since 2018 and a 4% increase from the year before.
Between 2009 and 2013, the marriage rate stood at 6.8 per 1,000 people, according to the CDC. It slightly increased for a few years, hitting 7.0 per 1,000 people in 2016 and falling to 6.1 in 2019 before the onset of the pandemic in early 2020.
By state, the number varied as well. The CDC reported that 36 states and the District of Columbia had marriage rates in 2022 that either matched or exceeded the levels seen in 2019, and 12 states saw marriage rates decline.
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