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

Measure: Men'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: 30.7 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 32.8 years
RI 32.2 years
DE 31.7 years
CT 31.8 years
NJ 31.3 years
MD 31.8 years
MA 31.6 years
VT 32.8 years
NH 31.2 years

Lowest: 27.6 to 28.8 years
Group 2: 28.8 to 30.1 years
Group 3: 30.1 to 30.9 years
Group 4: 30.9 to 31.6 years
Highest: 31.6 to 32.8 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	32.8
1	Vermont	32.8
3	Oregon	32.7
4	California	32.2
4	Rhode Island	32.2
6	Maine	31.9
7	Connecticut	31.8
7	Maryland	31.8
7	New York	31.8
10	Delaware	31.7
11	Massachusetts	31.6
12	Illinois	31.5
12	New Mexico	31.5
14	New Jersey	31.3
15	Nevada	31.2
15	New Hampshire	31.2
17	Florida	31.1
18	Colorado	31
19	Arizona	30.9
19	Hawaii	30.9
19	Louisiana	30.9
22	Michigan	30.7
22	Washington	30.7
24	Georgia	30.6
24	Pennsylvania	30.6
26	North Carolina	30.5
26	Wisconsin	30.5
28	Virginia	30.3
29	Alaska	30.1
29	Ohio	30.1
29	Texas	30.1
32	Minnesota	30
33	Nebraska	29.6
33	South Carolina	29.6
35	Montana	29.5
35	West Virginia	29.5
37	Indiana	29.2
38	Mississippi	29.1
38	Missouri	29.1
38	Tennessee	29.1
41	Iowa	28.8
41	North Dakota	28.8
41	South Dakota	28.8
44	Kansas	28.5
45	Alabama	28.3
45	Oklahoma	28.3
45	Wyoming	28.3
48	Kentucky	28.1
49	Idaho	27.7
50	Arkansas	27.6
50	Utah	27.6

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 men'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-mens-median-age-at-first-marriage/

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