# Data Analysis #Number of Marriages # # The marriage rate per 1,000 people for 50 U.S. states in 2004. # District of Columbia had a rate of 4.5. # # Source: Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics # www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/marriage90_04.pdf Number of Marriages d d State Number of Marriages Alabama 9.4 Alaska 8.5 Arizona 6.6 Arkansas 13.4 California 4.8 Colorado 7.4 Connecticut 5.8 Delaware 6.1 Florida 9 Georgia 7.8 Hawaii 22.8 Idaho 10.8 Illinois 6.1 Indiana 7.8 Iowa 6.9 Kansas 7 Kentucky 8.8 Louisiana 8 Maine 8.5 Maryland 6.9 Massachusetts 6.5 Michigan 6.1 Minnesota 6 Mississippi 6.1 Missouri 7.1 Montana 7.5 Nebraska 7.1 Nevada 62.4 New Hampshire 8 New Jersey 5.8 New Mexico 7.4 New York 6.8 North Carolina 7.3 North Dakota 7 Ohio 6.6 Oklahoma 6.5 Oregon 8.1 Pennsylvania 5.9 Rhode Island 7.6 South Carolina 8.2 South Dakota 8.4 Tennessee 11.4 Texas 7.9 Utah 10 Vermont 9.4 Virginia 8.3 Washington 6.5 West Virginia 7.5 Wisconsin 6.2 Wyoming 9.4