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Marriage rates are up in the US, and divorces are down, CDC says

Headline from FOX 5 New York, on the newest of 2 developments

Marriage rates in the U.S. are back to pre-pandemic levels, according to the most recent CDC data. Here are the states with the highest marriage rates.

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Developments in this update

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  1. Marriages in the US are back to pre-pandemic levels, CDC says

    Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ·

  2. Newest

    Marriage rates are up in the US, and divorces are down, CDC says

    Headline from FOX 5 New York ·

Reports & sources

25 articles, oldest first.

  1. Fortune

    American marriages have finally recovered from the pandemic (opens Fortune)

    Published

    Fortune's feed description

    U.S. marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels with nearly 2.1 million in 2022, the CDC says, a 4% increase from the year before.

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Marriages in the US are back to pre-pandemic levels, CDC says (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

    Published

    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    New York, the District of Columbia and Hawaii saw the largest increases in marriages from 2021 to 2022

  3. The Guardian

    US marriages back to pre-pandemic levels while divorce rate falls (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    2022 saw nearly 2.1m marriages, up slightly from 2019 – but still far below their height in 1946

  4. Los Angeles Times

    Marriages in the U.S. are back to pre-pandemic levels, CDC says (opens Los Angeles Times)

    Published

    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    U.S. marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, with nearly 2.1 million new unions in 2022, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  5. PBS NewsHour

    Marriages in the U.S. are back to pre-pandemic levels, according to the CDC (opens PBS NewsHour)

    Published

    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    The COVID-19 pandemic threw many people's wedding plans into disarray. In 2020, there were 1.7 million weddings in the U.S. New York, the District of Columbia and Hawaii saw the largest increases in marriages from 2021 to 2022.

  6. FOX 5 New York

    Marriage rates are up in the US, and divorces are down, CDC says (opens FOX 5 New York)

    Published

    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    Marriage rates in the U.S. are back to pre-pandemic levels, according to the most recent CDC data. Here are the states with the highest marriage rates.

  7. WMUR

    Marriage rates are up, and divorce rates are down, new data shows (opens WMUR)

    Published

    WMUR's feed description

    After COVID-19 lockdowns, 2022 was a year of marriages, according to new data.

  8. WFLA

    Marriages in US are back to pre-pandemic levels, CDC says (opens WFLA)

    Published

    WFLA's feed description

    U.S. marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels with nearly 2.1 million in 2022.

  9. People

    Marriage Rates Are Up After the COVID Pandemic, New CDC Data Shows (opens People)

    Published

    People's feed description

    A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that marriage rates have been steadily increasing since the COVID pandemic. The number of marriages in the U.S. jumped from 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2020 to 6.2 per 1,000 people by 2022.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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