The marriage rate of opposite sex couples was the lowest on record in 2018.

In total, there were 234,795 marriages in 2018, a decreased of 3.3 percent from 2017.

Per 1,000 men, 20.1 were unmarried, while per 1,000 women, 18.6 were unmarried.

Since 1972, the annual number of opposite-sex marriages has fallen by 46.5 percent.

In the previous 10 years, marriage rates had fallen most among those under the age of 20 by over 50 percent.

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