When you will be ready? There have been many discussions on the age when people should get married and there have been various theories when this should be done. Many people consider that the best time to do this when a person is actually ready for this while others think that this should be done before a person reaches his, or her, the thirties. Despite many theories, it has been established when people get married in the USA, and there are now data about the average age to get married in each state of the USA.
So, let’s see the average age for women and men in each state in the USA:
- Alabama – 27.9 for men and 26.3 for women;
- Alaska – 29 for men and 26 for women;
- Arizona – 29.4 for men and 27.4 for women;
- Arkansas – 27.2 for men and 25.4 for women;
- California – people in this state do not decide to get into marriages early since the average age to get married is 30.3 for men and 28.3 for women;
- Colorado – 28.9 for men and 26.9 for women;
- Connecticut – 30.7 for men and 29.1 for women;
- Delaware – 30.2 for men and 28.4 for women;
- Florida – 30.3 for men and 28.3 for women;
- Georgia – 29 for men and 27.2 for women;
- Hawaii – 30.3 for men and 28.3 for women;
- Idaho – 26.7 for men and 24.9 for women;
- Illinois – 30 for men and 28.4 for women;
- Indiana – 28.4 for men and 26.6 women;
- Iowa – 28.1 for men and 26.2 for women;
- Kansas – 27.5 for men and 25.9 for women;
- Kentucky – 27.8 for men and 25.9 for women;
- Louisiana – 29.3 for men and 27.5 for women;
- Maine – 29.4 for men and 27.1 for women;
- Maryland – 30.2 for men and 28.6 women;
- Massachusetts – 30.8 for men and 29.6 for women;
- Michigan – 29.8 for men and 27.7 for women;
- Minnesota – 29.2 for men and 27.2 for women;
- Mississippi – 28.4 for men and 26.6 for women;
- Missouri – 28.2 for men and 26.8 for women;
- Montana – 28.6 for men and 26.4 for women;
- Nebraska – 28 for men and 26.2 for women;
- Nevada – 29.2 for men and 27.2 for women;
- New Hampshire – 30.1 for men and 27.9 for women;
- New Jersey – 30.6 for men and 29 for women;
- New Mexico – 28.4 for men and 27.2 women;
- New York – this is a state where people tend to wait a bit longer to get married, and the average age to get married is 30.8 for men and 29.5 for women;
- North Carolina – 28.8 for men and 27.1 for women;
- North Dakota – 27.6 for men and 25.9 for women;
- Ohio – 29.3 for men and 27.4 for women;
- Oklahoma – 27.2 for men and 25.2 for women;
- Oregon – 29.5 for men and 27.6 for women;
- Pennsylvania – 30 for men and 28.4 women;
- Rhode Island – this is the state when people decide to marry at a very “lad” age since the average age for marriage is 30.7 for men and 29.6 for women;
- South Carolina – 29.2 for men and 27.7 for women;
- South Dakota – 27.5 for men and 25.9 for women;
- Tennessee – 28.2 for men and 26.5 for women;
- Texas – 28.3 for men and 26.5 for women;
- Utah – this is a state where people decide to marry at the earliest age, they have among the lowest average age to get married in the USA which is 28.1 for men and 26.2 for women;
- Vermont – 30.6 for men and 28.3 for women;
- Virginia – 29.2 for men and 27.2 for women;
- Washington – 29 for men and 26.8 for women;
- West Virginia – 29.3 for men and 27.4 for women;
- Wyoming – 27.6 for men and 25.7 for women;
If we reconsider all of the above, we can get to the conclusion that the average age to get married depends on the gender and that it is usually at about 27-28 years for men and that it is usually 26-27 for women in the USA.