US marriages back to pre-pandemic levels while divorce rate falls
by Guardian staff and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#6KCGY)
2022 saw nearly 2.1m marriages, up slightly from 2019 - but still far below their height in 1946
US marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, with more than 2m such unions in 2022 - while the divorce rate continued to fall, according to the federal government.
The total of almost 2.1m I do's" in 2022 marks a 4% increase from the year before. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the data on Friday, but it has not released marriage data for last year.
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