CDC - People Are Getting Married At The Same Pace Like They Did Before COVID-19 Was A Thing Says CDC | Benzinga
In a recent revelation, the marriage rate in the United States has bounced back to the levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic. This comes after a year of delayed engagements due to the pandemic.
What Happened: The National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), disclosed that the number of marriages in 2022 stood at 2,065,905. This is the first time since 2019 that the total number of marriages has crossed the 2 million mark, with 2019 recording 2,015,603 marriages, reported The Hill.
The marriage rate also saw an uptick in 2022, reaching 6.2 per 1,000 population, the highest since 2018 when the rate was 6.5 per 1,000.
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 led to a decline in marriages, with the total number dropping to 1,676,911 in 2020, from a ...