Center for Health Statistics - NJ Health Statistics 1997

Marriages and Divorces
County and Month

Marriages by month and county of occurrence are contained in Table MD8. In 1997, September was the month with the most marriages (6,436), followed by August (5,876), and March (5,742). These three months together (approximately 25 percent of the year) accounted for 32.6 percent of the total marriages during the year.

TABLE MD8. NUMBER OF MARRIAGES BY COUNTY AND MONTH OF OCCURRENCE NEW JERSEY, 1997
COUNTY	TOTAL	JAN	FEB	MAR	APRIL	MAY	JUNE	JULY	AUG	SEPT	OCT	NOV	DEC
ATLANTIC	1,964	85	135	176	152	202	212	129	177	246	181	146	123
BERGEN	5,584	197	294	643	463	544	519	392	600	650	597	402	283
BURLINGTON	2,368	74	118	148	164	288	256	181	232	299	269	209	130
CAMDEN	2,942	96	165	201	193	331	302	261	339	348	332	213	161
CAPE MAY	889	23	27	35	45	113	120	56	100	131	127	62	50
CUMBERLAND	888	33	50	58	71	93	105	77	80	102	96	73	50
ESSEX	6,245	284	351	752	474	582	584	466	705	717	567	436	327
GLOUCESTER	1,444	42	53	64	94	192	165	95	149	202	179	142	67
HUDSON	4,956	268	437	895	418	367	316	345	437	475	421	268	309
HUNTERDON	727	21	23	35	52	78	87	51	86	121	95	51	27
MERCER	2,128	60	120	176	160	242	229	170	254	244	215	151	107
MIDDLESEX	4,758	201	298	552	376	464	411	383	508	508	467	336	254
MONMOUTH	3,929	103	174	271	287	436	427	347	446	515	425	297	201
MORRIS	3,052	93	128	266	204	340	307	214	363	388	357	247	145
OCEAN	2,629	78	109	148	200	279	318	198	271	362	296	217	153
PASSAIC	3,706	195	300	490	293	349	308	279	343	352	360	248	189
SALEM	359	7	22	14	18	40	40	37	39	50	43	30	19
SOMERSET	1,799	69	70	185	128	192	174	153	205	212	205	122	84
SUSSEX	785	23	31	24	53	102	93	78	96	111	88	56	30
UNION	3,801	165	306	584	308	337	333	258	386	351	339	245	189
WARREN	503	23	18	25	26	60	64	47	57	51	66	37	29
MILITARY	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	1
NOT STATED	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
TOTAL	55,467	2,143	3,229	5,742	4,179	5,631	5,370	4,217	5,876	6,436	5,726	3,990	2,928

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New Jersey Health Statistics
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Marriages and Divorces
County and Month