Marriages by C 1990 1991 1992 1995 1996 1997 1998% Change '90 to '98 Indiana 53,145 51,250 50,480 50,628 49,294 48,381 47,254 -11.08% Adams 299 273 283 269 248 291 277 -7.36% Allen 2,890 2,784 2,693 2,723 2,664 2,629 2,613 -9.58% Bartholomew 789 706 738 729 716 678 664 -15.84% Benton 92 88 83 82 74 62 84 -8.70% Blackford 156 123 133 134 131 142 119 -23.72% Boone 348 359 352 317 280 304 313 -10.06% Brown 261 273 309 302 158 133 130 -50.19% Carroll 165 192 138 177 168 149 123 -25.45% Cass 410 355 367 419 372 338 343 -16.34% Clark 883 860 832 808 832 811 784 -11.21% Clay 249 258 224 268 210 220 232 -6.83% Clinton 271 285 312 330 289 268 249 -8.12% Crawford 98 70 83 92 75 80 104 6.12% Daviess 233 219 234 201 208 179 235 0.86% Dearborn 345 317 346 313 320 334 344 -0.29% Decatur 231 246 258 235 223 220 218 -5.63% Dekalb 393 314 342 394 438 357 375 -4.58% Delaware 1,129 1,033 1,081 1,043 1,029 1,027 955 -15.41% Dubois 371 319 342 309 330 299 294 -20.75% Elkhart 1,604 1,526 1,489 1,597 1,669 1,719 1,542 -3.87% Fayette 240 262 249 272 247 215 280 16.67% Floyd 589 527 512 643 566 555 486 -17.49% Fountain 163 164 145 162 137 156 126 -22.70% Franklin 173 163 164 154 139 114 118 -31.79% Fulton 191 197 148 161 208 189 161 -15.71% Gibson 276 229 214 218 196 185 166 -39.86% Grant 748 754 694 731 643 655 658 -12.03% Greene 299 306 272 305 256 297 278 -7.02% Hamilton 816 871 896 953 1,041 1,022 1,114 36.52% Hancock 404 417 415 436 442 406 411 1.73% Harrison 255 236 241 241 235 275 221 -13.33% Hendricks 684 621 633 644 612 661 651 -4.82% Henry 475 438 481 451 440 399 376 -20.84% Howard 941 920 892 852 871 836 813 -13.60% Huntington 370 340 361 378 345 343 328 -11.35% Jackson 392 401 356 392 387 395 335 -14.54% Jasper 232 235 209 210 247 222 246 6.03% Jay 237 192 231 231 184 205 162 -31.65% Jefferson 201 200 233 239 216 246 210 4.48% Jennings 296 259 307 289 253 263 248 -16.22% Johnson 878 893 836 914 872 833 859 -2.16% Knox 349 347 341 329 285 288 313 -10.32% Kosciusko 647 644 689 698 666 636 637 -1.55% Lagrange 357 341 351 325 354 362 357 0.00% Lake 4,234 3,863 3,798 3,604 3,316 3,226 2,998 -29.19% Laporte 1,079 1,065 1,030 1,053 992 885 866 -19.74% Lawrence 471 418 411 493 448 423 409 -13.16% Madison 1,376 1,439 1,463 1,296 1,155 1,186 1,138 -17.30% Marion 8,246 8,115 7,599 7,281 7,756 7,557 7,282 -11.69% Marshall 431 394 391 448 401 386 400 -7.19% Martin 112 107 95 114 76 79 68 -39.29% Miami 382 382 374 338 293 298 311 -18.59% Monroe 941 883 887 909 968 940 944 0.32% Montgomery 376 323 349 356 355 339 296 -21.28% Morgan 615 565 569 556 584 509 545 -11.38% Newton 93 127 106 96 106 100 106 13.98% Noble 395 415 389 446 429 410 391 -1.01% Ohio 40 37 54 24 45 55 43 7.50% Orange 176 180 169 209 190 187 194 10.23% Owen 175 223 202 220 178 159 206 17.71% Parke 167 178 158 179 140 137 141 -15.57% Perry 169 145 130 151 137 136 152 -10.06% Pike 84 96 87 92 90 76 87 3.57% Porter 1,057 1,043 999 1,023 1,034 1,033 1,026 -2.93% Posey 185 176 207 200 176 161 172 -7.03% Pulaski 140 120 128 107 115 91 109 -22.14% Putnam 270 294 314 291 276 224 268 -0.74% Randolph 271 244 240 223 187 218 200 -26.20% Ripley 238 237 199 220 236 204 172 -27.73% Rush 174 181 183 150 152 177 157 -9.77% St. Joseph 2,203 1,981 1,994 2,073 2,075 2,087 1,926 -12.57% Scott 175 198 194 227 253 274 258 47.43% Shelby 376 387 351 364 349 329 320 -14.89% Spencer 176 156 157 153 133 133 121 -31.25% Starke 209 184 175 206 203 200 216 3.35% Steuben 391 462 464 482 437 414 431 10.23% Sullivan 192 198 225 214 169 165 183 -4.69% Switzerland 43 68 56 53 48 46 44 2.33% Tippecanoe 1,125 1,048 1,069 1,121 1,078 1,158 1,185 5.33% Tipton 157 154 158 160 135 121 121 -22.93% Union 75 72 62 55 52 77 69 -8.00% Vanderburgh 1,260 1,180 1,190 1,063 994 1,062 1,117 -11.35% Vermillion 154 159 167 148 131 152 145 -5.84% Vigo 997 932 1,030 920 896 822 777 -22.07% Wabash 332 312 301 319 255 292 258 -22.29% Warren 82 93 72 66 87 68 55 -32.93% Warrick 254 281 263 286 283 277 298 17.32% Washington 223 221 215 257 218 214 241 8.07% Wayne 692 684 663 651 661 632 620 -10.40% Wells 243 221 210 234 215 222 216 -11.11% White 233 238 205 246 246 203 178 -23.61% Whitley 226 214 219 236 255 239 221 -2.21% Source: Indiana State Department of Health Indiana Business Research Center