| 1990 Annual Report of Vital Statistics | Department of Health, City of New Haven | |
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Marriages
There were a total of 1,049 marriage licenses issued in New Haven during 1990. The 1990 total continued to decrease from the previous year of 1989 with a total of 1,104. For brides, the 25-29 year old age category once again had the most marriages, as in the six previous years. The most marriages for grooms occurred in the 25-29 year old category in 1990, also. Approximately 30% of all marriages occurred between the ages of 25-29.
There were 799 first marriages for resident and non-resident brides and this total accounts for 76% of the total brides married in 1989. For resident and non-resident grooms there were 778 first marriages and this total accounts for 74% of the total grooms married in 1990.
For resident and non-resident brides 19 years and younger accounted for 6.3% of total brides married in 1969. For resident and non-resident grooms 19 years and younger accounted for 2.7% of total grooms married in 1990.
Resident Marriages
Once again the number of resident brides was greater than the number of resident grooms for the tenth consecutive yea, in 1990. There were a total of 621 resident brides and this accounted for 59% of all brides married in 1990. There were 579 resident grooms married. This total accounted for 55% of total grooms married in 1990.
There were 526 marriages in which both the bride and groom were resident. This total accounted for 50% of all the marriages in 1990.
There were 467 first marriages for resident brides and this total accounted for 75% of the total resident brides married in 1990. For the resident grooms there were 421 first marriages and this total accounted for 72.7% of the total resident grooms married in 1990.
Table 8 on the next page will show the number of marriages by age, race and marriage order of resident and non-resident brides and grooms.
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