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MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT
MARRIAGE
Counts and Rates
The number of marriages by parish in 2003 is presented in table 7.1. In 2003, 37,288 marriages were celebrated in Louisiana,
an increase from 36,545 in 2002 (Table 7.2).
Louisiana’s 2003 marriage rate was 8.3 per 1,000 population. The rate for 2002 was 8.2 (Table 7.2). National and state
marriage rates were approximately equal in the early 1990s, but the state rate rose to a level slightly higher than the national
rate as the decade progressed.
Parish
By Parish of
Issue of
License
Table 7.1 Number of Marriages by Parish,
Louisiana 2003
By Parish of
Occurrence
Page 140 Louisiana Office of Public Health, State Center for Health Statistics
Parish
By Parish of
Issue of
License
By Parish of
Occurrence
Acadia 458 507 Morehouse 183 190
Allen 203 229 Natchitoches 328 333
Ascension 648 618 Orleans 5229 5950
Assumption 171 171 Ouachita 1042 993
Avoyelles 355 359 Plaquemines 165 173
Beauregard 314 329 Pointe Coupee 131 157
Bienville 104 124 Rapides 1129 1093
Bossier 747 831 Red River 88 81
Caddo 2301 2034 Richland 163 174
Calcasieu 1936 1772 Sabine 195 214
Caldwell 99 94 St. Bernard 530 476
Cameron 63 89 St. Charles 317 288
Catahoula 90 94 St. Helena 49 66
Claiborne 101 117 St. James 122 178
Concordia 171 174 St. John 236 234
DeSoto 196 242 St. Landry 699 681
East Baton Rouge 3554 3162 St. Martin 284 333
East Carroll 32 51 St. Mary 408 419
East Feliciana 128 162 St. Tammany 1846 1705
Evangeline 238 267 Tangipahoa 929 834
Franklin 176 176 Tensas 31 36
Grant 108 145 Terrebonne 800 884
Iberia 521 516 Union 167 183
Iberville 197 218 Vermilion 446 446
Jackson 128 114 Vernon 631 620
Jefferson 2932 2720 Washington 409 394
Jefferson Davis 221 232 Webster 318 294
Lafayette 1605 1467 West Baton Rouge 191 179
Lafourche 684 617 West Carroll 82 89
LaSalle 151 150 West Feliciana 83 146
Lincoln 340 291 Winn 108 144
Livingstone 762 886 Out of State - 157
Madison 215 183 State Total 37288 37288
Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics