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At least 91,441 same-sex couples have been legally married in the United States, although the number is probably larger. This makes the United States the country with the most reported same-sex marriages in the world.

This is a summary of the only available statistics I have been able to find:

  • Massachusetts - 18,462 as of 5/17/12;
  • California - approximately 18,000 between June 16 and November 5, 2008;
  • Connecticut - more than 17,000 as of 10/01/09;
  • New York - at least 8,091 as of 6/24/12;
  • Washington (state) - 7,071 as of 9/30/13;
  • Iowa - 5,926 as of 12/31/2013;
  • Washington, DC - approx. 5,500 as of 3/9/12;
  • Minnesota - at least 2,934 (as of 3/1/14);
  • New Hampshire - at least 2,253 as of 3/27/13;
  • Maine - 1,530 as of 12/29/13;
  • Vermont - 1,425 as of 12/31/10;
  • Utah - 1,225 (as of 12/27/12);
  • New Jersey -679 (as of 12/6/13);
  • Hawaii - 526 (as of 1/5/14);
  • New Mexico - at least 490 (as of 8/28/13);
  • Delaware - 259 (as of 7/31/13);
  • Illinois - 51 (law takes effect 6/1/14; couples permitted to marry early in Cook County);
  • Maryland - at least 14 as of 1/1/13;
  • Oklahoma - 3 (Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation), October 21, 2013;
  • Oregon - 1 (Coquille Indian tribe);
  • Michigan - 1 (Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians) on March 15, 2013;
  • Rhode Island - 0 (law took effect 8/1/13);
  • Virginia - 0 (temporary stay issued pending appeal); and,
  • Oklahoma - 0 (temporary stay issued pending appeal); and,
  • Texas - 0 (temporary stay issued pending appeal).
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