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Spike in marriage licenses statewide

Licenses issued by counties the first week of legal same-sex marriage--compared to average rates. Statewide, more than 8,500 marriage licenses were issued, more than two and a half times an average June week. Below, see data gathered by UCLA researchers on marriage rates over this summer compared to 2007.

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Reporting: Jean-Paul Renaud, Joanna Lin and Francisco Vara-Orta | Flash: Sean Connelley

Credit: Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law

CountySummer 2007Summer 2008Percent Change%Data notes
Sierra County615150%Complete
San Francisco County2,4594,49283%County reports 2,708 same sex marriages
Yolo County27544060%Complete
Alameda County8081,28359%Complete
Riverside County2,7644,01145%Complete
Colusa County283939%Complete
Sonoma County1,0251,40437%Complete
San Mateo County1,1471,49731%Complete
Merced County39450829%Complete
Plumas County658226%Complete
San Diego County6,9108,59924%Complete
Santa Barbara County9831,22124%Complete
Napa County48460124%Complete
Shasta County36445024%Complete
Santa Cruz County60474223%Complete
Contra Costa County1,4311,75122%Complete
Mariposa County8410120%June/July/August (complete Months)
Siskiyou County11413619%Complete
Los Angeles County16,07918,79817%Complete
Lake County10411914%Complete
Santa Clara County3,2763,5418%Complete
Placer County7628218%June/July/August (complete Months)
Calaveras County66718%Complete
San Benito County1241326%Complete
Monterey County9861,0244%Complete
Sacramento County2,5622,6463%June/July/August (complete Months)
Orange County6,8366,9702%Complete
San Joaquin County9179301%Complete
Lassen County58580%Complete
El Dorado County1,6131,582-2%Complete
Imperial County276267-3%Complete
Kings County386353-9%Complete
Glenn County5952-12%Complete
Inyo County4438-14%Complete
San Bernardino County3,4552,965-14%Complete
Alpine County65-17%Complete
Kern County834692-17%Just July/August (complete months)
Yuba County12198-19%Complete
Amador County9163-31%Complete
Modoc County-14n/aNo 2007 data available
Butte County--n/aNo data available
Del Norte County--n/aNo data available
Fresno County--n/aNo data available
Humboldt County--n/aNo data available
Madera County--n/aNo response
Marin County--n/aNo response
Mendocino County--n/aNo response
Mono County--n/aNo response
Nevada County--n/aNo response
San Luis Obispo County--n/aNo response
Solano County--n/aNo response
Stanislaus County--n/aNo response
Sutter County--n/aNo data available
Tehama County--n/aNo response
Trinity County--n/aNo response
Tulare County--n/aNo data available
Tuolumne County--n/aNo response
Ventura County--n/aNo data available
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