[dragonwriter]

> > Median age of first marriage is ~30 for US men.

> Based on genealogy I've done, this stat also applies to the late 19th, early 20th centuries.

It was ~26 in 1890 reached a low of around 22 in the 1950s, and has been trending up since; its been consistently lower for women, though that gap has fluctuated over time and compressed recently to less than 2 years.

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/ju...

[WarOnPrivacy]

My observations vary by region. ex: I found later first marriages in NYC, earlier in Scranton PA - the latter being marked by a lot of labor-related deaths.