Wedding Numbers

2.4 million Weddings that occur in the U.S. per year:

• $20,000 Average wedding budget
• 25 Average age of a bride in the U.S. (the average age was 22 in 1980)
• 27 Average age of a groom in the U.S. (the average was 23.6 in 1980)
• 189 The average number of guests invited to a wedding
• 11 Percentage of weddings in June and August. (But months such as May, September and October are becoming more popular with 10 percent.)
• $3,657 Average honeymoon budget

SOURCES: TheKnot.com, Hallmark