>>109290233>>109290306>>109290438From Wikipedia, the minimum age allowed to marry by state, taking exceptions into account. 'Exceptions' usually means court and/or parental approval is required alongside special circumstances.
Purple - 18, Blue - 17, Green - 16, Yellow - 15, Red - No Minimum Age.
Any marriage under 18 would be considered an 'underage' marriage, making it perfectly possible and legal in all non-purple states. (Some states have extra laws forbidding underage marriage when the partner is 21+ as well)
"Between 2000 and 2021, some 315,000 minors were legally married in the United States. The vast majority of child marriages (some 86%) were between a minor girl and an adult man."
Also note there's been a surge of legislation raising the minimum marriage age across the US since ~2000 or so. Many states only adopted the ages on the chart in the past 10~15 years.
