Do 9,069 minors get married in California each year? Or is it 15?

A discrepancy in data has contributed to the statehouse stalemate over Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris's AB2924, a bill which would remove provisions in state law that allow minors to marry. Unchained at Last, which advocates to end the practice in all 50 states, points to data it compiled from the American Community Survey, an annual report conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau to collect detailed population data. In 2022, 9,069 minors between the ages of 15 and 17 reported being married in California during the previous year, according to the survey data. Between 2017 and 2021, the number ranged from 7,716 to 8,789.

But the official state data – cited by Planned Parenthood, the ACLU and National Center for Youth Law – has reported between 9 and 15 marriages per year since 2019.

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