So, by "men", they mean 15 or older. Median age of first marriage is ~30 for US men.
Which is kind of a silly age range to use for this purpose in Seattle, since Washington (unlike a number of other states) does not permit child (under 18) marriages and declares any marriage contracted by anyone under 18 void.
Based on genealogy I've done, this stat also applies to the late 19th, early 20th centuries.
> 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...