WHO GOT SAN FRANCISCO MARRIAGES?: From the San Francisco Chronicle

...The 4,037 same-sex couples who obtained marriage licenses in San Francisco hail from 46 states and eight other countries, are highly educated, range in age from 18 to 83 but generally are middle-aged, and represent hundreds of occupations.

That's the picture painted by demographic information released Wednesday by the San Francisco assessor-recorder's office that tracked the licenses issued between Feb. 12, when Mayor Gavin Newsom gave the go-ahead to same-sex nuptials, and March 11, when the state Supreme Court ordered them stopped.

"It really did represent, in its final composition, people from everywhere," said Carole Migden, the lesbian chairwoman of the state Board of Equalization who got married at San Francisco City Hall to her longtime partner and officiated at more than 100 other same-sex weddings. She said she wasn't surprised to find that the majority of the couples were between the ages of 36 and 50, and that 68.8 percent held at least a college degree. ...

Of the couples who obtained marriage licenses, 91.4 percent live in California. Significant numbers also traveled from Washington, Oregon, Nevada, New York and Florida. ...

More women than men tied the knot. ...

Bill Jones, who officiated at 457 same-sex marriages, recalled a lesbian couple from Germany, several deaf couples, two cops from New York and a couple of farm boys from Nebraska.

Most of the couples said they had been together for between two and 37 years, according to Jones.

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