Utah's marriage rate is No. 1 in the nation

• Utah also didn't have a lot of single adults, the 2020 counts showed. Of all 1.1 million Utah households, 63% include couples — the highest of any state.

The intrigue: The share of opposite-sex couples who are married — 92% — is higher than the 60% of same-sex couples who are married.

• Of note: Same-sex marriage has been legal in Utah for less than a decade.

Context: Marriage is strongly encouraged by Utah's dominant faith group, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

• Idaho, whose population has the second-highest concentration of church members, also had the second-highest share of households with couples versus single adults: 61%, to Utah's 64%.

The latest: In a recent speech, church apostle Dallin Oaks warned single adults not to put off marriage and children, even if they think they can't afford to start a family.

Yes, but: The church forbids same-sex marriage — and Utah had a relatively high rate of same-sex marriage.

• 60% of cohabiting gay couples are married, No. 11 in the nation.