"Birth Rates of Unmarried Women ages 15 to 44, by Age of Mother, 1950-2001" Age of Mother Year and Race Number of Birth to Unmarried Women % of Births to Unmarried Women Birth Rate 15-19 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 Birth Rates All Races 2001 "1,349,249" 33.5 45.0 37.4 22.5 60.1 73.8 63.7 41.9 20.8 5.3 2000 "1,347,043" 33.2 45.2 39.6 24.4 62.9 74.5 62.2 40.7 20.0 5.0 1999 "1,308,560" 33.0 44.4 40.4 25.5 63.3 72.9 60.2 39.3 19.3 4.6 1998 "1,293,567" 32.8 44.3 41.5 27.0 64.5 72.3 58.4 39.1 19.0 4.6 1997 "1,257,444" 32.4 44.0 42.2 28.2 65.2 71.0 56.2 39.0 19.0 4.6 1996 "1,260,306" 32.4 44.8 42.9 29.0 65.9 70.7 56.8 41.1 20.1 4.8 1995 "1,253,976" 32.2 45.1 44.4 30.5 67.6 70.3 56.1 39.6 19.5 4.7 1994 "1,289,592" 32.6 46.9 46.4 32.0 70.1 72.2 59.0 40.1 19.8 4.7 1993 "1,240,172" 31.0 45.3 44.5 30.6 66.9 69.2 57.1 38.5 19.0 4.4 1992 "1,224,876" 30.1 45.2 44.6 30.4 67.3 68.5 56.5 37.9 18.8 4.1 1991 "1,213,769" 29.5 45.2 44.8 30.9 65.7 68.0 56.5 38.1 18.0 3.8 1990 "1,165,384" 28.0 43.8 42.5 29.6 60.0 65.1 56.0 37.6 17.3 3.6 1989 "1,094,169" 27.1 41.6 40.1 28.7 56.0 61.2 52.8 34.9 16.0 3.4 1988 "1,005,299" 25.7 38.5 36.4 26.4 51.5 56.0 48.5 32.0 15.0 3.2 1987 "933,013" 24.5 36.0 33.8 24.5 48.9 52.6 44.5 29.6 13.5 2.9 1986 "878,477" 23.4 34.2 32.3 22.8 48.0 49.3 42.2 27.2 12.2 2.7 1985 "828,174" 22.0 32.8 31.4 22.4 45.9 46.5 39.9 25.2 11.6 2.5 1984 "770,355" 21.0 31.0 30.0 21.9 42.5 43.0 37.1 23.3 10.9 2.5 1983 "737,893" 20.3 30.3 29.5 22.0 40.7 41.8 35.5 22.4 10.2 2.6 1982 "715,227" 19.4 30.0 28.7 21.5 39.6 41.5 35.1 21.9 10.0 2.7 1981 "686,605" 18.9 29.5 27.9 20.9 39.0 41.1 34.5 20.8 9.8 2.6 1980 "665,747" 18.4 29.4 27.6 20.6 39.0 40.9 34.0 21.1 9.7 2.6 1979 "597,800" 17.1 27.2 26.4 19.9 37.2 37.7 29.9 17.7 8.4 2.3 1978 "543,900" 16.3 25.7 24.9 19.1 35.1 35.3 28.5 16.9 8.2 2.2 1977 "515,700" 15.5 25.6 25.1 19.8 34.6 34.0 27.7 16.9 8.4 2.4 1976 "468,100" 14.8 24.3 23.7 19.0 32.1 31.7 26.8 17.5 9.0 2.5 1975 "447,900" 14.2 24.5 23.9 19.3 32.5 31.2 27.5 17.9 9.1 2.6 1974 "418,100" 13.2 23.9 23.0 18.8 31.2 30.5 27.9 18.4 10.0 2.6 1973 "407,300" 13.0 24.3 22.7 18.7 30.4 31.5 29.6 20.3 10.8 3.0 1972 "403,200" 12.4 24.8 22.8 18.5 30.9 33.2 30.8 22.6 12.0 3.1 1971 "401,400" 11.3 25.5 22.3 17.5 31.7 35.5 34.5 25.2 13.3 3.5 1970 "398,700" 10.7 26.4 22.4 17.1 32.9 38.4 37.0 27.1 13.6 3.5 1969 "360,800" 10.3 24.8 20.4 15.2 30.8 37.3 37.9 27.0 13.5 3.6 1968 "339,200" 9.7 24.3 19.7 14.7 29.6 37.2 38.3 27.8 14.8 3.8 1967 "318,100" 9.0 23.7 18.5 13.8 27.6 38.1 41.1 28.9 15.3 4.0 1966 "302,400" 8.4 23.3 17.5 13.1 25.6 39.0 45.1 32.7 16.3 4.1 1965 "291,200" 7.7 23.4 16.7 --- --- 39.6 49.1 37.2 17.4 4.5 1964 "275,700" 6.9 23.0 15.9 --- --- 39.5 49.9 36.9 16.3 4.4 1963 "259,400" 6.3 22.5 15.3 --- --- 39.9 48.8 33.1 16.1 4.3 1962 "245,100" 5.9 21.9 14.8 --- --- 40.7 46.6 29.6 15.6 4.1 1961 "240,200" 5.6 22.7 16.0 --- --- 41.4 46.4 28.2 15.4 3.9 1960 "224,300" 5.3 21.6 15.3 --- --- 39.7 45.1 27.8 14.1 3.6 1959 "220,600" 5.2 21.9 15.5 --- --- 40.2 44.1 28.1 14.1 3.3 1958 "208,700" 5.0 21.2 15.3 --- --- 38.2 40.5 27.5 13.3 3.2 1957 "201,700" 4.7 21.0 15.8 --- --- 37.3 36.8 26.8 12.1 3.1 1956 "193,500" 4.7 20.4 15.6 --- --- 36.4 35.6 24.6 11.1 2.8 1955 "183,300" 4.5 19.3 15.1 --- --- 33.5 33.5 22.0 10.5 2.7 1954 "176,600" 4.4 18.7 14.9 --- --- 31.4 31.0 20.4 10.3 2.5 1953 "160,800" 4.1 16.9 13.9 --- --- 28.0 27.6 17.3 9.0 2.4 1952 "150,300" 3.9 15.8 13.5 --- --- 25.4 24.8 15.7 8.2 1.9 1951 "146,500" 3.9 15.1 13.2 --- --- 23.2 22.8 14.6 7.6 2.2 1950 "141,600" 4.0 14.1 12.6 --- --- 21.3 19.9 13.3 7.2 2.0 "White, total" 2001 "879,848" 27.7 41.4 31.5 18.5 51.3 63.1 58.1 38.4 18.8 4.8 2000 " 866,355 " 27.1 38.9 33.1 20.0 53.2 62.9 55.9 37.0 18.0 4.5 1999 " 839,552 " 26.8 38.1 33.7 21.0 53.3 61.4 53.4 35.8 17.5 4.1 1998 " 821,441 " 26.3 37.5 34.0 21.8 53.5 60.5 50.9 34.9 17.0 4.0 1997 " 793,202 " 25.8 37.0 34.2 22.4 53.6 59.2 49.3 34.4 16.7 3.9 1996 " 795,432 " 25.7 37.6 34.5 22.7 54.1 59.0 49.9 36.1 17.8 4.3 1995 " 784,992 " 25.3 37.5 35.5 23.6 55.4 58.0 48.7 34.2 16.9 4.2 1994 " 794,261 " 25.5 38.3 36.2 24.1 56.4 58.1 49.7 34.2 17.3 4.3 1993 " 742,129 " 23.6 35.9 33.6 22.1 52.4 54.2 46.7 32.2 16.4 3.9 1992 " 721,986 " 22.6 35.2 33.0 21.6 51.5 52.7 45.4 31.5 16.2 3.6 1991 " 707,502 " 21.8 34.6 32.8 21.8 49.6 51.5 44.6 31.1 15.2 3.2 1990 " 669,698 " 20.4 32.9 30.6 20.4 44.9 48.2 43.0 29.9 14.5 3.2 1989 " 613,543 " 19.2 30.2 28.0 19.3 40.2 43.8 39.1 26.8 13.1 2.9 1988 " 557,394 " 18.0 27.4 25.3 17.6 36.8 39.2 35.4 24.2 12.1 2.7 1987 " 513,984 " 16.9 25.3 23.2 16.2 34.5 36.6 32.0 22.3 10.7 2.4 1986 " 480,533 " 15.9 23.9 21.8 14.9 33.5 34.2 30.5 20.1 9.7 2.2 1985 " 445,595 " 14.7 22.5 20.8 14.5 31.2 31.7 28.5 18.4 9.0 2.0 1984 " 403,022 " 13.6 20.6 19.3 13.7 27.9 28.5 25.5 16.8 8.4 2.0 1983 " 381,276 " 12.9 19.8 18.7 13.6 26.4 27.1 23.8 15.9 7.8 2.0 1982 " 365,647 " 12.3 19.3 18.0 13.1 25.3 26.5 23.1 15.3 7.4 2.1 1981 " 346,541 " 11.8 18.6 17.2 12.6 24.6 25.8 22.3 14.2 7.2 1.9 1980 " 328,984 " 11.2 18.1 16.5 12.0 24.1 25.1 21.5 14.1 7.1 1.8 1979 " 263,000 " 9.4 14.9 14.6 10.8 21.0 20.3 15.9 10.0 5.1 1.4 1978 " 233,600 " 8.7 13.7 13.6 10.3 19.3 18.1 14.8 9.4 4.8 1.3 1977 " 220,100 " 8.2 13.5 13.4 10.5 18.7 17.4 14.4 9.3 4.9 1.4 1976 " 197,100 " 7.7 12.6 12.3 9.7 16.9 15.8 14.0 10.1 5.5 1.4 1975 " 186,400 " 7.3 12.4 12.0 9.6 16.5 15.5 14.8 9.8 5.4 1.5 1974 " 168,500 " 6.5 11.7 11.0 8.8 15.3 15.0 14.7 9.5 5.5 1.5 1973 " 163,000 " 6.4 11.8 10.6 8.4 14.9 15.5 15.9 10.6 5.9 1.7 1972 " 160,500 " 6.0 11.9 10.4 8.0 15.1 16.6 16.5 12.1 6.5 1.6 1971 " 163,800 " 5.6 12.5 10.3 7.4 15.8 18.7 18.5 13.2 7.2 1.9 1970 " 175,100 " 5.7 13.9 10.9 7.5 17.6 22.5 21.1 14.2 7.6 2.0 1969 " 163,700 " 5.5 13.4 9.9 6.6 16.6 23.0 22.5 15.1 7.6 2.0 1968 " 155,200 " 5.3 13.1 9.7 6.2 16.6 23.0 22.1 15.0 --- --- 1967 " 142,200 " 4.9 12.5 8.9 5.6 15.3 23.0 22.7 14.0 --- --- 1966 " 132,900 " 4.4 11.9 8.5 5.4 14.1 22.6 23.4 15.7 --- --- 1965 " 123,700 " 4.0 11.6 7.9 --- --- 22.0 24.3 16.6 --- --- 1964 " 114,300 " 3.4 11.0 7.4 --- --- 21.1 24.0 15.9 --- --- 1963 " 104,600 " 3.0 10.5 7.0 --- --- 20.7 21.9 14.2 --- --- 1962 " 94,700 " 2.7 9.8 6.5 --- --- 19.9 19.8 12.6 --- --- 1961 " 91,100 " 2.5 10.0 7.1 --- --- 19.7 19.4 11.3 --- --- 1960 " 82,500 " 2.3 9.2 6.6 --- --- 18.2 18.2 10.8 --- --- 1959 " 79,600 " 2.2 9.2 6.5 --- --- 18.3 17.6 10.7 --- --- 1958 " 74,600 " 2.1 8.8 6.3 --- --- 17.3 15.8 10.8 --- --- 1957 " 70,800 " 2.0 8.6 6.4 --- --- 16.6 14.6 10.5 --- --- 1956 " 67,500 " 1.9 8.3 6.2 --- --- 16.3 14.0 9.2 --- --- 1955 " 64,200 " 1.9 7.9 6.0 --- --- 15.0 13.3 8.6 --- --- 1954 " 62,700 " 1.8 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1953 " 56,600 " 1.7 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1952 " 54,100 " 1.6 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1951 " 52,600 " 1.6 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1950 " 53,500 " 1.8 6.1 5.1 --- --- 10.0 8.7 5.9 --- --- "Black, total" 2001 " 414,533 " 68.4 73.2 71.4 45.5 109.4 127.5 88.2 52.9 25.9 6.3 2000 " 426,649 " 68.5 72.5 77.0 49.9 116.9 132.8 89.6 51.9 25.9 6.3 1999 " 417,476 " 68.9 71.5 78.4 51.5 117.9 130.3 89.6 50.3 24.7 5.9 1998 " 421,383 " 69.1 73.3 83.4 56.5 123.5 131.0 90.3 51.7 24.7 6.4 1997 " 415,054 " 69.2 73.4 86.4 60.6 127.2 127.8 85.2 52.3 24.7 6.5 1996 " 415,213 " 69.8 74.4 89.2 64.0 129.2 125.8 84.5 54.5 25.5 6.1 1995 " 421,489 " 69.9 75.9 92.8 68.6 131.2 127.7 84.8 54.3 25.6 6.0 1994 " 448,315 " 70.5 82.1 100.9 75.1 141.6 138.1 93.6 57.2 26.3 5.9 1993 " 452,476 " 68.7 84.0 102.4 76.8 141.6 142.2 94.5 57.3 25.9 5.8 1992 " 458,969 " 68.1 86.5 105.9 78.0 147.8 144.3 98.2 57.7 25.8 5.4 1991 " 463,750 " 67.9 79.5 108.5 80.4 148.7 147.5 100.9 60.1 25.6 5.4 1990 " 455,304 " 66.5 90.5 106.0 78.8 143.7 144.8 105.3 61.5 25.5 5.1 1989 " 442,395 " 65.7 90.7 104.5 78.9 140.9 142.4 102.9 60.5 24.9 5.0 1988 " 413,157 " 64.7 86.5 96.1 73.5 130.5 133.6 97.2 57.4 24.1 5.0 1987 " 387,468 " 63.4 82.6 90.9 69.9 123.0 126.1 91.6 53.1 22.4 4.7 1986 " 369,786 " 62.4 79.0 88.5 67.0 121.1 118.0 84.6 50.0 20.6 4.4 1985 " 356,205 " 61.2 77.0 87.6 66.8 117.9 113.1 79.3 47.5 20.4 4.3 1984 " 342,524 " 60.3 75.2 86.1 66.5 113.6 107.9 77.8 43.8 19.4 4.3 1983 " 333,183 " 59.2 76.2 85.5 66.8 111.9 107.2 79.7 43.8 19.4 4.8 1982 " 327,998 " 57.7 77.9 85.1 66.3 112.7 109.3 82.7 44.1 19.5 5.2 1981 " 321,383 " 56.9 79.4 85.0 65.9 114.2 110.7 83.1 45.5 19.6 5.6 1980 " 318,799 " 56.1 81.1 87.9 68.8 118.2 112.3 81.4 46.7 19.0 5.5 1979 " 315,800 " 54.7 83.0 91.0 71.0 123.3 114.1 80.0 44.8 19.3 5.9 1978 " 293,400 " 53.2 81.1 87.9 68.8 119.6 111.4 79.6 43.9 18.5 6.2 1977 " 281,600 " 51.7 82.6 90.9 73.0 121.7 110.1 78.6 45.7 19.0 6.6 1976 " 258,800 " 50.3 81.6 89.7 73.5 117.9 107.2 78.0 45.0 19.2 7.0 1975 " 249,600 " 48.8 84.2 93.5 76.8 123.8 108.0 75.7 50.0 20.5 7.2 1974 " 238,800 " 47.1 85.5 93.8 78.6 122.2 109.8 80.3 51.8 24.3 6.7 1973 " 234,500 " 45.8 88.6 94.9 81.2 120.5 116.0 84.5 57.8 27.6 7.7 1972 " 233,300 " 43.9 91.6 98.2 82.8 128.2 121.2 88.3 57.4 30.4 8.5 1971 " 229,000 " 40.5 96.1 98.6 80.7 135.2 130.6 99.6 68.6 32.7 10.1 1970 " 215,100 " 37.6 95.5 96.9 77.9 136.4 131.5 100.9 71.8 32.9 10.4 "White, non-Hispanic" 2001 " 524,371 " 22.5 27.7 22.9 12.2 39.0 46.3 38.4 25.5 13.2 3.6 2000 " 521,686 " 22.1 27.9 24.5 13.6 41.4 46.6 37.6 25.0 12.9 3.3 1999 " 518,291 " 22.1 27.9 25.5 14.6 42.3 46.0 37.0 25.0 13.0 3.1 1998 " 517,153 " 21.9 27.4 25.7 15.3 42.0 45.2 35.4 24.7 12.8 3.0 1997 " 502,620 " 21.5 27.0 25.9 15.9 42.6 43.8 34.4 24.5 12.4 2.8 1996 " 508,157 " 21.5 28.3 27.0 16.9 43.8 44.5 35.7 26.6 13.9 3.3 1995 --- --- 28.2 27.7 17.6 44.5 43.8 34.9 25.3 13.0 3.2 1994 --- --- 28.5 28.1 18.0 45.0 43.8 35.0 24.8 12.9 3.1 1993 --- --- 27.5 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1992 --- --- 26.5 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1991 --- --- 25.4 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1990 --- --- 24.4 25.0 16.2 37.0 36.4 30.3 20.5 6.1 --- Hispanic 2001 " 361,689 " 42.5 98.0 71.8 47.6 110.4 150.5 150.3 106.5 53.2 12.5 2000 " 348,173 " 42.7 97.3 74.2 51.0 110.6 150.2 149.5 101.5 48.4 12.4 1999 " 322,311 " 42.2 93.4 73.8 52.4 107.6 143.3 143.6 93.3 44.1 11.3 1998 " 305,442 " 41.6 90.1 73.9 53.0 107.8 135.0 136.0 85.4 40.1 12.0 1997 " 290,437 " 40.9 91.4 75.2 55.0 109.5 139.1 135.0 86.1 42.0 12.2 1996 " 285,501 " 40.7 93.2 74.5 53.4 110.4 146.5 139.1 90.8 42.3 12.3 1995 " 277,602 " 40.8 95.0 78.7 56.3 117.9 148.9 133.8 89.2 43.4 12.2 1994 " 286,469 " 43.1 101.2 82.6 59.0 123.6 154.8 141.6 95.5 48.4 14.0 1993 --- --- 95.2 74.6 51.9 114.6 140.5 137.7 90.9 47.8 14.1 1992 --- --- 95.3 72.9 51.0 110.5 142.2 138.3 91.8 48.1 14.5 1991 --- --- 93.7 72.4 50.5 109.6 135.4 137.5 89.1 47.7 14.2 1990 --- --- 89.6 65.9 45.9 98.9 129.8 131.7 88.1 50.8 13.7 Sources: "National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, 1963, Volume I, Natality (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, " "Education, and Welfare, 1964). 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Data for white-non-Hispanics for 1991-1993 are interpolated. 1999 data are preliminary