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86. Births to Unmarried Women, by Race of Child and Age of Mother

[Excludes births to nonresidents of the United States.Beginning in 1985, marital status is inferred from acomparison of the child's and parents' surnames on the birth certificatefor those States that do not report on marital status. No estimatesincluded for misstatements on birth records or failure to registerbirths. See also Appendix III]
 
Race of child and age of mother 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
 
NUMBER (1,000)
    Total live births 1 828 879 933 1,005 1,094 1,165 1,214 1,225 1,240 1,290 1,254 1,260 1,257 1,294
White 433 467 499 540 594 647 708 722 742 794 785 965 793 821
Black 366 380 399 427 457 473 464 459 452 448 421 415 415 421
Under 15 years 9 9 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 11 10 10 9
15 to 19 years 271 281 293 313 337 350 358 354 357 381 376 373 376 381
20 to 24 years 300 316 331 351 378 404 429 436 439 449 432 431 439 460
25 to 29 years 152 166 179 196 215 230 235 233 234 238 229 235 235 243
30 to 34 years 67 75 84 95 106 118 124 128 132 137 133 133 125 125
35 to 39 years (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 60 61
40 years and over (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 14 14
 
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
    Total 1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
White 52.3 53.1 53.4 53.7 54.3 55.6 58.0 58.9 59.8 61.6 62.6 76.6 63.1 63.5
Black 44.1 43.3 42.8 42.4 41.8 40.6 38.0 37.5 36.5 34.8 33.6 32.9 33.0 32.6
Under 15 years 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7
15 to 19 years 32.7 32.0 31.4 31.1 30.8 30.0 29.0 28.9 28.8 29.6 30.0 29.6 29.9 29.4
20 to 24 years 36.3 36.0 35.5 34.9 34.6 34.7 35.0 35.6 35.4 34.8 34.4 34.2 34.9 35.6
25 to 29 years 18.4 18.9 19.2 19.5 19.7 19.7 19.0 19.1 18.9 18.4 18.3 18.7 18.7 18.8
30 to 34 years 8.1 8.5 9.0 9.4 9.7 10.1 10.0 10.4 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.6 9.9 9.6
35 to 39 years 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 4.8 4.7
40 years and over (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1.1 1.1
 
AS PERCENT OF
ALL BIRTHS IN RACIAL GROUPS
 
    Total 1 22.0 23.4 24.5 25.7 27.1 28.0 30.0 30.1 31.0 32.6 32.2 32.4 32.4 32.8
White 14.5 15.7 16.7 17.7 19.0 20.1 22.0 22.6 23.6 25.4 25.3 25.7 25.8 26.3
Black 60.1 61.2 62.2 63.5 64.5 65.2 68.0 68.1 68.7 70.4 69.9 69.8 69.2 69.1
 
BIRTH RATE 2
 
    Total 1 3 32.8 34.2 36.0 38.5 41.6 43.8 45.2 45.2 45.3 46.9 45.1 44.8 44.0 44.3
White 3 21.8 23.2 24.5 26.5 29.2 31.8 34.6 35.2 35.9 38.3 37.5 37.6 37.0 37.5
Black 3 79.0 81.2 85.1 89.3 93.8 93.9 89.5 86.5 84.0 82.1 75.9 74.4 73.4 73.3
15 to 19 years 31.4 32.3 33.8 36.4 40.1 42.5 44.8 44.6 44.5 46.4 44.4 42.9 42.2 41.5
20 to 24 years 46.5 49.3 52.6 56.0 61.2 65.1 68.0 68.5 69.2 72.2 70.3 70.7 71.0 72.3
25 to 29 years 39.9 42.2 44.5 48.5 52.8 56.0 56.5 56.5 57.1 59.0 56.1 56.8 56.2 58.4
30 to 34 years 25.2 27.2 29.6 32.0 34.9 37.6 38.1 37.9 38.5 40.1 39.6 41.1 39.0 39.1
35 to 39 years (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 19.0 19.0
40 to 44 years (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 4.6 4.6



1 Includes other races not shown separately.
2 Rate per 1,000 unmarried women (never-married, widowed, and divorced)estimated as of July 1.
3 Covers women aged 15 to 44 years.

Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of theUnited States, annual; and National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSR)(formerly Monthly Vital Statistics Report); and unpublished data.http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm

https://allcountries.org/uscensus/86_births_to_unmarried_women_by_race.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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