| Total | Less than high school graduate* | High school graduate* | At least some college* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Number | Percent | SE | Number | Percent | SE | Number | Percent | SE | Number | Percent | SE |
| Total | 3,276,902 | 83.4 | 0.0 | 405,430 | 70.8 | 0.1 | 887,527 | 82.6 | 0.0 | 1,649,136 | 91.5 | 0.0 |
| Mother's age | ||||||||||||
| 20-24 | 778,394 | 78.2 | 0.0 | 187,641 | 69.7 | 0.1 | 345,895 | 79.4 | 0.1 | 236,733 | 85.0 | 0.1 |
| 25-29 | 891,451 | 86.1 | 0.0 | 114,702 | 71.8 | 0.1 | 261,162 | 84.0 | 0.1 | 506,757 | 91.7 | 0.0 |
| 30-34 | 827,871 | 89.7 | 0.0 | 65,763 | 72.7 | 0.1 | 179,354 | 86.1 | 0.1 | 574,770 | 93.6 | 0.0 |
| 35 and over | 474,751 | 88.4 | 0.0 | 37,324 | 70.7 | 0.2 | 101,116 | 84.3 | 0.1 | 330,876 | 92.6 | 0.0 |
| Mother's race | ||||||||||||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 28,205 | 69.3 | 0.2 | 4,480 | 60.1 | 0.6 | 9,460 | 70.3 | 0.4 | 9,204 | 80.3 | 0.4 |
| Asian | 105,133 | 86.2 | 0.1 | 6,806 | 75.2 | 0.5 | 19,294 | 81.9 | 0.3 | 75,743 | 89.5 | 0.1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 6,376 | 76.5 | 0.5 | 414 | 62.2 | 1.9 | 2,701 | 75 | 0.7 | 2,395 | 86.4 | 0.7 |
| Black or African American | 436,504 | 74.5 | 0.1 | 50,780 | 64.9 | 0.2 | 143,033 | 74.5 | 0.1 | 167,943 | 84.5 | 0.1 |
| White | 2,648,763 | 85.2 | 0.0 | 338,562 | 72.0 | 0.1 | 701,302 | 84.8 | 0.0 | 1,361,441 | 92.7 | 0.0 |
| Mother's ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 625,816 | 75.7 | 0.0 | 216,424 | 71.1 | 0.1 | 169,533 | 79.8 | 0.1 | 146,834 | 86.7 | 0.1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,632,884 | 85.4 | 0.0 | 187,749 | 70.6 | 0.1 | 713,915 | 83.2 | 0.0 | 1,494,393 | 92.0 | 0.0 |
| Black or African American | 425,083 | 74.5 | 0.1 | 48,843 | 64.7 | 0.2 | 139,386 | 74.5 | 0.1 | 164,052 | 84.5 | 0.1 |
| White | 2,022,737 | 88.5 | 0.0 | 123,687 | 73.5 | 0.1 | 533,331 | 86.4 | 0.0 | 1,212,965 | 93.5 | 0.0 |
*Education data are for persons age 20 and older only.
Note: Data include only those with liveborn infants. The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.