Unmarried Childbearing
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Data are for the U.S.
- Number of live births to unmarried women: 1,604,870
- Birth rate for unmarried women: 43.9 births per 1,000 unmarried women aged 15-44 years
- Percent of all births to unmarried women: 40.2%
More data
- Birth data
- Births and birth rates for unmarried women, by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States Births: Final Data for 2014, table 15 [PDF - 2.9 MB]
- Birth rates for unmarried women, by age of mother: United States, 1970, 1975, and 1980–2014, and by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 1980–2014 Births: Final Data for 2014, table 16 [PDF - 2.9 MB]
- Changes in Life Expectancy by Race and Hispanic Origin in the United States, 2013-2014
- Recent Declines in Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States
- Three Decades of Nonmarital First Births Among Fathers Aged 15–44 in the United States
- Trends in Attitudes About Marriage, Childbearing, and Sexual Behavior: United States, 2002, 2006-2010, and 2011-2013 [PDF - 305 KB]
- Page last reviewed: July 20, 2015
- Page last updated: June 13, 2016
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