Unmarried Childbearing
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of live births to unmarried women: 1,498,113
- Fertility rate for unmarried women: 39.9 births per 1,000 unmarried women aged 15-44
- Percent of all births to unmarried women: 40.0%
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Page last reviewed: March 2, 2021
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics