Unmarried Childbearing
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of live births to unmarried women: 1,503,361
- Fertility rate for unmarried women: 40.1 births per 1,000 unmarried women aged 15-44
- Percent of all births to unmarried women: 39.6%
Source: Births: Final Data for 2018, tables 9, 10 pdf icon[PDF – 985 KB]
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Page last reviewed: December 9, 2019
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics