Unmarried Childbearing
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of live births to unmarried women: 1,464,121
- Fertility rate for unmarried women: 38.6 births per 1,000 unmarried women aged 15-44
- Percent of all births to unmarried women: 40.5%
Source: Births: Final Data for 2020, tables 9 and 10 pdf icon[PDF – 1 MB]
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Page last reviewed: May 16, 2022
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics