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  1. Percentage of births to unmarried women in the U.S. 1980-2023

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    Updated Jun 5, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Percentage of births to unmarried women in the U.S. 1980-2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276025/us-percentage-of-births-to-unmarried-women/
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    Jun 5, 2025
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    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    The percentage of births to unmarried women in the United States has more than doubled since 1980, reaching 40 percent in 2023. This significant shift in family structure reflects changing societal norms and demographic trends over the past four decades. The rise in births outside of marriage has implications for family dynamics, social support systems, and public policy. Age and ethnicity factors in birth rates While the overall percentage of births to unmarried women has stabilized around 40 percent in recent years, birth rates vary significantly across age groups and ethnicities. Unsurprisingly, in 2023, women between 20 and 34 years old had the highest birth rate at 83 births per 1,000 women, while teenagers aged 15 to 19 had the lowest rate at 8 births per 1,000 women. Additionally, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women had the highest fertility rate among all race/ethnicities in 2022, with approximately 2,237.5 births per 1,000 women, compared to the national average of 1,656.5 births per 1,000 women. Changing household structures The increase in births to unmarried women has contributed to evolving household structures in the United States. In 2023, there were approximately 15.18 million families with a single mother, a significant increase from previous decades. This trend aligns with the overall rise in births outside of marriage and suggests a growing need for support systems and policies that address the unique challenges faced by single-parent households.

  2. NCHS - Births to Unmarried Women by Age Group: United States

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    Updated Feb 25, 2021
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    data.cdc.gov (2021). NCHS - Births to Unmarried Women by Age Group: United States [Dataset]. https://healthdata.gov/CDC/NCHS-Births-to-Unmarried-Women-by-Age-Group-United/wrzd-ay26
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    Dataset updated
    Feb 25, 2021
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    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    This dataset includes number of births to unmarried women by age group in the United States since 1940.

    Methods for collecting information on marital status changed over the reporting period and have been documented in:

    • Ventura SJ, Bachrach CA. Nonmarital childbearing in the United States, 1940–99. National vital statistics reports; vol 48 no 16. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2000. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr48/nvs48_16.pdf. • National Center for Health Statistics. User guide to the 2013 natality public use file. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2014. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/VitalStatsOnline.htm.

  3. NCHS - Percent Distribution of Births to Unmarried Women by Age Group:...

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    Updated Mar 12, 2022
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    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2022). NCHS - Percent Distribution of Births to Unmarried Women by Age Group: United States [Dataset]. https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/nchs-percent-distribution-of-births-to-unmarried-women-by-age-group-united-states
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    Mar 12, 2022
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    Centers for Disease Control and Preventionhttp://www.cdc.gov/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    This dataset includes percent distribution of births to unmarried women by age group in the United States since 1970. Methods for collecting information on marital status changed over the reporting period and have been documented in: • Ventura SJ, Bachrach CA. Nonmarital childbearing in the United States, 1940–99. National vital statistics reports; vol 48 no 16. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2000. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr48/nvs48_16.pdf. • National Center for Health Statistics. User guide to the 2013 natality public use file. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2014. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/VitalStatsOnline.htm. SOURCES CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, birth data (see http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/births.htm); public-use data files (see http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/Vitalstatsonline.htm); and CDC WONDER (see http://wonder.cdc.gov/). REFERENCES Curtin SC, Ventura SJ, Martinez GM. Recent declines in nonmarital childbearing in the United States. NCHS data brief, no 162. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2014. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db162.pdf. Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Osterman MJK, et al. Births: Final data for 2015. National vital statistics reports; vol 66 no 1. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2017. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf.

  4. U.S. births to unmarried women 1980-2023

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    Updated Mar 21, 2025
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    Statista (2025). U.S. births to unmarried women 1980-2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276056/us-number-of-births-to-unmarried-women/
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    Mar 21, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In 2023, just over 1.44 million births in the United States were among unmarried women. This statistic depicts the number of births to unmarried women in the United States from 1980 to 2023.

  5. d

    NCHS - Birth Rates for Unmarried Women by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin:...

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    Updated Jun 9, 2018
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    (2018). NCHS - Birth Rates for Unmarried Women by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: United States. [Dataset]. http://datadiscoverystudio.org/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/821d3b63afc94600871c24fc8594ac54/html
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 9, 2018
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    description:

    This dataset includes birth rates for unmarried women by age group, race, and Hispanic origin in the United States since 1970.

    National data on births by Hispanics origin exclude data for Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma in 1989; for New Hampshire and Oklahoma in 1990; for New Hampshire in 1991 and 1992. Information on reporting Hispanic origin is detailed in the Technical Appendix for the 1999 public-use natality data file (see (ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/DVS/n....)

    All birth data by race before 1980 are based on race of the child. Starting in 1980, birth data by race are based on race of the mother.

    ; abstract:

    This dataset includes birth rates for unmarried women by age group, race, and Hispanic origin in the United States since 1970.

    National data on births by Hispanics origin exclude data for Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma in 1989; for New Hampshire and Oklahoma in 1990; for New Hampshire in 1991 and 1992. Information on reporting Hispanic origin is detailed in the Technical Appendix for the 1999 public-use natality data file (see (ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/DVS/n....)

    All birth data by race before 1980 are based on race of the child. Starting in 1980, birth data by race are based on race of the mother.

  6. nchs-percent-distribution-of-births-to-unmarried-w

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    Department of Health and Human Services (2025). nchs-percent-distribution-of-births-to-unmarried-w [Dataset]. https://huggingface.co/datasets/HHS-Official/nchs-percent-distribution-of-births-to-unmarried-w
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    Apr 21, 2025
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    United States Department of Health and Human Serviceshttp://www.hhs.gov/
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    Department of Health and Human Services
    Description

    NCHS - Percent Distribution of Births to Unmarried Women by Age Group: United States

      Description
    

    This dataset includes percent distribution of births to unmarried women by age group in the United States since 1970. Methods for collecting information on marital status changed over the reporting period and have been documented in: • Ventura SJ, Bachrach CA. Nonmarital childbearing in the United States, 1940–99. National vital statistics reports; vol 48 no 16. Hyattsville… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/HHS-Official/nchs-percent-distribution-of-births-to-unmarried-w.

  7. NCHS - Births to Unmarried Women by Age Group: United States - wrzd-ay26 -...

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    Updated Jun 28, 2025
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    (2025). NCHS - Births to Unmarried Women by Age Group: United States - wrzd-ay26 - Archive Repository [Dataset]. https://healthdata.gov/dataset/NCHS-Births-to-Unmarried-Women-by-Age-Group-United/fw38-jjyp
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    tsv, csv, json, xml, application/rssxml, application/rdfxmlAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jun 28, 2025
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    This dataset tracks the updates made on the dataset "NCHS - Births to Unmarried Women by Age Group: United States" as a repository for previous versions of the data and metadata.

  8. NCHS - Birth Rates for Unmarried Women by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin:...

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    Updated Jul 11, 2025
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    (2025). NCHS - Birth Rates for Unmarried Women by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: United States - wsgk-dvct - Archive Repository [Dataset]. https://healthdata.gov/dataset/NCHS-Birth-Rates-for-Unmarried-Women-by-Age-Race-a/qaz4-82wx
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    csv, tsv, application/rssxml, xml, json, application/rdfxmlAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jul 11, 2025
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    This dataset tracks the updates made on the dataset "NCHS - Birth Rates for Unmarried Women by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: United States" as a repository for previous versions of the data and metadata.

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    ‘NCHS - Percent Distribution of Births to Unmarried Women by Age Group:...

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    Updated Jan 6, 2017
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    Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai) / Inspirient GmbH (inspirient.com) (2017). ‘NCHS - Percent Distribution of Births to Unmarried Women by Age Group: United States’ analyzed by Analyst-2 [Dataset]. https://analyst-2.ai/analysis/data-gov-nchs-percent-distribution-of-births-to-unmarried-women-by-age-group-united-states-d141/f4d42f7a/?iid=000-758&v=presentation
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    Dataset updated
    Jan 6, 2017
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai) / Inspirient GmbH (inspirient.com)
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Analysis of ‘NCHS - Percent Distribution of Births to Unmarried Women by Age Group: United States’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/52604432-17bd-454d-a5ba-1c76f318ddca on 27 January 2022.

    --- Dataset description provided by original source is as follows ---

    This dataset includes percent distribution of births to unmarried women by age group in the United States since 1970.

    Methods for collecting information on marital status changed over the reporting period and have been documented in:

    • Ventura SJ, Bachrach CA. Nonmarital childbearing in the United States, 1940–99. National vital statistics reports; vol 48 no 16. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2000. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr48/nvs48_16.pdf. • National Center for Health Statistics. User guide to the 2013 natality public use file. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2014. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/VitalStatsOnline.htm.

    SOURCES

    CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, birth data (see http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/births.htm); public-use data files (see http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/Vitalstatsonline.htm); and CDC WONDER (see http://wonder.cdc.gov/).

    REFERENCES

    1. Curtin SC, Ventura SJ, Martinez GM. Recent declines in nonmarital childbearing in the United States. NCHS data brief, no 162. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2014. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db162.pdf.

    2. Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Osterman MJK, et al. Births: Final data for 2015. National vital statistics reports; vol 66 no 1. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2017. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf.

    --- Original source retains full ownership of the source dataset ---

  10. Data from: UNBirth

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    Updated Sep 23, 2020
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    itsshavar (2020). UNBirth [Dataset]. https://www.kaggle.com/shishu1421/unbirth
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    zip(2760 bytes)Available download formats
    Dataset updated
    Sep 23, 2020
    Authors
    itsshavar
    License

    https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

    Description

    Context

    This dataset includes number of births to unmarried women by age group in the United States since 1940. Methods for collecting information on marital status changed over the reporting

    Content

    Age group level year wise unmarried birth data

    Acknowledgements

    Thanks to National Center for Health Statistics and CDC Picture credit to Wikipedia

  11. NCHS - Percent Distribution of Births to Unmarried Women by Age Group:...

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    Updated Jul 11, 2025
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    (2025). NCHS - Percent Distribution of Births to Unmarried Women by Age Group: United States - bzgs-x5y5 - Archive Repository [Dataset]. https://healthdata.gov/dataset/NCHS-Percent-Distribution-of-Births-to-Unmarried-W/dtms-p3gi
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    csv, application/rssxml, tsv, xml, json, application/rdfxmlAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jul 11, 2025
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    This dataset tracks the updates made on the dataset "NCHS - Percent Distribution of Births to Unmarried Women by Age Group: United States" as a repository for previous versions of the data and metadata.

  12. Live births, by marital status of mother

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    Updated Sep 25, 2024
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    Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2024). Live births, by marital status of mother [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.25318/1310041901-eng
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    Sep 25, 2024
    Dataset provided by
    Statistics Canadahttps://statcan.gc.ca/en
    Area covered
    Canada
    Description

    Number and percentage of live births, by marital status of mother, 1991 to most recent year.

  13. US Low Birth Weight Live Births

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    Updated Jan 20, 2021
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    John Snow Labs (2021). US Low Birth Weight Live Births [Dataset]. https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/us-low-birth-weight-live-births/
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    Dataset updated
    Jan 20, 2021
    Dataset authored and provided by
    John Snow Labs
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    The US Low Birth Weight Live Births dataset includes data about low birth weight and very low birth weight in the United States by detailed race and Hispanic origin of newborns between 1970 and 2015.

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    ‘NCHS - Nonmarital Birth Rates, by Age Group for All Women Age 15-44: United...

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    Updated Jan 27, 2022
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    Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai) / Inspirient GmbH (inspirient.com) (2022). ‘NCHS - Nonmarital Birth Rates, by Age Group for All Women Age 15-44: United States, 1980-2013’ analyzed by Analyst-2 [Dataset]. https://analyst-2.ai/analysis/data-gov-nchs-nonmarital-birth-rates-by-age-group-for-all-women-age-15-44-united-states-1980-2013-03ae/237e6e7e/?iid=001-731&v=presentation
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    Dataset updated
    Jan 27, 2022
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    Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai) / Inspirient GmbH (inspirient.com)
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Analysis of ‘NCHS - Nonmarital Birth Rates, by Age Group for All Women Age 15-44: United States, 1980-2013’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/de9db554-d47f-4c66-9bf6-005345bb7e6c on 27 January 2022.

    --- Dataset description provided by original source is as follows ---

    https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data-visualization/births-to-unmarried-women/index.htm

    --- Original source retains full ownership of the source dataset ---

  15. nchs-nonmarital-birth-rates-by-age-group-for-all-w

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    Updated Apr 21, 2025
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    Department of Health and Human Services (2025). nchs-nonmarital-birth-rates-by-age-group-for-all-w [Dataset]. https://huggingface.co/datasets/HHS-Official/nchs-nonmarital-birth-rates-by-age-group-for-all-w
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    Apr 21, 2025
    Dataset provided by
    United States Department of Health and Human Serviceshttp://www.hhs.gov/
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    Department of Health and Human Services
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    NCHS - Nonmarital Birth Rates, by Age Group for All Women Age 15-44: United States, 1970-2013

      Description
    

    https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data-visualization/births-to-unmarried-women/index.htm

      Dataset Details
    

    Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Temporal Coverage: 1970/2013 Last Modified: 2025-04-21 Contact: National Center for Health Statistics (births@cdc.gov)

      Source
    

    Original data can be found at:… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/HHS-Official/nchs-nonmarital-birth-rates-by-age-group-for-all-w.

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    NCHS - Nonmarital Birth Rates, by Age Group for All Women Age 15-44: United...

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    Updated Jan 16, 2018
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    U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (2018). NCHS - Nonmarital Birth Rates, by Age Group for All Women Age 15-44: United States, 1980-2013 [Dataset]. https://data.wu.ac.at/schema/data_gov/ZDE0NDJjZDAtMTJjMC00NDEzLTgzMzktODc3ZDQwMDRhOTk4
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    Dataset updated
    Jan 16, 2018
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    ‘NCHS - Pregnancy and Live Birth Rates, by Marital Status and Race and...

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    Updated Aug 5, 2020
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    Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai) / Inspirient GmbH (inspirient.com) (2020). ‘NCHS - Pregnancy and Live Birth Rates, by Marital Status and Race and Hispanic Origin: United States, 1990-2010’ analyzed by Analyst-2 [Dataset]. https://analyst-2.ai/analysis/data-gov-nchs-pregnancy-and-live-birth-rates-by-marital-status-and-race-and-hispanic-origin-united-states-1990-2010-4339/ccff1b94/?iid=003-082&v=presentation
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 5, 2020
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai) / Inspirient GmbH (inspirient.com)
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Analysis of ‘NCHS - Pregnancy and Live Birth Rates, by Marital Status and Race and Hispanic Origin: United States, 1990-2010’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/66505059-4e29-462f-8b17-535dca794f0f on 26 January 2022.

    --- Dataset description provided by original source is as follows ---

    https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data-visualization/births-to-unmarried-women/index.htm

    --- Original source retains full ownership of the source dataset ---

  18. Number of live births, by marital status of mother in Finland 2010-2018

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    Updated Jul 5, 2021
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    Statista (2021). Number of live births, by marital status of mother in Finland 2010-2018 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/530328/number-of-live-births-by-marital-status-of-mother-finland/
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    Dataset updated
    Jul 5, 2021
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Finland
    Description

    This statistic shows the number of live births in Finland from 2010 to 2018, by marital status of the mother. Since 2015, both the number of unmarried women giving birth to live children and the number of married women giving birth decreased. In 2018, approximately 26,400 married and 21,200 unmarried women gave birth to live children.

  19. d

    NCHS - Pregnancy and Live Birth Rates, by Marital Status and Race and...

    • datadiscoverystudio.org
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    (2018). NCHS - Pregnancy and Live Birth Rates, by Marital Status and Race and Hispanic Origin: United States, 1990-2010. [Dataset]. http://datadiscoverystudio.org/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/aecd75442bd14b0d98cd65cb3ac64461/html
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 9, 2018
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  20. Natality Local Area Summary Data, 1980: [United States]

    • icpsr.umich.edu
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    Updated Oct 6, 2008
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    United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics (2008). Natality Local Area Summary Data, 1980: [United States] [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09409.v2
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    Dataset updated
    Oct 6, 2008
    Dataset provided by
    Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Researchhttps://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/
    Authors
    United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics
    License

    https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/9409/termshttps://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/9409/terms

    Time period covered
    1980
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    This collection contains information on live births in the United States during calendar year 1980. The natality data in this file are a component of the vital statistics collection effort maintained by the federal government. Geographic variables of residence for births include the state, county, city, population, division and state subcode, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA), and metropolitan-nonmetropolitan county. Other variables include the race and sex of the child, the age of the mother, mother's education, place of delivery, person in attendance, and live birth order. The summary variables in the file include total number of births occurring in the country, the ratio of births to married women, the ratio of births to unmarried women, number of live births by birth weight, total number of births to United States residents, births by attendant, and place of delivery.

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Statista (2025). Percentage of births to unmarried women in the U.S. 1980-2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276025/us-percentage-of-births-to-unmarried-women/
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Percentage of births to unmarried women in the U.S. 1980-2023

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Dataset updated
Jun 5, 2025
Dataset authored and provided by
Statistahttp://statista.com/
Area covered
United States
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The percentage of births to unmarried women in the United States has more than doubled since 1980, reaching 40 percent in 2023. This significant shift in family structure reflects changing societal norms and demographic trends over the past four decades. The rise in births outside of marriage has implications for family dynamics, social support systems, and public policy. Age and ethnicity factors in birth rates While the overall percentage of births to unmarried women has stabilized around 40 percent in recent years, birth rates vary significantly across age groups and ethnicities. Unsurprisingly, in 2023, women between 20 and 34 years old had the highest birth rate at 83 births per 1,000 women, while teenagers aged 15 to 19 had the lowest rate at 8 births per 1,000 women. Additionally, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women had the highest fertility rate among all race/ethnicities in 2022, with approximately 2,237.5 births per 1,000 women, compared to the national average of 1,656.5 births per 1,000 women. Changing household structures The increase in births to unmarried women has contributed to evolving household structures in the United States. In 2023, there were approximately 15.18 million families with a single mother, a significant increase from previous decades. This trend aligns with the overall rise in births outside of marriage and suggests a growing need for support systems and policies that address the unique challenges faced by single-parent households.

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