| White | Black | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under Age 15 | Age 15 - 17 | Age 18 - 19 | All Teens | All Women | Under Age 15 | Age 15 - 17 | Age 18 – 19 | All Teens | All Women | |
| Notes: Births to unmarried women in the United States for 1940 – 1979 are estimated from data for registration areas in which marital status of the mother was reported; see sources below. Beginning in 1980, births to unmarried women in the United States are based on data from states reporting marital status directly and data from non-reporting states for which marital status was inferred from other information on the birth certificate; see sources below. Source: National Center for Health Statistics, “Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States, 1940 - 1999,” National Vital Health Statistics Reports, Vol. 48 (16), 2000; “Births: Final Data for 2001,” National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 51 (2), December 2002. |
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| 1940 | 44.4 | NA | NA | 7.2 | 1.9 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1941 | 44.9 | NA | NA | 7.0 | 1.9 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1942 | 40.5 | NA | NA | 6.4 | 1.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1943 | 45.2 | NA | NA | 6.5 | 1.6 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1944 | 41.3 | NA | NA | 8.4 | 2.0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1945 | 50.7 | NA | NA | 10.0 | 2.4 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1946 | 52.4 | NA | NA | 8.4 | 2.1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1947 | 45.1 | NA | NA | 6.6 | 1.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1948 | 39.9 | 10.3 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 1.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1949 | 40.4 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 1.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1950 | 41.9 | 10.2 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 1.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1951 | 34.9 | 9.7 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 1.6 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1952 | 40.4 | 9.6 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 1.6 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1953 | 43.1 | 9.6 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 1.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1954 | 36.8 | 10.2 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 1.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1955 | 42.1 | 10.2 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 1.9 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1956 | 42.6 | 10.2 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 1.9 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1957 | 41.5 | 10.4 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 2.0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1958 | 45.3 | 10.8 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 2.1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1959 | 46.7 | 11.4 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 2.2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1960 | 47.5 | 11.7 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 2.3 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1961 | 49.9 | 12.4 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 2.5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1962 | 48.3 | 13.4 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 2.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1963 | 50.3 | 15.1 | 7.0 | 9.4 | 3.1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1964 | 52.3 | 16.0 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 3.4 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1965 | 57.3 | 17.3 | 9.1 | 11.7 | 4.0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1966 | 52.5 | 19.5 | 9.9 | 12.6 | 4.4 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1967 | 61.6 | 21.0 | 11.2 | 14.2 | 4.9 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1968 | 61.0 | 23.4 | 12.7 | 16.1 | 5.3 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1969 | 57.0 | 24.0 | 12.9 | 16.6 | 5.5 | 91.7 | 72.1 | 48.3 | 60.0 | 34.9 |
| 1970 | 57.9 | 25.2 | 13.5 | 17.5 | 5.7 | 93.5 | 76.0 | 52.1 | 64.0 | 37.6 |
| 1971 | 60.5 | 25.2 | 13.2 | 17.4 | 5.6 | 95.0 | 79.6 | 56.0 | 68.1 | 40.5 |
| 1972 | 59.0 | 26.4 | 13.7 | 18.5 | 6.0 | 96.4 | 81.0 | 59.0 | 70.7 | 43.9 |
| 1973 | 65.2 | 27.6 | 14.3 | 19.6 | 6.4 | 96.4 | 82.6 | 60.4 | 72.1 | 45.7 |
| 1974 | 65.3 | 29.4 | 15.0 | 20.8 | 6.5 | 97.4 | 84.8 | 63.8 | 74.7 | 47.1 |
| 1975 | 71.0 | 33.0 | 17.2 | 23.5 | 7.3 | 98.4 | 87. | 4 67. | 6 77. | 8 48.8 |
| 1976 | 69.3 | 35.7 | 18.8 | 25.4 | 7.7 | 99.1 | 89. | 7 70. | 9 80. | 5 50.3 |
| 1977 | 72.8 | 38.9 | 21.0 | 27.8 | 8.2 | 98.8 | 90. | 6 74. | 6 82. | 6 51.7 |
| 1978 | 73.1 | 40.1 | 22.5 | 29.1 | 8.7 | 97.2 | 90. | 9 76. | 5 83. | 5 53.2 |
| 1979 | 75.0 | 42.4 | 24.3 | 30.8 | 9.4 | 99.4 | 92. | 9 78. | 9 85. | 7 54.7 |
| 1980 | 75.4 | 45.4 | 27.1 | 33.6 | 11.2 | 98.6 | 93. | 1 79. | 9 86. | 2 56.1 |
| 1981 | 76.5 | 48.0 | 28.7 | 35.5 | 11.8 | 98.9 | 93. | 9 81. | 3 87. | 2 56.9 |
| 1982 | 77.7 | 50.1 | 30.3 | 37.2 | 12.3 | 98.4 | 94. | 2 82. | 4 87. | 9 57.7 |
| 1983 | 79.9 | 53.1 | 32.7 | 39.8 | 12.9 | 98.5 | 95. | 1 84. | 4 89. | 4 59.2 |
| 1984 | 80.8 | 55.4 | 35.1 | 42.2 | 13.6 | 98.6 | 95. | 3 85. | 4 90. | 0 60.3 |
| 1985 | 82.4 | 58.0 | 38.2 | 45.3 | 14.7 | 98.8 | 95. | 6 86. | 2 90. | 6 61.2 |
| 1986 | 83.6 | 61.3 | 41.7 | 48.8 | 15.9 | 99.0 | 95. | 7 86. | 9 91. | 1 62.4 |
| 1987 | 84.6 | 64.6 | 44.4 | 51.8 | 16.9 | 99.1 | 96. | 1 87. | 6 91. | 7 63.4 |
| 1988 | 86.5 | 66.2 | 47.3 | 54.1 | 18.0 | 98.9 | 96. | 4 88. | 5 92. | 3 64.7 |
| 1989 | 84.7 | 67.2 | 49.5 | 55.7 | 19.2 | 98.4 | 96. | 1 89. | 0 92. | 3 59.2 |
| 1990 | 83.6 | 67.9 | 50.8 | 56.8 | 20.4 | 98.5 | 95. | 6 89. | 4 92. | 2 59.8 |
| 1991 | 75.5 | 69.7 | 53.2 | 59.0 | 21.8 | 98.1 | 95. | 7 89. | 8 92. | 5 60.3 |
| 1992 | 76.2 | 70.6 | 54.9 | 60.6 | 22.6 | 97.6 | 95. | 6 90. | 4 92. | 8 68.1 |
| 1993 | 83.2 | 71.7 | 57.2 | 62.7 | 23.6 | 98.1 | 95. | 7 90. | 8 93. | 1 68.7 |
| 1994 | 90.4 | 77.5 | 61.9 | 68.0 | 25.4 | 99.1 | 97. | 8 93. | 4 95. | 5 70.4 |
| 1995 | 88.8 | 77.4 | 62.1 | 68.0 | 25.3 | 99.1 | 97. | 7 93. | 2 95. | 3 69.9 |
| 1996 | 90.1 | 78.8 | 63.3 | 69.2 | 25.7 | 99.1 | 97. | 9 93. | 6 95. | 6 69.8 |
| 1997 | 92.2 | 81.6 | 65.3 | 71.4 | 25.8 | 99.4 | 98. | 3 93. | 8 95. | 8 69.2 |
| 1998 | 94.0 | 82.7 | 66.5 | 72.4 | 26.3 | 99.6 | 98. | 3 93. | 9 95. | 7 69.1 |
| 1999 | 93.9 | 83.2 | 67.3 | 72.9 | 26.7 | 99.5 | 98. | 3 93. | 7 95. | 6 68.8 |
| 2000 | 94.0 | 83.4 | 67.8 | 73.1 | 27.1 | 99.4 | 98. | 2 94. | 0 95. | 7 68.5 |
| 2001 | 94.0 | 83.4 | 68.5 | 73.4 | 27.7 | 99.6 | 98. | 5 94. | 0 95. | 8 68.4 |
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