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Share of births to mothers 15–19: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of births to mothers 15–19 (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Women aged 15 to 50 who gave birth in the past year by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-14

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National value: 1.7 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 0 %
RI 0.9 %
DE 8.5 %
CT 2 %
NJ 0.7 %
MD 2.4 %
MA 0.4 %
VT 0 %
NH 0 %

Lowest: 0 to 0.8 %
Group 2: 0.8 to 1.3 %
Group 3: 1.3 to 2 %
Group 4: 2 to 2.5 %
Highest: 2.5 to 8.5 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Delaware	8.5
2	Wyoming	8.3
3	Nevada	3.8
4	Georgia	3.7
5	Kentucky	3.6
6	Hawaii	3
7	Oregon	2.7
8	Oklahoma	2.6
8	West Virginia	2.6
10	Iowa	2.5
10	Mississippi	2.5
10	New Mexico	2.5
13	Alabama	2.4
13	Idaho	2.4
13	Maryland	2.4
16	Texas	2.3
17	Missouri	2.2
17	South Dakota	2.2
19	Ohio	2.1
20	Connecticut	2
20	North Carolina	2
22	Louisiana	1.9
23	Tennessee	1.8
24	Arizona	1.6
25	Indiana	1.5
25	Wisconsin	1.5
27	Kansas	1.4
27	Michigan	1.4
29	Arkansas	1.3
29	New York	1.3
29	Utah	1.3
32	Florida	1.2
32	Nebraska	1.2
34	California	1.1
34	South Carolina	1.1
36	Colorado	1
36	Illinois	1
36	Pennsylvania	1
39	Rhode Island	0.9
39	Washington	0.9
41	Maine	0.8
42	Alaska	0.7
42	New Jersey	0.7
42	Virginia	0.7
45	Massachusetts	0.4
45	Minnesota	0.4
47	North Dakota	0.3
48	District of Columbia	0
48	Montana	0
48	New Hampshire	0
48	Vermont	0

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B13002: Women 15 to 50 years who had a birth in the past 12 months by marital status and age. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of births to mothers 15–19 (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B13002: Women 15 to 50 years who had a birth in the past 12 months by marital status and age; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-14. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-births-to-mothers-15-to-19/

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