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Share of births to unmarried women: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of births to unmarried women (%). 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: 29.9 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 20.3 %
RI 24.6 %
DE 26 %
CT 28.3 %
NJ 24.6 %
MD 31 %
MA 27.6 %
VT 19.5 %
NH 28.3 %

Lowest: 12.1 to 24.4 %
Group 2: 24.4 to 28.2 %
Group 3: 28.2 to 31 %
Group 4: 31 to 34.4 %
Highest: 34.4 to 52.2 %

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	Mississippi	52.2
2	Louisiana	44.9
3	New Mexico	40.8
4	Alabama	39.9
4	West Virginia	39.9
6	Nevada	36.9
7	Hawaii	36.4
8	Georgia	35.9
9	Florida	35.2
10	Indiana	34.6
11	South Carolina	34.4
12	Wyoming	33.9
13	Arkansas	33.2
14	Alaska	32.6
15	Arizona	32.3
16	Missouri	31.7
17	Ohio	31.6
18	Oklahoma	31.2
19	Maine	31.1
20	Kentucky	31
20	Maryland	31
20	Tennessee	31
23	Texas	30.9
24	Oregon	29.8
25	California	29.1
26	New York	28.9
26	Pennsylvania	28.9
28	Connecticut	28.3
28	New Hampshire	28.3
30	Illinois	28.2
30	Wisconsin	28.2
32	Massachusetts	27.6
33	Michigan	26.4
34	Delaware	26
35	Washington	25.9
36	Iowa	25.2
37	Nebraska	25.1
38	New Jersey	24.6
38	North Carolina	24.6
38	Rhode Island	24.6
41	South Dakota	24.4
42	Minnesota	23.9
43	Virginia	23.8
44	Kansas	22.2
45	Montana	20.8
46	District of Columbia	20.3
47	Colorado	19.7
48	Vermont	19.5
49	Utah	18.2
50	North Dakota	14.9
51	Idaho	12.1

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 unmarried women (%) (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-unmarried-women/

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