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United States
Births to unmarried women
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Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
Births occurring to women who were unmarried at the time of the birth.
Data Source
PRB analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics microdata files. Data for California come from supplemental Internet tables within the published report, Births: Final Data.
Notes
S - Estimates suppressed when NCHS reporting standards not met.
N.A. - Data not available.
Data are provided for the 50 most populous cities according to the most recent Census counts. Cities for which data are collected may change over time.
Beginning in 2018, due to state statutory restrictions, California no longer provides record-level data on the marital status of the mother for births occurring in California to California residents and non-residents (including residents of other states). Due to this change, data for selected cities are not available.
N.A. - Data not available.
Data are provided for the 50 most populous cities according to the most recent Census counts. Cities for which data are collected may change over time.
Beginning in 2018, due to state statutory restrictions, California no longer provides record-level data on the marital status of the mother for births occurring in California to California residents and non-residents (including residents of other states). Due to this change, data for selected cities are not available.
Last Updated
April 2025