FAM2.B Births to unmarried women: Percentage of all births that are to unmarried women by age of mother, 1980

FAM2.B Births to unmarried women: Percentage of all births that are to unmarried women by age of mother, 1980–2010

Age of mother	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Age of mother	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
All ages	18.4	18.9	19.4	20.3	21.0	22.0	23.4	24.5	25.7	27.1	28.0	29.5	30.1	31.0	32.6	32.2	32.4	32.4	32.8	33.0	33.2	33.5	34.0	34.6	35.8	36.9	38.5	39.7	40.6	41.0	40.8
Age
Under age 15	88.7	89.2	89.2	90.4	91.1	91.8	92.5	92.9	93.6	92.4	91.6	91.3	91.3	91.3	94.5	93.5	93.8	95.7	96.6	96.5	96.5	96.3	97.0	97.1	97.4	98.0	98.3	98.8	99.1	99.0	99.3
Ages 15–17	61.5	63.3	65.0	67.5	69.2	70.9	73.3	75.8	77.1	77.7	77.7	78.7	79.2	79.9	84.1	83.7	84.4	86.7	87.5	87.7	87.7	87.8	88.5	89.7	90.3	90.9	91.9	92.8	93.7	94.2	95.0
Ages 18–19	39.8	41.4	43.0	45.7	48.1	50.7	53.6	56.0	58.5	60.4	61.3	63.2	64.6	66.1	70.0	69.8	70.8	72.5	73.6	74.0	74.3	74.6	75.8	77.3	78.7	79.7	80.6	82.2	83.5	84.2	85.1
Ages 20–24	19.3	20.4	21.4	22.9	24.5	26.3	28.7	30.8	32.9	35.1	36.9	39.4	40.7	42.2	44.9	44.7	45.6	46.6	47.7	48.5	49.5	50.4	51.6	53.2	54.7	56.2	57.9	59.6	60.9	62.1	63.1
Ages 25–29	9.0	9.7	10.3	11.0	11.8	12.7	13.8	14.7	15.8	17.1	18.0	19.2	19.8	20.7	21.8	21.5	22.0	22.0	22.5	22.9	23.5	24.4	25.3	26.4	27.8	29.3	31.0	32.2	33.2	33.8	33.9
Ages 30–34	7.4	7.8	8.2	8.6	9.0	9.7	10.4	11.1	11.8	12.6	13.3	14.0	14.3	14.7	15.1	14.7	14.8	14.1	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.3	14.6	15.1	16.1	17.0	18.3	19.3	20.2	20.7	21.1
Ages 35–39	9.4	9.8	9.8	10.1	10.7	11.2	11.7	12.2	12.8	13.3	13.9	14.6	15.2	15.6	16.1	15.7	15.7	14.6	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.4	14.5	14.8	15.2	15.7	16.4	17.3	18.2	19.0	19.6
Ages 40 and older	12.1	12.7	13.4	13.4	13.8	14.0	14.8	15.2	15.6	15.9	17.0	17.4	17.7	18.1	18.7	18.1	18.4	17.1	16.7	16.5	16.8	17.1	17.3	17.9	18.2	18.8	19.4	20.0	20.8	21.4	21.7
NOTE: Data for 2010 are preliminary.
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