Births to unmarried women U.S. number 1980-2022 | Statista

In 1980, some 670 thousand births to unmarried women in the United States were recorded, and by 2022 that number stood at just over 1.46 million. This statistic depicts the number of births to unmarried women in the United States from 1980 to 2022.

Number of births to unmarried women in the United States from 1980 to 2022

Characteristic	Number of births to unmarried women
2022	1,461,305
2021	1,464,455
2020	1,464,121
2019	1,498,113
2018	1,503,361
2017	1,533,901
2016	1,569,796
2015*	1,601,527
2014	1,604,870
2013	1,595,873
2012	1,609,619
2011	1,607,773
2010	1,633,471
2009	1,693,658
2008	1,726,566
2007	1,715,047
2006	1,641,946
2005	1,527,034
2004	1,470,189
2003	1,415,995
2002	1,365,966
2001	1,349,249
2000	1,347,043
1995	1,253,976
1990	1,165,384
1985	828,174
1980	665,747

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Release date

April 2024

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Region

North America, United States

Survey time period

1980 to 2022

Supplementary notes

* Figures for 2015 were taken from the latest "Births" report by the CDC and can be found here on page 46

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