Prepregnancy obesity in the U.S. from 2016 to 2019, by race and Hispanic origin
In 2019, 39.1 percent of non-Hispanic black women in the U.S. were obese prior to pregnancy, compared to 36.4 percent in 2016. This statistic illustrates the percentage of women experiencing prepregnancy obesity in the United States from 2016 to 2019, by maternal race and Hispanic origin.