Abortions share out-of-state residents by state U.S. 2020

In 2020, just over half of legal abortions carried out in the state of Kansas were performed on patients who were not residents of the state. In comparison, less than one percent of abortions in Arizona that year were obtained by out-of-state residents. This statistic shows the percentage of legal abortions performed in the United States that were among out-of-state residents in 2020, by state.

Percentage of reported legal abortions in the United States obtained by out-of-state residents in 2020, by state*

Characteristic	Percentage of legal abortions
District of Columbia	70.7%
Kansas	51.8%
New Mexico	30.3%
North Dakota	28.8%
Wyoming	24.2%
Illinois	20.9%
Missouri	19.8%
Vermont	17.4%
Georgia	17.1%
North Carolina	17.1%
Iowa	16.7%
Louisiana	16.6%
Rhode Island	16.2%
Oklahoma	15.7%
Nebraska	15.7%
Alabama	15.3%
South Dakota	15.2%
West Virginia	15.2%
Kentucky	15%
Colorado	13%
Arkansas	12.4%
Delaware	11.9%
Montana	10.6%
Mississippi	10.1%
Oregon	9.6%
Minnesota	9.4%
New Jersey**	6.9%
Virginia	6.8%
Pennsylvania	6.7%
Idaho	6.1%
New York	5.8%
Ohio	5.7%
Maine	5.6%
Michigan	5.5%
Nevada	5.5%
Florida	5.3%
South Carolina	5.1%
Indiana	5%
Utah	5%
Connecticut	5%
Washington	5%
Massachusetts	3.6%
Texas	2.1%
Hawaii	1.8%
Wisconsin	1.5%
Alaska	0.7%
Arizona	0.5%

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Release date

November 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

* As data are reported voluntarily by providers to state or area health departments, information may be incomplete and result in undercounting abortions when calculating rates and ratios in some states.
Data not available: California, Maryland, and New Hampshire.

** Reporting to the central health agency is not required. Data are requested from hospitals and licensed ambulatory care facilities only.

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