Births to unmarried women U.S. percentage 1980-2020 | Statista

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This statistic depicts the percentage of births to unmarried women in the United States from 1980 to 2020. In 1980, some 18 percent of all women in the United States who gave birth were unmarried. As of 2020, the percentage of births to unmarried women has increased to 40.5 percent.

Percentage of births to unmarried women in the United States from 1980 to 2020

Characteristic	Percentage of all births
2020	40.5%
2019	40%
2018	39.6%
2017	39.8%
2016	39.8%
2015*	40.3%
2014	40.2%
2013	40.6%
2012	40.7%
2011	40.7%
2010	40.8%
2009	41%
2008	40.6%
2007	39.7%
2006	38.5%
2005	36.9%
2004	35.8%
2003	34.6%
2002	34%
2001	33.5%
2000	33.2%
1995	32.2%
1990	28%
1985	22%
1980	18.4%

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1980 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* Figures for 2015 were taken from the newest "Births" report from the CDC and can be found here on page 44

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