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Births by Age and Race of Mother

The following table shows the number of live births to Black, White, Hispanic, American Indian, and Asian women age 15 to 49 between 1940 and 2009.

		Age of mother
Year¹/race	Total	Under 15	15–19	20–24	25–29	30–34	35–39	40–44	45–49²
1940	2,558,647	3,865	332,667	799,537	693,268	431,468	222,015	68,269	7,558
1945	2,858,449	4,028	298,868	832,746	785,299	554,906	296,852	78,853	6,897
1950	3,631,512	5,413	432,911	1,155,167	1,041,360	610,816	302,780	77,743	5,322
1955	4,014,112	6,181	493,770	1,290,939	1,133,155	732,540	352,320	89,777	5,430
1960	4,257,850	6,780	586,966	1,426,912	1,092,816	687,722	359,908	91,564	5,182
1965	3,760,358	7,768	590,894	1,337,350	925,732	529,376	282,908	81,716	4,614
1970	3,731,386	11,752	644,708	1,418,874	994,904	427,806	180,244	49,952	3,146
1975	3,144,198	12,642	582,238	1,093,676	936,786	375,500	115,409	26,319	1,628
1980	3,612,258	10,169	552,161	1,226,200	1,108,291	550,354	140,793	23,090	1,200
1985	3,760,561	10,220	467,485	1,141,320	1,201,350	696,354	214,336	28,334	1,162
1990	4,158,212	11,657	521,826	1,093,730	1,277,108	886,063	317,583	48,607	1,638
1995	3,899,589	12,242	499,873	965,547	1,063,539	904,666	383,745	67,250	2,727
1996	3,914,953	11,242	494,272	951,247	1,078,411	904,329	400,810	71,663	2,980
1997	3,880,894	10,121	483,220	942,048	1,069,436	886,798	409,710	76,084	3,333
1998	3,941,553	9,462	484,895	965,122	1,083,010	889,365	424,890	81,027	3,782
1999	3,959,417	9,054	476,050	981,929	1,078,252	892,400	434,294	83,090	4,348
2000	4,058,814	8,519³	468,990	1,017,806	1,087,547	929,278	452,057	90,013	4,604
2001	4,025,933	7,781³	445,944	1,021,627	1,058,265	942,697	451,723	92,813	5,083
2002	4,021,726	7,315	425,493	1,022,106	1,060,391	951,219	453,927	95,788	5,487
2003	4,089,950	6,661	414,580	1,032,305	1,086,366	975,546	467,642	101,005	5,845
2004	4,115,590	6,789	415,408	1,034,834	1,105,297	967,008	476,123	103,917	6,214
2005	4,138,349	6,722	414,593	1,040,388	1,131,596	950,691	483,156	104,667	6,119
2006	4,265,555	6,396	435,436	1,080,437	1,181,899	950,258	498,616	105,539	6,974
2007	4,317,119	6,218	445,045	1,082,837	1,208,405	962,179	499,916	105,071	7,349
2008	4,247,694	5,764	434,758	1,052,184	1,195,774	956,716	488,875	105,972	7,650
2009	4,121,019	5,030	409,840	1,006,055	1,166,904	955,300	474,143	105,813	7,934
White	2,211,960	1,055	159,526	490,555	657,466	564,928	272,146	60,426	4,849
Black	609,552	1,704	98,425	194,103	152,217	98,902	50,006	12,319	895
American Indian⁴	48,660	108	8,316	16,233	12,634	7,394	3,213	722	39
Asian or Pacific Islander	250,935	76	7,041	29,395	70,496	85,280	48,078	9,854	714
Hispanic origin⁵	999,632	2,073	136,274	274,746	270,661	195,746	97,271	21,640	1,222

NOTE: Data refer only to births occurring within the U.S.

1. Data for 1940–1955 are adjusted for under-registration. Beginning 1960, only registered births are shown. Data for 1960–1970 based on a 50% sample of births. For 1972–1984, based on 100% of births in selected states and on 50% sample in all other states. Beginning 1989, births are tabulated by race of mother; previously based on race of child.

2. Beginning 1998, ages 45–54.

3. Ages 10–14.

4. Includes births to Aleuts and Eskimos.

5. Persons of Hispanic origin may be any race.

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports. Web: www.cdc.gov/nchs .

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