Freedom#7 of 102 · Added July 22, 2026
Births Outside Marriage
Share of babies born to unmarried mothers
Data: CDC / NCHS, 2022 ↗nhmaps.com/69
At 28.4 percent, New Hampshire has the lowest share of unmarried births in the Northeast and one of the lowest in the country. The intact family turns out to travel with everything else that works here.
Share of babies born to unmarried mothers (percent of births)
Source & data: CDC / NCHS, 2022 ↗Found via @GregMooreNH ↗
View the data (50 states)
| # | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | 22.1% |
| 2 | Colorado | 24.0% |
| 3 | Idaho | 26.5% |
| 4 | New Hampshire | 28.4% |
| 5 | Montana | 30.3% |
| 6 | Washington | 31.5% |
| 7 | Minnesota | 32.4% |
| 8 | North Dakota | 32.5% |
| 9 | New Jersey | 32.9% |
| 10 | Massachusetts | 33.5% |
| 11 | Wyoming | 33.6% |
| 12 | Nebraska | 34.8% |
| 13 | Virginia | 35.1% |
| 14 | South Dakota | 35.3% |
| 15 | Kansas | 36.0% |
| 15 | Maine | 36.0% |
| 17 | Iowa | 36.2% |
| 18 | Alaska | 36.5% |
| 19 | Connecticut | 36.6% |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 36.7% |
| 21 | New York | 37.0% |
| 22 | Oregon | 37.1% |
| 23 | Vermont | 37.3% |
| 24 | California | 37.9% |
| 25 | Michigan | 38.0% |
| 26 | Pennsylvania | 38.3% |
| 27 | Missouri | 38.8% |
| 28 | Illinois | 39.6% |
| 29 | Maryland | 40.4% |
| 30 | North Carolina | 40.8% |
| 31 | Hawaii | 41.0% |
| 32 | Texas | 41.2% |
| 33 | Rhode Island | 41.4% |
| 34 | Ohio | 41.7% |
| 35 | Tennessee | 41.8% |
| 36 | Kentucky | 42.2% |
| 37 | Indiana | 42.3% |
| 38 | West Virginia | 43.9% |
| 39 | Arkansas | 44.4% |
| 40 | Oklahoma | 44.5% |
| 41 | South Carolina | 44.6% |
| 42 | Alabama | 44.9% |
| 43 | Florida | 45.1% |
| 44 | Arizona | 45.4% |
| 45 | Georgia | 46.0% |
| 46 | Delaware | 47.3% |
| 47 | Nevada | 48.5% |
| 48 | New Mexico | 53.2% |
| 49 | Mississippi | 53.9% |
| 50 | Louisiana | 54.9% |