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Share of births to mothers 35–50: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of births to mothers 35–50 (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Women aged 15 to 50 who gave birth in the past year by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-14

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National value: 31.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 69.8 %
RI 41.7 %
DE 32.4 %
CT 42 %
NJ 43.3 %
MD 37.9 %
MA 42.5 %
VT 46 %
NH 28.3 %

Lowest: 18.9 to 24.1 %
Group 2: 24.1 to 27.6 %
Group 3: 27.6 to 29.5 %
Group 4: 29.5 to 36.8 %
Highest: 36.8 to 69.8 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	District of Columbia	69.8
2	Vermont	46
3	New Jersey	43.3
4	Massachusetts	42.5
5	Connecticut	42
6	Rhode Island	41.7
7	California	39.9
8	New York	39.4
9	Washington	38.5
10	Maryland	37.9
11	Virginia	36.8
12	Colorado	36.4
12	Hawaii	36.4
14	Illinois	35.4
15	Pennsylvania	33.4
16	Delaware	32.4
16	Florida	32.4
18	Maine	32.2
19	Oregon	32.1
20	North Carolina	30.3
21	Alaska	29.5
22	Texas	28.8
23	Georgia	28.6
23	Nevada	28.6
23	North Dakota	28.6
26	Iowa	28.5
27	Minnesota	28.4
28	New Hampshire	28.3
28	South Carolina	28.3
30	Missouri	27.7
31	Nebraska	27.6
32	New Mexico	27.1
32	Oklahoma	27.1
32	Wisconsin	27.1
35	Michigan	26.8
36	Alabama	26
37	Louisiana	25.9
38	Kansas	25.3
39	Arizona	25.2
40	Ohio	24.7
41	Tennessee	24.1
42	Utah	24
43	Kentucky	23.6
44	West Virginia	22.7
45	Arkansas	22.3
46	South Dakota	22
47	Indiana	21.5
48	Idaho	21.1
49	Mississippi	20.4
50	Montana	19.6
51	Wyoming	18.9

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B13002: Women 15 to 50 years who had a birth in the past 12 months by marital status and age. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of births to mothers 35–50 (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B13002: Women 15 to 50 years who had a birth in the past 12 months by marital status and age; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-14. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-births-to-mothers-35-to-50/

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