| State | Birth Rate per 1,000 Population 2004 | Percent of Total Births to Teenage Mothers1/ 2003 | Percent of Births with Low Birth Weight2/ 2003 | Percent of Births to Unmarried Women 2003 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate | Rank | Percent | Rank | Percent | Rank | Percent | Rank | |
| Alabama | 13.1 | 32 | 13.9 | 6 | 10.0 | 4 | 35.0 | 20 |
| Alaska | 15.8 | 5 | 10.6 | 21 | 6.0 | 49 | 34.6 | 24 |
| Arizona | 16.3 | 3 | 12.9 | 10 | 7.1 | 34 | 41.5 | 5 |
| Arkansas | 14.0 | 19 | 15.1 | 3 | 8.9 | 11 | 38.0 | 10 |
| California | 15.2 | 7 | 9.3 | 30 | 6.6 | 40 | 33.5 | 30 |
| Colorado | 14.9 | 10 | 9.8 | 25 | 9.0 | 10 | 26.7 | 47 |
| Connecticut | 12.0 | 44 | 6.7 | 46 | 7.5 | 32 | 30.0 | 38 |
| Delaware | 13.6 | 24 | 10.8 | 20 | 9.4 | 6 | 41.9 | 4 |
| District of Columbia | 14.3 | N/A | 11.4 | N/A | 10.9 | N/A | 53.6 | N/A |
| Florida | 12.5 | 41 | 10.9 | 19 | 8.5 | 17 | 39.9 | 7 |
| Georgia | 15.7 | 6 | 11.9 | 14 | 9.0 | 8 | 38.1 | 9 |
| Hawaii | 14.5 | 15 | 8.4 | 39 | 8.6 | 15 | 33.5 | 29 |
| Idaho | 16.2 | 4 | 9.6 | 27 | 6.5 | 42 | 22.3 | 49 |
| Illinois | 14.2 | 18 | 9.7 | 26 | 8.3 | 20 | 35.3 | 19 |
| Indiana | 13.9 | 21 | 11.0 | 18 | 7.9 | 28 | 37.1 | 12 |
| Iowa | 13.0 | 34 | 8.7 | 36 | 6.6 | 41 | 29.9 | 40 |
| Kansas | 14.5 | 16 | 10.5 | 23 | 7.4 | 33 | 31.6 | 35 |
| Kentucky | 13.1 | 33 | 12.4 | 11 | 8.7 | 13 | 33.8 | 28 |
| Louisiana | 14.5 | 17 | 14.9 | 4 | 10.7 | 2 | 47.5 | 2 |
| Maine | 10.6 | 49 | 8.2 | 41 | 6.5 | 43 | 33.5 | 31 |
| Maryland | 13.4 | 28 | 8.6 | 37 | 9.1 | 7 | 34.8 | 21 |
| Massachusetts | 12.2 | 43 | 5.9 | 49 | 7.6 | 31 | 27.8 | 45 |
| Michigan | 12.8 | 38 | 9.5 | 28 | 8.2 | 21 | 34.6 | 23 |
| Minnesota | 13.8 | 23 | 7.1 | 43 | 6.2 | 46 | 27.7 | 46 |
| Mississippi | 14.7 | 12 | 16.0 | 2 | 11.4 | 1 | 47.0 | 3 |
| Missouri | 13.5 | 25 | 11.4 | 16 | 8.0 | 26 | 35.6 | 17 |
| Montana | 12.4 | 42 | 10.6 | 22 | 6.8 | 37 | 32.2 | 33 |
| Nebraska | 15.1 | 8 | 9.0 | 32 | 6.9 | 36 | 29.7 | 41 |
| Nevada | 15.1 | 9 | 11.3 | 17 | 8.1 | 23 | 39.1 | 8 |
| New Hampshire | 11.2 | 48 | 5.7 | 50 | 6.2 | 47 | 24.8 | 48 |
| New Jersey | 13.2 | 30 | 6.2 | 48 | 8.1 | 25 | 29.3 | 42 |
| New Mexico | 14.9 | 11 | 16.5 | 1 | 8.5 | 16 | 48.4 | 1 |
| New York | 13.0 | 35 | 7.0 | 44 | 7.9 | 29 | 36.5 | 14 |
| North Carolina | 14.0 | 20 | 11.4 | 15 | 9.0 | 9 | 35.3 | 18 |
| North Dakota | 12.9 | 37 | 8.0 | 42 | 6.5 | 44 | 28.5 | 44 |
| Ohio | 13.0 | 36 | 10.5 | 24 | 8.3 | 19 | 36.2 | 15 |
| Oklahoma | 14.6 | 14 | 13.9 | 5 | 7.8 | 30 | 37.1 | 13 |
| Oregon | 12.7 | 39 | 9.1 | 31 | 6.1 | 48 | 31.7 | 34 |
| Pennsylvania | 11.7 | 46 | 9.0 | 34 | 8.1 | 24 | 33.9 | 27 |
| Rhode Island | 11.8 | 45 | 8.3 | 40 | 8.5 | 18 | 35.8 | 16 |
| South Carolina | 13.5 | 26 | 13.3 | 8 | 10.1 | 3 | 41.1 | 6 |
| South Dakota | 14.7 | 13 | 9.4 | 29 | 6.6 | 39 | 34.2 | 26 |
| Tennessee | 13.5 | 27 | 13.2 | 9 | 9.4 | 5 | 37.2 | 11 |
| Texas | 17.1 | 2 | 13.8 | 7 | 7.9 | 27 | 34.3 | 25 |
| Utah | 21.2 | 1 | 6.7 | 45 | 6.5 | 45 | 17.2 | 50 |
| Vermont | 10.6 | 50 | 6.4 | 47 | 7.0 | 35 | 30.0 | 39 |
| Virginia | 13.9 | 22 | 8.9 | 35 | 8.2 | 22 | 30.4 | 36 |
| Washington | 13.2 | 31 | 8.5 | 38 | 6.0 | 50 | 28.8 | 43 |
| West Virginia | 11.5 | 47 | 12.3 | 12 | 8.6 | 14 | 34.6 | 22 |
| Wisconsin | 12.7 | 40 | 9.0 | 33 | 6.8 | 38 | 30.4 | 37 |
| Wyoming | 13.4 | 29 | 12.0 | 13 | 8.9 | 12 | 32.6 | 32 |
| United States | 14.0 | X | 10.3 | X | 7.9 | X | 34.6 | X |
1/: Defined as mothers who are 19 years of age or younger.
2/: Less than 2,500 grams (5 pounds, 8 ounces).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Statistical Abstract of the United States; Tables 80 and 85.