STATE RANKINGS [When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. States may share the same value but have different ranks due to rounding] ------------------------------------ ---------------- Births, 1996, preliminary ---------------- ---------------- STATE Per 1,000 To mothers population under 20 years of age ---------------- ---------------- Rate Rank Percent Rank ------------------------------------ ---------------- United States 14.8 X 12.9 X Alabama 14.4 19 18.3 4 Alaska 16.7 5 11.2 32 Arizona 18.0 2 15.0 13 Arkansas 14.5 17 19.8 2 California 16.9 4 12.0 28 Colorado 14.6 16 11.9 29 Connecticut 13.5 37 8.2 47 Delaware 14.1 26 13.7 18 District of Columbia 15.3 X 16.8 X Florida 13.2 38 13.4 20 Georgia 15.6 9 15.9 12 Hawaii 15.5 11 10.3 39 Idaho 16.0 7 13.5 19 Illinois 15.6 9 12.7 25 Indiana 14.3 21 14.5 15 Iowa 13.0 41 11.0 33 Kansas 15.4 12 13.1 24 Kentucky 13.6 35 17.0 7 Louisiana 15.2 14 18.9 3 Maine 11.1 50 9.7 42 Maryland 13.7 31 10.3 39 Massachusetts 13.2 38 7.3 50 Michigan 14.3 21 12.2 27 Minnesota 13.7 31 8.5 46 Mississippi 15.3 13 21.3 1 Missouri 13.8 29 14.1 17 Montana 12.2 47 12.5 26 Nebraska 14.1 26 10.6 35 Nevada 16.2 6 13.3 21 New Hampshire 12.5 45 7.4 49 New Jersey 14.3 21 7.7 48 New Mexico 15.9 8 17.9 5 New York 14.9 15 9.2 44 North Carolina 14.4 19 15.0 13 North Dakota 13.0 41 9.6 43 Ohio 13.7 31 13.3 21 Oklahoma 14.0 27 17.2 6 Oregon 13.6 35 13.2 23 Pennsylvania 12.4 46 10.6 35 Rhode Island 12.6 44 10.3 39 South Carolina 13.7 31 16.8 8 South Dakota 14.3 21 11.5 30 Tennessee 13.9 28 16.8 8 Texas 17.1 3 16.2 11 Utah 20.7 1 10.6 35 Vermont 11.5 48 8.9 45 Virginia 13.8 29 11.0 33 Washington 14.5 17 11.3 31 West Virginia 11.3 49 16.8 8 Wisconsin 13.0 41 10.6 35 Wyoming 13.1 40 14.4 16 ------------------------------------ ---------------- X Not applicable. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-7.