Fertility of Women in the United States: 2016

May 04, 2017

In this Section:

Table 1: Women's Number of Children Ever Born by Age and Marital Status: June 2016

Table 2: Children Ever Born, Number of Mothers, and Percent Childless by Age and Marital Status, and by Nativity: June 2016

Table 3: Children Ever Born and Percent Childless by Age and Marital Status: June 2016

Table 4: Mothers' Relationship Status at First Birth, by Year of First Birth: June 2016

Table 5: Mothers' Relationship Status at First Birth by Age at First Birth, by Current Age and Marital Status: June 2016

Table 6: Completed Fertility for Women age 40 to 50 Years Old a Selected Characteristics: June 2016

Table 7: Household Income and Income per Household Member Among Women with a Birth in the Past Year, by Marital Status: 2015

Table 1

Table 1. Women's Number of Children Ever Born by Age and Marital Status: June 2016

Table 1. All [<1.0 MB]

Table 1a. White Alone [<1.0 MB]

Table 1b. White Alone, Non-Hispanic [<1.0 MB]

Table 1c. Black Alone [<1.0 MB]

Table 1d. Asian Alone [<1.0 MB]

Table 1e. Hispanic [<1.0 MB]

Table 2

Table 2. Children Ever Born, Number of Mothers, and Percent Childless by Age and Marital Status, and by Nativity: June 2016

Table 2. All [<1.0 MB]

Table 2a. White Alone [<1.0 MB]

Table 2b. White Alone, Non-Hispanic [<1.0 MB]

Table 2c. Black Alone [<1.0 MB]

Table 2d. Asian Alone [<1.0 MB]

Table 2e. Hispanic [<1.0 MB]

Table 3

Table 3. Children Ever Born and Percent Childless by Age and Marital Status: June 2016

Table 3. All [<1.0 MB]

Table 3a. All Women, by Race [<1.0 MB]

Table 3b. All Women, by Ethnicity, Nativity [<1.0 MB]

Table 3c. All Women, by Education [<1.0 MB]

Table 3d. All Women, by Labor Force Participation [<1.0 MB]

Table 3e. All Women, by Occupation [<1.0 MB]

Table 3f. All Women, by Region [<1.0 MB]

Table 4

Table 4. Mothers' Relationship Status at First Birth, by Year of First Birth: June 2016 [<1.0 MB]

Table 5

Table 5. Mothers' Relationship Status at First Birth by Age at First Birth, by Current Age and Marital Status: June 2016

Table 5. All [<1.0 MB]

Table 5a. White Alone [<1.0 MB]

Table 5b. White Alone, Non-Hispanic [<1.0 MB]

Table 5c. Black Alone [<1.0 MB]

Table 5d. Asian Alone [<1.0 MB]

Table 5e. Hispanic [<1.0 MB]

Table 6

Table 6. Completed Fertility for Women age 40 to 50 Years Old a Selected Characteristics: June 2016 [<1.0 MB]

Table 7: 2015

Table 7. Household Income and Income per Household Member Among Women with a Birth in the Past Year, by Marital Status: 2015 [<1.0 MB]

User Note [<1.0 MB]

Additional File Formats

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Archived Tables

Source and Accuracy

Current Population Survey:

June 2014: Fertility Use Supplement [1.0 MB]

American community Survey:

Accuracy of the Data

A basic explanation of the sample design, estimation methodology, and accuracy of the data

2012-2016 ACS Multiyear Accuracy (US) [<1.0 MB]

2012-2016 PRCS Multiyear Accuracy (Puerto Rico) [<1.0 MB]

2016 ACS 1-year Accuracy of the Data (US) [<1.0 MB]

2016 PRCS 1-year Accuracy of the Data (Puerto Rico) [<1.0 MB]

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