Source: U.S. Bureau of Census; U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means
Births to Unmarried Women by Race
Whites
Blacks
Year
Number
%*
Number
%*
Number
%*
1960
224,300
5.3
82,500
2.3
138,744
23.0
1965
291,200
7.7
123,700
4.0
162,215
27.9
1970
398,700
10.7
175,100
5.7
215,100
37.6
1975
447,900
14.2
186,400
7.3
249,600
48.8
1980
665,747
18.4
320,063
11.0
325,737
55.2
1985
828,174
22.0
432969
14.5
365,527
60.1
1989
1,165,169
27.1
593,911
19.0
457,480
64.2
1990
1,165,384
28.0
647,376
21.0
472,660
65.2
* Percent of total births for race, married and unmarried