Mothers by the Numbers
Info about mothers from the Census Bureau
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How Many Mothers
43.5 million
Number of women between the ages of 15 and 50 who have children. These mothers gave birth to 95.8 million children.
3.9 million
Number of women between the ages of 15 and 50 who gave birth in the past 12 months.
35.7%
Percentage of women age 15 to 50 who had a birth in the past 12 months who were unmarried.
How Many Children
62.5
Number of births per 1,000 women age 15-44 in 2015, down slightly (less than 1 percent) from 2014.
22.3%
Percentage of women age 15 to 50 who have had two children. About 42.4 percent had no children, 17 percent had one, 11.7 percent had three, and about 6.8 percent had four or more.
Characteristics of Women with a Recent Birth
3.988 million
The number of registered births in 2014, which was 1 percent more than in 2013. Of this number, 249,078 were to teens 15 to 19.
62.4%
Percentage of women age 16 to 50 who had a birth in the past 12 months who were in the labor force.
31.8%
The percentage of women who had given birth in the past 12 months who had a bachelor's degree or higher.
86.8%
Percentage of women age 15 to 50 who gave birth in the past year and who have at least a high school diploma or equivalent.
63
Number of births in the past year per 1,000 women age 15 to 50 with a graduate or professional degree. The number was 55 per 1,000 for women whose highest level of education was a bachelor's degree.
Noah and Emma
The most popular baby names for boys and girls, respectively, in 2016 according to the Social Security Administration.
Mothers Celebrated
12,048
Number of florists nationwide in 2019. The 60,076 employees in floral shops across our nation will be especially busy preparing, selling and delivering floral arrangements for Mother's Day.
16,914
Number of employees of greeting-card publishers in 2019.
17,490
The number of cosmetics, beauty supplies and perfume stores nationwide in 2019. Perfume is a popular gift given on Mother's Day.
20,477
Number of jewelry stores in the United States in 2019
Stay-at-Home Moms
5.0 million
Number of stay-at-home moms in married couple family groups in 2016.
Taking Care of the Kids
888,357
Number of people employed at one of the 74,939 child day care services across the country in 2013. In addition, there were 688,728 child day care services without paid employees in 2013. Many mothers turn to these centers to help juggle motherhood and careers.
9.8 million
The number of single mothers living with children younger than 18 in 2016, up from 7.7 million in 1985.
421,861
Number of women age 15 to 50 who had a birth in the past 12 months and were living with a cohabiting partner.
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