Out-of-wedlock Births Hit Record High

From the CDC:

Nearly 40 percent of babies born in the United States in 2007 were delivered by unwed mothers, according to data released by the National Center for Health Statistics. The 1.7 million out-of-wedlock births, of 4.3 million total births, marked a more than 25% jump from five years before.

Other data released shows the percentage of unwed mothers differs from race to race. While 28% of the white women who gave birth were unmarrried, nearly 72% of black women and more than 51% of Latinos who gave birth were out of wedlock.

The total number of births rose in 2007 to 4,317,119, the highest number of births ever registered in the United States.

(HT Leadership Network)