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Teenage pregnancy rates in the United States in 2020, by state (per 1,000 women)

Characteristic	Rate per 1,000 women aged 15-19
District of Columbia	45.2
Mississippi	38.8
Arkansas	38.2
Oklahoma	37
Louisiana	36
Alabama	35.3
New Mexico	34
Nevada	32.8
Kentucky	32.4
Tennessee	32.4
Texas	32.4
Maryland*	30.5
South Carolina	30.5
West Virginia	30.5
Georgia	29.8
New York	29.5
Missouri	28.4
New Jersey	28.2
Alaska	28
Florida	27.8
Delaware	27.7
North Carolina	27.4
Indiana	27.3
Ohio	26.5
Wyoming	26.2
Kansas	26.1
Illinois	25.9
Arizona	25.8
Michigan	24.8
California**	24.5
South Dakota	24.3
Hawaii	23.9
Pennsylvania	22.6
Virginia	22.3
Montana	22.2
Washington	22.1
Colorado	21.9
Idaho	21.9
Nebraska	21.7
North Dakota	20.7
Rhode Island	20.1
Iowa	19.8
Oregon	19.1
Wisconsin	18.6
Connecticut	18.4
Maine	18.4
Minnesota	16.2
Utah	16.2
Massachusetts	13.2
Vermont	13.1
New Hampshire*	12.3

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October 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2020

Age group

15-19 years

Special properties

female teenagers

Supplementary notes

All rates are the number of events per 1,000 women aged 15–19; pregnancy rate includes estimated number of pregnancies ending in miscarriage or stillbirth.

* Abortion estimate based on the number of abortions among all women in the state and the proportion of abortions obtained by women of the same age in neighboring or similar states.

** Abortion estimate based on the number of abortions among all women in the state and the proportion of abortions obtained by women of the same age nationally.

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In 2020, the District of Columbia had the highest teenage pregnancy rate in the United States, followed by Mississippi and Arkansas. At that time, there were around 45 pregnancies among teens aged 15 to 19 per 1,000 in the District of Columbia.

Teenage pregnancy

Teenage pregnancy rates in the United States have decreased in recent years. In 2020, there were around 26.7 teenage pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 years. This number was almost 118 per 1,000 women in the year 1990. It is believed that the causes of this decrease include more teens abstaining from sex and increased use of birth control among those teens who are sexually active.

Contraception use

The use of contraception among sexually active teens is vital in reducing the rates of teen pregnancy. However, in 2021, only 52 percent of sexually active teens reported they used a condom during their last sexual intercourse. Furthermore, only 23 percent of sexually active female high school students were using the birth control bill to prevent pregnancy. Access to contraception and taboos surrounding teen sexual activity remain barriers to contraceptive use among teens in many areas of the United States.