Racial and ethnic distribution of abortions in select states U.S. 2022

The ethnic and racial distribution of legal abortions in the United States varies greatly by state. For example, in Idaho non-Hispanic white women accounted for 66 percent of all legal abortions in 2022, whereas only 19 percent of abortions in Mississippi were among white women. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 many states, such as Mississippi, have made abortion illegal with limited exceptions.

Which states have the most abortions?

In 2022, the states with the highest total number of legal abortions were Florida, New York, and Illinois. That year, there were around 82,581 legal abortions in the state of Florida. Florida also had the fourth-highest rate of legal abortion per 100,000 women, with New Mexico reporting the highest rate. The states with the lowest rates of abortion that year were Missouri and South Dakota.

Out-of-state abortions

As many states have banned or restricted abortion since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, it is likely that more women will now have to travel out of state if they would like to receive an abortion. Even before the overturning of Roe v. Wade, a significant percentage of abortions in many states were performed on out-of-state residents. In 2022, around 69 percent of legal abortions in Kansas were performed on out-of-state residents, while out-of-state residents accounted for 62 percent of abortions in New Mexico. At that time, Illinois was the state with the highest total number of abortions performed on out-of-state residents, with around 16,849 such procedures.

Racial and ethnic distribution of legal abortions in select U.S. states in 2022*

Characteristic	Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic white	Non-Hispanic other	Hispanic
Alabama	54%	24.3%	1.8%	19.9%
Florida	36.3%	28.2%	3.7%	31.8%
Georgia	67.6%	18.2%	4.7%	9.5%
Idaho	2.2%	65.7%	4%	28.1%
Kansas	24.7%	37.5%	9.4%	28.4%
Michigan	54.2%	36.2%	5.2%	4.4%
Mississippi	77.3%	19.2%	1%	2.6%
Nevada	18.5%	27.8%	7.7%	46%
North Carolina	51.3%	26%	8.1%	14.6%
South Dakota	11%	61.8%	19.1%	8.1%
Tennessee	55.3%	32.5%	3.4%	8.8%
Utah	5.1%	52.9%	8%	34%
Virginia	34.8%	22.2%	29.6%	13.4%

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Release date

November 2024

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United States

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

* As data are reported voluntarily by providers to state or area health departments, information may be incomplete and result in undercounting abortions when calculating rates and ratios in some states. Abortions by state of occurrence include abortions obtained by non-residents of the state as well as those obtained by residents.

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