Rate of abortion among U.S. young women by state 2020

In 2020, the District of Columbia had the highest abortion rate among teenage females aged 15-19 years. The abortion rate in the District of Columbia at that time was 24 abortions per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 years. This statistic depicts the rate of abortion per 1,000 U.S. females aged 15 to 19 in the year 2020, by state.

Abortion rate among U.S. women aged 15 to 19 years in 2020, by state

Characteristic	Rate per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
District of Columbia	24
New York	15.8
New Jersey	15.7
Maryland*	13.5
Nevada	11.5
California**	10.3
Delaware	9.2
Florida	8.7
Illinois	8.7
Connecticut	8.4
Rhode Island	8
Michigan	7.8
Washington	7.7
Hawaii	7.5
Georgia	7.2
New Mexico	7
Pennsylvania	6.8
South Carolina	6.7
Oklahoma	6.4
Colorado	6.3
Oregon	6.3
Alaska	6.2
North Carolina	6.1
Virginia	6
Montana	5.8
Massachusetts	5.4
Missouri	5.4
Arizona	5.3
Maine	5.1
Texas	5.1
Alabama	5
Ohio	5
Mississippi	4.9
Minnesota	4.8
Louisiana	4.6
Arkansas	4.4
Indiana	4.4
Wisconsin	4.4
Vermont	4.2
Tennessee	4.1
Wyoming	4.1
Idaho	4
Kansas	3.9
New Hampshire*	3.9
North Dakota	3.8
Kentucky	3.5
Iowa	3.4
Nebraska	3.2
West Virginia	3.2
Utah	3
South Dakota	1.7

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Release date

October 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2020

Age group

15-19 years

Special properties

female teens

Supplementary notes

"All rates are the number of events per 1,000 women aged 15-19."
* 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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