Teen Birthrates: Where Does Your State Rank?

More than half the states in the nation saw teen birthrates climb in 2006

January 8, 2009 RSS Feed Print

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Mississippi has earned a dubious honor: It's the state with the highest teen birthrate, according to a new federal report that found the teenage birthrate climbed in more than half the nation's states in 2006, the most recent year for which data are available. See how your state ranks:

Rank	State	Birth rate per 1,000 women ages 15-19
1	Mississippi	68.4
2	New Mexico	64.1
3	Texas	63.1
4	Arkansas	62.3
5	Arizona	62.0
6	Oklahoma	59.6
7	Nevada	55.8
8	Tennessee	54.7
9	Kentucky	54.6
10	Georgia	54.2
11	Louisiana	53.9
12	Alabama	53.5
13	South Carolina	53.0
14	North Carolina	49.7
15	Wyoming	47.3
16	Missouri	45.7
17	Florida	45.2
18	West Virginia	44.9
19	Alaska	44.3
20	Colorado	43.8
21	Indiana	43.5
22	Kansas	42.0
23	Delaware	41.9
24	Hawaii	40.5
25	South Dakota	40.2
26	Ohio	40.0
27	California	39.9
28	Montana	39.6
29	Illinois	39.5
30	Idaho	39.2
31	Oregon	35.7
32	Virginia	35.2
33	Utah	34.0
34	Michigan	33.8
35	Maryland	33.6
36	Nebraska	33.4
37	Washington	33.4
38	Iowa	32.9
39	Pennsylvania	31.0
40	Wisconsin	30.9
41	Minnesota	27.9
42	Rhode Island	27.8
43	North Dakota	26.5
44	Maine	25.8
45	New York	25.7
46	New Jersey	24.9
47	Connecticut	23.5
48	Massachusetts	21.3
49	Vermont	20.8
50	New Hampshire	18.7