Statistic Index
State Index
Abortions, by age
Abortions, details of abortion less than 8 weeks gestation
Abortions, by weeks of gestation
Abortions, details of adolescent abortions
Abortions, by type of procedure
Abortions, by race
Abortions, by marital status
Abortions, by number of previous live births
Abortions, by number of previous induced legal abortions
Abortions, by Hispanic origin
Reported number, ratio, and rate of abortions and percentage of abortions obtained by out-of-state residents
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Marital status
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Married+ Unmarried& Unknown Total @
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State No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Alabama 2,281 16.0 11,871 83.5 69 0.5 14,221 100.0
Arkansas 1,165 20.2 4,526 78.6 66 1.1 5,757 100.0
Colorado 1,968 21.0 7,287 77.7 129 1.4 9,384 100.0
Georgia 6,352 18.1 28,642 81.4 184 0.5 35,178 100.0
Hawaii 1,057 19.1 4,465 80.7 11 0.2 5,533 100.0
Idaho 215 22.2 755 77.8 0 0.0 970 100.0
Indiana 2,011 16.2 9,630 77.8 741 6.0 12,382 100.0
Kansas 2,180 20.2 8,563 79.5 24 0.2 10,767 100.0
Kentucky 1,273 17.1 6,051 81.4 114 1.5 7,438 100.0
Maryland 3,017 18.6 12,768 78.8 419 2.6 16,204 100.0
Michigan 4,875 15.7 26,004 83.6 212 0.7 31,091 100.0
Minnesota 2,643 18.9 11,018 78.6 356 2.5 14,017 100.0
Mississippi 592 16.6 2,967 83.3 4 0.1 3,563 100.0
Missouri 2,279 20.3 8,732 77.9 192 1.7 11,203 100.0
Montana 481 18.0 2,073 77.5 120 4.5 2,674 100.0
Nevada 1,560 22.5 5,237 75.4 145 2.1 6,942 100.0
New Jersey 5,630 17.1 27,149 82.4 168 0.5 32,947 100.0
New Mexico 808 16.8 3,970 82.5 33 0.7 4,811 100.0
New York City 19,022 20.0 73,885 77.6 2,298 2.4 95,205 100.0
North Dakota 233 17.5 1,100 82.5 1 0.1 1,334 100.0
Ohio 6,391 17.3 29,640 80.2 919 2.5 36,950 100.0
Oregon 3,241 23.0 10,614 75.4 224 1.6 14,079 100.0
Pennsylvania 6,745 17.3 32,279 82.7 26 0.1 39,050 100.0
Rhode Island 1,176 20.6 4,463 78.2 68 1.2 5,707 100.0
South Carolina 1,867 18.7 8,114 81.3 3 0.0 9,984 100.0
South Dakota 217 20.3 848 79.3 5 0.5 1,070 100.0
Tennessee 3,442 19.1 14,506 80.5 75 0.4 18,023 100.0
Texas 19,758 22.6 63,162 72.3 4,388 5.0 87,308 100.0
Utah 1,444 39.0 2,261 61.0 0 0.0 3,705 100.0
Vermont 444 20.5 1,591 73.4 134 6.2 2,169 100.0
West Virginia 492 18.5 2,173 81.5 1 0.0 2,666 100.0
Wisconsin** 1,946++ 16.0 10,143++ 83.6 43 0.4 12,132 100.0
Wyoming 33 18.1 146 80.2 3 1.6 182 100.0
Total 106,838 19.3 436,633 78.7 11,175 2.0 554,646 100.0
Ratio&& 76 650 262
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* Data from 32 states and New York City; excludes seven states where unknown marital status
was 15%.
+ Includes married and separated.
& Includes never married, divorced, and widowed women.
@ Percentages may not add to 100.0 because of rounding.
** Includes residents only.
++ Women who were separated were reported as being unmarried.
&& Calculated as the number of legal abortions obtained by women of a given marital status
per 1,000 live births to women of the same marital status for these states. For each state,
data regarding women of unknown marital status were distributed according to the known
marital status distribution for that state.
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