Table 4. Births to Teen Mothers
(15-19) per 1,000 Teen Girls
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	State Ranking		Rate of Births per 1,000 and Total Births	% Higher Rate Compared to the Best State
	1	New Hampshire	18 (846 Total)	--
	2	Vermont	21 (463 Total)	16.7%
	3	Massachusetts	22 (4,559 Total)	22.2%
	4	Connecticut	24 (2,867 Total)	33.3%
	4	Maine	24 (1,109 Total)	33.3%
	4	New Jersey	24 (6,927 Total)	33.3%
	7	Minnesota	27 (4,916 Total)	50.0%
	7	New York	27 (17,051 Total)	50.0%
	7	North Dakota	27 (622 Total)	50.0%
	10	Pennsylvania	30 (12,791 Total)	66.7%
	10	Wisconsin	30 (5,994 Total)	66.7%
	12	Washington	31 (6,733 Total)	72.2%
	13	Iowa	32 (3,238 Total)	77.8%
	13	Maryland	32 (6,245 Total)	77.8%
	15	Oregon	33 (3,999 Total)	83.3%
	15	Rhode Island	33 (1,150 Total)	83.3%
	17	Michigan	34 (12,243 Total)	88.9%
	17	Utah	34 (3,207 Total)	88.9%
	19	Virginia	35 (8,776 Total)	94.4%
	20	Hawaii	36 (1,448 Total)	100.0%
	20	Montana	36 (1,218 Total)	100.0%
	20	Nebraska	36 (2,265 Total)	100.0%
	23	Ohio	38 (15,291 Total)	111.1%
	23	South Dakota	38 (1,121 Total)	111.1%
	25	Alaska	39 (1,073 Total)	116.7%
	25	California	39 (49,751 Total)	116.7%
	25	Idaho	39 (2,050 Total)	116.7%
	28	Illinois	40 (17,520 Total)	122.2%
	29	Kansas	41 (4,013 Total)	127.8%
	30	Florida	42 (23,407 Total)	133.3%
	31	Missouri	43 (8,754 Total)	138.9%
	31	Wyoming	43 (811 Total)	138.9%
	33	Colorado	44 (6,775 Total)	144.4%
	33	Delaware	44 (1,181 Total)	144.4%
	33	Indiana	44 (9,478 Total)	144.4%
	33	West Virginia	44 (2,471 Total)	144.4%
	37	Kentucky	49 (6,702 Total)	172.2%
	37	North Carolina	49 (13,567 Total)	172.2%
	39	Nevada	51 (3,794 Total)	183.3%
	40	Alabama	52 (8,126 Total)	188.9%
	40	South Carolina	52 (7,470 Total)	188.9%
	40	Tennessee	52 (10,087 Total)	188.9%
	43	Georgia	53 (16,191 Total)	194.4%
	44	Louisiana	56 (9,453 Total)	211.1%
	44	Oklahoma	56 (6,859 Total)	211.1%
	46	Arizona	60 (11,738 Total)	233.3%
	46	Arkansas	60 (5,716 Total)	233.3%
	48	New Mexico	61 (4,401 Total)	238.9%
	49	Mississippi	62 (6,543 Total)	244.4%
	50	Texas	63 (51,389 Total)	250.0%

Source - Population Reference Bureau and Child Trends analysis of 1990-2003 Natality Data Set CD Series 21, numbers 2-9, 11-12, 14-16 (SETS versions), and 16H (ASCII version), National Center for Health Statistics. Click here for more information.