Pregnant Women
Statistics
- Of all births to females under 20 years of age, 86 percent were outside of marriage in Texas.
- Out of approximately one million teen pregnancies in the U.S. each year, Texas is ranked #4.
- The U.S. has the highest rate of teen pregnancies and teen births in the industrialized world.
- About 4% of all teenage girls give birth each year.
- 3 out of 10 girls drop out of high school due to pregnancy or parenthood.
- Fewer than 40% of young teen mothers get a high school diploma compared with 90% of teen girls who did not give birth.
- Only 19% of teen mother's get a GED.
- Over the course of a lifetime, a high school drop-out earns $1 million less than a college graduate.