Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United States of America, 2002

United States of America
2002
Total fertility rate: 2.00
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United States of America was 2.00 children per woman in 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 3,924,849 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.00
Births
3,924,849
Births per 1,000 people
13.7
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
287,084,338
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.90.2%9,226
15-1942.610.7%420,480
20-24102.425.6%1,001,905
25-29113.028.3%1,038,048
30-3491.622.9%918,969
35-3940.710.2%436,681
40-448.32.1%94,486
45-490.50.1%4,956
50-540.00.0%97