NATALITY
Table 17
TABLE
N17. RESIDENT BIRTHS BY RACE AND MARITAL STATUS OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1997 |
|
RACE
|
TOTAL
BIRTHS
|
MARITAL
STATUS* |
| MARRIED |
NOT
MARRIED |
NOT
STATED |
| NUMBER |
PERCENT |
NUMBER |
PERCENT |
NUMBER |
PERCENT |
| WHITE |
80,922 |
64,655 |
79.9 |
16,242 |
20.1 |
25 |
0.0 |
| BLACK |
20,595 |
6,853 |
33.3 |
13,718 |
66.6 |
24 |
0.1 |
| OTHER |
8,974 |
7,712 |
85.9 |
1,261 |
14.1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| NOT
STATED |
2,841 |
202 |
7.1 |
124 |
4.4 |
2,515 |
88.5 |
| TOTAL |
113,332 |
79,422 |
70.1 |
31,345 |
27.7 |
2,565 |
2.3 |
| *
As determined by response to the birth certificate item, "Mother
married? (At birth, conception, or any time between)" |
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