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U S birth age shifts as median climbs to 30
A Census Bureau analysis shows U S women increasingly delay childbearing from their 20s to their late 30s and early 40s. The median age at first birth rose from 27 to 30, with larger jumps among foreign born and Black women and a pandemic dip in 2020.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allyson Jacobs
New York City
U.S
U.S. Census Bureau
Jacobs
Lani Trezzi
Trezzi
New Jersey
Cohen
Raegan McDonald-Mosley
Power To Decide
Roe v. Wade
Laura Lindberg
Guttmacher Institute
South
Midwest
McDonald-Mosley
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Europe
Asia
Kate Choi
Western University
London
Ontario
Choi
Census Bureau