Though teen birth rates have declined dramatically in recent years, Texas maintains the 8th highest rate of teen birth in the nation in 2024, with a baby born to a teen mother once every 26 minutes.

 

The data tool below shows teen birth rates and counts by year and Texas county.

You can use the orange button on the top right to toggle between map and trend line views.

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Data sources:

Teen birth counts were provided by Texas DSHS and/or pulled from CDC Wonder, accessed at https://wonder.cdc.gov/natality.html

Teen birth rates were calculated by Healthy Futures. 2024 rates used vintage 2024 postcensal single-race estimates of the resident population, accessed at https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2024/counties/asrh/

 

Notes:

Slight variations in teen birth rates or counts may occur. Birth data for 2024 are non-final. They are tabulated based on data that are not yet finalized and may be incomplete.  Data are subject to change before 2024 data are finalized.