Table 13 Educational Status of Unmarried Mothers by County of Residence Texas

Table 13
Educational Status of Unmarried Mothers
by State, Region, and County of Residence
Texas, 2015

Geographic Area	Total Unmarried	% of all Mothers¹	Unmarried, Less Than 12 Years Education^	% of Unmarried²	Unmarried, 12 Years or More Education^^	% of Unmarried²	Unmarried, Education Unknown	% of Unmarried²
Texas	168,081	41.7	48,632	29	119,166	71	283	0.2
Region 1	5,322	43	1,430	26.9	3,886	73.1	6	0.1
Region 2	3,071	44	711	23.2	2,359	76.8	1	0
Region 3	41,185	39.5	10,374	25.2	30,749	74.8	62	0.2
Region 4	6,753	46	1,785	26.5	4,954	73.5	14	0.2
Region 5	5,250	50.5	1,240	23.6	4,004	76.4	6	0.1
Region 6	42,513	40.7	13,972	32.9	28,453	67.1	88	0.2
Region 7	15,755	34.6	4,050	25.8	11,678	74.2	27	0.2
Region 8	18,094	44	5,032	27.9	13,007	72.1	55	0.3
Region 9	4,415	41.2	1,211	27.5	3,200	72.5	4	0.1
Region 10	6,161	44.6	1,598	25.9	4,560	74.1	3	0
Region 11	19,562	50.2	7,229	37	12,316	63	17	0.1
Anderson	277	43.6	73	26.4	204	73.6	0	-
Andrews	130	40.2	48	36.9	82	63.1	0	-
Angelina	585	48.1	126	21.5	459	78.5	0	-
Aransas	151	54.7	51	33.8	100	66.2	0	-
Archer	26	33.3	5	19.2	21	80.8	0	-
Armstrong	4	19	0	-	4	*	0	-
Atascosa	370	53.7	92	24.9	277	75.1	1	0.3
Austin	154	44.4	32	20.8	122	79.2	0	-
Bailey	65	47.4	36	55.4	29	44.6	0	-
Bandera	49	31.8	8	16.3	41	83.7	0	-
Bastrop	450	42.9	114	25.3	336	74.7	0	-
Baylor	17	41.5	5	*	12	*	0	-
Bee	232	56.3	66	28.4	166	71.6	0	-
Bell	2,090	32.2	345	16.5	1,741	83.5	4	0.2
Bexar	12,388	44	3,386	27.4	8,954	72.6	48	0.4
Blanco	38	39.6	7	18.4	31	81.6	0	-
Borden	2	*	0	-	2	*	0	-
Bosque	75	40.3	18	24	57	76	0	-
Bowie	674	53.5	139	20.7	534	79.3	1	0.1
Brazoria	1,680	34	351	20.9	1,326	79.1	3	0.2
Brazos	984	33.9	283	28.8	700	71.2	1	0.1
Brewster	36	37.5	6	16.7	30	83.3	0	-
Briscoe	2	*	1	*	1	*	0	-
Brooks	94	80.3	42	44.7	52	55.3	0	-
Brown	181	44.1	49	27.1	132	72.9	0	-
Burleson	108	50.2	21	19.4	87	80.6	0	-
Burnet	208	39.6	66	31.9	141	68.1	1	0.5
Caldwell	255	47	73	28.6	182	71.4	0	-
Calhoun	168	52.7	42	25.1	125	74.9	1	0.6
Callahan	62	42.2	14	22.6	48	77.4	0	-
Cameron	3,843	53.1	1,404	36.6	2,436	63.4	3	0.1
Camp	73	42.4	14	19.2	59	80.8	0	-
Carson	18	32.7	0	-	18	*	0	-
Cass	194	50.3	45	23.2	149	76.8	0	-
Castro	53	42.4	19	35.8	34	64.2	0	-
Chambers	166	32.4	37	22.3	129	77.7	0	-
Cherokee	396	47.9	122	31	272	69	2	0.5
Childress	36	58.1	15	42.9	20	57.1	1	2.8
Clay	34	40.5	7	20.6	27	79.4	0	-
Cochran	12	30.8	4	*	8	*	0	-
Coke	13	33.3	1	*	12	*	0	-
Coleman	34	47.2	12	35.3	22	64.7	0	-
Collin	2,285	20.9	433	19	1,849	81	3	0.1
Collingsworth	12	46.2	3	*	9	*	0	-
Colorado	127	47.9	36	28.3	91	71.7	0	-
Comal	548	33.6	119	21.8	428	78.2	1	0.2
Comanche	81	46.6	25	30.9	56	69.1	0	-
Concho	17	51.5	3	*	14	*	0	-
Cooke	236	43.3	84	35.7	151	64.3	1	0.4
Coryell	315	30.2	33	10.5	280	89.5	2	0.6
Cottle	4	*	0	-	4	*	0	-
Crane	29	37.2	12	41.4	17	58.6	0	-
Crockett	22	39.3	8	36.4	14	63.6	0	-
Crosby	46	51.1	6	13.3	39	86.7	1	2.2
Culberson	20	55.6	10	*	10	*	0	-
Dallam	72	45.9	37	51.4	35	48.6	0	-
Dallas	19,407	48.4	5,337	27.6	14,034	72.4	36	0.2
Dawson	98	47.8	31	31.6	67	68.4	0	-
Deaf Smith	181	52	72	39.8	109	60.2	0	-
Delta	19	31.7	3	*	16	*	0	-
Denton	2,548	25.4	563	22.1	1,984	77.9	1	0
Dewitt	124	45.9	31	25	93	75	0	-
Dickens	8	32	2	*	6	*	0	-
Dimmit	114	65.9	42	36.8	72	63.2	0	-
Donley	13	40.6	7	*	6	*	0	-
Duval	128	70.7	42	32.8	86	67.2	0	-
Eastland	98	49	16	16.3	82	83.7	0	-
Ector	1,355	45.3	369	27.3	984	72.7	2	0.1
Edwards	10	45.5	2	*	8	*	0	-
Ellis	840	39.5	164	19.5	675	80.5	1	0.1
El Paso	6,038	44.7	1,553	25.7	4,482	74.3	3	0
Erath	171	38.2	50	29.2	121	70.8	0	-
Falls	107	51.9	25	23.6	81	76.4	1	0.9
Fannin	150	42.5	27	18	123	82	0	-
Fayette	127	45	24	18.9	103	81.1	0	-
Fisher	18	36	7	*	11	*	0	-
Floyd	32	42.7	6	18.8	26	81.3	0	-
Foard	4	*	0	-	4	*	0	-
Fort Bend	2,241	22.7	464	20.7	1,774	79.3	3	0.1
Franklin	41	33.3	10	24.4	31	75.6	0	-
Freestone	78	36.3	21	26.9	57	73.1	0	-
Frio	163	67.4	60	37	102	63	1	0.6
Gaines	88	19.1	28	31.8	60	68.2	0	-
Galveston	1,797	42.6	431	24	1,364	76	2	0.1
Garza	32	45.1	11	34.4	21	65.6	0	-
Gillespie	97	38.2	24	24.7	73	75.3	0	-
Glasscock	4	*	0	-	4	*	0	-
Goliad	40	51.3	10	25	30	75	0	-
Gonzales	176	51.5	50	28.4	126	71.6	0	-
Gray	153	45.3	41	26.8	112	73.2	0	-
Grayson	708	44.8	157	22.2	551	77.8	0	-
Gregg	914	49.2	253	27.7	661	72.3	0	-
Grimes	164	50	42	25.6	122	74.4	0	-
Guadalupe	663	36.1	137	20.7	526	79.3	0	-
Hale	245	50.7	90	36.7	155	63.3	0	-
Hall	16	72.7	2	*	14	*	0	-
Hamilton	38	41.3	8	21.1	30	78.9	0	-
Hansford	32	42.7	14	45.2	17	54.8	1	3.1
Hardeman	31	59.6	10	32.3	21	67.7	0	-
Hardin	284	40.8	62	21.8	222	78.2	0	-
Harris	32,325	44	11,563	35.9	20,688	64.1	74	0.2
Harrison	377	45.6	113	30	264	70	0	-
Hartley	12	22.2	3	*	9	*	0	-
Haskell	28	49.1	6	21.4	22	78.6	0	-
Hays	743	30.1	149	20.1	594	79.9	0	-
Hemphill	29	38.2	10	34.5	19	65.5	0	-
Henderson	435	48.5	102	23.7	329	76.3	4	0.9
Hidalgo	7,227	44.9	2,912	40.3	4,309	59.7	6	0.1
Hill	169	43.4	42	24.9	127	75.1	0	-
Hockley	165	49.3	52	31.5	113	68.5	0	-
Hood	237	35.1	65	27.5	171	72.5	1	0.4
Hopkins	195	43.9	50	25.8	144	74.2	1	0.5
Houston	115	49.8	28	24.8	85	75.2	2	1.7
Howard	245	50.6	94	38.4	151	61.6	0	-
Hudspeth	18	40	8	*	10	*	0	-
Hunt	462	42.1	127	27.5	335	72.5	0	-
Hutchinson	126	43.9	24	19	102	81	0	-
Irion	2	*	0	-	2	*	0	-
Jack	42	40.4	14	33.3	28	66.7	0	-
Jackson	93	44.1	24	25.8	69	74.2	0	-
Jasper	234	49.6	47	20.1	187	79.9	0	-
Jeff Davis	4	*	0	-	4	*	0	-
Jefferson	2,023	53.5	461	22.8	1,561	77.2	1	0
Jim Hogg	59	65.6	14	23.7	45	76.3	0	-
Jim Wells	394	61.7	138	35.2	254	64.8	2	0.5
Johnson	891	42.6	226	25.4	664	74.6	1	0.1
Jones	77	52.4	12	15.6	65	84.4	0	-
Karnes	109	60.6	30	27.5	79	72.5	0	-
Kaufman	603	39.2	108	17.9	494	82.1	1	0.2
Kendall	91	24.1	29	31.9	62	68.1	0	-
Kenedy	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-
Kent	1	*	0	-	1	*	0	-
Kerr	255	47.2	64	25.2	190	74.8	1	0.4
Kimble	20	51.3	9	*	11	*	0	-
King	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-
Kinney	17	36.2	5	*	12	*	0	-
Kleberg	236	54.3	58	24.6	178	75.4	0	-
Knox	22	48.9	2	9.1	20	90.9	0	-
Lamar	321	47.2	90	28	231	72	0	-
Lamb	90	48.1	29	32.2	61	67.8	0	-
Lampasas	79	36.1	18	22.8	61	77.2	0	-
La Salle	73	70.2	22	30.1	51	69.9	0	-
Lavaca	90	39	31	34.4	59	65.6	0	-
Lee	87	41.8	14	16.3	72	83.7	1	1.1
Leon	72	33.8	20	27.8	52	72.2	0	-
Liberty	525	46.3	133	25.4	391	74.6	1	0.2
Limestone	134	43.5	33	24.6	101	75.4	0	-
Lipscomb	20	41.7	7	*	13	*	0	-
Live Oak	54	40.6	17	31.5	37	68.5	0	-
Llano	90	50.6	27	30	63	70	0	-
Loving	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-
Lubbock	1,643	40	289	17.6	1,352	82.4	2	0.1
Lynn	32	45.7	7	21.9	25	78.1	0	-
Mcculloch	51	58.6	12	23.5	39	76.5	0	-
Mclennan	1,509	42.8	422	28.1	1,082	71.9	5	0.3
Mcmullen	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-
Madison	74	51	15	20.5	58	79.5	1	1.4
Marion	57	54.8	14	24.6	43	75.4	0	-
Martin	40	43	13	32.5	27	67.5	0	-
Mason	19	37.3	7	*	12	*	0	-
Matagorda	256	48	75	29.4	180	70.6	1	0.4
Maverick	502	43.7	210	41.8	292	58.2	0	-
Medina	245	41.9	52	21.2	193	78.8	0	-
Menard	7	*	1	*	6	*	0	-
Midland	1,160	38.3	320	27.6	839	72.4	1	0.1
Milam	165	51.6	45	27.3	120	72.7	0	-
Mills	13	43.3	4	*	9	*	0	-
Mitchell	50	56.8	17	34	33	66	0	-
Montague	98	41.4	33	33.7	65	66.3	0	-
Montgomery	2,388	32.6	664	27.8	1,723	72.2	1	0
Moore	203	46.3	81	39.9	122	60.1	0	-
Morris	91	56.5	21	23.1	70	76.9	0	-
Motley	1	*	0	-	1	*	0	-
Nacogdoches	423	49	131	31	291	69	1	0.2
Navarro	354	53.3	103	29.2	250	70.8	1	0.3
Newton	77	56.6	16	20.8	61	79.2	0	-
Nolan	108	52.7	28	25.9	80	74.1	0	-
Nueces	2,694	53.3	716	26.6	1,977	73.4	1	0
Ochiltree	69	37.5	19	27.5	50	72.5	0	-
Oldham	7	30.4	1	*	6	*	0	-
Orange	589	48.4	120	20.4	469	79.6	0	-
Palo Pinto	169	47.9	54	32	115	68	0	-
Panola	129	44.9	42	32.6	87	67.4	0	-
Parker	458	30.9	90	19.7	368	80.3	0	-
Parmer	70	44	38	55.1	31	44.9	1	1.4
Pecos	102	50.2	24	23.5	78	76.5	0	-
Polk	317	56.6	82	25.9	235	74.1	0	-
Potter	1,033	53.1	336	32.5	697	67.5	0	-
Presidio	45	41.7	21	46.7	24	53.3	0	-
Rains	37	36.3	11	29.7	26	70.3	0	-
Randall	552	33.1	94	17	458	83	0	-
Reagan	22	31.4	11	50	11	50	0	-
Real	20	48.8	2	*	18	*	0	-
Red River	55	47.8	12	21.8	43	78.2	0	-
Reeves	116	56.3	29	25	87	75	0	-
Refugio	53	53.5	9	17	44	83	0	-
Roberts	3	*	0	-	3	*	0	-
Robertson	95	45	21	22.1	74	77.9	0	-
Rockwall	233	22.6	31	13.3	202	86.7	0	-
Runnels	56	50	14	25	42	75	0	-
Rusk	282	43.7	84	29.9	197	70.1	1	0.4
Sabine	58	52.3	8	13.8	50	86.2	0	-
San Augustine	42	53.2	5	11.9	37	88.1	0	-
San Jacinto	149	52.8	42	28.2	107	71.8	0	-
San Patricio	542	53.1	148	27.3	394	72.7	0	-
San Saba	35	47.9	13	38.2	21	61.8	1	2.9
Schleicher	5	21.7	1	*	4	*	0	-
Scurry	110	47.8	43	39.1	67	60.9	0	-
Shackelford	13	30.2	4	*	9	*	0	-
Shelby	170	43.7	57	33.5	113	66.5	0	-
Sherman	10	25.6	3	*	7	*	0	-
Smith	1,348	43.4	377	28	969	72	2	0.1
Somervell	31	40.3	8	25.8	23	74.2	0	-
Starr	455	35.5	179	39.3	276	60.7	0	-
Stephens	46	38.7	12	26.1	34	73.9	0	-
Sterling	4	*	0	-	4	*	0	-
Stonewall	7	*	2	*	5	*	0	-
Sutton	15	30	3	*	12	*	0	-
Swisher	60	54.1	18	30	42	70	0	-
Tarrant	11,116	39.2	2,683	24.2	8,420	75.8	13	0.1
Taylor	841	40.1	185	22	655	78	1	0.1
Terrell	4	*	1	*	3	*	0	-
Terry	83	43.9	24	28.9	59	71.1	0	-
Throckmorton	3	*	1	*	2	*	0	-
Titus	232	46.4	70	30.2	162	69.8	0	-
Tom Green	695	40.4	150	21.6	545	78.4	0	-
Travis	5,675	34.9	1,824	32.2	3,844	67.8	7	0.1
Trinity	90	59.6	31	35.2	57	64.8	2	2.2
Tyler	94	44.1	24	25.5	70	74.5	0	-
Upshur	190	42.3	46	24.2	144	75.8	0	-
Upton	22	36.1	2	9.1	20	90.9	0	-
Uvalde	243	56.6	81	33.5	161	66.5	1	0.4
Val Verde	432	47.8	201	46.5	231	53.5	0	-
Van Zandt	255	41.9	62	24.6	190	75.4	3	1.2
Victoria	690	50.7	205	29.7	485	70.3	0	-
Walker	280	42	51	18.3	227	81.7	2	0.7
Waller	240	40.5	51	21.3	188	78.7	1	0.4
Ward	75	37.9	16	21.6	58	78.4	1	1.3
Washington	193	48	56	29	137	71	0	-
Webb	3,066	57.3	1,316	43	1,745	57	5	0.2
Wharton	334	56.1	84	25.1	250	74.9	0	-
Wheeler	32	39.5	15	46.9	17	53.1	0	-
Wichita	823	47.3	151	18.3	672	81.7	0	-
Wilbarger	85	48	17	20	68	80	0	-
Willacy	190	65.3	49	25.8	141	74.2	0	-
Williamson	1,585	24.7	267	16.9	1,315	83.1	3	0.2
Wilson	194	34.6	31	16	163	84	0	-
Winkler	53	39.8	18	34	35	66	0	-
Wise	286	34.2	64	22.6	219	77.4	3	1
Wood	161	38.6	32	19.9	129	80.1	0	-
Yoakum	50	30.9	14	28	36	72	0	-
Young	71	33	20	28.2	51	71.8	0	-
Zapata	144	53.3	68	47.2	76	52.8	0	-
Zavala	130	66.7	42	32.6	87	67.4	1	0.8

Note: Denominator for (1) and (2) exclude missing data.
1. Denominator is live births to Texas residents.
2. Denominator is live births to unmarried Texas residents only.
- Percent is not computed if numerator is equal to 0.
* Percent is not computed if denominator is less than or equal to 20.
^ The mother has not finished high school at time of birth.
^^ The mother had either a high school diploma or GED or more education at time of birth.
This table includes the number of births to unmarried mothers.

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