Number & Percent of Live Births by Education of Mother and by Year,
Michigan 1989-2022

Year	Live Births	Education of Mother
		Education Less than 12 years		Highschool Diploma		Some College or an Associate Degree		College Degree
		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
1989	148,164	28,931	19.5	61,902	41.8	34,129	23.0	22,467	15.2
1990	153,080	30,278	19.8	63,057	41.2	35,163	23.0	23,667	15.5
1991	149,478	29,713	19.9	59,841	40.0	34,702	23.2	23,865	16.0
1992	143,827	28,300	19.7	55,185	38.4	34,373	23.9	24,692	17.2
1993	139,560	27,155	19.5	51,689	37.0	34,253	24.5	25,204	18.1
1994	137,844	25,324	18.4	49,423	35.9	34,926	25.3	26,810	19.4
1995	134,169	24,349	18.1	46,430	34.6	34,280	25.5	27,857	20.8
1996	133,231	23,489	17.6	45,538	34.2	33,762	25.3	28,939	21.7
1997	133,549	23,111	17.3	44,750	33.5	33,766	25.3	30,369	22.7
1998	133,649	23,083	17.3	44,586	33.4	33,173	24.8	30,872	23.1
1999	133,429	22,682	17.0	44,076	33.0	32,061	24.0	32,306	24.2
2000	136,048	23,460	17.2	44,427	32.7	31,655	23.3	33,223	24.4
2001	133,247	22,812	17.1	43,678	32.8	30,728	23.1	33,087	24.8
2002	129,518	21,770	16.8	41,568	32.1	29,871	23.1	33,638	26.0
2003	130,850	22,161	16.9	40,636	31.1	30,333	23.2	34,683	26.5
2004	129,710	21,791	16.8	39,764	30.7	29,456	22.7	35,369	27.3
2005	127,518	21,589	16.9	38,767	30.4	29,616	23.2	35,531	27.9
2006	127,537	21,505	16.9	38,919	30.5	29,690	23.3	35,515	27.8
2007	125,172	20,810	16.6	37,303	29.8	30,058	24.0	35,222	28.1
2008	121,231	20,006	16.5	32,238	26.6	36,250	29.9	31,857	26.3
2009	117,309	18,679	15.9	31,101	26.5	35,782	30.5	30,857	26.3
2010	114,717	17,634	15.4	30,103	26.2	35,936	31.3	30,311	26.4
2011	114,159	16,407	14.4	29,455	25.8	37,007	32.4	30,662	26.9
2012	112,708	15,599	13.8	28,724	25.5	37,546	33.3	30,269	26.9
2013	113,732	15,042	13.2	28,301	24.9	38,707	34.0	31,036	27.3
2014	114,460	14,065	12.3	28,598	25.0	38,110	33.3	33,040	28.9
2015	113,211	13,680	12.1	28,224	24.9	37,548	33.2	32,853	29.0
2016	113,374	12,871	11.4	28,261	24.9	36,914	32.6	34,200	30.2
2017	111,507	12,613	11.3	28,034	25.1	35,396	31.7	34,320	30.8
2018	110,093	11,904	10.8	27,792	25.2	34,538	31.4	34,795	31.6
2019	107,917	11,294	10.5	27,979	25.9	32,767	30.4	34,786	32.2
2020	104,149	10,727	10.3	27,700	26.6	31,712	30.4	33,217	31.9
2021	105,022	9,934	9.5	27,781	26.5	31,885	30.4	34,511	32.9
2022	100,880	9,712	9.6	27,309	27.1	29,868	29.6	33,315	33.0

Notes:

Education Less than 12 years

The mother was not a high school graduate, at the time she gave birth.

Highschool Diploma

The mother is a high school graduate or earned a GED.

Some College or an Associate Degree

The mother either completed some college or earned an AA, AS, RN, LPN, etc.

College Degree

The mother graduated from college.

Source: 1989 Michigan Birth Certificate Registry;1990-2022 Geocoded Michigan Birth Certificate Registries.
Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services