Number & Percent of Live Births by Education of Mother and by Year,
St. Joseph County, 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	912	208	22.8	435	47.7	202	22.1	65	7.1
1990	931	273	29.3	407	43.7	167	17.9	80	8.6
1991	867	232	26.8	370	42.7	179	20.6	82	9.5
1992	811	207	25.5	351	43.3	178	21.9	75	9.2
1993	865	232	26.8	370	42.8	172	19.9	91	10.5
1994	860	224	26.0	349	40.6	202	23.5	84	9.8
1995	779	219	28.1	321	41.2	160	20.5	77	9.9
1996	864	206	23.8	345	39.9	213	24.7	96	11.1
1997	845	228	27.0	318	37.6	193	22.8	104	12.3
1998	869	213	24.5	357	41.1	188	21.6	107	12.3
1999	886	241	27.2	322	36.3	204	23.0	118	13.3
2000	1,061	312	29.4	383	36.1	232	21.9	123	11.6
2001	943	291	30.9	332	35.2	207	22.0	102	10.8
2002	889	268	30.1	328	36.9	195	21.9	98	11.0
2003	946	262	27.7	336	35.5	220	23.3	128	13.5
2004	937	297	31.7	317	33.8	217	23.2	105	11.2
2005	986	324	32.9	350	35.5	205	20.8	106	10.8
2006	931	276	29.6	356	38.2	182	19.5	115	12.4
2007	975	326	33.4	340	34.9	188	19.3	120	12.3
2008	904	266	29.4	340	37.6	221	24.4	77	8.5
2009	805	238	29.6	282	35.0	195	24.2	90	11.2
2010	834	228	27.3	277	33.2	228	27.3	101	12.1
2011	884	212	24.0	307	34.7	254	28.7	107	12.1
2012	728	185	25.4	274	37.6	194	26.6	75	10.3
2013	855	218	25.5	304	35.6	233	27.3	99	11.6
2014	825	185	22.4	274	33.2	264	32.0	102	12.4
2015	790	214	27.1	266	33.7	229	29.0	81	10.3
2016	761	168	22.1	298	39.2	181	23.8	113	14.8
2017	747	175	23.4	279	37.3	184	24.6	107	14.3
2018	777	195	25.1	269	34.6	189	24.3	122	15.7
2019	725	180	24.8	275	37.9	152	21.0	116	16.0
2020	712	159	22.3	265	37.2	183	25.7	104	14.6
2021	648	154	23.8	198	30.6	208	32.1	88	13.6
2022	642	137	21.3	229	35.7	194	30.2	81	12.6

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