Black mothers more likely to be unmarried

Although more white women have babies than black women, the black women who give birth locally are more likely to be unmarried than white women.

Statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health indicate about 2,440 white women and 550 black women in Champaign County gave birth in 2006.

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