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The teen pregnancy rate in the United States has been declining since 1990, but rates vary widely between states. Here are the state rates from 2008, from the highest in New Mexico to the lowest in New Hampshire. All rates are per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, and data is courtesy the Guttmacher Institute.
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1. New Mexico - 93/1,000
2. Mississippi - 90/1,000
3. Texas - 85/1,000
4. Nevada - 84/1,000
5. Arkansas - 82/1,000
6. Arizona - 82/1,000
7. Delaware - 81/1,000
8. Louisiana - 80/1,000
9. Oklahoma - 80/1,000
10. Georgia - 78/1,000
11. South Carolina - 76/1,000
12. Hawaii - 76/1,000
13. Tennessee - 76/1,000
14. Alabama - 73/1,000
15. Florida - 73/1,000
16. North Carolina - 72/1,000
17. California - 72/1,000
18. New York - 71/1,000
19. Kentucky - 71/1,000
20. Alaska - 69/1,000
21. Illinois - 68/1,000
22. Wyoming - 68/1,000
23. Colorado - 66/1,000
24. West Virginia - 65/1,000
25. Missouri - 65/1,000
26. Maryland - 63/1,000
27. Kansas - 63/1,000
28. Ohio - 62/1,000
29. New Jersey - 62/1,000
30. Washington - 60/1,000
31. Oregon - 60/1,000
32. Montana - 59/1,000
33. Indiana - 58/1,000
34. Michigan - 58/1,000
35. Idaho - 57/1,000
36. Pennsylvania - 56/1,000
37. Virginia - 56/1,000
38. Connecticut - 55/1,000
39. Rhode Island - 53/1,000
40. South Dakota - 53/1,000
41. Iowa - 51/1,000
42. Nebraska - 50/1,000
43. Utah - 48/1,000
44. Wisconsin - 45/1,000
45. Maine - 43/1,000
46. Massachusetts - 42/1,000
47. North Dakota - 42/1,000
48. Minnesota - 42/1,000
49. Vermont - 38/1,000
50. New Hampshire - 33/1,000
Not ranked: District of Columbia - 112/1,000 (Washington, D.C. is more comparable to a city than to a state, so it was left out of the official rankings.)
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