Mommy Facts

55 percent of women are classified as working moms.

10 million women are classified as single moms living with children under 18.

67 percent of women in Kentucky, ages 15 to 44, are mothers. This is among the highest rates in the nation. The national average is 57 percent. 81% of women 40 to 44 years old are mothers.

There are 4.0 million women who have babies each year. Of this number, about 450,000 are teens, and almost 100,000 are age 40 or over.

24.8 years old is the median age of women when they give birth for the first time.

There are 23,870 florists nationwide. Their 125,116 employees will be especially busy selling bouquets for Mother's Day. The value of shipments of Mother's Day cards by greeting card publishers totaled $147.9 million in 1992, up from $80.2 million in 1987.

Source: US Census Bureau