Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, District of Columbia (USA)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 23 October 2025

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Note: 2025 data are for January to June.

yearlive births abortions, reported
(CDC/state)
abortions
(AGI)
abortions, mergedfetal
deaths
abortion ratioabortion % abortion
rate,
residents
abortion %, mergedabortion rate, merged
total in stateresidents, in state only residents, in and out of statetotal in state residents, in state onlyresidents, in and out of state all in state all in stateresidents, in/out of stateall in state residents, in/out of stateall in state
196530,112                
196628,658                
196728,295                
196827,212                
196927,792                
197028,212 1,710      1,710  60.6 5.71  (5.71)9.42
197125,930 18,897      18,897  728.8 42.16  (42.16)104.00
197221,579 38,868 (9,910)(9,910)   38,868  1,801.2459.264.3031.4754.4764.30 213.63
197319,919 40,812 (14,410)(14,410)44,550   44,550  2,236.6723.469.1041.9879.2869.10 245.11
197420,349 22,688 8,303 8,439 33,010   33,010  1,622.2414.761.8629.3146.5861.86 182.21
197519,780 31,519 9,762 9,920 31,440   31,519  1,593.5501.561.4433.4054.7361.44 173.90
197619,908 31,407 12,945 13,134 32,150  14,200 32,150  1,614.9713.361.7641.6379.1261.76 179.14
197720,670 29,545 12,718 12,956 31,620 14,390 14,820 31,620  1,529.8717.060.4741.7683.6060.47 178.37
197819,666 29,786 13,350 13,701 30,850 14,280 14,680 30,850  1,568.7746.561.0742.7483.4761.07 175.41
197920,334 28,694 13,611 14,015 28,670 13,760 14,210 28,694  1,411.1698.858.5341.1481.9058.53 165.37
198017,835 27,183 13,809 14,284 28,520 14,570 15,100 28,520  1,599.1846.661.5345.8588.5261.53 167.19
198117,801 25,952 13,014 13,203 30,310  15,720 30,310  1,702.7883.163.0046.9091.2263.00 175.89
198218,638 24,207 12,350 12,412 28,630 14,680 15,390 28,630  1,536.1825.760.5745.2388.6660.57 164.93
198318,592 22,867 11,775 11,997    (26,160) 1,229.9645.355.1639.2268.64(58.46)(149.67)
198419,123 23,132 11,266 11,501 23,690  12,360 23,690  1,238.8646.355.3339.2670.2655.33 134.67
198520,541 19,541 8,627 9,502 23,910 11,630 12,340 23,910  1,164.0600.753.7937.5369.8953.79 135.41
198620,368 19,942 9,517 10,028    (24,880) 979.1492.349.4732.9956.36(54.99)(139.82)
198720,406 20,879 9,836 10,444 25,840  13,760 25,840  1,266.3674.355.8840.2777.6955.88 145.90
198819,290 20,822 9,931 10,324 26,120  13,830 26,120  1,354.1717.057.5241.7679.2657.52 149.69
198922,461 19,535 9,084 9,315    (24,580) 869.7414.746.5229.3154.39(52.25)(143.52)
199011,850 19,969 9,208 9,405    (23,050) 1,685.1793.762.7644.2556.70(66.05)(138.95)
19919,971 18,899 9,181 9,355 21,510  11,670 21,510  2,157.31,170.468.3353.9373.1268.33 134.77
199210,052 17,698 8,151 8,291 21,320  11,040 21,320  2,121.01,098.367.9652.3471.6867.96 138.42
19939,780 17,485 7,865 8,008    (19,830) 1,787.8818.864.1345.0253.41(66.97)(132.25)
19949,669 16,437 7,761 7,912    (18,330) 1,700.0818.362.9645.0054.79(65.47)(126.93)
19959,014 14,131 6,422 6,604 16,840   16,840  1,868.2732.665.1342.2847.8265.13 121.94
19968,390 13,674 6,771 6,853 15,220  5,620 15,220  1,814.1816.864.4644.9651.3564.46 114.04
19977,927 8,771 5,071 5,468    (13,410) 1,106.5689.852.5340.8242.32(62.85)(103.79)
19987,686 8,336 2,914 3,402    (11,600) 1,084.6442.652.0330.6826.77(60.15)(91.29)
19997,5227,3733,3253,88111,200 6,18011,200 1,489.0821.659.8245.1049.3159.8289.36
20007,6666,6592,9373,6329,800 5,7509,800 1,278.4750.156.1142.8640.0756.1168.29
20017,6255,385(2,369)2,947   (9,130) 706.2386.541.3927.8820.46(54.49)(63.38)
20027,4985,511(2,419)3,486   (8,460) 735.0464.942.3631.7424.30(53.01)(58.97)
20037,6195,121(2,258)3,343   (7,800)65672.1438.840.2030.5023.45(50.59)(54.71)
20047,9332,401(1,138)1,9387,130 5,9307,13059898.8747.547.3342.7841.4647.3349.85
20057,2582,518(1,241)2,6867,230 6,3907,23068996.1880.449.9046.8244.4049.9050.23
20068,5292,692(1,230)2,150  5,900(5,960)73315.6691.823.9940.8940.11(41.13)(40.52)
20077,6282,369(1,100)1,5874,160 5,4004,16099545.4707.935.2941.4536.1735.2927.86
20087,7942,553(1,167)1,4524,450 5,8804,45096571.0754.436.3443.0038.4736.3429.11
20097,9382,5961,2371,806  4,970(4,340)84327.0626.124.6438.5031.58(35.35)(27.58)
20109,1652,8961,3561,9094,660 4,0604,66099508.5443.033.7130.7024.8633.7128.54
20119,3142,7681,2791,9414,750(2,210)3,4004,75066510.0365.033.7726.7420.3833.7728.47
20128,9452,615 1,865   (5,160)84292.3208.522.6217.2510.91(36.58)(30.18)
20139,3032,5611,0931,6235,650(2,430)3,7405,65090607.3402.037.7928.6721.4337.7932.37
20149,5092,7901,2381,4075,820(2,580)3,8005,820110612.1399.637.9728.5521.4337.9732.83
20159,5781,2671,2671,424   (2,640)93132.3148.711.6812.947.86(21.61)(14.57)
20169,858  1521,910(500)2,8701,91086193.8291.116.2322.5515.6116.2310.39
20179,5603,6241,3041,4495,630(2,320)3,9305,63069588.9411.137.0629.1321.0437.0630.14
20189,2124,7711,6521,786   (7,770) 517.9193.934.1216.249.46(45.75)(41.17)
20199,0794,5521,4231,5169,6203,1005,0109,620 1,059.6551.851.4535.5626.3251.4550.54
20208,8744,4161,2921,4339,1602,7504,9809,160 1,032.2561.250.7935.9526.8050.7949.29
20218,6443,8701,1251,335   (8,000)  154.4 13.38 (48.1)(45.0)
20228,0754,0231,3271,604   (8,300)  198.6 16.57 (50.7)(46.5)
20237,896   (9,110)(4,460)(7,200)8,860 1,122.1911.952.8847.6940.3352.8849.63
20247,601   (10,240)(4,830)(6,430)(9,500) 1,249.8845.955.5545.83   
2025    (5,260)           
yearlive births abortions, reported
(CDC/state)
abortions
(AGI)
abortions, mergedfetal
deaths
abortion ratioabortion % abortion
rate,
residents
abortion %, mergedabortion rate, merged
total in stateresidents, in state only residents, in and out of statetotal in state residents, in state onlyresidents, in and out of state all in state all in stateresidents, in/out of stateall in state residents, in/out of stateall in state

Notes:

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