Table 3. Distribution of Births by Maternal Race With Detailed Multiracial Subgroupsa, National Vital Statistics System, 48 Statesb and the District of Columbia, 2020–2021.
| Maternal race | Total |
Initiated breastfeeding |
|---|---|---|
| N (%) | n (%) | |
| All races | 5,962,133 (100.0) | 5,008,132(84.0) |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native (only) | 60,511 (1.0) | 46,988 (77.7) |
| Asian (only) | 307,956 (5.2) | 277,383 (90.1) |
| Black (only) | 1,020,169 (17.1) | 760,467 (74.5) |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (only) | 19,666 (0.3) | 15,861 (80.7) |
| White (only) | 4,392,277 (73.7) | 3,773,218 (85.9) |
| More than one race | 161,554 (2.7) | 134,215 (83.1) |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 52 (<0.1) | 49 (94.2) |
| Asian and White | 30,149 (0.5) | 27,841 (92.3) |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, and White | 715 (<0.1) | 646 (90.4) |
| Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White | 6,205 (0.1) | 5,534 (89.2) |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White | 167 (<0.1) | 147 (88.0) |
| Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White | 58 (<0.1) | 51 (87.9) |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and White | 3,956 (0.1) | 3,470 (87.7) |
| Asian and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 3,378 (0.1) | 2,960 (87.6) |
| Black and Asian | 3,940 (0.1) | 3,451 (87.6) |
| Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White | 56 (<0.1) | 49 (87.5) |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White | 343 (<0.1) | 298 (86.9) |
| Black, Asian, and White | 1,625 (<0.1) | 1,403 (86.3) |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native and Asian | 630 (<0.1) | 542 (86.0) |
| Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, and White | 252 (<0.1) | 216 (85.7) |
| Black and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 959 (<0.1) | 813 (84.8) |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 200 (<0.1) | 168 (84.0) |
| Black, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White | 175 (<0.1) | 147 (84.0) |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native and White | 25,236 (0.4) | 21,131 (83.7) |
| Black, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White | 291 (<0.1) | 240 (82.5) |
| Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, and White | 4,695 (0.1) | 3,853 (82.1) |
| Black, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 193 (<0.1) | 156 (80.8) |
| Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, and Asian | 170 (<0.1) | 136 (80.0) |
| Black and American Indian or Alaskan Native | 4,992 (0.1) | 3,980 (79.7) |
| Black and White | 73,036 (1.2) | 56,875 (77.9) |
| Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 64 (<0.1) | 48 (75.0) |
| Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | —c | —c |
a
Excludes infants transferred to another facility within 24 hours of delivery and those who died before completion of the birth certificate.
b
Includes all states except California and Michigan.
c
Data were suppressed for any racial or ethnic group with a denominator less than 50.