Some US Census Data on Working Moms and Moms-To-Be

5.3 million
The number of stay-at-home moms in 2008.
Source: America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2008

57%
Among mothers 15 to 50 with infants in 2006, the percentage in the labor force. A cluster of
states in the Midwest and also Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia and Connecticut had rates
higher than the national average.
Source: Fertility of American Women: 2006

757,616
The number of child care centers across the country in 2006. These include 73,755 centers
employing 831,361 workers and another 683,861 self-employed people or other businesses
without paid employees. Many mothers turn to these centers to help juggle motherhood and
careers.
Source: County Business Patterns: 2006 and Nonemployer Statistics