A new report from the Census Bureau indicating an increase in childless women across America has raised concern among some economists over future implications for Social Security as well as the national workforce.
The report shows the share of childless women increased in almost every age group, with a dramatic rise among women in their twenties and early thirties.
In 2024, the percentage of childless women aged 20–24 jumped to 85 percent, up from 75 percent in 2014. Those aged 25–29 increased to 63 percent from 50 percent a decade ago.
Even women in their thirties and early forties chose to delay having children, as the census data show 40 percent of women from 30–34 were childless last year—a significant rise from 29 percent in 2014….