[Ans] Approximately how many mothers are there currently in the U.S.?

 There are approximately 85.4 million mothers in America, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau estimate. 

43.5 million

Number of women between the ages of 15 and 50 who have children. These mothers gave birth to 95.8 million children.

3.9 million

Number of women between the ages of 15 and 50 who gave birth in the past 12 months.

35.8%

Percentage of women age 15 to 50 who had a birth in the past 12 months who were unmarried.

The average age of new moms in the U.S today is 25 years old versus 21 years old in 1970. Modern moms in the U.S. have an average of 2 kids. 

According to the Insure.com 2017 Mother’s Day Index, the various tasks moms perform at home would be worth $67,619 (up from $65,523 in 2016) a year in the professional world. 

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers around the world!