Abortions share out-of-state residents by state U.S. 2021

In 2021, around half of legal abortions carried out in the state of Kansas were performed on patients who were not residents of the state. In comparison, less than one percent of abortions in Arizona that year were obtained by out-of-state residents. This statistic shows the percentage of legal abortions performed in the United States that were among out-of-state residents in 2021, by state.

Percentage of reported legal abortions in the United States obtained by out-of-state residents in 2021, by state*

Characteristic	Percentage of legal abortions
District of Columbia	70.8%
Kansas	49.9%
New Mexico	40.3%
Oklahoma	39.6%
Wyoming	31.1%
North Dakota	27.1%
Louisiana	23.4%
Missouri	22.7%
Illinois	21.8%
Vermont	20.8%
Tennessee	20.5%
Mississippi	17.8%
Alabama	17.6%
Georgia	16.8%
North Carolina	16.5%
Rhode Island	16.2%
West Virginia	16.1%
Iowa	15.9%
Kentucky	14.7%
Montana	14%
Colorado	13.5%
Arkansas	12.4%
Nebraska	12.4%
Minnesota	9.9%
Oregon	9.8%
New York	9.2%
Delaware	8.9%
South Dakota	8.9%
Virginia	8.8%
Pennsylvania	7.1%
Idaho	6.4%
Maine	6.3%
Nevada	6.2%
Florida	6.1%
Washington	6%
Michigan	5.5%
Indiana	5.5%
South Carolina	5.2%
Ohio	5%
Connecticut	4.9%
Utah	4.8%
Massachusetts	4.7%
Hawaii	2.6%
Texas	2.1%
Wisconsin	1.6%
Alaska	0.9%
Arizona	0.6%

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Release date

November 2023

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United States

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

* As data are reported voluntarily by providers to state or area health departments, information may be incomplete and result in undercounting abortions when calculating rates and ratios in some states.
Data not available: California, Maryland, New Hampshire, and New Jersey.

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