55% - Among mothers with infant children in 2004, the percentage in the labor
force, down from a record high of 59 percent in 1998.

Mother's Day is May 13, 2007. The driving force behind the first Mother’s Day was Anna Jarvis, who organized observances in Grafton, W.Va., and Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. While the annual celebration spread around the country, Jarvis began lobbying politicians to set aside a day to honor mothers. She finally succeeded in 1914, when Congress designated the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. All of the following Mother's Day Facts are taken from current US Census data.

80.5 million
Estimated number of mothers in the United States in 2001.

55%
Percentage of 15- to 44-year-olds who are mothers.

81%
Percentage of women 40 to 44 who are mothers. In 1976, 90 percent of women
in that age group were mothers.

2.1
Average number of children that women today can expect to have in their
lifetime.

2.5
Average number of children that women in Utah can expect to have in their
lifetime. This state tops the nation in average number of births per woman.
Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia have the
lowest average number — 1.7 births.

21,667
Number of florist establishments nationwide in 2004. The 109,915 employees
in floral shops across our nation will be especially busy preparing,
selling and delivering floral arrangements for Mother’s Day.

12,454
The number of cosmetics, beauty supplies and perfume stores nationwide in
2004. Perfume is one of the top gifts given on Mother’s Day.

28,772
Number of jewelry stores in the United States in 2004.

4.1 million
Number of births in the United States in 2005. Of this number, 414,406 were
to teens 15 to 19, and 111,190 to moms 40 or older.

25.2
Average age of women in 2004 when they gave birth for the first time. The
record high first reached in 2003 was equaled in 2004 .

40%
Percentage of births that are the mother’s first. Another 32 percent are
the second-born;
17 percent, third; and 11 percent, fourth or more.

35,578
Number of births in 2004 that did not occur in hospitals.

1 in 31
The odds of a woman delivering twins. Her odds of delivering other multiple
births was approximately 1 in 565.

July
The most popular month in which to have a baby, with 359,426 births taking
place that month
in 2004.

Tuesday
The most popular day of the week to have a baby, with an average of 13,045
births taking place on Tuesdays during 2004.

Jacob and Emily
The most popular baby names for boys and girls, respectively, in 2005.

5.6 million
Number of stay-at-home moms in 2006.

55%
Among mothers with infant children in 2004, the percentage in the labor
force, down from a record high of 59 percent in 1998.

729,040
Number of child care centers across the country in 2004. These include
nearly 72,000 centers employing close to 780,000 workers and another
657,000 self-employed persons or other companies without paid employees.
Many mothers turn to these centers to help juggle motherhood and career.

10.4 million
The number of single mothers living with children younger than 18, up from
3.4 million in 1970.

source: current US Census data.