"Out-of-wedlock births hit record high"

The rates of out-of-wedlock births is buried in the piece. I don't understand why the rates aren't the center piece are not the focus rather than simple raw totals (after all, the total US population is growing over time), but this piece is still noteworthy.

What she said about cultural differences and expectations might help explain some of the numbers. Other data released last month showed the percentage of unwed mothers differs from race to race. While 28 percent of white women gave birth out of wedlock in 2007, nearly 72 percent of black women and more than 51 percent of Latinas did. . . .