A survey of births of Hispanic parentage in 1985 in 23 states and the District of Columbia, where approximately 92 percent of America's Hispanic population resides, yielded the following statistical information: (1) 372,814 babies were born to Hispanic mothers; (2) nearly two-thirds of the mothers were Mexican; (3) Puerto Rican, Central and South American, and other Hispanic women each accounted for about ten percent of the births; (4) three percent of the mothers were Cuban; (5) 95.4 percent of Hispanic births are White, however, there are substantial variations in the racial composition of these births; (6) the birth rate was 23.3 live births per 1,000 population; (7) the fertility rate was 94.0 live births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years; (8) teenage childbearing is relatively common, particularly among Mexicans and Puerto Ricans; (9) nearly one-fifth of births to Mexican mothers was a fourth or higher order birth; (10) unmarried mothers accounted for 3 in 10 births; (11) 56 percent of the mothers had completed high school; (12) 45 percent of the mothers were born in the United States, 55 percent were born in Puerto Rico or countries outside of the United States; (13) 61 percent of the mothers began prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy; (14) 6.2 percent of the babies weighed less than 2,500 grams at birth, and 8.3 percent had one-minute Apgar scores of less than seven; (15) preterm birth was reported for 11 percent of all Hispanic infants; and (16) Hispanic-origin mothers accounted for 17 percent of the births in 1985. Data are presented on seven tables. Methodology is discussed and a list of 12 references is included. (BJV)