A significant fraction are non-whites. Many who were born before segregation ended in the mid-1960s were not granted birth certificates, as their mothers were

A significant fraction are non-whites. Many who were born before segregation ended in the mid-1960s were not granted birth certificates, as their mothers were forced to use midwives during birth because local hospitals were whites only and turned them away. See: https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/05/07/florida-woman-real-id-never-issued-a-birth-certificate-and-repeatedly-denied-one/ https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/05/07/florida-woman-real-i... See: https://chicagodefender.com/black-woman-born-during-jim-crow-era-says-she-cant-get-real-id/ https://chicagodefender.com/black-woman-born-during-jim-crow... See: https://academic.oup.com/north-carolina-scholarship-online/book/46254/chapter-abstract/406187617?login=false&redirectedFrom=fulltext https://academic.oup.com/north-carolina-scholarship-online/b...