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U.S. states ranked by birth rate per 1,000

All 50 states and District of Columbia and Puerto Rico with data in Births, deaths and natural increase by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024 (year to July 1).

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-26

National value: 10.7 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 11.1
RI 9
DE 10
CT 9.5
NJ 10.7
MD 10.5
MA 9.6
VT 7.8
NH 8.4

Lowest: 5.7 to 9.8
Group 2: 9.8 to 10.3
Group 3: 10.3 to 10.9
Group 4: 10.9 to 11.5
Highest: 11.5 to 13.2

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Utah	13.2
2	Texas	12.5
3	South Dakota	12.3
4	Alaska	12.2
4	Nebraska	12.2
6	North Dakota	12.1
7	Louisiana	11.7
7	Oklahoma	11.7
9	Tennessee	11.6
10	Idaho	11.5
10	Indiana	11.5
10	Kansas	11.5
10	Mississippi	11.5
14	Arkansas	11.4
14	Kentucky	11.4
16	Georgia	11.3
17	Alabama	11.2
17	Iowa	11.2
19	District of Columbia	11.1
19	North Carolina	11.1
21	Missouri	10.9
22	New Jersey	10.7
22	Ohio	10.7
22	South Carolina	10.7
22	Virginia	10.7
26	Minnesota	10.6
27	Colorado	10.5
27	Maryland	10.5
29	Arizona	10.4
29	New York	10.4
29	Washington	10.4
32	Wyoming	10.3
33	California	10.2
33	Hawaii	10.2
35	Delaware	10
35	Wisconsin	10
37	Illinois	9.9
37	Montana	9.9
37	Nevada	9.9
40	Michigan	9.8
40	New Mexico	9.8
40	Pennsylvania	9.8
43	Massachusetts	9.6
44	Connecticut	9.5
44	Florida	9.5
46	West Virginia	9.4
47	Oregon	9.1
48	Rhode Island	9
49	New Hampshire	8.4
50	Maine	8.3
51	Vermont	7.8
52	Puerto Rico	5.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates: State Population Totals and Components of Change (NST-EST2024-ALLDATA). Reference period: 2024 (year to July 1).

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U.S. states ranked by birth rate per 1,000 (2024 (year to July 1)). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024 state totals; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-26. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-birth-rate-per-1000/

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