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Births in past 12 months per 1,000 women 15–50: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Births in past 12 months per 1,000 women 15–50. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Births per 1,000 women by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-30

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National value: 50 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 27
RI 42
DE 53
CT 46
NJ 56
MD 44
MA 47
VT 42
NH 52

Lowest: 27 to 46
Group 2: 46 to 50
Group 3: 50 to 53
Group 4: 53 to 57
Highest: 57 to 70

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	Wyoming	70
2	South Dakota	69
3	Hawaii	68
4	Idaho	64
5	Nebraska	62
6	Utah	59
7	Alaska	58
7	Arkansas	58
7	Kansas	58
10	Kentucky	57
10	New Mexico	57
10	South Carolina	57
13	Alabama	56
13	New Jersey	56
13	West Virginia	56
16	Ohio	55
16	Texas	55
18	North Dakota	54
19	Delaware	53
19	Iowa	53
19	Louisiana	53
19	Mississippi	53
19	Missouri	53
19	Oklahoma	53
25	Indiana	52
25	Minnesota	52
25	Montana	52
25	New Hampshire	52
29	Tennessee	51
29	Wisconsin	51
31	Michigan	50
31	Virginia	50
33	Pennsylvania	49
33	Washington	49
35	Georgia	48
35	New York	48
37	Massachusetts	47
37	North Carolina	47
39	Arizona	46
39	California	46
39	Colorado	46
39	Connecticut	46
39	Illinois	46
44	Florida	44
44	Maine	44
44	Maryland	44
47	Nevada	42
47	Oregon	42
47	Rhode Island	42
47	Vermont	42
51	District of Columbia	27

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1301: Fertility. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by births in past 12 months per 1,000 women 15–50 (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1301; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-30. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-births-in-past-12-months-per-1000-women-15-to-50/

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