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U.S. states ranked by births

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).

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Data last updated
2026-10-26

National value: 3,605,563 (United States).

Washington: 82,072Idaho: 22,830Montana: 11,268North Dakota: 9,592Minnesota: 61,438Michigan: 99,589Ohio: 126,575Pennsylvania: 127,571New York: 205,289Vermont: 5,039New Hampshire: 11,777Maine: 11,609Arizona: 78,322California: 400,601New Mexico: 20,833Texas: 388,115Louisiana: 53,787Mississippi: 33,859Alabama: 57,541Florida: 220,659Georgia: 125,502South Carolina: 57,999North Carolina: 121,281Virginia: 93,593District of Columbia: 7,746Maryland: 65,609Delaware: 10,437New Jersey: 101,199Connecticut: 34,609Rhode Island: 9,924Massachusetts: 67,851Oregon: 38,788Utah: 45,695Wyoming: 6,037Nevada: 31,951Colorado: 62,497South Dakota: 11,311Nebraska: 24,443Kansas: 33,963Oklahoma: 47,642Iowa: 36,301Missouri: 67,589Wisconsin: 59,445Illinois: 125,355Kentucky: 52,248Arkansas: 35,161Tennessee: 83,223West Virginia: 16,680Indiana: 79,422Alaska: 9,014Hawaii: 14,682

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 5,039 to 11,777
  • Group 2: 11,777 to 34,609
  • Group 3: 34,609 to 61,438
  • Group 4: 61,438 to 99,589
  • Highest: 99,589 to 400,601
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.

1California400,601
2Texas388,115
3Florida220,659
4New York205,289
5Pennsylvania127,571
6Ohio126,575
7Georgia125,502
8Illinois125,355
9North Carolina121,281
10New Jersey101,199
11Michigan99,589
12Virginia93,593
13Tennessee83,223
14Washington82,072
15Indiana79,422
16Arizona78,322
17Massachusetts67,851
18Missouri67,589
19Maryland65,609
20Colorado62,497
21Minnesota61,438
22Wisconsin59,445
23South Carolina57,999
24Alabama57,541
25Louisiana53,787
26Kentucky52,248
27Oklahoma47,642
28Utah45,695
29Oregon38,788
30Iowa36,301
31Arkansas35,161
32Connecticut34,609
33Kansas33,963
34Mississippi33,859
35Nevada31,951
36Nebraska24,443
37Idaho22,830
38New Mexico20,833
39Puerto Rico18,219
40West Virginia16,680
41Hawaii14,682
42New Hampshire11,777
43Maine11,609
44South Dakota11,311
45Montana11,268
46Delaware10,437
47Rhode Island9,924
48North Dakota9,592
49Alaska9,014
50District of Columbia7,746
51Wyoming6,037
52Vermont5,039

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 births (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-births/

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