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U.S. states ranked by natural increase

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: 518,638 (United States).

Washington: 16,437Idaho: 6,195Montana: 12North Dakota: 2,725Minnesota: 11,780Michigan: -2,855Ohio: -425Pennsylvania: -9,311New York: 43,701Vermont: -1,723New Hampshire: -2,363Maine: -5,157Arizona: 9,660California: 110,466New Mexico: -1,437Texas: 158,753Louisiana: 3,959Mississippi: -1,984Alabama: -1,732Florida: -7,321Georgia: 28,252South Carolina: -517North Carolina: 12,632Virginia: 15,150District of Columbia: 2,761Maryland: 11,604Delaware: -21New Jersey: 26,010Connecticut: 1,831Rhode Island: -362Massachusetts: 6,718Oregon: -3,731Utah: 23,986Wyoming: 403Nevada: 3,058Colorado: 17,294South Dakota: 2,588Nebraska: 6,135Kansas: 5,232Oklahoma: 3,136Iowa: 3,829Missouri: 1,521Wisconsin: 2,040Illinois: 11,012Kentucky: -892Arkansas: -727Tennessee: 3,358West Virginia: -7,844Indiana: 9,159Alaska: 3,372Hawaii: 2,271

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: -15,701 to -1,723
  • Group 2: -1,723 to 1,521
  • Group 3: 1,521 to 3,829
  • Group 4: 3,829 to 11,780
  • Highest: 11,780 to 158,753
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.

1Texas158,753
2California110,466
3New York43,701
4Georgia28,252
5New Jersey26,010
6Utah23,986
7Colorado17,294
8Washington16,437
9Virginia15,150
10North Carolina12,632
11Minnesota11,780
12Maryland11,604
13Illinois11,012
14Arizona9,660
15Indiana9,159
16Massachusetts6,718
17Idaho6,195
18Nebraska6,135
19Kansas5,232
20Louisiana3,959
21Iowa3,829
22Alaska3,372
23Tennessee3,358
24Oklahoma3,136
25Nevada3,058
26District of Columbia2,761
27North Dakota2,725
28South Dakota2,588
29Hawaii2,271
30Wisconsin2,040
31Connecticut1,831
32Missouri1,521
33Wyoming403
34Montana12
35Delaware-21
36Rhode Island-362
37Ohio-425
38South Carolina-517
39Arkansas-727
40Kentucky-892
41New Mexico-1,437
42Vermont-1,723
43Alabama-1,732
44Mississippi-1,984
45New Hampshire-2,363
46Michigan-2,855
47Oregon-3,731
48Maine-5,157
49Florida-7,321
50West Virginia-7,844
51Pennsylvania-9,311
52Puerto Rico-15,701

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 natural increase (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-natural-increase/

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