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Map of Birth Rate by US State

As of 2020-2024, birth rate ranges from 38.8 per 1k women in Vermont to 65.0 per 1k women in South Dakota across US states, with a median of 51.6 per 1k women among the 51 states with data. Source: Census ACS 5-Year.

Births in the past year per 1,000 women aged 15–50.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Choropleth map of Birth Rate across US states (2020-2024), by hearthmap
Birth Rate by US state. Source: Census ACS 5-Year.

Category

demographics

Native level

Census tract

Unit

Per 1,000 women

Vintage

2020-2024

States ranked by birth rate

51 states with data (2020-2024). Top 10 highest and bottom 10 lowest.

Top 10 states by birth rate
RankStateValue
1South Dakota65.0 per 1k women
2North Dakota62.5 per 1k women
3Wyoming62.3 per 1k women
4Kansas59.9 per 1k women
5Mississippi58.7 per 1k women
6Nebraska58.4 per 1k women
7Hawaii58.2 per 1k women
8Alaska58.0 per 1k women
9Utah57.4 per 1k women
10Iowa57.2 per 1k women
Bottom 10 states by birth rate
RankStateValue
51Vermont38.8 per 1k women
50District of Columbia38.9 per 1k women
49Massachusetts44.4 per 1k women
48Rhode Island44.9 per 1k women
47Oregon45.1 per 1k women
46Maine45.9 per 1k women
45New Hampshire46.0 per 1k women
44Connecticut46.8 per 1k women
43California48.1 per 1k women
42Florida48.2 per 1k women

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hearthmap renders birth rate as a choropleth map of the United States. Zoom in to see census tract values shaded against the rest of the country, and click any region to see its exact value with margin of error.

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Source: Census ACS 5-Year · 2020-2024

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