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Birth rate per 1,000: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: 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: 2025, year to July 1.

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2026-10-27
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National value: 10.6 (United States).

Washington: 10.5Idaho: 11.8Montana: 9.9North Dakota: 12.3Minnesota: 10.8Michigan: 9.9Ohio: 10.7Pennsylvania: 9.7New York: 10.2Vermont: 7.7New Hampshire: 8.4Maine: 8.3Arizona: 10.4California: 10.1New Mexico: 9.5Texas: 12.4Louisiana: 11.2Mississippi: 11.2Alabama: 11.1Florida: 9.7Georgia: 11.2South Carolina: 10.8North Carolina: 11.1Virginia: 10.4District of Columbia: 10.6Maryland: 10.4Delaware: 9.8New Jersey: 10.6Connecticut: 9.4Rhode Island: 9Massachusetts: 9.5Oregon: 9Utah: 13.3Wyoming: 10.3Nevada: 9.9Colorado: 10.9South Dakota: 12.1Nebraska: 12.1Kansas: 11.6Oklahoma: 11.8Iowa: 11.3Missouri: 10.9Wisconsin: 9.9Illinois: 9.8Kentucky: 11.5Arkansas: 11.4Tennessee: 11.6West Virginia: 9.6Indiana: 11.5Alaska: 12Hawaii: 10.2

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 5.6 to 9.7
  • Group 2: 9.7 to 10.2
  • Group 3: 10.2 to 10.9
  • Group 4: 10.9 to 11.5
  • Highest: 11.5 to 13.3
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.

1Utah13.3
2Texas12.4
3North Dakota12.3
4Nebraska12.1
4South Dakota12.1
6Alaska12
7Idaho11.8
7Oklahoma11.8
9Kansas11.6
9Tennessee11.6
11Indiana11.5
11Kentucky11.5
13Arkansas11.4
14Iowa11.3
15Georgia11.2
15Louisiana11.2
15Mississippi11.2
18Alabama11.1
18North Carolina11.1
20Colorado10.9
20Missouri10.9
22Minnesota10.8
22South Carolina10.8
24Ohio10.7
25District of Columbia10.6
25New Jersey10.6
27Washington10.5
28Arizona10.4
28Maryland10.4
28Virginia10.4
31Wyoming10.3
32Hawaii10.2
32New York10.2
34California10.1
35Michigan9.9
35Montana9.9
35Nevada9.9
35Wisconsin9.9
39Delaware9.8
39Illinois9.8
41Florida9.7
41Pennsylvania9.7
43West Virginia9.6
44Massachusetts9.5
44New Mexico9.5
46Connecticut9.4
47Oregon9
47Rhode Island9
49New Hampshire8.4
50Maine8.3
51Vermont7.7
52Puerto Rico5.6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates: State Population Totals and Components of Change (NST-EST2025-ALLDATA). Reference period: 2025, year to July 1.

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U.S. states ranked by birth rate per 1,000 (2025, year to July 1). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 state totals; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-27. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-birth-rate-per-1000/

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