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Number of births: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Number of 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: 2025, year to July 1.

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Data last updated
2026-10-27
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National value: 3,620,461 (United States).

Washington: 83,368Idaho: 23,695Montana: 11,348North Dakota: 9,760Minnesota: 62,576Michigan: 99,680Ohio: 126,825Pennsylvania: 126,981New York: 203,078Vermont: 4,979New Hampshire: 11,911Maine: 11,783Arizona: 78,926California: 398,632New Mexico: 20,235Texas: 390,203Louisiana: 51,886Mississippi: 33,168Alabama: 57,680Florida: 225,971Georgia: 126,446South Carolina: 59,681North Carolina: 123,046Virginia: 92,070District of Columbia: 7,336Maryland: 65,090Delaware: 10,328New Jersey: 100,999Connecticut: 34,700Rhode Island: 10,021Massachusetts: 68,055Oregon: 38,334Utah: 46,948Wyoming: 6,070Nevada: 32,511Colorado: 65,380South Dakota: 11,299Nebraska: 24,396Kansas: 34,416Oklahoma: 48,603Iowa: 36,470Missouri: 68,377Wisconsin: 59,167Illinois: 125,129Kentucky: 52,982Arkansas: 35,414Tennessee: 84,408West Virginia: 16,954Indiana: 79,648Alaska: 8,867Hawaii: 14,631

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 4,979 to 11,911
  • Group 2: 11,911 to 34,700
  • Group 3: 34,700 to 62,576
  • Group 4: 62,576 to 99,680
  • Highest: 99,680 to 398,632
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.

1California398,632
2Texas390,203
3Florida225,971
4New York203,078
5Pennsylvania126,981
6Ohio126,825
7Georgia126,446
8Illinois125,129
9North Carolina123,046
10New Jersey100,999
11Michigan99,680
12Virginia92,070
13Tennessee84,408
14Washington83,368
15Indiana79,648
16Arizona78,926
17Missouri68,377
18Massachusetts68,055
19Colorado65,380
20Maryland65,090
21Minnesota62,576
22South Carolina59,681
23Wisconsin59,167
24Alabama57,680
25Kentucky52,982
26Louisiana51,886
27Oklahoma48,603
28Utah46,948
29Oregon38,334
30Iowa36,470
31Arkansas35,414
32Connecticut34,700
33Kansas34,416
34Mississippi33,168
35Nevada32,511
36Nebraska24,396
37Idaho23,695
38New Mexico20,235
39Puerto Rico17,950
40West Virginia16,954
41Hawaii14,631
42New Hampshire11,911
43Maine11,783
44Montana11,348
45South Dakota11,299
46Delaware10,328
47Rhode Island10,021
48North Dakota9,760
49Alaska8,867
50District of Columbia7,336
51Wyoming6,070
52Vermont4,979

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 number of births (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-births/

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