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Natural increase: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: 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: 2025, year to July 1.

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Data last updated
2026-10-27
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National value: 518,858 (United States).

Washington: 17,230Idaho: 6,900Montana: -90North Dakota: 2,630Minnesota: 12,071Michigan: -4,998Ohio: -729Pennsylvania: -10,708New York: 42,815Vermont: -1,769New Hampshire: -2,167Maine: -5,019Arizona: 7,649California: 109,715New Mexico: -1,885Texas: 157,711Louisiana: 2,774Mississippi: -2,607Alabama: -2,188Florida: -1,333Georgia: 28,631South Carolina: 564North Carolina: 15,129Virginia: 13,817District of Columbia: 2,516Maryland: 11,444Delaware: -554New Jersey: 26,023Connecticut: 2,283Rhode Island: -304Massachusetts: 8,419Oregon: -3,764Utah: 24,961Wyoming: 295Nevada: 3,051Colorado: 20,608South Dakota: 2,605Nebraska: 6,136Kansas: 4,951Oklahoma: 2,559Iowa: 2,949Missouri: 177Wisconsin: 1,161Illinois: 10,903Kentucky: -83Arkansas: -1,224Tennessee: 3,597West Virginia: -7,887Indiana: 8,561Alaska: 3,308Hawaii: 2,024

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: -14,907 to -1,769
  • Group 2: -1,769 to 564
  • Group 3: 564 to 3,308
  • Group 4: 3,308 to 12,071
  • Highest: 12,071 to 157,711
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.

1Texas157,711
2California109,715
3New York42,815
4Georgia28,631
5New Jersey26,023
6Utah24,961
7Colorado20,608
8Washington17,230
9North Carolina15,129
10Virginia13,817
11Minnesota12,071
12Maryland11,444
13Illinois10,903
14Indiana8,561
15Massachusetts8,419
16Arizona7,649
17Idaho6,900
18Nebraska6,136
19Kansas4,951
20Tennessee3,597
21Alaska3,308
22Nevada3,051
23Iowa2,949
24Louisiana2,774
25North Dakota2,630
26South Dakota2,605
27Oklahoma2,559
28District of Columbia2,516
29Connecticut2,283
30Hawaii2,024
31Wisconsin1,161
32South Carolina564
33Wyoming295
34Missouri177
35Kentucky-83
36Montana-90
37Rhode Island-304
38Delaware-554
39Ohio-729
40Arkansas-1,224
41Florida-1,333
42Vermont-1,769
43New Mexico-1,885
44New Hampshire-2,167
45Alabama-2,188
46Mississippi-2,607
47Oregon-3,764
48Michigan-4,998
49Maine-5,019
50West Virginia-7,887
51Pennsylvania-10,708
52Puerto Rico-14,907

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 natural increase (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-natural-increase/

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