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Births, Birth Rates, and Fertility Rates
by State, 2004
| State |
Number
of births |
Birth
rate1 |
Fertility
rate2 |
|
United States3
|
4,115,590 |
14.0 |
66.3 |
|
Alabama
|
59,549 |
13.1 |
62.5 |
|
Alaska
|
10,338 |
15.8 |
74.4 |
|
Arizona
|
93,672 |
16.3 |
79.5 |
|
Arkansas
|
38,602 |
14.0 |
68.4 |
|
California
|
545,071 |
15.2 |
70.4 |
|
Colorado
|
68,520 |
14.9 |
68.8 |
|
Connecticut
|
42,099 |
12.0 |
58.8 |
|
Delaware
|
11,299 |
13.6 |
63.4 |
| District of Columbia |
7,932 |
14.3 |
58.2 |
|
Florida
|
218,034 |
12.5 |
64.1 |
|
Georgia
|
138,851 |
15.7 |
70.1 |
|
Hawaii
|
18,280 |
14.5 |
74.0 |
|
Idaho
|
22,527 |
16.2 |
77.2 |
|
Illinois
|
180,934 |
14.2 |
66.7 |
|
Indiana
|
86,733 |
13.9 |
66.7 |
|
Iowa
|
38,439 |
13.0 |
63.8 |
|
Kansas
|
39,581 |
14.5 |
69.6 |
|
Kentucky
|
54,451 |
13.1 |
62.2 |
|
Louisiana
|
65,399 |
14.5 |
66.7 |
|
Maine
|
13,945 |
10.6 |
52.4 |
|
Maryland
|
74,605 |
13.4 |
62.3 |
|
Massachusetts
|
78,566 |
12.2 |
56.5 |
|
Michigan
|
129,768 |
12.8 |
61.4 |
|
Minnesota
|
70,615 |
13.8 |
64.5 |
|
Mississippi
|
42,810 |
14.7 |
68.3 |
|
Missouri
|
77,780 |
13.5 |
64.3 |
|
Montana
|
11,525 |
12.4 |
62.8 |
|
Nebraska
|
26,331 |
15.1 |
72.6 |
|
Nevada
|
35,188 |
15.1 |
72.6 |
|
New Hampshire
|
14,566 |
11.2 |
53.4 |
|
New Jersey
|
114,916 |
13.2 |
64.0 |
|
New Mexico
|
28,386 |
14.9 |
71.9 |
|
New York
|
250,894 |
13.0 |
60.9 |
|
North Carolina
|
119,851 |
14.0 |
66.0 |
|
North Dakota
|
8,189 |
12.9 |
63.2 |
|
Ohio
|
149,154 |
13.0 |
62.8 |
|
Oklahoma
|
51,283 |
14.6 |
70.2 |
|
Oregon
|
45,693 |
12.7 |
61.8 |
|
Pennsylvania
|
145,768 |
11.7 |
58.5 |
|
Rhode Island
|
12,778 |
11.8 |
55.0 |
|
South Carolina
|
56,592 |
13.5 |
63.6 |
|
South Dakota
|
11,340 |
14.7 |
72.4 |
|
Tennessee
|
79,641 |
13.5 |
63.4 |
|
Texas
|
384,389 |
17.1 |
78.0 |
|
Utah
|
50,669 |
21.2 |
92.3 |
|
Vermont
|
6,565 |
10.6 |
51.8 |
|
Virginia
|
103,915 |
13.9 |
65.0 |
|
Washington
|
81,740 |
13.2 |
61.7 |
|
West Virginia
|
20,855 |
11.5 |
58.3 |
|
Wisconsin
|
70,154 |
12.7 |
60.7 |
|
Wyoming
|
6,807 |
13.4 |
66.5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
51,099 |
13.1 |
59.8 |
| Virgin Islands |
1,413 |
13.0 |
62.6 |
|
Guam
|
3,419 |
20.6 |
92.1 |
|
American Samoa
|
1,714 |
29.6 |
132.4 |
| Northern Marianas |
1,358 |
17.4 |
43.6 |
NOTE: Data by place of residence. n.a. = data not
available.
1. Birth rates are live births per 1,000
estimated population in each area.
2. Fertility rates are live births per
1,000 women aged 15–44 years estimated in each area.
3. Excludes data for Puerto Rico, Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Marianas.
Source: National Center for Health
Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports, vol. 53, no. 9,
Nov. 23, 2004. Web: www.cdc.gov/nchs .
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