U.S. States Ranked by Birth Rate

As of 2007, the average birth rate for the whole world was 20.3 per year per 1,000 of the total population. For a world population of 6.5 billion, this comes to 134 million babies per year. This list shows the number of births per 1,000 people living in the United States by each individual state.

Rank	State	Births Per 1,000 People
1	Utah	20.7
2	Arizona	18.0
3	Texas	17.1
4	California	16.9
5	Alaska	16.7
6	Nevada	16.2
7	Idaho	16.0
8	New Mexico	15.9
9	Georgia	15.6
9	Illinois	15.6
11	Hawaii	15.5
12	Kansas	15.4
13	Mississippi	15.3
14	Louisiana	15.2
15	New York	14.9
16	Colorado	14.6
17	Arkansas	14.5
17	Washington	14.5
19	Alabama	14.4
19	North Carolina	14.4
21	Indiana	14.3
21	Michigan	14.3
21	New Jersey	14.3
21	South Dakota	14.3
26	Delaware	14.1
26	Nebraska	14.1
27	Oklahoma	14.0
28	Tennessee	13.9
29	Missouri	13.8
29	Virginia	13.8
31	Maryland	13.7
31	Minnesota	13.7
31	Ohio	13.7
31	South Carolina	13.7
35	Kentucky	13.6
35	Oregon	13.6
37	Connecticut	13.5
38	Florida	13.2
38	Massachusetts	13.2
40	Wyoming	13.1
41	Iowa	13.0
41	North Dakota	13.0
41	Wisconsin	13.0
44	Rhode Island	12.6
45	New Hampshire	12.5
46	Pennsylvania	12.4
47	Montana	12.2
48	Vermont	11.5
49	West Virginia	11.3
50	Maine	11.1

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