List of U.S. states and territories by birth and death rates
This article includes a list of U.S. states sorted by birth and death rate, expressed per 1,000 inhabitants, for 2018, using the most recent data available from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
2019 list[]
2019 rank |
State | Birth rate (per 1,000 people)[1] |
Death rate (per 1,000 people)[2] |
Rate of natural increase (per 1,000 people) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Guam | 18.1 | 6.0 | 12.1 |
2 | American Samoa | - | - | - |
3 | Utah | 14.6 | 5.8 | 8.8 |
4 | Alaska | 13.4 | 6.3 | 7.1 |
5 | North Dakota | 13.7 | 8.8 | 4.9 |
6 | Texas | 13.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 |
7 | South Dakota | 12.9 | 9.3 | 3.6 |
8 | District of Columbia | 12.9 | 7.0 | 5.9 |
9 | Nebraska | 12.8 | 8.8 | 4.0 |
10 | Louisiana | 12.7 | 9.9 | 2.8 |
11 | Idaho | 12.3 | 8.1 | 4.2 |
12 | Oklahoma | 12.4 | 10.3 | 2.1 |
13 | Kansas | 12.1 | 9.5 | 2.6 |
14 | Wyoming | 11.3 | 8.8 | 2.5 |
15 | Arkansas | 12.1 | 10.9 | 1.2 |
16 | Hawaii | 11.9 | 8.2 | 3.7 |
17 | Georgia | 11.9 | 8.1 | 3.8 |
18 | Mississippi | 12.3 | 11.1 | 1.2 |
19 | Minnesota | 11.7 | 8.1 | 3.6 |
20 | Indiana | 12.0 | 9.8 | 2.2 |
21 | California | 11.3 | 6.8 | 4.5 |
22 | Iowa | 11.9 | 9.8 | 2.1 |
23 | Kentucky | 11.9 | 11.0 | 0.9 |
24 | Nevada | 11.4 | 8.3 | 3.1 |
25 | Arizona | 10.9 | 8.3 | 2.6 |
26 | New Mexico | 10.9 | 9.3 | 1.6 |
27 | Washington | 11.1 | 7.7 | 3.4 |
28 | Tennessee | 11.8 | 10.5 | 1.3 |
29 | Missouri | 11.8 | 10.2 | 1.6 |
30 | Virginia | 11.4 | 8.2 | 3.2 |
31 | Illinois | 11.1 | 8.6 | 2.5 |
32 | Maryland | 11.6 | 8.4 | 3.2 |
33 | Alabama | 12.0 | 11.0 | 1.0 |
34 | Colorado | 10.9 | 6.8 | 4.1 |
35 | Montana | 10.4 | 9.7 | 0.7 |
36 | New York | 11.4 | 8.3 | 3.1 |
37 | North Carolina | 11.3 | 9.1 | 2.2 |
38 | Ohio | 11.5 | 10.6 | 0.9 |
39 | South Carolina | 11.1 | 9.9 | 1.2 |
40 | Delaware | 10.8 | 9.6 | 1.2 |
41 | Wisconsin | 10.9 | 9.3 | 1.6 |
42 | New Jersey | 11.2 | 8.4 | 2.8 |
43 | Michigan | 10.8 | 9.9 | 0.9 |
44 | Oregon | 9.9 | 8.9 | 1.0 |
45 | Florida | 10.2 | 9.6 | 0.6 |
46 | Pennsylvania | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
47 | West Virginia | 10.1 | 13.1 | -3.0 |
48 | Massachusetts | 10.0 | 8.5 | 1.5 |
49 | Rhode Island | 9.6 | 9.7 | -0.1 |
50 | Connecticut | 9.6 | 8.9 | 0.7 |
51 | Maine | 8.8 | 11.2 | −2.4 |
52 | Vermont | 8.6 | 9.5 | −0.9 |
53 | New Hampshire | 8.7 | 9.4 | −0.7 |
54 | Puerto Rico | 6.4 | 9.2 | −2.8 |
55 | Northern Marianas | 13.3 | 4.0 | 9.3 |
— | United States | 11.4 | 8.7 | 2.7 |
See Also[]
References[]
- ^ "Births: Final data for 2019. National vital statistics reports; vol 70 no 2" (PDF). National Center for Health Statistics. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Deaths: Final Data for 2019. National vital statistics reports; vol 70 no 8" (PDF). National Center for Health Statistics. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
Categories:
- Lists of states of the United States
- Lists of subdivisions of the United States
- United States demography-related lists
- Ranked lists of country subdivisions