This Is How Many Babies Were Born in Each State Last Year

May 5, 2021

National Center for Health Statistics has released data on how many children were born last year. Media analysis showed the figures were the smallest since 1979. There was speculation, without a conclusion, that the COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed to the drop.

In the analysis, titled “Births: Provisional Data for 2020,” the primary conclusion is that total births fell 4% from 2019 to 2020. The total for last year was 3,605,201. According to the document, “Data are based on 99.87% of all 2020 birth records received and processed by the National Center for Health Statistics as of February 11, 2021.”

Among the other conclusions was that the overall cesarean delivery rate was 31.8%. The preterm birth rate was 10.09%.

The birth rate for the year was 55.9 per 1,000 women. The birth rate per 1,000 women was highest in the age 30 to 34 group at 94.8, followed by the 30 to 34 age group at 90. The rate among women ages 15 to 19 was 15.3.

The birth rate among white women was 53.2. Among Black and Hispanic women, the figures were 59.0 and 62.8, respectively.

These are the number of children born in each state in 2020:

Alabama: 57,634
Alaska: 9,447
Arizona: 76,923
Arkansas: 35,210
California: 419,612
Colorado: 61,493
Connecticut: 33,448
Delaware: 10,336
District of Columbia: 8,858
Florida: 209,612
Georgia: 122,266
Hawaii: 15,730
Idaho: 21,520
Illinois: 133,207
Indiana: 78,087
Iowa: 36,080
Kansas: 34,360
Kentucky: 51,581
Louisiana: 57,070
Maine: 11,532
Maryland: 68,523
Massachusetts: 66,429
Michigan: 103,846
Minnesota: 63,387
Mississippi: 35,457
Missouri: 69,238
Montana: 10,785
Nebraska: 24,235
Nevada: 33,632
New Hampshire: 11,773
New Jersey: 96,543
New Mexico: 21,316
New York: 209,172
North Carolina: 116,674
North Dakota: 10,059
Ohio: 129,071
Oklahoma: 47,393
Oregon: 39,792
Pennsylvania: 130,562
Rhode Island: 10,102
South Carolina: 55,693
South Dakota: 10,952
Tennessee: 78,659
Texas: 365,857
Utah: 45,702
Vermont: 5,117
Virginia: 94,391
Washington: 83,067
West Virginia: 17,159
Wisconsin: 60,491
Wyoming: 6,118

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