Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 50
Births in the past year for every 1,000 women aged 15 to 50. It is a survey estimate, not a count of birth certificates. In small counties it rests on very few answers and can be far off, so the highest and lowest values are mostly random noise from the survey.
Reported for2,195areas, in 52 states
Link to density0.34not mostly about how urban a place is
Nearby places alike0.17Moran’s I: only weakly, little map pattern
Typerateper 1,000
How it has moved
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Every state, every year
One row per state and one column per year, sorted by the latest value. It shows states, not counties: nobody can scan 3,222 rows, and the pattern only shows when it all fits on one screen.
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Where it comes from
Census ACS 5-year · ACS table B13002_002, divided by women aged 15 to 50
Combining areas: an average weighted by women aged 15 to 50.
Population makeup
How this measure varies with the racial and ethnic makeup of counties. Every group is shown, whatever its rank. These are links across counties: they describe places, not people. They say nothing about any person’s risk or behaviour based on their race. Counties with a larger share of one group also differ in much else, such as income, segregation, region and history. The adjusted figure only accounts for density, income and education.
| Share of residents | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 50 and Share White, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share White, not Hispanic by US county | +0.03 | -0.07 |
| Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 50 and Share Black, not HispanicWhere Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 50 is higher, Share Black, not Hispanic tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Black, not Hispanic by US county | +0.05 | +0.10 |
| Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 50 and Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Hispanic or Latino, any race by US county | -0.04 | +0.03 |
| Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 50 and Share Asian, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Asian, not Hispanic by US county | -0.13 | +0.02 |
| Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 50 and Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic by US county | +0.17 | +0.07 |
Highest and lowest
Of 2,195 counties reporting it. These are the two ends of a national ranking. For most measures, that ranking mostly sorts places by income and how urban they are. That is why the place pages compare each place with similar places instead.
Highest
- Grant County, KS — 333
- Madison County, FL — 194
- Hamilton County, FL — 176
- Highland County, VA — 171
- Clarke County, IA — 165
Lowest
The middle area reports 56.1. The middle half of counties falls between 46.8 and 67.4 (the 25th to 75th percentile).
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