Above Average: The 10 States Beating the National Fertility Rate

The states listed above represent the ten highest fertility rates in the country in 2024, each surpassing the national average of 53.8 births per 1,000 women of childbearing age. Unlike raw birth counts, fertility rates level the playing field between large and small states.
Chart: Birth Injury LawyerSource: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper