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This is a list of U.S. states, federal district, and territories by total fertility rate. Total Fertility Rate by U.S. state in 2021 according to the Center for Disease Control & Prevention Fertility rate by State 2008 - 2020
The other aberration from this otherwise steady decline in teen birth rates is the 6% decrease in birth rates for 15- to 19-year-olds between 2008 and 2009. [104] Despite these years of decrease, U.S. teen birth rates are still higher than in other developed nations. [104] Racial differences prevail with teen birth and pregnancy rates as well.
The birth rate in major U.S. cities is lower than the national average. Across all locations, the average rate of women aged 15 to 50 having a child in 2022 is 5.2%, compared to 5.0% in major cities.
This is likely due to the birth rate declining among people of color. For example, between 1990 and 2010, the birth rate declined 29% among Blacks, 25 percent among Asians, 21% among Hispanics, but only 5% among White people. [55] If this trend continues the White birth rate will surpass the Black birth rate in a few years.
That boom collapsed in part due to legalized access to the birth control pill. The declining fertility rate became more concerning following the Great Recession between 2007 and 2009, when ...
The fact that Americans are having fewer kids in the modern day has been known for some time. Just last year, the U.S. birth rate reached a historic low after decreasing 3% from the year prior ...
US birth rates among teenagers aged 15 to 19, 1991 to 2023. According to Child Trends research institute, prevalence of teen birth in the United States has plummeted between the early 1990s and 2020s. [4] [5] Teenage birth rates, as opposed to just pregnancies, peaked in 1991, when there were 61.8 births per 1,000 teens. [13]
The U.S. birth rate fell 4% last year, the largest single-year decrease in nearly 50 years, according to a government... View Article The post US birth rate falls to lowest point in more than a ...