In 2020, approximately 3,613,600 births were recorded in the United States. The seven-state Great Plains region registered 248,528 births in 2020, or about 6.9% of total births in the U.S. that year. With 11.57 births per 1,000 population, the Great Plains' regional birth rate was nearly 5.5% higher than the national average birth rate. All seven states in the region recorded a birth rate in 2020 that was above the national average. Additional review of data from the National Center for Health Statistics provides the following state-level details about birth rates in the Great Plains region:
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Birth Rates in the Great Plains Region |
State | Births | Population | Birth Rate* |
Iowa | 36,114 | 3,163,561 | 11.42 |
Kansas | 34,376 | 2,913,805 | 11.80 |
Minnesota | 63,443 | 5,657,342 | 11.21 |
Missouri | 69,285 | 6,151,548 | 11.26 |
Nebraska | 24,291 | 1,937,552 | 12.54 |
North Dakota | 10,059 | 765,309 | 13.14 |
South Dakota | 10,960 | 892,717 | 12.28 |
Region | 248,528 | 21,481,834 | 11.57 |
U.S. | 3,613,647 | 329,484,123 | 10.97 |
(*) number of births per 1,000 population
Report Period: 2020
Source: CDC Wonder. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Natality on CDC WONDER Online Database. Data are from the Natality Records 2016-2020, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed on July 29, 2022
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