There were approximately 3,613,600 births recorded in the United States in 2020. The six-state Far Western U.S. region accounted for 602,072 births, or about 16.7% of the 2020 national total. With 10.64 births per 1,000 population, the Far Western U.S. regional birth rate was 3% lower than the 2020 national average birth rate of 10.97 births per 1,000 population. A deeper examination of data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics provides the following state level details about birth rates in the Far Western U.S. region:
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Birth Rates in the Far Western U.S. |
State | Births | Population | Birth Rate* |
Alaska | 9,469 | 731,158 | 12.95 |
California | 420,259 | 39,368,078 | 10.68 |
Hawaii | 15,785 | 1,407,006 | 11.22 |
Nevada | 33,653 | 3,138,259 | 10.72 |
Oregon | 39,820 | 4,241,507 | 9.39 |
Washington | 83,086 | 7,693,612 | 10.80 |
Region | 602,072 | 56,579,620 | 10.64 |
U.S. Totals | 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 August 20, 2022
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