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:

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