There were approximately 3,613,600 births recorded in the United States in 2020.  The Mid-Eastern U.S., a region that encompasses the District of Columbia and five states, recorded 525,805 births in 2020, or about 14.6% of the national total.  With 10.78 births per 1,000 population, the Mid-Eastern U.S. regional birth rate was slightly below the national average birth rate.  A closer examination of data from the National Center for Health Statistics details the following about birth rates in the Mid-Eastern U.S. region:

Birth Rates in the Mid-Eastern U.S

State	Births	Population	Birth Rate*
Delaware	10,392	986,809	10.53
District of Columbia	8,874	712,816	12.45
Maryland	68,554	6,055,802	11.32
New Jersey	97,954	8,882,371	11.03
New York	209,338	19,336,776	10.83
Pennsylvania	130,693	12,783,254	10.22
Region	525,805	48,757,828	10.78
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 1, 2022