In 2020, there were approximately 3,613,600 births recorded in the United States. About 3.8% of U.S. births that year were recorded in the six-state New England region. With 9.32 births per 1,000 population, a rate that was about 15% below the national average, New England had the lowest regional birth rate in the nation in 2020. In fact, every state in the region recorded a birth rate that was at least 12% below the national average. A dive into state-level data from the National Center for Health Statistics details the following about birth rates in New England:
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Birth Rates in New England |
State | Births | Population | Birth Rate* |
Connecticut | 33,460 | 3,557,006 | 9.41 |
Maine | 11,539 | 1,350,141 | 8.55 |
Massachusetts | 66,428 | 6,893,574 | 9.64 |
New Hampshire | 11,791 | 1,366,275 | 8.63 |
Rhode Island | 10,101 | 1,057,125 | 9.56 |
Vermont | 5,133 | 623,347 | 8.23 |
Region | 138,452 | 14,847,468 | 9.32 |
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 10, 2022
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