There were just over 3,613,600 births recorded in the United States in 2020. The five-state Rocky Mountain region recorded 145,648 births in 2020, or about 4.0% of the national total. With 11.61 births per 1,000 population, the Rocky Mountain region's birth rate was 5.8% above the national average birth rate. Only the Southwestern region of the U.S. had a higher regional birth rate than did the Rocky Mountain region. A closer inspection of data from the National Center for Health Statistics details the following about birth rates in the Rocky Mountain region:
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Birth Rates in the Rocky Mountain Region |
State | Births | Population | Birth Rate* |
Colorado | 61,494 | 5,807,719 | 10.59 |
Idaho | 21,533 | 1,826,913 | 11.79 |
Montana | 10,791 | 1,080,577 | 9.99 |
Utah | 45,702 | 3,249,879 | 14.06 |
Wyoming | 6,128 | 582,328 | 10.52 |
Region | 145,648 | 12,547,416 | 11.61 |
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 13, 2022
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