Ranking of US States By Number of Births in 2017
Updated on July 29, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the Number of Births for the United States was 3.89M. Among all US states and DC, California had the highest number of births (482.69K), followed by Texas (389.35K), and New York (231.21K).
On the other hand, Vermont had the lowest number of births (5.75K) followed by Wyoming (7.05K), and District of Columbia (9.71K).
The chart below shows the top 10 states with high number of births, and the table below shows the ranking of all the 50 US states and the District of Columbia.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of US States By Number of Births in 2017
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| Rank | State | Number of Births |
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| 1 | California | 482694 |
| 2 | Texas | 389353 |
| 3 | New York | 231207 |
| 4 | Florida | 222993 |
| 5 | Illinois | 151354 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 137728 |
| 7 | Ohio | 136676 |
| 8 | Georgia | 129077 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 119793 |
| 10 | Michigan | 112243 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 101476 |
| 12 | Virginia | 100149 |
| 13 | Washington | 88947 |
| 14 | Arizona | 83156 |
| 15 | Indiana | 82219 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 80297 |
| 17 | Missouri | 73719 |
| 18 | Maryland | 71770 |
| 19 | Massachusetts | 70774 |
| 20 | Minnesota | 69233 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 65869 |
| 22 | Colorado | 65316 |
| 23 | Louisiana | 61865 |
| 24 | Alabama | 58644 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 56797 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 54605 |
| 27 | Oklahoma | 51123 |
| 28 | Utah | 49487 |
| 29 | Oregon | 44612 |
| 30 | Iowa | 38790 |
| 31 | Arkansas | 37694 |
| 32 | Mississippi | 37367 |
| 33 | Kansas | 37219 |
| 34 | Nevada | 36053 |
| 35 | Connecticut | 35501 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 26263 |
| 37 | New Mexico | 24179 |
| 38 | Idaho | 22463 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 18952 |
| 40 | Hawaii | 17770 |
| 41 | Maine | 12396 |
| 42 | South Dakota | 12260 |
| 43 | New Hampshire | 12204 |
| 44 | Montana | 12116 |
| 45 | North Dakota | 11076 |
| 46 | Delaware | 10830 |
| 47 | Alaska | 10757 |
| 48 | Rhode Island | 10577 |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 9705 |
| 50 | Wyoming | 7046 |
| 51 | Vermont | 5750 |