Ranking of US States By Number of Births in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, the Number of Births for the United States was 3.84M. Among all US states and DC, California had the highest number of births (462.01K), followed by Texas (381.43K), and New York (229.32K).

On the other hand, Vermont had the lowest number of births (5.43K) followed by Wyoming (6.76K), and District of Columbia (9.40K).

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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Rank State Number of Births
1 California 462012
2 Texas 381430
3 New York 229316
4 Florida 223734
5 Illinois 148028
6 Pennsylvania 137444
7 Ohio 136942
8 Georgia 128171
9 North Carolina 120147
10 Michigan 111032
11 New Jersey 101901
12 Virginia 100976
13 Washington 86748
14 Indiana 82548
15 Tennessee 81500
16 Arizona 81134
17 Missouri 73548
18 Maryland 71695
19 Massachusetts 70453
20 Minnesota 67878
21 Wisconsin 64434
22 Colorado 63793
23 Louisiana 60751
24 Alabama 58665
25 South Carolina 56970
26 Kentucky 54653
27 Oklahoma 50123
28 Utah 47581
29 Oregon 42925
30 Iowa 38304
31 Arkansas 37587
32 Mississippi 37489
33 Kansas 36459
34 Nevada 35602
35 Connecticut 34958
36 Nebraska 25600
37 New Mexico 23198
38 Idaho 21636
39 West Virginia 18589
40 Hawaii 17284
41 Maine 12265
42 South Dakota 12148
43 New Hampshire 12002
44 Montana 11663
45 Delaware 10760
46 Rhode Island 10737
47 North Dakota 10700
48 Alaska 10374
49 District of Columbia 9400
50 Wyoming 6762
51 Vermont 5428