List of U.S. states and territories by fertility rate

Last updated April 08, 2025

This is a list of U.S. states, federal district, and territories by total fertility rate .

2019-2023

State federal district or territory	TFR 2019^[1] !! TFR 2020^[2] !! TFR 2021^[3] !! TFR 2022^[4] !! TFR 2023^[5]
Northern Mariana Is.	2.64	2.41	2.20	1.73	2.13
Guam	2.74	2.64	2.36	2.26	2.11
American Samoa	--	--	--	--	--
South Dakota	2.08	1.98	2.07	2.01	2.00
Nebraska	1.97	1.94	1.95	1.94	1.91
North Dakota	2.00	1.93	1.94	1.84	1.85
Alaska	1.94	1.89	1.89	1.89	1.83
Louisiana	1.86	1.83	1.87	1.85	1.83
Iowa	1.90	1.82	1.85	1.84	1.81
Texas	1.85	1.78	1.81	1.84	1.81
Kansas	1.87	1.82	1.84	1.83	1.81
Utah	1.99	1.92	1.92	1.85	1.80
Kentucky	1.85	1.80	1.81	1.82	1.80
Idaho	1.92	1.84	1.85	1.81	1.79
Mississippi	1.85	1.81	1.82	1.79	1.79
Oklahoma	1.86	1.79	1.83	1.80	1.77
Arkansas	1.86	1.79	1.84	1.79	1.77
Indiana	1.82	1.77	1.79	1.78	1.76
Alabama	1.81	1.78	1.77	1.74	1.73
Tennessee	1.76	1.70	1.75	1.73	1.73
New Jersey	1.77	1.74	1.72	1.75	1.70
Minnesota	1.79	1.72	1.75	1.75	1.69
Hawaii	1.85	1.77	1.73	1.74	1.68
Ohio	1.78	1.71	1.72	1.70	1.68
Wyoming	1.80	1.69	1.75	1.69	1.68
Missouri	1.79	1.72	1.73	1.71	1.67
South Carolina	1.70	1.64	1.71	1.70	1.67
North Carolina	1.71	1.66	1.73	1.71	1.66
Georgia	1.72	1.65	1.67	1.67	1.64
Delaware	1.71	1.67	1.68	1.71	1.63
Wisconsin	1.73	1.66	1.69	1.65	1.63
Maryland	1.73	1.69	1.66	1.69	1.61
Virginia	1.69	1.64	1.66	1.65	1.60
Florida	1.66	1.57	1.62	1.64	1.60
Arizona	1.67	1.58	1.64	1.62	1.60
West Virginia	1.72	1.65	1.65	1.62	1.60
Michigan	1.69	1.63	1.64	1.60	1.56
New Mexico	1.69	1.61	1.58	1.59	1.55
Montana	1.66	1.60	1.62	1.58	1.55
Pennsylvania	1.65	1.61	1.61	1.58	1.55
New York	1.64	1.57	1.56	1.56	1.53
Connecticut	1.54	1.51	1.58	1.55	1.52
Nevada	1.70	1.60	1.61	1.56	1.50
Illinois	1.65	1.59	1.57	1.54	1.50
California	1.60	1.52	1.54	1.54	1.48
Washington	1.60	1.54	1.56	1.53	1.47
Colorado	1.53	1.48	1.52	1.49	1.45
Maine	1.50	1.45	1.48	1.47	1.40
Massachusetts	1.45	1.39	1.43	1.44	1.40
U.S. Virgin Islands	--	1.39	1.46	1.43	1.40
New Hampshire	1.43	1.41	1.48	1.41	1.38
Rhode Island	1.43	1.43	1.42	1.40	1.37
Oregon	1.47	1.39	1.43	1.39	1.35
Vermont	1.43	1.36	1.37	1.35	1.30
District of Columbia	1.31	1.27	1.34	1.24	1.20
Puerto Rico	0.98	0.92	0.91	0.91	0.90
Total United States	1.71	1.64	1.66	1.66	1.62

2008-2018

State federal district or territory	TFR 2008^[6] !! TFR 2009^[7] !! TFR 2010^[8] !! TFR 2011^[9] !! TFR 2012^[10] !! TFR 2013^[11] !! TFR 2014^[12] !! TFR 2015^[13]	TFR 2016^[14]	TFR 2017^[15] !! TFR 2018^[16]
Guam	2.73	2.66	3.00	2.88	3.15	2.87	2.96	2.93	3.07	2.97	2.85
American Samoa	2.91	2.86	3.11	3.10	2.85	2.61	2.60	2.55	2.69	2.59	--
South Dakota	2.35	2.28	2.27	2.25	2.27	2.27	2.27	2.27	2.26	2.23	2.15
Northern Mariana Is.	2.30	2.26	2.19	2.17	1.83	1.58	1.24	1.07	1.50	1.33	2.10
Nebraska	2.29	2.27	2.14	2.11	2.12	2.12	2.16	2.15	2.14	2.06	2.03
North Dakota	2.13	2.12	2.04	2.08	2.12	2.14	2.24	2.16	2.17	2.07	2.03
Utah	2.60	2.47	2.45	2.38	2.37	2.34	2.33	2.29	2.24	2.12	2.03
Alaska	2.41	2.27	2.35	2.28	2.19	2.22	2.19	2.17	2.14	2.02	1.97
Kansas	2.25	2.19	2.16	2.09	2.12	2.04	2.05	2.05	2.00	1.93	1.92
Idaho	2.47	2.27	2.24	2.15	2.19	2.13	2.15	2.13	2.07	2.01	1.90
Iowa	2.11	2.07	2.01	1.97	1.99	2.00	2.02	2.01	1.99	1.94	1.90
Arkansas	2.16	2.07	2.00	2.00	1.97	1.94	1.97	1.98	1.95	1.91	1.88
Oklahoma	2.21	2.15	2.11	2.04	2.04	2.04	2.03	2.00	1.98	1.90	1.88
Kentucky	2.06	2.00	1.97	1.94	1.95	1.95	1.96	1.95	1.93	1.90	1.87
Texas	2.36	2.29	2.16	2.07	2.08	2.07	2.09	2.07	2.02	1.92	1.87
Louisiana	2.08	2.02	1.95	1.91	1.92	1.93	1.96	1.96	1.93	1.88	1.86
Hawaii	2.34	2.23	2.15	2.11	2.10	2.08	2.00	1.97	1.94	1.89	1.85
Indiana	2.09	2.02	1.97	1.95	1.93	1.92	1.93	1.93	1.90	1.87	1.85
Mississippi	2.20	2.06	1.96	1.94	1.89	1.88	1.89	1.87	1.87	1.85	1.84
Minnesota	2.11	2.04	1.96	1.95	1.94	1.94	1.94	1.93	1.93	1.87	1.83
Missouri	2.05	1.96	1.94	1.92	1.89	1.88	1.87	1.86	1.86	1.81	1.82
Alabama	2.06	1.95	1.87	1.84	1.81	1.79	1.83	1.83	1.82	1.82	1.79
Ohio	1.99	1.93	1.90	1.88	1.89	1.88	1.88	1.87	1.85	1.83	1.79
U.S. Virgin Islands	2.53	2.38	2.49	2.34	2.26	2.23	2.23	2.22	1.79	--	--
Wyoming	2.28	2.14	2.04	1.98	1.99	1.99	1.99	2.01	1.93	1.86	1.79
New Jersey	2.06	2.00	1.90	1.88	1.85	1.81	1.81	1.80	1.79	1.76	1.78
Tennessee	2.07	1.95	1.88	1.87	1.87	1.85	1.87	1.85	1.82	1.80	1.78
Wisconsin	2.00	1.95	1.89	1.87	1.86	1.84	1.85	1.85	1.84	1.79	1.76
Maryland	2.03	1.95	1.89	1.85	1.83	1.79	1.82	1.80	1.79	1.75	1.75
Nevada	2.31	2.12	1.96	1.91	1.87	1.86	1.87	1.86	1.83	1.77	1.75
Georgia	2.17	2.05	1.96	1.93	1.88	1.86	1.87	1.85	1.82	1.79	1.73
Michigan	1.87	1.85	1.85	1.84	1.82	1.83	1.83	1.81	1.79	1.76	1.73
Montana	2.08	1.89	1.99	1.96	1.96	1.97	1.95	1.96	1.89	1.80	1.73
North Carolina	2.12	2.01	1.91	1.86	1.84	1.82	1.83	1.82	1.79	1.77	1.73
Virginia	2.02	1.94	1.88	1.85	1.84	1.81	1.81	1.80	1.79	1.75	1.73
Arizona	2.31	2.11	2.07	2.00	2.00	1.97	1.97	1.92	1.87	1.79	1.72
Delaware	2.11	1.99	1.94	1.90	1.85	1.79	1.79	1.81	1.78	1.75	1.72
South Carolina	2.13	1.99	1.88	1.84	1.82	1.80	1.80	1.79	1.75	1.73	1.71
West Virginia	1.90	1.86	1.83	1.84	1.85	1.86	1.81	1.78	1.74	1.73	1.71
New Mexico	2.23	2.14	2.06	2.00	1.98	1.93	1.91	1.90	1.83	1.76	1.70
Illinois	2.00	1.94	1.88	1.84	1.82	1.79	1.81	1.81	1.78	1.73	1.69
Florida	2.05	1.92	1.83	1.80	1.77	1.77	1.77	1.77	1.75	1.71	1.67
New York	1.89	1.87	1.81	1.79	1.77	1.73	1.73	1.71	1.69	1.65	1.67
Pennsylvania	1.94	1.85	1.81	1.80	1.78	1.75	1.76	1.74	1.72	1.69	1.67
Washington	2.04	1.97	1.91	1.89	1.88	1.84	1.85	1.82	1.81	1.71	1.64
California	2.15	2.05	1.95	1.90	1.89	1.84	1.84	1.79	1.77	1.69	1.63
Maine	1.74	1.72	1.70	1.67	1.68	1.67	1.66	1.64	1.64	1.58	1.58
Connecticut	1.88	1.80	1.72	1.71	1.66	1.63	1.63	1.61	1.63	1.59	1.57
Colorado	2.05	1.98	1.92	1.85	1.83	1.79	1.77	1.75	1.71	1.63	1.56
Oregon	1.95	1.84	1.79	1.76	1.74	1.73	1.72	1.70	1.65	1.56	1.49
Rhode Island	1.73	1.67	1.63	1.60	1.59	1.57	1.56	1.58	1.54	1.51	1.49
New Hampshire	1.71	1.67	1.67	1.67	1.61	1.60	1.58	1.59	1.55	1.52	1.47
Massachusetts	1.77	1.71	1.67	1.67	1.63	1.60	1.58	1.55	1.54	1.51	1.45
Vermont	1.67	1.62	1.66	1.63	1.61	1.59	1.63	1.58	1.54	1.52	1.44
District of Columbia	1.79	1.73	1.65	1.64	1.61	1.53	1.52	1.48	1.49	1.42	1.35
Puerto Rico	1.62	1.59	1.62	1.60	1.54	1.47	1.43	1.34	1.24	1.10	1.04
Total United States	2.08	2.00	1.93	1.89	1.88	1.86	1.86	1.84	1.82	1.77	1.73

Wake Island has fewer than 300 occupants, mainly related to activities of the United States Air Force, none of whom is considered a permanent resident.^[17]^[18] All other insular areas under the sovereignty of the United States are uninhabited.

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[1] Births: Final Data for 2019. p.25

[2] Births: Final Data for 2020. p.24

[3] Births: Final Data for 2021. p.25

[4] Births: Final Data for 2022. p.27

[5] Births: Final Data for 2023. p.26

[6] Births: Final Data for 2008. p.43

[7] Births: Final Data for 2009. p.43

[8] Births: Final Data for 2010. p.42

[9] Births: Final Data for 2011. p.40

[10] Births: Final Data for 2012. p.38

[11] Births: Final Data for 2013. p.37

[12] Births: Final Data for 2014. p.38

[13] Births: Final Data for 2015. p.92

[14] Births: Final Data for 2016. p.29

[15] Births: Final Data for 2017. p.23

[16] Births: Final Data for 2018. p.23

[17] "Population of the United States, from 1980 to 2010 - TeacherVision".

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