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

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

Total Fertility Rate by U.S. state in 2021 according to the Center for Disease Control & Prevention

Fertility rate by State 2008 - 2020

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.

See also

• List of U.S. states and territories by population
• Demographics of the United States
• List of U.S. states and territories by birth and death rates