Overall U.S. birth rate inched up slightly in 2005
Staff -- Kids Today, 6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
There were 4.14 million babies born in the U.S in 2005, less than 1% more than in 2004, according to the latest figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data are based on figures from more than 99% of birth statistics filed in the U.S.
The biggest news remains the same as in the last few years: the birth rate among minority women continues to increase at a much faster pace than the birth rate among non-minority women. The birth rate among older mothers also is increasing slightly, but much more slowly than the rate among minority women.
The crude birth rate was 14.0 births per 1,000 total population, unchanged from 2004. Continuing a multi-year trend, births rose for Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander and non-Hispanic black women, but declined slightly for non-Hispanic white women. In 2005, 45% of babies were born to minority mothers. That's up from 43% in 2003 and 18% in 1993.
Childbearing by women in their early 20s increased slightly in 2005, and also continued to increase among women in their 30s and 40s. Birth rates for women ages 20–24 and 30–34 years rose less than 1% between 2004 and 2005, while rates for women ages 35–44 rose by 2%.
The birth rate for women ages 20–24 rose to 102.2 births per 1,000 women in 2005, less than 1% over the rate in 2004. The rate for women ages 25–29, the highest rate amongst the age groups, was essentially unchanged in 2005 (115.6)
Childbearing by women in their 30s and 40s continued to increase. The birth rate for women ages 30–34 rose slightly between 2004 and 2005, to 95.9 births per 1,000, the highest rate since 1964. The rate for women ages 35–39 rose to 46.3 births per 1,000, 2% over the rate in 2004 and the highest rate since 1965.
The birth rate for women 40–44 also rose by 2%, to 9.1, the highest rate since 1968. The birth rate for women ages 45–49 also increased slightly, to 0.6 births per 1,000 women, the first increase in the rate since 2000 and the highest rate for this age group since 1970.
Among race and Hispanic origin groups, the rates for women ages 30–34 increased for Hispanic and non-Hispanic black women (about 2% each) and decreased for Asian Pacific Islander women (about 2 %). The rates for non-Hispanic white and American Indian and Alaska Native women were essentially unchanged in 2005.
Rates for women ages 35–39 increased by 2% for women in each of the three largest groups (non-Hispanic whites, Hispanics, and non-Hispanic blacks).
Births by state
| Total | % Minority2 | |
| United States1 | 4,140,419 | 45% |
| Alabama | 60,447 | 38% |
| Alaska | 10,463 | 43% |
| Arizona | 96,231 | 58% |
| Arkansas | 39,196 | 32% |
| California | 549,626 | 71% |
| Colorado | 68,963 | 40% |
| Connecticut | 41,717 | 37% |
| Delaware | 11,648 | 44% |
| District of Columbia | 7,893 | 74% |
| Florida | 226,280 | 52% |
| Georgia | 142,256 | 52% |
| Hawaii | 17,925 | 77% |
| Idaho | 23,062 | 19% |
| Illinois | 179,061 | 47% |
| Indiana | 87,282 | 23% |
| Iowa | 39,312 | 15% |
| Kansas | 39,893 | 27% |
| Kentucky | 56,385 | 15% |
| Louisiana | 61,005 | 45% |
| Maine | 14,113 | 6% |
| Maryland | 74,986 | 51% |
| Massachusetts | 76,920 | 30% |
| Michigan | 127,799 | 31% |
| Minnesota | 70,969 | 25% |
| Mississippi | 42,398 | 48% |
| Total | % Minority2 | |
| 1. Excludes data for the territories. 2. Includes all that are not classified as non-Hispanic white. Race and Hispanic origin are determined by the race and origin of the mother. Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Preliminary data for 2005. |
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| Missouri | 78,619 | 23% |
| Montana | 11,602 | 20% |
| Nebraska | 26,148 | 24% |
| Nevada | 37,258 | 56% |
| New Hampshire | 14,426 | 10% |
| New Jersey | 113,700 | 49% |
| New Mexico | 28,834 | 71% |
| New York | 246,354 | 49% |
| North Carolina | 123,118 | 43% |
| North Dakota | 8,393 | 20% |
| Ohio | 148,916 | 22% |
| Oklahoma | 51,746 | 34% |
| Oregon | 45,937 | 30% |
| Pennsylvania | 145,584 | 26% |
| Rhode Island | 12,680 | 48% |
| South Carolina | 57,728 | 43% |
| South Dakota | 11,457 | 22% |
| Tennessee | 81,743 | 31% |
| Texas | 385,963 | 64% |
| Utah | 51,554 | 20% |
| Vermont | 6,475 | 5% |
| Virginia | 104,592 | 41% |
| Washington | 82,705 | 35% |
| West Virginia | 20,838 | 5% |
| Wisconsin | 70,978 | 23% |
| Wyoming | 7,239 | 18% |
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