Births and Natality
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of births: 3,613,647
- Birth rate: 11.0 per 1,000 population
- Fertility rate: 56.0 births per 1,000 women aged 15-44
- Percent born low birthweight: 8.24%
- Percent born preterm: 10.09%
- Percent unmarried: 40.5%
- Mean age at first birth: 27.1
Source: Births: Final Data for 2020, tables 1, 9, 11, and 13 [PDF – 1 MB]
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- Births – method of delivery
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- Births – unmarried childbearing
- Birthweight and gestation
More data
- Trends in Births from Health, United States
- Health, United States — Topic Page: Births
- Birth data
- Vital Statistics of the United States
- Declines in Births by Month: United States, 2020 [PDF – 1 MB]
- Births in the United States, 2020
- Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Infant Outcomes by Race and Hispanic Origin: United States, 2020 [PDF – 364 KB]
- Changes in Home Births by Race and Hispanic Origin and State of Residence of Mother: United States, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 [PDF – 698 KB]
- Changes in Births to New York City Residents Occurring Outside New York City by Race and Hispanic Origin of the Mother: 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 [PDF – 364 KB]
- Maternal Characteristics and Infant Outcomes in Appalachia and the Delta [PDF – 1 MB]
- Educational Attainment of Mothers Aged 25 Years and Over: United States, 2017
- Total Fertility Rates by State and Race and Hispanic Origin: United States, 2017 [PDF – 922 KB]
- Trends in Fertility and Mother’s Age at First Birth Among Rural and Metropolitan Counties: United States, 2007-2017
- Timing and Adequacy of Prenatal Care in the United States, 2016 [PDF – 359 KB]
- Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy: United States, 2016
- Maternal Characteristics of Prenatal WIC Receipt in the United States, 2016
- Describing the Increase in Preterm Births in the United States, 2014–2016
- Fertility of Men and Women Aged 15–44 in the United States: National Survey of Family Growth, 2011–2015 [PDF – 536 KB]
- Cohort Fertility Tables
Page last reviewed: September 6, 2022
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics