Counties in Texas by birth rate (July to June)
Gaines County had the highest birth rate (July to June) of 254 counties in 2023, at 22.53 per 1,000 inhabitants. Cottle County had the lowest, at 3.82 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 11.65 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Texas was 12.83 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaines County Estimated | 22.53 | +1.97 pts |
| 2 | Loving County Estimated | 21.74 | +21.74 pts |
| 3 | Bailey County Estimated | 21.12 | +4.69 pts |
| 4 | Dallam County Estimated | 21.03 | -3.5 pts |
| 5 | Ector County Estimated | 18.22 | +0.3 pts |
| 6 | Moore County Estimated | 17.75 | +0.08 pts |
| 7 | Glasscock County Estimated | 17.41 | +3.37 pts |
| 8 | McMullen County Estimated | 17.38 | +8.81 pts |
| 9 | Maverick County Estimated | 17.32 | +0.42 pts |
| 10 | Sherman County Estimated | 17.19 | +1.34 pts |
| 11 | Yoakum County Estimated | 17.01 | -1.32 pts |
| 12 | Midland County Estimated | 17 | 0 pts |
| 13 | Starr County Estimated | 16.8 | +0.21 pts |
| 14 | Zavala County Estimated | 16.74 | +0.95 pts |
| 15 | Cochran County Estimated | 16.58 | -4.97 pts |
| 16 | Culberson County Estimated | 16.49 | +4.06 pts |
| 17 | Webb County Estimated | 16.44 | -0.24 pts |
| 18 | Uvalde County Estimated | 16.3 | +0.52 pts |
| 19 | Kaufman County Estimated | 16.24 | +1.17 pts |
| 20 | Deaf Smith County Estimated | 16.18 | +0.15 pts |
| 21 | Val Verde County Estimated | 16.09 | +0.03 pts |
| 22 | Reeves County Estimated | 15.94 | +0.13 pts |
| 23 | Hidalgo County Estimated | 15.94 | +0.28 pts |
| 24 | Ward County Estimated | 15.87 | +0.82 pts |
| 25 | Terry County Estimated | 15.83 | -0.24 pts |
| 26 | Edwards County Estimated | 15.56 | +3.67 pts |
| 27 | Lynn County Estimated | 15.54 | -0.94 pts |
| 28 | Bell County Estimated | 15.36 | -0.69 pts |
| 29 | Martin County Estimated | 15.17 | +3.92 pts |
| 30 | Andrews County Estimated | 15.15 | -1.77 pts |
| 31 | Shelby County Estimated | 15.11 | +1.35 pts |
| 32 | Jackson County Estimated | 14.96 | +1.28 pts |
| 33 | Castro County Estimated | 14.82 | +0.34 pts |
| 34 | Brooks County Estimated | 14.77 | +0.73 pts |
| 35 | Liberty County Estimated | 14.71 | +0.18 pts |
| 36 | Gonzales County Estimated | 14.65 | 0 pts |
| 37 | Dimmit County Estimated | 14.64 | -0.19 pts |
| 38 | Camp County Estimated | 14.35 | +0.46 pts |
| 39 | Dallas County Estimated | 14.24 | +0.18 pts |
| 40 | Cameron County Estimated | 14.15 | -0.05 pts |
| 41 | Caldwell County Estimated | 14 | +0.86 pts |
| 42 | Knox County Estimated | 13.95 | +3.94 pts |
| 43 | Parmer County Estimated | 13.91 | -1.02 pts |
| 44 | Presidio County Estimated | 13.89 | -0.4 pts |
| 45 | Crosby County Estimated | 13.84 | -1.23 pts |
| 46 | Bastrop County Estimated | 13.83 | +1.18 pts |
| 47 | Hunt County Estimated | 13.8 | +0.83 pts |
| 48 | Gregg County Estimated | 13.75 | +0.29 pts |
| 49 | Winkler County Estimated | 13.72 | -1.3 pts |
| 50 | Waller County Estimated | 13.72 | +0.89 pts |
| 51 | Hockley County Estimated | 13.68 | +1.38 pts |
| 52 | Jim Wells County Estimated | 13.62 | +1.34 pts |
| 53 | Cherokee County Estimated | 13.62 | +0.83 pts |
| 54 | Hale County Estimated | 13.55 | +1.05 pts |
| 55 | King County Estimated | 13.54 | +1.15 pts |
| 56 | Harris County Estimated | 13.54 | -0.14 pts |
| 57 | Atascosa County Estimated | 13.45 | +1.46 pts |
| 58 | Potter County Estimated | 13.45 | -0.29 pts |
| 59 | Dawson County Estimated | 13.37 | -0.98 pts |
| 60 | Titus County Estimated | 13.35 | -0.53 pts |
| 61 | Ellis County Estimated | 13.32 | +0.28 pts |
| 62 | Taylor County Estimated | 13.3 | -0.21 pts |
| 63 | Madison County Estimated | 13.29 | +0.98 pts |
| 64 | Hartley County Estimated | 13.16 | -1.74 pts |
| 65 | Crane County Estimated | 13.15 | -2.53 pts |
| 66 | Chambers County Estimated | 13.07 | +0.39 pts |
| 67 | Zapata County Estimated | 13.05 | -0.74 pts |
| 68 | Victoria County Estimated | 13.05 | -0.85 pts |
| 69 | Duval County Estimated | 13.03 | -1.47 pts |
| 70 | El Paso County Estimated | 12.97 | -0.22 pts |
| 71 | Sterling County Estimated | 12.93 | -2.86 pts |
| 72 | Tarrant County Estimated | 12.89 | -0.09 pts |
| 73 | Navarro County Estimated | 12.89 | -0.93 pts |
| 74 | Smith County Estimated | 12.88 | +0.15 pts |
| 75 | Johnson County Estimated | 12.88 | +0.37 pts |
| 76 | Jefferson County Estimated | 12.85 | +0.3 pts |
| 77 | Bexar County Estimated | 12.79 | +0.05 pts |
| 78 | Lamar County Estimated | 12.79 | +0.39 pts |
| 79 | Colorado County Estimated | 12.77 | +0.42 pts |
| 80 | Leon County Estimated | 12.75 | +2.46 pts |
| 81 | Lee County Estimated | 12.7 | +2.04 pts |
| 82 | Motley County Estimated | 12.68 | +1.26 pts |
| 83 | Kleberg County Estimated | 12.67 | +0.72 pts |
| 84 | Palo Pinto County Estimated | 12.65 | +1.49 pts |
| 85 | McLennan County Estimated | 12.62 | -0.02 pts |
| 86 | Montgomery County Estimated | 12.6 | +0.25 pts |
| 87 | Robertson County Estimated | 12.6 | +1.39 pts |
| 88 | Garza County Estimated | 12.6 | +2.01 pts |
| 89 | Comanche County Estimated | 12.6 | +0.48 pts |
| 90 | Wharton County Estimated | 12.57 | -0.7 pts |
| 91 | Grayson County Estimated | 12.54 | +0.43 pts |
| 92 | Lubbock County Estimated | 12.5 | -0.84 pts |
| 93 | Jasper County Estimated | 12.47 | +0.28 pts |
| 94 | Angelina County Estimated | 12.43 | +0.14 pts |
| 95 | Pecos County Estimated | 12.42 | -1.1 pts |
| 96 | Matagorda County Estimated | 12.38 | -1.7 pts |
| 97 | Throckmorton County Estimated | 12.37 | +0.59 pts |
| 98 | Howard County Estimated | 12.36 | +1.53 pts |
| 99 | Jim Hogg County Estimated | 12.33 | +0.58 pts |
| 100 | Orange County Estimated | 12.24 | -0.12 pts |
| 101 | Milam County Estimated | 12.22 | +0.23 pts |
| 102 | Hopkins County Estimated | 12.15 | -0.46 pts |
| 103 | Travis County Estimated | 12.14 | -0.14 pts |
| 104 | Hays County Estimated | 12.13 | +0.56 pts |
| 105 | Lamb County Estimated | 12.1 | -0.38 pts |
| 106 | San Patricio County Estimated | 12.09 | -0.12 pts |
| 107 | Willacy County Estimated | 12.09 | +0.77 pts |
| 108 | Brazoria County Estimated | 12.08 | -0.16 pts |
| 109 | Tom Green County Estimated | 12.03 | -0.65 pts |
| 110 | Reagan County Estimated | 12 | -1.72 pts |
| 111 | Floyd County Estimated | 11.96 | -0.19 pts |
| 112 | Cooke County Estimated | 11.96 | -0.19 pts |
| 113 | Hardin County Estimated | 11.95 | +0.29 pts |
| 114 | Williamson County Estimated | 11.89 | -0.34 pts |
| 115 | Oldham County Estimated | 11.88 | -1.85 pts |
| 116 | Eastland County Estimated | 11.85 | +1.11 pts |
| 117 | Wichita County Estimated | 11.85 | +0.25 pts |
| 118 | Nueces County Estimated | 11.83 | +0.03 pts |
| 119 | Nacogdoches County Estimated | 11.81 | -0.41 pts |
| 120 | Baylor County Estimated | 11.8 | -0.62 pts |
| 121 | Austin County Estimated | 11.8 | -0.16 pts |
| 122 | Grimes County Estimated | 11.8 | -0.21 pts |
| 123 | Upton County Estimated | 11.79 | +1.14 pts |
| 124 | Bowie County Estimated | 11.78 | +0.64 pts |
| 125 | Hansford County Estimated | 11.78 | -2.49 pts |
| 126 | Randall County Estimated | 11.76 | +0.04 pts |
| 127 | Wilbarger County Estimated | 11.66 | -2.21 pts |
| 128 | Parker County Estimated | 11.64 | +0.05 pts |
| 129 | San Jacinto County Estimated | 11.63 | -0.1 pts |
| 130 | Upshur County Estimated | 11.59 | -0.64 pts |
| 131 | Scurry County Estimated | 11.54 | +0.16 pts |
| 132 | Burnet County Estimated | 11.51 | +1.32 pts |
| 133 | Brazos County Estimated | 11.49 | -0.14 pts |
| 134 | Rusk County Estimated | 11.47 | +1.47 pts |
| 135 | Falls County Estimated | 11.44 | +1.69 pts |
| 136 | Lipscomb County Estimated | 11.43 | -1.42 pts |
| 137 | Denton County Estimated | 11.42 | -0.39 pts |
| 138 | Hill County Estimated | 11.38 | -0.61 pts |
| 139 | Limestone County Estimated | 11.38 | -0.42 pts |
| 140 | Coryell County Estimated | 11.33 | -0.19 pts |
| 141 | Guadalupe County Estimated | 11.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 142 | Morris County Estimated | 11.24 | -0.81 pts |
| 143 | Hamilton County Estimated | 11.23 | +2.65 pts |
| 144 | Henderson County Estimated | 11.23 | +0.15 pts |
| 145 | Nolan County Estimated | 11.23 | -0.48 pts |
| 146 | Gray County Estimated | 11.17 | +0.52 pts |
| 147 | Panola County Estimated | 11.16 | -0.46 pts |
| 148 | Burleson County Estimated | 11.15 | +0.5 pts |
| 149 | Frio County Estimated | 11.13 | -0.74 pts |
| 150 | Rockwall County Estimated | 11.07 | -0.05 pts |
| 151 | Young County Estimated | 11.06 | -1.57 pts |
| 152 | McCulloch County Estimated | 11.06 | +0.15 pts |
| 153 | Hutchinson County Estimated | 11.05 | +0.9 pts |
| 154 | Childress County Estimated | 11.03 | +1.05 pts |
| 155 | Irion County Estimated | 11 | -2.03 pts |
| 156 | DeWitt County Estimated | 10.98 | +1.02 pts |
| 157 | Wise County Estimated | 10.95 | -1.49 pts |
| 158 | Refugio County Estimated | 10.94 | +1.06 pts |
| 159 | Lavaca County Estimated | 10.92 | -0.78 pts |
| 160 | Collin County Estimated | 10.88 | -0.3 pts |
| 161 | Armstrong County Estimated | 10.86 | +0.03 pts |
| 162 | Harrison County Estimated | 10.84 | -0.34 pts |
| 163 | Wheeler County Estimated | 10.81 | -1.58 pts |
| 164 | Delta County Estimated | 10.81 | -2.8 pts |
| 165 | Calhoun County Estimated | 10.75 | -1.04 pts |
| 166 | Van Zandt County Estimated | 10.73 | +0.5 pts |
| 167 | Rains County Estimated | 10.72 | +1.41 pts |
| 168 | Freestone County Estimated | 10.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 169 | Coke County Estimated | 10.7 | -2.48 pts |
| 170 | Fort Bend County Estimated | 10.65 | -0.08 pts |
| 171 | Galveston County Estimated | 10.64 | -0.26 pts |
| 172 | Red River County Estimated | 10.64 | -0.84 pts |
| 173 | Real County Estimated | 10.6 | +0.65 pts |
| 174 | Comal County Estimated | 10.55 | +0.52 pts |
| 175 | Houston County Estimated | 10.55 | -1.11 pts |
| 176 | Swisher County Estimated | 10.55 | -0.78 pts |
| 177 | San Saba County Estimated | 10.54 | +1.96 pts |
| 178 | Wilson County Estimated | 10.44 | +0.55 pts |
| 179 | Ochiltree County Estimated | 10.36 | -1.68 pts |
| 180 | Brown County Estimated | 10.36 | +0.06 pts |
| 181 | Fannin County Estimated | 10.34 | +1.26 pts |
| 182 | Sabine County Estimated | 10.31 | +0.74 pts |
| 183 | Foard County Estimated | 10.29 | +2.72 pts |
| 184 | Newton County Estimated | 10.25 | +1.11 pts |
| 185 | Stephens County Estimated | 10.24 | +1.62 pts |
| 186 | Erath County Estimated | 10.23 | -1.55 pts |
| 187 | Franklin County Estimated | 10.21 | +1.7 pts |
| 188 | Clay County Estimated | 10.2 | +1.16 pts |
| 189 | Callahan County Estimated | 10.18 | +0.24 pts |
| 190 | Cass County Estimated | 10.15 | -0.89 pts |
| 191 | Montague County Estimated | 10.15 | +0.24 pts |
| 192 | Bee County Estimated | 10.15 | +1.17 pts |
| 193 | Hemphill County Estimated | 10.07 | +0.58 pts |
| 194 | Runnels County Estimated | 10.01 | -2.13 pts |
| 195 | Carson County Estimated | 9.91 | -0.65 pts |
| 196 | Stonewall County Estimated | 9.9 | +2.5 pts |
| 197 | Jack County Estimated | 9.81 | -0.03 pts |
| 198 | Roberts County Estimated | 9.79 | +2.33 pts |
| 199 | Hood County Estimated | 9.77 | +0.2 pts |
| 200 | Fayette County Estimated | 9.76 | -0.06 pts |
| 201 | Polk County Estimated | 9.73 | +0.55 pts |
| 202 | Marion County Estimated | 9.7 | +1.56 pts |
| 203 | San Augustine County Estimated | 9.65 | -0.48 pts |
| 204 | Crockett County Estimated | 9.65 | -4.4 pts |
| 205 | Menard County Estimated | 9.65 | +2.05 pts |
| 206 | Bosque County Estimated | 9.62 | -0.49 pts |
| 207 | Medina County Estimated | 9.58 | -1.38 pts |
| 208 | Wood County Estimated | 9.51 | +0.52 pts |
| 209 | La Salle County Estimated | 9.5 | -0.97 pts |
| 210 | Hardeman County Estimated | 9.49 | -1 pts |
| 211 | Kerr County Estimated | 9.49 | +0.2 pts |
| 212 | Washington County Estimated | 9.48 | +0.1 pts |
| 213 | Lampasas County Estimated | 9.37 | +0.26 pts |
| 214 | Tyler County Estimated | 9.35 | -0.22 pts |
| 215 | Trinity County Estimated | 9.34 | +0.36 pts |
| 216 | Karnes County Estimated | 9.28 | -0.86 pts |
| 217 | Gillespie County Estimated | 9.26 | +0.14 pts |
| 218 | Goliad County Estimated | 9.22 | -2.26 pts |
| 219 | Archer County Estimated | 9.16 | -1.66 pts |
| 220 | Anderson County Estimated | 9.06 | -0.3 pts |
| 221 | Kendall County Estimated | 9.05 | -0.08 pts |
| 222 | Jeff Davis County Estimated | 9.04 | +1.81 pts |
| 223 | Walker County Estimated | 9.03 | +0.72 pts |
| 224 | Blanco County Estimated | 9.03 | +1.7 pts |
| 225 | Coleman County Estimated | 9.02 | -3.43 pts |
| 226 | Briscoe County Estimated | 9.02 | +0.56 pts |
| 227 | Kimble County Estimated | 8.96 | -1.27 pts |
| 228 | Hall County Estimated | 8.89 | -0.99 pts |
| 229 | Brewster County Estimated | 8.88 | +0.82 pts |
| 230 | Mason County Estimated | 8.84 | -0.51 pts |
| 231 | Shackelford County Estimated | 8.71 | +0.91 pts |
| 232 | Llano County Estimated | 8.71 | -0.97 pts |
| 233 | Kinney County Estimated | 8.58 | -0.38 pts |
| 234 | Aransas County Estimated | 8.54 | +0.14 pts |
| 235 | Kenedy County Estimated | 8.53 | -8.71 pts |
| 236 | Jones County Estimated | 8.46 | +0.6 pts |
| 237 | Mills County Estimated | 8.4 | -0.05 pts |
| 238 | Live Oak County Estimated | 8.37 | +0.89 pts |
| 239 | Collingsworth County Estimated | 8.19 | -3.75 pts |
| 240 | Dickens County Estimated | 8.15 | -2.24 pts |
| 241 | Somervell County Estimated | 8.13 | -1.31 pts |
| 242 | Haskell County Estimated | 8.1 | +0.14 pts |
| 243 | Sutton County Estimated | 8.04 | -0.52 pts |
| 244 | Hudspeth County Estimated | 7.94 | -0.75 pts |
| 245 | Bandera County Estimated | 7.82 | -1.11 pts |
| 246 | Schleicher County Estimated | 7.65 | -1.12 pts |
| 247 | Mitchell County Estimated | 7.42 | -0.91 pts |
| 248 | Donley County Estimated | 6.81 | -0.43 pts |
| 249 | Fisher County Estimated | 6.34 | -4.04 pts |
| 250 | Terrell County Estimated | 5.72 | +0.09 pts |
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About this ranking
Estimated live births from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year per 1,000 residents, using the average of the population estimates at the two July 1 endpoints.
Published Census population estimates rate. The year identifies the end of the July-to-June period. These estimates can be revised and differ from calendar-year birth rates.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: birth rate, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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Questions
Which county has the highest birth rate (July to June)?
Gaines County, with 22.53 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest birth rate (July to June)?
Cottle County, with 3.82 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2023.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: birth rate, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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