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.

Highest22.53Gaines County
Lowest3.82Cottle County
Median11.65254 counties
Texas12.83History

Top 40 counties, 2023

CSVChart (SVG)

Gaines CountyGaines County: 22.53 per 1,000 inhabitants22.53Loving CountyLoving County: 21.74 per 1,000 inhabitants21.74Bailey CountyBailey County: 21.12 per 1,000 inhabitants21.12Dallam CountyDallam County: 21.03 per 1,000 inhabitants21.03Ector CountyEctor County: 18.22 per 1,000 inhabitants18.22Moore CountyMoore County: 17.75 per 1,000 inhabitants17.75Glasscock CountyGlasscock County: 17.41 per 1,000 inhabitants17.41McMullen CountyMcMullen County: 17.38 per 1,000 inhabitants17.38Maverick CountyMaverick County: 17.32 per 1,000 inhabitants17.32Sherman CountySherman County: 17.19 per 1,000 inhabitants17.19Yoakum CountyYoakum County: 17.01 per 1,000 inhabitants17.01Midland CountyMidland County: 17 per 1,000 inhabitants17Starr CountyStarr County: 16.8 per 1,000 inhabitants16.8Zavala CountyZavala County: 16.74 per 1,000 inhabitants16.74Cochran CountyCochran County: 16.58 per 1,000 inhabitants16.58Culberson CountyCulberson County: 16.49 per 1,000 inhabitants16.49Webb CountyWebb County: 16.44 per 1,000 inhabitants16.44Uvalde CountyUvalde County: 16.3 per 1,000 inhabitants16.3Kaufman CountyKaufman County: 16.24 per 1,000 inhabitants16.24Deaf Smith CountyDeaf Smith County: 16.18 per 1,000 inhabitants16.18Val Verde CountyVal Verde County: 16.09 per 1,000 inhabitants16.09Reeves CountyReeves County: 15.94 per 1,000 inhabitants15.94Hidalgo CountyHidalgo County: 15.94 per 1,000 inhabitants15.94Ward CountyWard County: 15.87 per 1,000 inhabitants15.87Terry CountyTerry County: 15.83 per 1,000 inhabitants15.83Edwards CountyEdwards County: 15.56 per 1,000 inhabitants15.56Lynn CountyLynn County: 15.54 per 1,000 inhabitants15.54Bell CountyBell County: 15.36 per 1,000 inhabitants15.36Martin CountyMartin County: 15.17 per 1,000 inhabitants15.17Andrews CountyAndrews County: 15.15 per 1,000 inhabitants15.15Shelby CountyShelby County: 15.11 per 1,000 inhabitants15.11Jackson CountyJackson County: 14.96 per 1,000 inhabitants14.96Castro CountyCastro County: 14.82 per 1,000 inhabitants14.82Brooks CountyBrooks County: 14.77 per 1,000 inhabitants14.77Liberty CountyLiberty County: 14.71 per 1,000 inhabitants14.71Gonzales CountyGonzales County: 14.65 per 1,000 inhabitants14.65Dimmit CountyDimmit County: 14.64 per 1,000 inhabitants14.64Camp CountyCamp County: 14.35 per 1,000 inhabitants14.35Dallas CountyDallas County: 14.24 per 1,000 inhabitants14.24Cameron CountyCameron County: 14.15 per 1,000 inhabitants14.15
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023
per 1,000 inhabitants
Change on 2022
1Gaines County Estimated22.53+1.97 pts
2Loving County Estimated21.74+21.74 pts
3Bailey County Estimated21.12+4.69 pts
4Dallam County Estimated21.03-3.5 pts
5Ector County Estimated18.22+0.3 pts
6Moore County Estimated17.75+0.08 pts
7Glasscock County Estimated17.41+3.37 pts
8McMullen County Estimated17.38+8.81 pts
9Maverick County Estimated17.32+0.42 pts
10Sherman County Estimated17.19+1.34 pts
11Yoakum County Estimated17.01-1.32 pts
12Midland County Estimated170 pts
13Starr County Estimated16.8+0.21 pts
14Zavala County Estimated16.74+0.95 pts
15Cochran County Estimated16.58-4.97 pts
16Culberson County Estimated16.49+4.06 pts
17Webb County Estimated16.44-0.24 pts
18Uvalde County Estimated16.3+0.52 pts
19Kaufman County Estimated16.24+1.17 pts
20Deaf Smith County Estimated16.18+0.15 pts
21Val Verde County Estimated16.09+0.03 pts
22Reeves County Estimated15.94+0.13 pts
23Hidalgo County Estimated15.94+0.28 pts
24Ward County Estimated15.87+0.82 pts
25Terry County Estimated15.83-0.24 pts
26Edwards County Estimated15.56+3.67 pts
27Lynn County Estimated15.54-0.94 pts
28Bell County Estimated15.36-0.69 pts
29Martin County Estimated15.17+3.92 pts
30Andrews County Estimated15.15-1.77 pts
31Shelby County Estimated15.11+1.35 pts
32Jackson County Estimated14.96+1.28 pts
33Castro County Estimated14.82+0.34 pts
34Brooks County Estimated14.77+0.73 pts
35Liberty County Estimated14.71+0.18 pts
36Gonzales County Estimated14.650 pts
37Dimmit County Estimated14.64-0.19 pts
38Camp County Estimated14.35+0.46 pts
39Dallas County Estimated14.24+0.18 pts
40Cameron County Estimated14.15-0.05 pts
41Caldwell County Estimated14+0.86 pts
42Knox County Estimated13.95+3.94 pts
43Parmer County Estimated13.91-1.02 pts
44Presidio County Estimated13.89-0.4 pts
45Crosby County Estimated13.84-1.23 pts
46Bastrop County Estimated13.83+1.18 pts
47Hunt County Estimated13.8+0.83 pts
48Gregg County Estimated13.75+0.29 pts
49Winkler County Estimated13.72-1.3 pts
50Waller County Estimated13.72+0.89 pts
51Hockley County Estimated13.68+1.38 pts
52Jim Wells County Estimated13.62+1.34 pts
53Cherokee County Estimated13.62+0.83 pts
54Hale County Estimated13.55+1.05 pts
55King County Estimated13.54+1.15 pts
56Harris County Estimated13.54-0.14 pts
57Atascosa County Estimated13.45+1.46 pts
58Potter County Estimated13.45-0.29 pts
59Dawson County Estimated13.37-0.98 pts
60Titus County Estimated13.35-0.53 pts
61Ellis County Estimated13.32+0.28 pts
62Taylor County Estimated13.3-0.21 pts
63Madison County Estimated13.29+0.98 pts
64Hartley County Estimated13.16-1.74 pts
65Crane County Estimated13.15-2.53 pts
66Chambers County Estimated13.07+0.39 pts
67Zapata County Estimated13.05-0.74 pts
68Victoria County Estimated13.05-0.85 pts
69Duval County Estimated13.03-1.47 pts
70El Paso County Estimated12.97-0.22 pts
71Sterling County Estimated12.93-2.86 pts
72Tarrant County Estimated12.89-0.09 pts
73Navarro County Estimated12.89-0.93 pts
74Smith County Estimated12.88+0.15 pts
75Johnson County Estimated12.88+0.37 pts
76Jefferson County Estimated12.85+0.3 pts
77Bexar County Estimated12.79+0.05 pts
78Lamar County Estimated12.79+0.39 pts
79Colorado County Estimated12.77+0.42 pts
80Leon County Estimated12.75+2.46 pts
81Lee County Estimated12.7+2.04 pts
82Motley County Estimated12.68+1.26 pts
83Kleberg County Estimated12.67+0.72 pts
84Palo Pinto County Estimated12.65+1.49 pts
85McLennan County Estimated12.62-0.02 pts
86Montgomery County Estimated12.6+0.25 pts
87Robertson County Estimated12.6+1.39 pts
88Garza County Estimated12.6+2.01 pts
89Comanche County Estimated12.6+0.48 pts
90Wharton County Estimated12.57-0.7 pts
91Grayson County Estimated12.54+0.43 pts
92Lubbock County Estimated12.5-0.84 pts
93Jasper County Estimated12.47+0.28 pts
94Angelina County Estimated12.43+0.14 pts
95Pecos County Estimated12.42-1.1 pts
96Matagorda County Estimated12.38-1.7 pts
97Throckmorton County Estimated12.37+0.59 pts
98Howard County Estimated12.36+1.53 pts
99Jim Hogg County Estimated12.33+0.58 pts
100Orange County Estimated12.24-0.12 pts
101Milam County Estimated12.22+0.23 pts
102Hopkins County Estimated12.15-0.46 pts
103Travis County Estimated12.14-0.14 pts
104Hays County Estimated12.13+0.56 pts
105Lamb County Estimated12.1-0.38 pts
106San Patricio County Estimated12.09-0.12 pts
107Willacy County Estimated12.09+0.77 pts
108Brazoria County Estimated12.08-0.16 pts
109Tom Green County Estimated12.03-0.65 pts
110Reagan County Estimated12-1.72 pts
111Floyd County Estimated11.96-0.19 pts
112Cooke County Estimated11.96-0.19 pts
113Hardin County Estimated11.95+0.29 pts
114Williamson County Estimated11.89-0.34 pts
115Oldham County Estimated11.88-1.85 pts
116Eastland County Estimated11.85+1.11 pts
117Wichita County Estimated11.85+0.25 pts
118Nueces County Estimated11.83+0.03 pts
119Nacogdoches County Estimated11.81-0.41 pts
120Baylor County Estimated11.8-0.62 pts
121Austin County Estimated11.8-0.16 pts
122Grimes County Estimated11.8-0.21 pts
123Upton County Estimated11.79+1.14 pts
124Bowie County Estimated11.78+0.64 pts
125Hansford County Estimated11.78-2.49 pts
126Randall County Estimated11.76+0.04 pts
127Wilbarger County Estimated11.66-2.21 pts
128Parker County Estimated11.64+0.05 pts
129San Jacinto County Estimated11.63-0.1 pts
130Upshur County Estimated11.59-0.64 pts
131Scurry County Estimated11.54+0.16 pts
132Burnet County Estimated11.51+1.32 pts
133Brazos County Estimated11.49-0.14 pts
134Rusk County Estimated11.47+1.47 pts
135Falls County Estimated11.44+1.69 pts
136Lipscomb County Estimated11.43-1.42 pts
137Denton County Estimated11.42-0.39 pts
138Hill County Estimated11.38-0.61 pts
139Limestone County Estimated11.38-0.42 pts
140Coryell County Estimated11.33-0.19 pts
141Guadalupe County Estimated11.3+0.4 pts
142Morris County Estimated11.24-0.81 pts
143Hamilton County Estimated11.23+2.65 pts
144Henderson County Estimated11.23+0.15 pts
145Nolan County Estimated11.23-0.48 pts
146Gray County Estimated11.17+0.52 pts
147Panola County Estimated11.16-0.46 pts
148Burleson County Estimated11.15+0.5 pts
149Frio County Estimated11.13-0.74 pts
150Rockwall County Estimated11.07-0.05 pts
151Young County Estimated11.06-1.57 pts
152McCulloch County Estimated11.06+0.15 pts
153Hutchinson County Estimated11.05+0.9 pts
154Childress County Estimated11.03+1.05 pts
155Irion County Estimated11-2.03 pts
156DeWitt County Estimated10.98+1.02 pts
157Wise County Estimated10.95-1.49 pts
158Refugio County Estimated10.94+1.06 pts
159Lavaca County Estimated10.92-0.78 pts
160Collin County Estimated10.88-0.3 pts
161Armstrong County Estimated10.86+0.03 pts
162Harrison County Estimated10.84-0.34 pts
163Wheeler County Estimated10.81-1.58 pts
164Delta County Estimated10.81-2.8 pts
165Calhoun County Estimated10.75-1.04 pts
166Van Zandt County Estimated10.73+0.5 pts
167Rains County Estimated10.72+1.41 pts
168Freestone County Estimated10.7-0.1 pts
169Coke County Estimated10.7-2.48 pts
170Fort Bend County Estimated10.65-0.08 pts
171Galveston County Estimated10.64-0.26 pts
172Red River County Estimated10.64-0.84 pts
173Real County Estimated10.6+0.65 pts
174Comal County Estimated10.55+0.52 pts
175Houston County Estimated10.55-1.11 pts
176Swisher County Estimated10.55-0.78 pts
177San Saba County Estimated10.54+1.96 pts
178Wilson County Estimated10.44+0.55 pts
179Ochiltree County Estimated10.36-1.68 pts
180Brown County Estimated10.36+0.06 pts
181Fannin County Estimated10.34+1.26 pts
182Sabine County Estimated10.31+0.74 pts
183Foard County Estimated10.29+2.72 pts
184Newton County Estimated10.25+1.11 pts
185Stephens County Estimated10.24+1.62 pts
186Erath County Estimated10.23-1.55 pts
187Franklin County Estimated10.21+1.7 pts
188Clay County Estimated10.2+1.16 pts
189Callahan County Estimated10.18+0.24 pts
190Cass County Estimated10.15-0.89 pts
191Montague County Estimated10.15+0.24 pts
192Bee County Estimated10.15+1.17 pts
193Hemphill County Estimated10.07+0.58 pts
194Runnels County Estimated10.01-2.13 pts
195Carson County Estimated9.91-0.65 pts
196Stonewall County Estimated9.9+2.5 pts
197Jack County Estimated9.81-0.03 pts
198Roberts County Estimated9.79+2.33 pts
199Hood County Estimated9.77+0.2 pts
200Fayette County Estimated9.76-0.06 pts
201Polk County Estimated9.73+0.55 pts
202Marion County Estimated9.7+1.56 pts
203San Augustine County Estimated9.65-0.48 pts
204Crockett County Estimated9.65-4.4 pts
205Menard County Estimated9.65+2.05 pts
206Bosque County Estimated9.62-0.49 pts
207Medina County Estimated9.58-1.38 pts
208Wood County Estimated9.51+0.52 pts
209La Salle County Estimated9.5-0.97 pts
210Hardeman County Estimated9.49-1 pts
211Kerr County Estimated9.49+0.2 pts
212Washington County Estimated9.48+0.1 pts
213Lampasas County Estimated9.37+0.26 pts
214Tyler County Estimated9.35-0.22 pts
215Trinity County Estimated9.34+0.36 pts
216Karnes County Estimated9.28-0.86 pts
217Gillespie County Estimated9.26+0.14 pts
218Goliad County Estimated9.22-2.26 pts
219Archer County Estimated9.16-1.66 pts
220Anderson County Estimated9.06-0.3 pts
221Kendall County Estimated9.05-0.08 pts
222Jeff Davis County Estimated9.04+1.81 pts
223Walker County Estimated9.03+0.72 pts
224Blanco County Estimated9.03+1.7 pts
225Coleman County Estimated9.02-3.43 pts
226Briscoe County Estimated9.02+0.56 pts
227Kimble County Estimated8.96-1.27 pts
228Hall County Estimated8.89-0.99 pts
229Brewster County Estimated8.88+0.82 pts
230Mason County Estimated8.84-0.51 pts
231Shackelford County Estimated8.71+0.91 pts
232Llano County Estimated8.71-0.97 pts
233Kinney County Estimated8.58-0.38 pts
234Aransas County Estimated8.54+0.14 pts
235Kenedy County Estimated8.53-8.71 pts
236Jones County Estimated8.46+0.6 pts
237Mills County Estimated8.4-0.05 pts
238Live Oak County Estimated8.37+0.89 pts
239Collingsworth County Estimated8.19-3.75 pts
240Dickens County Estimated8.15-2.24 pts
241Somervell County Estimated8.13-1.31 pts
242Haskell County Estimated8.1+0.14 pts
243Sutton County Estimated8.04-0.52 pts
244Hudspeth County Estimated7.94-0.75 pts
245Bandera County Estimated7.82-1.11 pts
246Schleicher County Estimated7.65-1.12 pts
247Mitchell County Estimated7.42-0.91 pts
248Donley County Estimated6.81-0.43 pts
249Fisher County Estimated6.34-4.04 pts
250Terrell County Estimated5.72+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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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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