US counties by birth rate (July to June)
Jackson County had the highest birth rate (July to June) of 3144 counties in 2021, at 30.03 per 1,000 inhabitants. Loving County had the lowest, at 0 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 10.5 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the United States was 10.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackson County Estimated | 30.03 |
| 2 | Geary County Estimated | 28.55 |
| 3 | Kusilvak Census Area Estimated | 26.88 |
| 4 | Fairfax city Estimated | 23.61 |
| 5 | Corson County Estimated | 23.01 |
| 6 | Dallam County Estimated | 22.91 |
| 7 | Northwest Arctic Borough Estimated | 22.5 |
| 8 | Dewey County Estimated | 22.42 |
| 9 | Todd County Estimated | 22.25 |
| 10 | Petersburg city Estimated | 22.23 |
| 11 | Bethel Census Area Estimated | 21.04 |
| 12 | Franklin city Estimated | 20.74 |
| 13 | Gaines County Estimated | 20.65 |
| 14 | Hamlin County Estimated | 20.59 |
| 15 | Madison County Estimated | 20.1 |
| 16 | Liberty County Estimated | 19.79 |
| 17 | Thurston County Estimated | 19.77 |
| 18 | Christian County Estimated | 19.74 |
| 19 | Benson County Estimated | 19.64 |
| 20 | Martinsville city Estimated | 19.32 |
| 21 | Wichita County Estimated | 18.9 |
| 22 | Oglala Lakota County Estimated | 18.76 |
| 23 | Holmes County Estimated | 18.46 |
| 24 | Adams County Estimated | 18.4 |
| 25 | Nome Census Area Estimated | 18.38 |
| 26 | Moore County Estimated | 18.36 |
| 27 | Onslow County Estimated | 18.31 |
| 28 | Lyman County Estimated | 18.29 |
| 29 | Dillingham Census Area Estimated | 18.28 |
| 30 | Lake and Peninsula Borough Estimated | 18.17 |
| 31 | Deaf Smith County Estimated | 17.93 |
| 32 | Adams County Estimated | 17.89 |
| 33 | Juab County Estimated | 17.73 |
| 34 | Mountrail County Estimated | 17.65 |
| 35 | Davis County Estimated | 17.62 |
| 36 | Vernon Parish Estimated | 17.61 |
| 37 | Utah County Estimated | 17.59 |
| 38 | Yoakum County Estimated | 17.59 |
| 39 | Daggett County Estimated | 17.58 |
| 40 | Schuyler County Estimated | 17.45 |
| 41 | Rockland County Estimated | 17.4 |
| 42 | Sterling County Estimated | 17.4 |
| 43 | McKenzie County Estimated | 17.39 |
| 44 | Sioux County Estimated | 17.33 |
| 45 | Rock County Estimated | 17.29 |
| 46 | Ford County Estimated | 17.28 |
| 47 | Oldham County Estimated | 17.14 |
| 48 | Cochran County Estimated | 17.07 |
| 49 | Dunn County Estimated | 17.04 |
| 50 | Williams County Estimated | 16.99 |
| 51 | Scott County Estimated | 16.95 |
| 52 | Seward County Estimated | 16.92 |
| 53 | Colfax County Estimated | 16.92 |
| 54 | Rolette County Estimated | 16.84 |
| 55 | Bailey County Estimated | 16.82 |
| 56 | Nobles County Estimated | 16.8 |
| 57 | LaGrange County Estimated | 16.71 |
| 58 | Clark County Estimated | 16.69 |
| 59 | Dimmit County Estimated | 16.64 |
| 60 | Hayes County Estimated | 16.58 |
| 61 | Midland County Estimated | 16.55 |
| 62 | Hoke County Estimated | 16.54 |
| 63 | Aurora County Estimated | 16.48 |
| 64 | Marshall County Estimated | 16.48 |
| 65 | Ector County Estimated | 16.47 |
| 66 | Menominee County Estimated | 16.37 |
| 67 | Starr County Estimated | 16.33 |
| 68 | Manassas city Estimated | 16.29 |
| 69 | Scotland County Estimated | 16.23 |
| 70 | Curry County Estimated | 16.19 |
| 71 | Wayne County Estimated | 16.19 |
| 72 | Waynesboro city Estimated | 16.13 |
| 73 | Maverick County Estimated | 16.1 |
| 74 | Castro County Estimated | 16.08 |
| 75 | Clark County Estimated | 16.05 |
| 76 | Choctaw County Estimated | 16.03 |
| 77 | Roosevelt County Estimated | 16.02 |
| 78 | Galax city Estimated | 16 |
| 79 | Roberts County Estimated | 15.98 |
| 80 | Lafayette County Estimated | 15.9 |
| 81 | Bell County Estimated | 15.89 |
| 82 | Crook County Estimated | 15.87 |
| 83 | Coal County Estimated | 15.87 |
| 84 | Wallace County Estimated | 15.87 |
| 85 | Elmore County Estimated | 15.85 |
| 86 | Daviess County Estimated | 15.83 |
| 87 | Buffalo County Estimated | 15.73 |
| 88 | Blaine County Estimated | 15.66 |
| 89 | Martin County Estimated | 15.65 |
| 90 | Cheyenne County Estimated | 15.62 |
| 91 | Montgomery County Estimated | 15.62 |
| 92 | Lynchburg city Estimated | 15.6 |
| 93 | Atkinson County Estimated | 15.6 |
| 94 | Scott County Estimated | 15.59 |
| 95 | Parmer County Estimated | 15.58 |
| 96 | Zavala County Estimated | 15.56 |
| 97 | Leake County Estimated | 15.52 |
| 98 | Ripley County Estimated | 15.48 |
| 99 | Chattahoochee County Estimated | 15.47 |
| 100 | Carroll County Estimated | 15.46 |
| 101 | Sherman County Estimated | 15.45 |
| 102 | Webb County Estimated | 15.43 |
| 103 | Edwards County Estimated | 15.42 |
| 104 | Bourbon County Estimated | 15.42 |
| 105 | Lamb County Estimated | 15.36 |
| 106 | Covington city Estimated | 15.35 |
| 107 | Charles Mix County Estimated | 15.34 |
| 108 | Cassia County Estimated | 15.32 |
| 109 | Hamilton County Estimated | 15.3 |
| 110 | Cache County Estimated | 15.27 |
| 111 | Val Verde County Estimated | 15.27 |
| 112 | Coahoma County Estimated | 15.26 |
| 113 | Mahnomen County Estimated | 15.25 |
| 114 | Robeson County Estimated | 15.24 |
| 115 | Dakota County Estimated | 15.18 |
| 116 | Stark County Estimated | 15.13 |
| 117 | Culberson County Estimated | 15.11 |
| 118 | Faulk County Estimated | 15.08 |
| 119 | Winkler County Estimated | 15.05 |
| 120 | Cumberland County Estimated | 15.05 |
| 121 | Lexington city Estimated | 15.04 |
| 122 | Grant County Estimated | 15.01 |
| 123 | Ocean County Estimated | 15 |
| 124 | Marshall County Estimated | 14.91 |
| 125 | Whitley County Estimated | 14.91 |
| 126 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area Estimated | 14.88 |
| 127 | Jefferson County Estimated | 14.88 |
| 128 | Butte County Estimated | 14.87 |
| 129 | Pemiscot County Estimated | 14.86 |
| 130 | Buena Vista County Estimated | 14.86 |
| 131 | Hidalgo County Estimated | 14.82 |
| 132 | Tangipahoa Parish Estimated | 14.82 |
| 133 | Phillips County Estimated | 14.81 |
| 134 | Jackson County Estimated | 14.81 |
| 135 | Mercer County Estimated | 14.77 |
| 136 | Uintah County Estimated | 14.77 |
| 137 | Jim Hogg County Estimated | 14.75 |
| 138 | Long County Estimated | 14.7 |
| 139 | Colonial Heights city Estimated | 14.69 |
| 140 | Mellette County Estimated | 14.68 |
| 141 | Gray County Estimated | 14.68 |
| 142 | Dawson County Estimated | 14.66 |
| 143 | Kent County Estimated | 14.65 |
| 144 | Franklin County Estimated | 14.65 |
| 145 | Lea County Estimated | 14.62 |
| 146 | Fairbanks North Star Borough Estimated | 14.61 |
| 147 | Blaine County Estimated | 14.6 |
| 148 | Neshoba County Estimated | 14.58 |
| 149 | Franklin County Estimated | 14.57 |
| 150 | Beauregard Parish Estimated | 14.57 |
| 151 | Terry County Estimated | 14.55 |
| 152 | Hyde County Estimated | 14.54 |
| 153 | Pottawatomie County Estimated | 14.54 |
| 154 | Moultrie County Estimated | 14.53 |
| 155 | Alexandria city Estimated | 14.52 |
| 156 | Ward County Estimated | 14.51 |
| 157 | Leflore County Estimated | 14.49 |
| 158 | Franklin County Estimated | 14.49 |
| 159 | Morrow County Estimated | 14.48 |
| 160 | Kearny County Estimated | 14.48 |
| 161 | Edmunds County Estimated | 14.48 |
| 162 | Evangeline Parish Estimated | 14.47 |
| 163 | Camp County Estimated | 14.46 |
| 164 | Carter County Estimated | 14.45 |
| 165 | Jerome County Estimated | 14.45 |
| 166 | Bedford County Estimated | 14.44 |
| 167 | Holmes County Estimated | 14.42 |
| 168 | Rosebud County Estimated | 14.4 |
| 169 | Millard County Estimated | 14.4 |
| 170 | Greene County Estimated | 14.39 |
| 171 | Yakutat City and Borough Estimated | 14.39 |
| 172 | Crockett County Estimated | 14.39 |
| 173 | Uvalde County Estimated | 14.38 |
| 174 | Finney County Estimated | 14.37 |
| 175 | Jay County Estimated | 14.37 |
| 176 | Hill County Estimated | 14.36 |
| 177 | Andrews County Estimated | 14.36 |
| 178 | Buena Vista city Estimated | 14.36 |
| 179 | Cuming County Estimated | 14.33 |
| 180 | Watonwan County Estimated | 14.29 |
| 181 | Platte County Estimated | 14.28 |
| 182 | Acadia Parish Estimated | 14.28 |
| 183 | McCurtain County Estimated | 14.27 |
| 184 | Fredericksburg city Estimated | 14.24 |
| 185 | Thomas County Estimated | 14.24 |
| 186 | Kings County Estimated | 14.21 |
| 187 | Staunton city Estimated | 14.21 |
| 188 | Bonneville County Estimated | 14.19 |
| 189 | Wyandotte County Estimated | 14.19 |
| 190 | Douglas County Estimated | 14.17 |
| 191 | Cherry County Estimated | 14.12 |
| 192 | Crittenden County Estimated | 14.12 |
| 193 | Jackson County Estimated | 14.11 |
| 194 | Cherokee County Estimated | 14.11 |
| 195 | Stafford County Estimated | 14.11 |
| 196 | Hall County Estimated | 14.1 |
| 197 | Webster County Estimated | 14.09 |
| 198 | Yates County Estimated | 14.07 |
| 199 | Tooele County Estimated | 14.07 |
| 200 | Portsmouth city Estimated | 14.04 |
| 201 | Dougherty County Estimated | 14.04 |
| 202 | Kingsbury County Estimated | 14.04 |
| 203 | St. Landry Parish Estimated | 14.03 |
| 204 | Sherman County Estimated | 14.01 |
| 205 | Clinch County Estimated | 13.98 |
| 206 | Sevier County Estimated | 13.98 |
| 207 | Red Lake County Estimated | 13.95 |
| 208 | Pipestone County Estimated | 13.95 |
| 209 | Duplin County Estimated | 13.95 |
| 210 | Schleicher County Estimated | 13.95 |
| 211 | Dewey County Estimated | 13.93 |
| 212 | Beadle County Estimated | 13.93 |
| 213 | Newport News city Estimated | 13.92 |
| 214 | Todd County Estimated | 13.91 |
| 215 | Zapata County Estimated | 13.91 |
| 216 | Meade County Estimated | 13.91 |
| 217 | Madison County Estimated | 13.9 |
| 218 | Kaufman County Estimated | 13.9 |
| 219 | Newton County Estimated | 13.89 |
| 220 | Liberty County Estimated | 13.88 |
| 221 | Dillon County Estimated | 13.87 |
| 222 | Noxubee County Estimated | 13.86 |
| 223 | Yuma County Estimated | 13.86 |
| 224 | Washington County Estimated | 13.85 |
| 225 | Lafayette Parish Estimated | 13.84 |
| 226 | George County Estimated | 13.83 |
| 227 | Irion County Estimated | 13.83 |
| 228 | McDonald County Estimated | 13.83 |
| 229 | Hardee County Estimated | 13.82 |
| 230 | Perkins County Estimated | 13.82 |
| 231 | Yuma County Estimated | 13.81 |
| 232 | Tulare County Estimated | 13.8 |
| 233 | Haskell County Estimated | 13.77 |
| 234 | Elkhart County Estimated | 13.77 |
| 235 | Kiowa County Estimated | 13.77 |
| 236 | Nemaha County Estimated | 13.75 |
| 237 | Bingham County Estimated | 13.75 |
| 238 | Power County Estimated | 13.74 |
| 239 | Deuel County Estimated | 13.74 |
| 240 | Garfield County Estimated | 13.74 |
| 241 | Lowndes County Estimated | 13.72 |
| 242 | Madison County Estimated | 13.72 |
| 243 | Covington County Estimated | 13.72 |
| 244 | Rich County Estimated | 13.72 |
| 245 | Harding County Estimated | 13.72 |
| 246 | Mercer County Estimated | 13.72 |
| 247 | Washington County Estimated | 13.71 |
| 248 | Dale County Estimated | 13.71 |
| 249 | Shelby County Estimated | 13.71 |
| 250 | Petroleum County Estimated | 13.7 |
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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)?
Jackson County, with 30.03 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest birth rate (July to June)?
Loving County, with 0 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021.
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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