US counties by birth rate (July to June)

Dewey County had the highest birth rate (July to June) of 3144 counties in 2023, at 57.06 per 1,000 inhabitants. Kalawao County had the lowest, at 0 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 10.62 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the United States was 10.88 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest57.06Dewey County
Median10.623144 counties
United States10.88History

Top 40 counties, 2023

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Dewey CountyDewey County: 57.06 per 1,000 inhabitants57.06Mellette CountyMellette County: 51.32 per 1,000 inhabitants51.32Ziebach CountyZiebach County: 42.25 per 1,000 inhabitants42.25Jerauld CountyJerauld County: 31.13 per 1,000 inhabitants31.13Kusilvak Census AreaKusilvak Census Area: 28.54 per 1,000 inhabitants28.54Geary CountyGeary County: 26.48 per 1,000 inhabitants26.48Turner CountyTurner County: 25.29 per 1,000 inhabitants25.29Tripp CountyTripp County: 25.02 per 1,000 inhabitants25.02Hamlin CountyHamlin County: 24.2 per 1,000 inhabitants24.2Bethel Census AreaBethel Census Area: 23.29 per 1,000 inhabitants23.29Fairfax cityFairfax city: 23.05 per 1,000 inhabitants23.05Faulk CountyFaulk County: 22.98 per 1,000 inhabitants22.98Gaines CountyGaines County: 22.53 per 1,000 inhabitants22.53Loving CountyLoving County: 21.74 per 1,000 inhabitants21.74Chattahoochee CountyChattahoochee County: 21.34 per 1,000 inhabitants21.34Bailey CountyBailey County: 21.12 per 1,000 inhabitants21.12Dallam CountyDallam County: 21.03 per 1,000 inhabitants21.03Petersburg cityPetersburg city: 20.81 per 1,000 inhabitants20.81Northwest Arctic BoroughNorthwest Arctic Borough: 20.7 per 1,000 inhabitants20.7Liberty CountyLiberty County: 20.45 per 1,000 inhabitants20.45Christian CountyChristian County: 20.03 per 1,000 inhabitants20.03Thurston CountyThurston County: 19.87 per 1,000 inhabitants19.87Wichita CountyWichita County: 19.72 per 1,000 inhabitants19.72Madison CountyMadison County: 19.71 per 1,000 inhabitants19.71Buffalo CountyBuffalo County: 19.46 per 1,000 inhabitants19.46Lake and Peninsula BoroughLake and Peninsula Borough: 19.24 per 1,000 inhabitants19.24Oglala Lakota CountyOglala Lakota County: 19.11 per 1,000 inhabitants19.11Franklin cityFranklin city: 19.07 per 1,000 inhabitants19.07Adams CountyAdams County: 18.87 per 1,000 inhabitants18.87Rockland CountyRockland County: 18.85 per 1,000 inhabitants18.85Holmes CountyHolmes County: 18.84 per 1,000 inhabitants18.84LaGrange CountyLaGrange County: 18.79 per 1,000 inhabitants18.79Hamilton CountyHamilton County: 18.66 per 1,000 inhabitants18.66Williams CountyWilliams County: 18.63 per 1,000 inhabitants18.63McPherson CountyMcPherson County: 18.59 per 1,000 inhabitants18.59Vernon ParishVernon Parish: 18.52 per 1,000 inhabitants18.52Corson CountyCorson County: 18.46 per 1,000 inhabitants18.46Ector CountyEctor County: 18.22 per 1,000 inhabitants18.22Blaine CountyBlaine County: 18.08 per 1,000 inhabitants18.08Manassas cityManassas city: 17.95 per 1,000 inhabitants17.95
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023
per 1,000 inhabitants
Change on 2022
1Dewey County Estimated57.06+37.07 pts
2Mellette County Estimated51.32+36.97 pts
3Ziebach County Estimated42.25+26.28 pts
4Jerauld County Estimated31.13+17.18 pts
5Kusilvak Census Area Estimated28.54+3.55 pts
6Geary County Estimated26.48+0.88 pts
7Turner County Estimated25.29+10.41 pts
8Tripp County Estimated25.02+11.57 pts
9Hamlin County Estimated24.2+2.11 pts
10Bethel Census Area Estimated23.29+2.71 pts
11Fairfax city Estimated23.05-0.62 pts
12Faulk County Estimated22.98+8.32 pts
13Gaines County Estimated22.53+1.97 pts
14Loving County Estimated21.74+21.74 pts
15Chattahoochee County Estimated21.34-0.54 pts
16Bailey County Estimated21.12+4.69 pts
17Dallam County Estimated21.03-3.5 pts
18Petersburg city Estimated20.81-1.33 pts
19Northwest Arctic Borough Estimated20.7+4.53 pts
20Liberty County Estimated20.45-0.8 pts
21Christian County Estimated20.03-0.01 pts
22Thurston County Estimated19.87+1.52 pts
23Wichita County Estimated19.72+5.73 pts
24Madison County Estimated19.71-1.17 pts
25Buffalo County Estimated19.46-1.55 pts
26Lake and Peninsula Borough Estimated19.24+9.89 pts
27Oglala Lakota County Estimated19.11+0.9 pts
28Franklin city Estimated19.07+0.29 pts
29Adams County Estimated18.87+0.22 pts
30Rockland County Estimated18.85+0.47 pts
31Holmes County Estimated18.84+0.94 pts
32LaGrange County Estimated18.79+1.6 pts
33Hamilton County Estimated18.66+2.45 pts
34Williams County Estimated18.63+2.7 pts
35McPherson County Estimated18.59+13.28 pts
36Vernon Parish Estimated18.52+1.45 pts
37Corson County Estimated18.46-2.18 pts
38Ector County Estimated18.22+0.3 pts
39Blaine County Estimated18.08+9.32 pts
40Manassas city Estimated17.95+1.93 pts
41Haakon County Estimated17.91+8.09 pts
42Martinsville city Estimated17.89-0.64 pts
43Haskell County Estimated17.81+3.11 pts
44Onslow County Estimated17.8-1.38 pts
45Moore County Estimated17.75+0.08 pts
46Dunn County Estimated17.71+0.96 pts
47Galax city Estimated17.63+0.74 pts
48Ford County Estimated17.49+1.42 pts
49Glasscock County Estimated17.41+3.37 pts
50McMullen County Estimated17.38+8.81 pts
51Maverick County Estimated17.32+0.42 pts
52Sherman County Estimated17.19+1.34 pts
53Seward County Estimated17.17-0.5 pts
54Clark County Estimated17.17+0.43 pts
55Benson County Estimated17.14-2.07 pts
56Adams County Estimated17.05+1.48 pts
57Atkinson County Estimated17.04+1.35 pts
58Yoakum County Estimated17.01-1.32 pts
59Midland County Estimated170 pts
60Utah County Estimated16.93-0.34 pts
61Lane County Estimated16.86+4 pts
62Daviess County Estimated16.83+0.17 pts
63Starr County Estimated16.8+0.21 pts
64Zavala County Estimated16.74+0.95 pts
65Curry County Estimated16.73+0.12 pts
66Wheeler County Estimated16.65+2.61 pts
67Scott County Estimated16.62+4.59 pts
68Schuyler County Estimated16.6+1.9 pts
69Cochran County Estimated16.58-4.97 pts
70Dakota County Estimated16.55+1.21 pts
71Covington city Estimated16.5+0.7 pts
72Culberson County Estimated16.49+4.06 pts
73Webb County Estimated16.44-0.24 pts
74Robeson County Estimated16.42+0.09 pts
75Mahnomen County Estimated16.37+2.73 pts
76Uvalde County Estimated16.3+0.52 pts
77Scott County Estimated16.26+0.75 pts
78Kaufman County Estimated16.24+1.17 pts
79Gray County Estimated16.23+1.98 pts
80Deaf Smith County Estimated16.18+0.15 pts
81Davis County Estimated16.17-0.55 pts
82Towner County Estimated16.13+5.14 pts
83Val Verde County Estimated16.09+0.03 pts
84Nobles County Estimated16.07-0.54 pts
85Scotland County Estimated16.07-4.11 pts
86Wright County Estimated16.03+3.59 pts
87Clark County Estimated15.95+1.63 pts
88Reeves County Estimated15.94+0.13 pts
89Hidalgo County Estimated15.94+0.28 pts
90Ward County Estimated15.87+0.82 pts
91Nome Census Area Estimated15.85-3.96 pts
92Terry County Estimated15.83-0.24 pts
93Neshoba County Estimated15.8+0.79 pts
94Ocean County Estimated15.74-0.02 pts
95Howard County Estimated15.74+3.08 pts
96Noxubee County Estimated15.73+0.34 pts
97Montgomery County Estimated15.71-0.67 pts
98Greeley County Estimated15.7+3.78 pts
99Juab County Estimated15.62-0.6 pts
100Hoke County Estimated15.62-1.96 pts
101Waynesboro city Estimated15.56+1.28 pts
102Edwards County Estimated15.56+3.67 pts
103Lynn County Estimated15.54-0.94 pts
104Billings County Estimated15.54+2.42 pts
105Mountrail County Estimated15.54+0.13 pts
106Aurora County Estimated15.53+2.41 pts
107Marshall County Estimated15.52+0.2 pts
108Lyman County Estimated15.49-5.25 pts
109Putnam County Estimated15.48+3.93 pts
110Rich County Estimated15.47+7.82 pts
111Colfax County Estimated15.46-0.55 pts
112Emporia city Estimated15.45+3.25 pts
113Whitley County Estimated15.44+1.2 pts
114Moody County Estimated15.41+2.34 pts
115McKenzie County Estimated15.41-0.81 pts
116Kiowa County Estimated15.4+1.28 pts
117Bell County Estimated15.36-0.69 pts
118Yellow Medicine County Estimated15.35+5.1 pts
119Mercer County Estimated15.35+0.61 pts
120Bennett County Estimated15.34+0.19 pts
121Sioux County Estimated15.29+0.74 pts
122Todd County Estimated15.28+0.07 pts
123Douglas County Estimated15.26+2.37 pts
124Douglas County Estimated15.26-0.8 pts
125Garfield County Estimated15.25+3.08 pts
126Cumberland County Estimated15.23-0.48 pts
127Wayne County Estimated15.21+1.51 pts
128Stark County Estimated15.19+1.09 pts
129Martin County Estimated15.17+3.92 pts
130Sharkey County Estimated15.16-0.3 pts
131Jerome County Estimated15.16+1.6 pts
132Roosevelt County Estimated15.15+1.35 pts
133Andrews County Estimated15.15-1.77 pts
134Shelby County Estimated15.11+1.35 pts
135Carter County Estimated15.11-2.66 pts
136Cherry County Estimated15.07+0.26 pts
137Lynchburg city Estimated15.05-0.12 pts
138Jackson County Estimated15.04-8.85 pts
139McCurtain County Estimated15.01-0.22 pts
140Hall County Estimated14.97+0.67 pts
141Jackson County Estimated14.96+1.28 pts
142Dawson County Estimated14.96-0.75 pts
143Watonwan County Estimated14.95-3.71 pts
144Clark County Estimated14.92-11.25 pts
145Finney County Estimated14.91+0.33 pts
146Coal County Estimated14.9+2.1 pts
147Luna County Estimated14.89+1.66 pts
148Marion County Estimated14.89+0.21 pts
149Franklin County Estimated14.85-0.16 pts
150Pottawatomie County Estimated14.84+0.14 pts
151Castro County Estimated14.82+0.34 pts
152Jefferson County Estimated14.81-1.17 pts
153Elmore County Estimated14.8+0.32 pts
154Holt County Estimated14.78+1.94 pts
155Phillips County Estimated14.77+2.59 pts
156Acadia Parish Estimated14.77-1.25 pts
157Perry County Estimated14.77+2.74 pts
158Brooks County Estimated14.77+0.73 pts
159Lea County Estimated14.75+0.32 pts
160Liberty County Estimated14.71+0.18 pts
161Wallace County Estimated14.7-0.61 pts
162Long County Estimated14.7-0.43 pts
163Webster County Estimated14.69-1.09 pts
164Rosebud County Estimated14.67-0.65 pts
165Leake County Estimated14.65+1.3 pts
166Beaver County Estimated14.65-0.88 pts
167Gonzales County Estimated14.650 pts
168Walworth County Estimated14.65+1.14 pts
169Cache County Estimated14.64-0.46 pts
170Dimmit County Estimated14.64-0.19 pts
171Lexington city Estimated14.63-0.75 pts
172Colonial Heights city Estimated14.62+0.08 pts
173Alexandria city Estimated14.61+0.58 pts
174Todd County Estimated14.6+1.27 pts
175Clay County Estimated14.6+1.38 pts
176Antelope County Estimated14.6+2.69 pts
177Dickey County Estimated14.58-0.85 pts
178Texas County Estimated14.57+0.44 pts
179Tunica County Estimated14.55+0.42 pts
180Sevier County Estimated14.53+1.21 pts
181Palo Alto County Estimated14.53+3.69 pts
182Worth County Estimated14.51+3.77 pts
183Pipestone County Estimated14.5+1.87 pts
184Hempstead County Estimated14.47+0.41 pts
185Grundy County Estimated14.47+1.4 pts
186Anderson County Estimated14.46+3.05 pts
187Duplin County Estimated14.44-0.45 pts
188Toombs County Estimated14.44-0.23 pts
189Franklin County Estimated14.4-0.7 pts
190Big Horn County Estimated14.38+0.25 pts
191Newton County Estimated14.37+0.21 pts
192Mercer County Estimated14.37-1.17 pts
193Jay County Estimated14.37+0.32 pts
194Camp County Estimated14.35+0.46 pts
195Hardee County Estimated14.35+0.81 pts
196Charles Mix County Estimated14.31-1.57 pts
197Davidson County Estimated14.29-0.01 pts
198Wayne County Estimated14.28+1.1 pts
199Macon County Estimated14.28+1.75 pts
200Kiowa County Estimated14.27+5.24 pts
201Beadle County Estimated14.26+0.58 pts
202Dallas County Estimated14.24+0.18 pts
203Carroll County Estimated14.23+0.03 pts
204Hale County Estimated14.22-1 pts
205Elkhart County Estimated14.21-0.03 pts
206Grant County Estimated14.19+0.87 pts
207Stark County Estimated14.18+4.56 pts
208Wyandotte County Estimated14.17+0.33 pts
209Marshall County Estimated14.17+1.5 pts
210Baker County Estimated14.15+2.05 pts
211Cameron County Estimated14.15-0.05 pts
212Logan County Estimated14.14+0.49 pts
213Fairbanks North Star Borough Estimated14.14-0.92 pts
214Crawford County Estimated14.13-0.01 pts
215Grayson County Estimated14.13-0.27 pts
216Pierce County Estimated14.09+1.52 pts
217Tulare County Estimated14.09-0.19 pts
218Tangipahoa Parish Estimated14.08-0.08 pts
219Wright County Estimated14.08+0.98 pts
220Barrow County Estimated14.07+0.7 pts
221Polk County Estimated14.07+0.45 pts
222Randolph County Estimated14.07+1.41 pts
223Kearny County Estimated14.06-5.5 pts
224Adair County Estimated14.04-0.76 pts
225St. Landry Parish Estimated14.03+0.31 pts
226Sampson County Estimated14.03+0.52 pts
227Custer County Estimated14.02+2.4 pts
228Caldwell County Estimated14+0.86 pts
229Love County Estimated13.99+0.98 pts
230Jackson County Estimated13.99+0.96 pts
231Hopewell city Estimated13.98-0.08 pts
232Knox County Estimated13.95+3.94 pts
233Lyon County Estimated13.93+1.31 pts
234Bonneville County Estimated13.91+0.04 pts
235Parmer County Estimated13.91-1.02 pts
236Eddy County Estimated13.9-0.34 pts
237Lawrence County Estimated13.9+1.89 pts
238Presidio County Estimated13.89-0.4 pts
239Lyon County Estimated13.88-0.65 pts
240Jackson County Estimated13.88-0.15 pts
241Gove County Estimated13.88+3.67 pts
242Jefferson Davis Parish Estimated13.85+0.38 pts
243Orange County Estimated13.85+0.33 pts
244Crosby County Estimated13.84-1.23 pts
245Ward County Estimated13.84-1.65 pts
246Poinsett County Estimated13.83+0.79 pts
247Bastrop County Estimated13.83+1.18 pts
248Covington County Estimated13.82+0.15 pts
249Menominee County Estimated13.82-1.97 pts
250Hunt County Estimated13.8+0.83 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)?

Dewey County, with 57.06 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest birth rate (July to June)?

Kalawao County, with 0 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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