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Which state has the most babies? 👶

1Guess
Which states welcome the most new babies in a year? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Utah! I heard families are big there!
2Answer
The real order is…
    California welcomed about 1× as many babies as #2 Texas — a photo finish!
    📚 Background A photo finish! California welcomed about 400,000 babies — but fast-growing Texas is only a step behind. Watch this race in the coming years! (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 estimates)
    I bet… Utah! I heard families are big there!
    3Compare
    Babies born (Census estimates, year to July 2024)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)3,605,563 babies born
    California #1 400,601 babies born
    Most: California (400,601 babies born); least shown here: Vermont (5,039 babies born).

    Note: measured in babies born in one year.

    Geography is destiny!
    4Recap
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    🏅 California is the USA's #1!
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    : year to July 2024
    U.S. Census Bureau: births component of population change (NST-EST2024), 7/2023–6/2024 (2026-07-12) — Official published estimates (committed raw file is the Bureau's NST-EST2024-ALLDATA.csv, unchanged).
    ↳ On census.gov, search “NST-EST2024” and read the BIRTHS2024 column.