Which state has the most babies?
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Which states welcome the most new babies in a year? Tap them most-to-least.
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I bet… Utah! I heard families are big there!
Answer
The real order is…
California welcomed about 1.03× 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) (opens in a new tab)
🔍 Explore more: 🎂『Why is Maine so 'old' and Utah so young?』→ I bet… Utah! I heard families are big there!
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Babies born (Census estimates, year to July 2024)
Most: California (400,601 babies born); least shown here: Vermont (5,039 babies born).
Note: measured in babies born in one year.
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| Rank | State | Value | Share of U.S. total |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | 400,601 babies born | 11.1% |
| #2 | Texas | 388,115 babies born | 10.8% |
| #3 | Florida | 220,659 babies born | 6.1% |
| #4 | New York | 205,289 babies born | 5.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | 127,571 babies born | 3.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | 126,575 babies born | 3.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | 125,502 babies born | 3.5% |
| #8 | Illinois | 125,355 babies born | 3.5% |
| #9 | North Carolina | 121,281 babies born | 3.4% |
| #10 | New Jersey | 101,199 babies born | 2.8% |
| #11 | Michigan | 99,589 babies born | 2.8% |
| #12 | Virginia | 93,593 babies born | 2.6% |
| #13 | Tennessee | 83,223 babies born | 2.3% |
| #14 | Washington | 82,072 babies born | 2.3% |
| #15 | Indiana | 79,422 babies born | 2.2% |
| #16 | Arizona | 78,322 babies born | 2.2% |
| #17 | Massachusetts | 67,851 babies born | 1.9% |
| #18 | Missouri | 67,589 babies born | 1.9% |
| #19 | Maryland | 65,609 babies born | 1.8% |
| #20 | Colorado | 62,497 babies born | 1.7% |
| #21 | Minnesota | 61,438 babies born | 1.7% |
| #22 | Wisconsin | 59,445 babies born | 1.6% |
| #23 | South Carolina | 57,999 babies born | 1.6% |
| #24 | Alabama | 57,541 babies born | 1.6% |
| #25 | Louisiana | 53,787 babies born | 1.5% |
| #26 | Kentucky | 52,248 babies born | 1.4% |
| #27 | Oklahoma | 47,642 babies born | 1.3% |
| #28 | Utah | 45,695 babies born | 1.3% |
| #29 | Oregon | 38,788 babies born | 1.1% |
| #30 | Iowa | 36,301 babies born | 1% |
| #31 | Arkansas | 35,161 babies born | 1% |
| #32 | Connecticut | 34,609 babies born | 1% |
| #33 | Kansas | 33,963 babies born | 0.9% |
| #34 | Mississippi | 33,859 babies born | 0.9% |
| #35 | Nevada | 31,951 babies born | 0.9% |
| #36 | Nebraska | 24,443 babies born | 0.7% |
| #37 | Idaho | 22,830 babies born | 0.6% |
| #38 | New Mexico | 20,833 babies born | 0.6% |
| #39 | West Virginia | 16,680 babies born | 0.5% |
| #40 | Hawaii | 14,682 babies born | 0.4% |
| #41 | New Hampshire | 11,777 babies born | 0.3% |
| #42 | Maine | 11,609 babies born | 0.3% |
| #43 | South Dakota | 11,311 babies born | 0.3% |
| #44 | Montana | 11,268 babies born | 0.3% |
| #45 | Delaware | 10,437 babies born | 0.3% |
| #46 | Rhode Island | 9,924 babies born | 0.3% |
| #47 | North Dakota | 9,592 babies born | 0.3% |
| #48 | Alaska | 9,014 babies born | 0.3% |
| #49 | Wyoming | 6,037 babies born | 0.2% |
| #50 | Vermont | 5,039 babies born | 0.1% |
| 🇺🇸 USA (total) | 3,605,563 babies born | 100% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (year to July 2024)
Sources
Data as of: year to July 2024
U.S. Census Bureau: births component of population change (NST-EST2024), 7/2023–6/2024 (opens in a new tab) (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.