State Births Population (2008) Births per Thousand
Vermont 6,511 621,270 10.48
Maine 14,151 1,316,456 10.75
New Hampshire 14,378 1,315,809 10.93
West Virginia 20,931 1,814,468 11.54
Rhode Island 12,372 1,050,788 11.77
Connecticut 41,820 3,501,252 11.94
Massachusetts 77,676 6,497,967 11.95
Pennsylvania 149,090 12,448,279 11.98
Michigan 127,483 10,003,422 12.74
New York 250,104 19,490,297 12.83
Oregon 48,689 3,790,060 12.85
Wisconsin 72,340 5,627,967 12.85
Florida 236,802 18,328,340 12.92
Montana 12,508 967,440 12.93
Ohio 150,593 11,485,910 13.11
New Jersey 115,020 8,682,661 13.25
Washington 86,876 6,549,224 13.27
North Dakota 8,621 641,481 13.44
Iowa 40,607 3,002,555 13.52
Alabama 63,232 4,661,900 13.56
Tennessee 84,355 6,214,888 13.57
Kentucky 58,250 4,269,245 13.64
Delaware 11,989 873,092 13.73
Maryland 77,494 5,633,597 13.76
Missouri 81,385 5,911,605 13.77
North Carolina 127,859 9,222,414 13.86
Virginia 107,817 7,769,089 13.88
South Carolina 62,171 4,479,800 13.88
Indiana 88,631 6,376,792 13.90
Illinois 180,572 12,901,563 14.00
Minnesota 73,525 5,220,393 14.08
Colorado 70,751 4,939,456 14.32
Arkansas 40,961 2,855,390 14.35
Louisiana 63,376 4,410,796 14.37
District of Columbia 8,523 591,833 14.40
Wyoming 7,672 532,668 14.40
Kansas 40,968 2,802,134 14.62
Hawaii 18,982 1,288,198 14.74
South Dakota 11,919 804,194 14.82
Oklahoma 54,016 3,642,361 14.83
Nebraska 26,727 1,783,432 14.99
New Mexico 29,936 1,984,356 15.09
California 562,440 36,756,666 15.30
Georgia 148,633 9,685,744 15.35
Nevada 40,027 2,600,167 15.39
Mississippi 46,056 2,938,618 15.67
Arizona 102,429 6,500,180 15.76
Idaho 24,184 1,523,816 15.87
Alaska 10,996 686,293 16.02
Texas 399,603 24,326,974 16.43
Utah 53,504 2,736,424 19.55