[Home button] Live births, birth rates, and fertility rates, by race: United States, specified years 1940-55 and each year, 1960-96 [Birth rates are live births per 1,000 population in specified group. Fertility rates per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years in specified group. Population enumerated as of April 1 for census years and estimated as of July 1 for all other years. Beginning with 1970, excludes births to nonresidents of the United States] Number Birth rate Fertility rate Amer- Asian or Amer- Asian or Amer- Asian or All ican Pacific All ican Pacific All ican Pacific Year races1 White Black Indian2 Islander races1 White BlackIndian2 Islander races1 WhiteBlack Indian2 Islander Registered births Race of mother: 1996 3,891,494 3,093,057 594,781 37,880 165,776 14.7 14.1 17.8 16.6 17.0 65.3 64.3 70.7 68.7 65.9 1995 3,899,589 3,098,885 603,139 37,278 160,287 14.8 14.2 18.2 16.6 17.3 65.6 64.4 72.3 69.1 66.4 1994 3,952,767 3,121,004 636,391 37,740 157,632 15.2 14.4 19.5 17.1 17.5 66.7 64.9 76.9 70.9 66.8 1993 4,000,240 3,149,833 658,875 38,732 152,800 15.5 14.7 20.5 17.8 17.7 67.6 65.4 80.5 73.4 66.7 1992 4,065,014 3,201,678 673,633 39,453 150,250 15.9 15.0 21.3 18.4 18.0 68.9 66.5 83.2 75.4 67.2 1991 4,110,907 3,241,273 682,602 38,841 145,372 16.3 15.4 21.9 18.3 18.2 69.6 67.0 85.2 75.1 67.6 1990 4,158,212 3,290,273 684,336 39,051 141,635 16.7 15.8 22.4 18.9 19.0 70.9 68.3 86.8 76.2 69.6 1989 4,040,958 3,192,355 673,124 39,478 133,075 16.4 15.4 22.3 19.7 18.7 69.2 66.4 86.2 79.0 68.2 1988 3,909,510 3,102,083 638,562 37,088 129,035 16.0 15.0 21.5 19.3 19.2 67.3 64.5 82.6 76.8 70.2 1987 3,809,394 3,043,828 611,173 35,322 116,560 15.7 14.9 20.8 19.1 18.4 65.8 63.3 80.1 75.6 67.1 1986 3,756,547 3,019,175 592,910 34,169 107,797 15.6 14.8 20.5 19.2 18.0 65.4 63.1 78.9 75.9 66.0 1985 3,760,561 3,037,913 581,824 34,037 104,606 15.8 15.0 20.4 19.8 18.7 66.3 64.1 78.8 78.6 68.4 19843 3,669,141 2,967,100 568,138 33,256 98,926 15.6 14.8 20.1 20.1 18.8 65.5 63.2 78.2 79.8 69.2 19833 3,638,933 2,946,468 562,624 32,881 95,713 15.6 14.8 20.2 20.6 19.5 65.7 63.4 78.7 81.8 71.7 19823 3,680,537 2,984,817 568,506 32,436 93,193 15.9 15.1 20.7 21.1 20.3 67.3 64.8 80.9 83.6 74.8 19813 3,629,238 2,947,679 564,955 29,688 84,553 15.8 15.0 20.8 20.0 20.1 67.3 64.8 82.0 79.6 73.7 19803 3,612,258 2,936,351 568,080 29,389 74,355 15.9 15.1 21.3 20.7 19.9 68.4 65.6 84.7 82.7 73.2 Race of child: 19803 3,612,258 2,898,732 589,616 36,797 - - - 15.9 14.9 22.1 - - - - - - 68.4 64.7 88.1 - - - - - - 19793 3,494,398 2,808,420 577,855 34,269 - - - 15.6 14.5 22.0 - - - - - - 67.2 63.4 88.3 - - - - - - 19783 3,333,279 2,681,116 551,540 33,160 - - - 15.0 14.0 21.3 - - - - - - 65.5 61.7 86.7 - - - - - - 19773 3,326,632 2,691,070 544,221 30,500 - - - 15.1 14.1 21.4 - - - - - - 66.8 63.2 88.1 - - - - - - 19763 3,167,788 2,567,614 514,479 29,009 - - - 14.6 13.6 20.5 - - - - - - 65.0 61.5 85.8 - - - - - - 19753 3,144,198 2,551,996 511,581 27,546 - - - 14.6 13.6 20.7 - - - - - - 66.0 62.5 87.9 - - - - - - 19743 3,159,958 2,575,792 507,162 26,631 - - - 14.8 13.9 20.8 - - - - - - 67.8 64.2 89.7 - - - - - - 19733 3,136,965 2,551,030 512,597 26,464 - - - 14.8 13.8 21.4 - - - - - - 68.8 64.9 93.6 - - - - - - 19723 3,258,411 2,655,558 531,329 27,368 - - - 15.6 14.5 22.5 - - - - - - 73.1 68.9 99.9 - - - - - - 19714 3,555,970 2,919,746 564,960 27,148 - - - 17.2 16.1 24.4 - - - - - - 81.6 77.3 109.7 - - - - - - 19714 3,731,386 3,091,264 572,362 25,864 - - - 18.4 17.4 25.3 - - - - - - 87.9 84.1 115.4 - - - - - - 19694 3,600,206 2,993,614 543,132 24,008 - - - 17.9 16.9 24.4 - - - - - - 86.1 82.2 112.1 - - - - - - 19684 3,501,564 2,912,224 531,152 24,156 - - - 17.6 16.6 24.2 - - - - - - 85.2 81.3 112.7 - - - - - - 19675 3,520,959 2,922,502 543,976 22,665 - - - 17.8 16.8 25.1 - - - - - - 87.2 82.8 118.5 - - - - - - 19664 3,606,274 2,993,230 558,244 23,014 - - - 18.4 17.4 26.2 - - - - - - 90.8 86.2 124.7 - - - - - - 19654 3,760,358 3,123,860 581,126 24,066 - - - 19.4 18.3 27.7 - - - - - - 96.3 91.3 133.2 - - - - - - 19644 4,027,490 3,369,160 607,556 24,382 - - - 21.1 20.0 29.5 - - - - - - 104.7 99.8 142.6 - - - - - - 19634,6 4,098,020 3,326,344 580,658 22,358 - - - 21.7 20.7 - - - - - - - - - 108.3 103.6- - - - - - - - - 19624,6 4,167,362 3,394,068 584,610 21,968 - - - 22.4 21.4 - - - - - - - - - 112.0 107.5- - - - - - - - - 19614 4,268,326 3,600,864 611,072 21,464 - - - 23.3 22.2 - - - - - - - - - 117.1 112.3- - - - - - - - - 19604 4,257,850 3,600,744 602,264 21,114 - - - 23.7 22.7 31.9 - - - - - - 118.0 113.2153.5 - - - - - - Births adjusted for underregi- stration Race of child: 1955 4,097,000 3,485,000 - - - - - - - - - 25.0 23.8 - - - - - - - - - 118.3 113.7- - - - - - - - - 1950 3,632,000 3,108,000 - - - - - - - - - 24.1 23.0 - - - - - - - - - 106.2 102.3- - - - - - - - - 1945 2,858,000 2,471,000 - - - - - - - - - 20.4 19.7 - - - - - - - - - 85.9 83.4 - - - - - - - - - 1940 2,559,000 2,199,000 - - - - - - - - - 19.4 18.6 - - - - - - - - - 79.9 77.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - Data not available. 1 For 1960-91 includes births to races not shown separately. 2 Includes births to Aleuts and Eskimos. 3 Based on 100 percent of births in selected States and on a 50-percent sample of births in all other States; see Technical notes. 4 Based on a 50-percent sample of births. 5 Based on a 20- to 50-percent sample of births. 6 Figures by race exclude New Jersey. Suggested citation: Ventura SJ, Martin JA, Curtin SC, Mathews TJ. Advance report of final natality statistics, 1996. Monthly vital statistics report; vol 46 no 11, supp, p 24. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics.1998. (The NCHS Web site contains instructions to download the AcrobatÆ reader required to view this publication.) About NCHS | News Releases | What's New Publications and Information Products Coming Events | Data Warehouse | FASTATS A to Z Search | How To... | Other Sites | Employment Frequent Questions | E-mail | Customer Satisfaction Survey Surveys and Data Collection Systems CDC | Text-based Table of Contents [Home button] Updated 12/8/98