Births of U.S. states and territories by race/ethnicity
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Births in 2018 by race/ethnicity[edit]
State or territory (2017) | White | Black or African American |
Latino | American Indian and Alaska Native |
Asian | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 1,992,461 | 560,715 | 898,764 | 29,957 | 249,250 | 9,426 | 3,740,573 |
Alabama | 34,377 | 17,963 | 4,546 | 131 | 950 | 44 | 58,941 |
Alaska | 5,259 | 329 | 799 | 1,903 | 686 | 308 | 10,445 |
Arizona | 33,694 | 4,241 | 34,377 | 4,256 | 2,987 | 217 | 81,872 |
Arkansas | 24,089 | 7,082 | 4,048 | 239 | 783 | 470 | 37,520 |
California | 127,822 | 23,441 | 220,122 | 1,411 | 72,049 | 1,809 | 471,658 |
Colorado | 37,516 | 3,110 | 18,125 | 421 | 2,611 | 145 | 64,382 |
Connecticut | 18,842 | 4,301 | 8,833 | 28 | 2,475 | 7 | 35,221 |
Delaware | 5,309 | 2,818 | 1,748 | 20 | 646 | 3 | 10,855 |
District of Columbia | 3,042 | 4,573 | 1,336 | 9 | 396 | 2 | 9,560 |
Florida | 96,280 | 49,428 | 67,049 | 270 | 7,015 | 159 | 223,630 |
Georgia | 56,985 | 44,447 | 17,954 | 113 | 6,039 | 110 | 129,243 |
Hawaii | 3,407 | 406 | 2,672 | 39 | 4,653 | 1,684 | 17,517 |
Idaho | 17,151 | 243 | 3,598 | 289 | 366 | 48 | 22,181 |
Illinois | 78,925 | 25,685 | 31,428 | 90 | 9,650 | 43 | 149,390 |
Indiana | 60,515 | 9,971 | 7,669 | 70 | 2,535 | 54 | 82,170 |
Iowa | 30,010 | 2,657 | 3,527 | 183 | 1,321 | 128 | 38,430 |
Kansas | 25,594 | 2,548 | 5,963 | 171 | 1,255 | 77 | 36,519 |
Kentucky | 44,280 | 5,006 | 3,162 | 49 | 1,173 | 68 | 54,752 |
Louisiana | 31,509 | 22,469 | 4,778 | 295 | 1,169 | 23 | 61,018 |
Maine | 10,958 | 545 | 229 | 85 | 219 | 3 | 12,298 |
Maryland | 29,809 | 22,327 | 12,223 | 87 | 5,276 | 40 | 71,641 |
Massachusetts | 40,773 | 6,953 | 13,609 | 63 | 6,067 | 23 | 70,702 |
Michigan | 75,578 | 20,849 | 7,339 | 396 | 4,468 | 30 | 111,426 |
Minnesota | 47,088 | 8,163 | 5,023 | 1,042 | 5,323 | 56 | 68,595 |
Mississippi | 18,620 | 16,087 | 1,650 | 213 | 502 | 12 | 37,357 |
Missouri | 53,800 | 10,495 | 4,156 | 167 | 1,773 | 183 | 73,034 |
Montana | 9,372 | 64 | 585 | 1,231 | 121 | 18 | 11,799 |
Nebraska | 17,827 | 1,688 | 4,382 | 372 | 861 | 27 | 25,821 |
Nevada | 13,171 | 4,471 | 13,176 | 305 | 2,685 | 322 | 35,756 |
New Hampshire | 10,524 | 234 | 673 | 21 | 479 | 5 | 12,116 |
New Jersey | 45,825 | 13,684 | 27,354 | 46 | 11,691 | 26 | 101,250 |
New Mexico | 6,522 | 387 | 13,362 | 2,677 | 420 | 17 | 23,767 |
New York | 111,690 | 34,062 | 53,112 | 331 | 25,429 | 51 | 229,737 |
North Carolina | 64,278 | 27,886 | 18,464 | 1,466 | 5,006 | 131 | 120,125 |
North Dakota | 7,931 | 608 | 587 | 817 | 286 | 10 | 10,737 |
Ohio | 98,762 | 22,431 | 7,468 | 116 | 4,380 | 61 | 136,832 |
Oklahoma | 28,976 | 4,085 | 7,441 | 4,614 | 1,328 | 232 | 50,214 |
Oregon | 29,232 | 994 | 8,275 | 429 | 2,376 | 300 | 43,631 |
Pennsylvania | 92,297 | 18,400 | 15,840 | 92 | 6,401 | 43 | 137,745 |
Rhode Island | 6,142 | 776 | 2,760 | 44 | 542 | 7 | 10,638 |
South Carolina | 32,283 | 16,851 | 5,221 | 138 | 1,125 | 45 | 57,029 |
South Dakota | 8,620 | 398 | 624 | 1,807 | 248 | 9 | 12,134 |
Tennessee | 53,721 | 16,050 | 7,684 | 90 | 1,905 | 60 | 81,016 |
Texas | 127,533 | 48,242 | 180,216 | 664 | 20,385 | 510 | 382,050 |
Utah | 36,492 | 569 | 7,832 | 445 | 1,233 | 469 | 48,585 |
Vermont | 5,134 | 115 | 123 | 14 | 159 | 2 | 5,655 |
Virginia | 55,540 | 21,101 | 13,999 | 155 | 7,670 | 125 | 100,391 |
Washington | 50,679 | 3,944 | 15,973 | 1,112 | 8,836 | 1,164 | 87,562 |
West Virginia | 16,943 | 629 | 390 | 15 | 201 | 11 | 18,675 |
Wisconsin | 46,309 | 6,864 | 6,368 | 715 | 3,017 | 30 | 64,975 |
Wyoming | 5,426 | 45 | 892 | 201 | 79 | 5 | 6,903 |
Guam | 193 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 796 | 2,102 | 3,297 |
Northern Mariana Islands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 289 | 363 |
Puerto Rico | 596 | 65 | 23,582 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 24,310 |
State or territory (2017) | White | Black or African American |
Latino | American Indian and Alaska Native |
Asian | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 52% | 14% | 23% | 1% | 7% | 0% | 100% |
Alabama | 58% | 31% | 8% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 100% |
Alaska | 50% | 3% | 8% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 100% |
Arizona | 41% | 5% | 42% | 5% | 4% | 0% | 100% |
Arkansas | 64% | 19% | 11% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 100% |
California | 27% | 5% | 47% | 0% | 15% | 0% | 100% |
Colorado | 58% | 5% | 28% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 100% |
Connecticut | 54% | 12% | 25% | 0% | 7% | 0% | 100% |
Delaware | 49% | 26% | 16% | 0% | 6% | 0% | 100% |
District of Columbia | 32% | 48% | 14% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 100% |
Florida | 43% | 22% | 30% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 100% |
Georgia | 44% | 34% | 14% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 100% |
Hawaii | 19% | 2% | 15% | 0% | 27% | 10% | 100% |
Idaho | 77% | 1% | 16% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 100% |
Illinois | 53% | 17% | 21% | 0% | 7% | 0% | 100% |
Indiana | 74% | 12% | 9% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 100% |
Iowa | 78% | 7% | 9% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 100% |
Kansas | 70% | 7% | 16% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 100% |
Kentucky | 81% | 9% | 6% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 100% |
Louisiana | 52% | 37% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 100% |
Maine | 89% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 100% |
Maryland | 42% | 31% | 17% | 0% | 7% | 0% | 100% |
Massachusetts | 58% | 10% | 19% | 0% | 9% | 0% | 100% |
Michigan | 68% | 19% | 7% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 100% |
Minnesota | 69% | 12% | 7% | 2% | 8% | 0% | 100% |
Mississippi | 50% | 43% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 100% |
Missouri | 74% | 14% | 6% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 100% |
Montana | 79% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 1% | 0% | 100% |
Nebraska | 69% | 7% | 17% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 100% |
Nevada | 37% | 13% | 37% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 100% |
New Hampshire | 87% | 2% | 6% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 100% |
New Jersey | 45% | 14% | 27% | 0% | 12% | 0% | 100% |
New Mexico | 27% | 2% | 56% | 11% | 2% | 0% | 100% |
New York | 49% | 15% | 23% | 0% | 11% | 0% | 100% |
North Carolina | 54% | 23% | 15% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 100% |
North Dakota | 74% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 3% | 0% | 100% |
Ohio | 72% | 16% | 6% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 100% |
Oklahoma | 58% | 8% | 15% | 9% | 3% | 1% | 100% |
Oregon | 67% | 2% | 19% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 100% |
Pennsylvania | 67% | 13% | 12% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 100% |
Rhode Island | 58% | 7% | 26% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 100% |
South Carolina | 57% | 30% | 9% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 100% |
South Dakota | 71% | 3% | 5% | 15% | 2% | 0% | 100% |
Tennessee | 66% | 20% | 10% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 100% |
Texas | 33% | 13% | 47% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 100% |
Utah | 75% | 1% | 16% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 100% |
Vermont | 91% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 100% |
Virginia | 55% | 21% | 14% | 0% | 8% | 0% | 100% |
Washington | 58% | 5% | 18% | 1% | 10% | 1% | 100% |
West Virginia | 91% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 100% |
Wisconsin | 71% | 11% | 10% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 100% |
Wyoming | 79% | 1% | 13% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 100% |
Guam | 6% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 24% | 64% | 100% |
Northern Mariana Islands | 1% | 0% | N/A | N/A | 15% | 80% | 100% |
Puerto Rico | 3% | 0% | 97% | N/A | 0% | 0% | 100% |
- Notes
Data are by place of residence. Data reflect race and Latino origin of the infant's mother. Race and Latino origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Latino origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Latino women are classified by race. Race categories are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.