| 2019-2023 NC RESIDENT FERTILITY RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION: |
| FEMALES 15-17 BY RACE/ETHNICITY, PERINATAL CARE REGIONS, AND COUNTY OF RESIDENCE |
| North Carolina Resident Births |
Fertility Rate | White Non-Hispanic, single race Births |
White Non-Hispanic, single race Fertility Rate |
Black Non-Hispanic, single race Births |
Black Non-Hispanic, single race Fertility Rate |
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic, single race Births |
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic, single race Fertility Rate |
Asian/Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic, single race Births |
Asian/Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic, single race Fertility Rate |
Multiracial Non-Hispanic Births |
Multiracial Non-Hispanic Fertility Rate |
Hispanic Births | Hispanic Fertility Rate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Residence: | 6,746 | 5.8 | 1,735 | 2.9 | 2,203 | 8.3 | 132 | 10.5 | 37 | 1.0 | 380 | 8.6 | 2,240 | 11.9 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | ||||||||||||||
| PCR I WESTERN | 399 | 5.3 | 248 | 4.4 | 24 | 7.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 24 | 8.7 | 90 | 8.8 |
| PCR II NORTHWESTERN | 1,518 | 5.7 | 540 | 3.5 | 360 | 7.2 | 6 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 102 | 10.7 | 493 | 11.3 |
| PCR III SOUTHWESTERN | 1,540 | 6.4 | 301 | 2.6 | 510 | 8.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 66 | 7.8 | 643 | 15.1 |
| PCR IV NORTHEASTERN | 1,170 | 4.3 | 183 | 1.3 | 383 | 6.1 | 4 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 49 | 4.5 | 540 | 10.7 |
| PCR V SOUTHEASTERN | 1,035 | 6.9 | 215 | 3.0 | 367 | 9.5 | 102 | 12.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 93 | 12.7 | 253 | 11.1 |
| PCR VI EASTERN | 1,084 | 7.5 | 248 | 3.5 | 559 | 12.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 46 | 8.1 | 221 | 11.6 |
| ALAMANCE | 118 | 5.7 | 33 | 3.1 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 40 | 8.6 |
| ALEXANDER | 22 | 5.8 | 17 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| ALLEGHANY | 13 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| ANSON | 30 | 13.3 | 5 | 0.0 | 25 | 22.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ASHE | 22 | 9.0 | 19 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| AVERY | 12 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| BEAUFORT | 35 | 7.8 | 14 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| BERTIE | 22 | 14.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BLADEN | 36 | 11.1 | 9 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| BRUNSWICK | 52 | 5.1 | 29 | 4.1 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| BUNCOMBE | 93 | 3.8 | 43 | 2.5 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 29 | 7.8 |
| BURKE | 59 | 7.4 | 22 | 3.9 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 31 | 27.8 |
| CABARRUS | 140 | 4.9 | 37 | 2.5 | 27 | 4.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 61 | 11.7 |
| CALDWELL | 59 | 7.1 | 39 | 5.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| CAMDEN | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CARTERET | 21 | 3.4 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| CASWELL | 12 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| CATAWBA | 87 | 4.9 | 44 | 3.9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 24 | 7.9 |
| CHATHAM | 21 | 2.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| CHEROKEE | 16 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| CHOWAN | 10 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| CLAY | 9 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CLEVELAND | 113 | 10.3 | 58 | 8.1 | 45 | 17.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| COLUMBUS | 68 | 12.5 | 27 | 9.0 | 25 | 15.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| CRAVEN | 54 | 5.3 | 13 | 0.0 | 24 | 9.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| CUMBERLAND | 202 | 5.5 | 30 | 2.5 | 114 | 7.5 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 27 | 10.3 | 25 | 4.8 |
| CURRITUCK | 12 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| DARE | 7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| DAVIDSON | 112 | 6.0 | 53 | 4.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 33 | 13.2 |
| DAVIE | 21 | 4.5 | 15 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| DUPLIN | 88 | 15.1 | 15 | 0.0 | 29 | 22.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 42 | 20.5 |
| DURHAM | 200 | 6.4 | 8 | 0.0 | 79 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 108 | 13.7 |
| EDGECOMBE | 48 | 8.9 | 10 | 0.0 | 33 | 10.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| FORSYTH | 321 | 7.0 | 40 | 2.1 | 88 | 7.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 171 | 15.4 |
| FRANKLIN | 35 | 4.5 | 10 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| GASTON | 176 | 7.0 | 77 | 5.2 | 51 | 9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 31 | 8.9 |
| GATES | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GRAHAM | 9 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GRANVILLE | 25 | 4.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| GREENE | 22 | 11.4 | 3 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| GUILFORD | 285 | 4.4 | 32 | 1.3 | 148 | 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 20 | 7.8 | 79 | 8.4 |
| HALIFAX | 54 | 10.6 | 8 | 0.0 | 39 | 13.8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| HARNETT | 87 | 5.6 | 19 | 0.0 | 29 | 8.1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 27 | 8.2 |
| HAYWOOD | 21 | 3.9 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| HENDERSON | 57 | 5.1 | 29 | 3.9 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 20 | 7.5 |
| HERTFORD | 17 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HOKE | 40 | 7.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| HYDE | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| IREDELL | 82 | 3.7 | 24 | 1.6 | 31 | 10.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| JACKSON | 24 | 5.2 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| JOHNSTON | 132 | 4.8 | 30 | 2.0 | 28 | 6.2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 66 | 10.4 |
| JONES | 9 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| LEE | 48 | 6.7 | 9 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 20 | 8.8 |
| LENOIR | 70 | 11.7 | 8 | 0.0 | 52 | 20.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| LINCOLN | 58 | 6.4 | 38 | 5.3 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| MCDOWELL | 25 | 5.8 | 21 | 6.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| MACON | 30 | 8.4 | 20 | 7.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| MADISON | 15 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MARTIN | 19 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| MECKLENBURG | 875 | 7.1 | 37 | 0.8 | 311 | 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 22 | 5.1 | 491 | 19.2 |
| MITCHELL | 8 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 13 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| MOORE | 38 | 3.8 | 17 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| NASH | 77 | 7.3 | 15 | 0.0 | 40 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 21 | 15.0 |
| NEW HANOVER | 99 | 4.3 | 14 | 0.0 | 38 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 40 | 16.1 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ONSLOW | 80 | 4.3 | 41 | 3.8 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| ORANGE | 32 | 1.7 | 9 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| PAMLICO | 7 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PASQUOTANK | 15 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| PENDER | 28 | 4.1 | 9 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| PERQUIMANS | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| PERSON | 27 | 6.9 | 11 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| PITT | 137 | 6.7 | 17 | 0.0 | 92 | 11.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| POLK | 11 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| RANDOLPH | 86 | 5.3 | 51 | 4.7 | 5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 24 | 6.9 |
| RICHMOND | 68 | 13.9 | 19 | 0.0 | 26 | 15.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| ROBESON | 190 | 12.8 | 13 | 0.0 | 46 | 13.5 | 73 | 12.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 46 | 19.1 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 55 | 6.0 | 24 | 4.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| ROWAN | 115 | 7.1 | 40 | 4.0 | 36 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 35 | 12.2 |
| RUTHERFORD | 45 | 6.4 | 33 | 6.2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| SAMPSON | 68 | 9.7 | 14 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 40 | 17.7 |
| SCOTLAND | 46 | 13.1 | 6 | 0.0 | 24 | 17.1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| STANLY | 46 | 6.7 | 25 | 4.9 | 14 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| STOKES | 20 | 4.6 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| SURRY | 60 | 7.9 | 37 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 20 | 12.1 |
| SWAIN | 20 | 13.9 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 8 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TYRRELL | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| UNION | 102 | 2.8 | 24 | 1.0 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 40 | 6.9 |
| VANCE | 56 | 11.2 | 15 | 0.0 | 27 | 10.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| WAKE | 444 | 3.3 | 38 | 0.5 | 148 | 5.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 233 | 11.3 |
| WARREN | 20 | 11.5 | 5 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| WASHINGTON | 15 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| WATAUGA | 9 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| WAYNE | 149 | 11.4 | 26 | 4.7 | 68 | 16.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 49 | 18.5 |
| WILKES | 54 | 7.8 | 31 | 5.6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| WILSON | 86 | 9.4 | 15 | 0.0 | 44 | 12.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 23 | 13.5 |
| YADKIN | 24 | 6.7 | 14 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| YANCEY | 8 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS |
| NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES) ARE UNSTABLE AND ARE NOT REPORTED |
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