2019-2023 NC RESIDENT FERTILITY RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION:
FEMALES 15-19 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
County of Residence: 27,883 16.2 9,075 10.0 8,444 21.0 566 31.1 196 3.4 1,430 22.3 8,111 29.4
NORTH CAROLINA
PCR I WESTERN 1,816 16.4 1,164 14.0 106 20.4 47 27.3 13 0.0 104 26.3 382 25.8
PCR II NORTHWESTERN 6,338 15.2 2,696 11.3 1,476 17.0 26 19.7 73 5.9 326 22.9 1,729 26.7
PCR III SOUTHWESTERN 5,394 15.4 1,270 7.5 1,761 19.4 16 0.0 44 3.0 227 18.9 2,067 33.3
PCR IV NORTHEASTERN 4,700 11.2 914 4.4 1,593 16.5 23 15.2 16 0.0 200 12.9 1,931 26.2
PCR V SOUTHEASTERN 4,756 21.7 1,405 13.3 1,483 26.4 433 37.5 23 7.0 352 34.0 1,053 32.0
PCR VI EASTERN 4,879 23.2 1,626 15.8 2,025 30.0 21 18.7 27 8.9 221 27.3 949 34.0
ALAMANCE 472 13.7 153 7.7 125 21.3 2 0.0 1 0.0 27 23.0 163 23.8
ALEXANDER 83 16.2 62 14.7 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 0.0 12 0.0
ALLEGHANY 33 25.6 24 25.6 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 6 0.0
ANSON 102 33.0 25 20.7 63 42.1 1 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.0 8 0.0
ASHE 92 27.8 76 26.9 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 13 0.0
AVERY 44 17.7 35 17.7 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 0.0
BEAUFORT 154 24.8 58 17.1 56 34.1 1 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.0 33 36.0
BERTIE 80 38.4 12 0.0 66 47.5 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
BLADEN 140 31.6 50 24.2 47 33.9 4 0.0 0 0.0 8 0.0 30 42.4
BRUNSWICK 269 19.0 154 16.0 45 24.3 1 0.0 2 0.0 21 34.3 46 25.6
BUNCOMBE 446 12.5 216 8.4 58 24.1 1 0.0 7 0.0 36 25.8 128 24.0
BURKE 256 23.3 153 20.0 14 0.0 1 0.0 5 0.0 9 0.0 74 45.3
CABARRUS 511 13.0 153 7.7 118 13.4 1 0.0 1 0.0 41 28.1 197 26.3
CALDWELL 250 22.2 173 19.2 15 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 21 45.9 40 35.7
CAMDEN 18 0.0 14 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
CARTERET 101 12.2 69 10.5 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 10 0.0 19 0.0
CASWELL 59 20.9 31 19.3 13 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.0 10 0.0
CATAWBA 403 16.0 206 12.7 49 24.0 2 0.0 18 0.0 32 31.1 95 21.6
CHATHAM 97 8.6 26 4.0 8 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.0 56 20.0
CHEROKEE 66 20.1 57 19.7 3 0.0 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0
CHOWAN 46 23.6 11 0.0 24 31.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 9 0.0
CLAY 31 24.2 30 27.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
CLEVELAND 427 26.6 234 22.2 141 39.4 1 0.0 0 0.0 18 0.0 33 27.9
COLUMBUS 269 36.1 132 32.5 86 39.7 7 0.0 0 0.0 12 0.0 32 46.6
CRAVEN 316 22.4 158 20.8 75 22.0 2 0.0 8 0.0 30 37.7 42 27.3
CUMBERLAND 1,188 22.5 312 18.2 500 22.5 37 43.6 10 0.0 127 34.7 201 26.5
CURRITUCK 51 11.9 34 9.7 5 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0 8 0.0
DARE 56 11.1 25 6.4 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 27 35.2
DAVIDSON 466 18.4 263 14.8 71 28.0 2 0.0 5 0.0 31 38.9 93 25.9
DAVIE 75 11.8 52 11.0 6 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0 13 0.0
DUPLIN 307 39.0 72 24.0 87 50.3 1 0.0 0 0.0 10 0.0 136 47.3
DURHAM 771 13.7 34 2.3 317 13.3 1 0.0 2 0.0 22 14.7 389 32.7
EDGECOMBE 221 29.5 52 23.7 138 31.4 0 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.0 26 35.1
FORSYTH 1,175 16.2 189 6.1 386 18.6 5 0.0 5 0.0 44 17.6 538 33.5
FRANKLIN 173 15.8 65 11.9 54 18.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.0 48 24.7
GASTON 676 19.4 309 15.3 194 26.7 1 0.0 3 0.0 44 32.4 125 24.9
GATES 19 0.0 11 0.0 6 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0
GRAHAM 43 37.9 36 40.6 0 0.0 5 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0
GRANVILLE 133 15.4 40 9.9 47 19.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.0 39 22.4
GREENE 63 24.0 14 0.0 29 33.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 18 0.0
GUILFORD 1,208 10.3 201 4.4 597 12.9 4 0.0 29 5.6 70 16.4 307 20.9
HALIFAX 228 32.1 41 18.2 161 41.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 10 0.0 14 0.0
HARNETT 427 18.9 155 14.0 116 22.6 7 0.0 2 0.0 26 21.3 121 25.8
HAYWOOD 119 16.3 97 15.5 1 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0 16 0.0
HENDERSON 253 16.6 126 12.5 14 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.0 15 0.0 93 24.8
HERTFORD 69 17.2 11 0.0 56 21.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0
HOKE 177 22.8 33 15.4 56 19.9 24 30.6 0 0.0 16 0.0 48 33.6
HYDE 13 0.0 8 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0
IREDELL 386 12.7 166 8.1 108 27.4 1 0.0 5 0.0 34 30.7 71 18.3
JACKSON 104 9.8 53 6.2 0 0.0 13 0.0 2 0.0 9 0.0 27 36.6
JOHNSTON 541 14.4 178 8.7 131 20.9 7 0.0 1 0.0 26 19.3 197 21.9
JONES 27 22.5 16 0.0 8 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0
LEE 206 20.9 51 12.0 41 22.9 1 0.0 0 0.0 12 0.0 97 30.0
LENOIR 245 30.2 56 16.9 130 36.7 1 0.0 2 0.0 9 0.0 47 46.7
LINCOLN 219 17.6 150 15.5 22 32.4 3 0.0 2 0.0 6 0.0 36 24.6
MCDOWELL 130 22.3 106 22.6 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0 18 0.0
MACON 99 20.2 64 18.5 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.0 29 25.6
MADISON 51 15.3 47 16.1 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0
MARTIN 81 26.7 29 20.8 45 33.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 6 0.0
MECKLENBURG 2,885 15.8 167 2.5 1,101 17.7 7 0.0 37 3.8 85 13.4 1,479 39.5
MITCHELL 38 21.4 33 21.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0
MONTGOMERY 74 18.2 42 20.3 14 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0 15 0.0
MOORE 195 14.4 97 10.8 43 25.2 3 0.0 0 0.0 9 0.0 43 23.0
NASH 328 22.3 80 13.5 169 27.6 4 0.0 2 0.0 16 0.0 57 28.5
NEW HANOVER 381 9.6 91 3.2 140 26.9 2 0.0 3 0.0 19 0.0 125 30.7
NORTHAMPTON 52 26.2 6 0.0 42 33.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0
ONSLOW 839 30.7 494 32.2 115 24.6 4 0.0 8 0.0 51 23.9 166 36.6
ORANGE 154 4.1 32 1.3 33 7.8 1 0.0 1 0.0 8 0.0 79 17.9
PAMLICO 22 16.5 17 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 3 0.0
PASQUOTANK 110 16.7 49 17.8 45 15.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0 10 0.0
PENDER 125 13.6 54 8.6 23 19.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 0.0 39 32.5
PERQUIMANS 41 23.7 22 19.2 15 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0
PERSON 118 22.3 43 13.5 51 36.4 0 0.0 1 0.0 8 0.0 15 0.0
PITT 529 14.6 78 4.1 342 27.6 1 0.0 4 0.0 33 30.6 71 22.5
POLK 37 16.0 24 13.6 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 10 0.0
RANDOLPH 426 19.1 231 15.7 37 24.6 7 0.0 2 0.0 15 0.0 134 26.6
RICHMOND 239 35.6 78 24.8 98 43.2 6 0.0 0 0.0 21 79.5 35 44.1
ROBESON 787 35.2 96 22.1 166 30.3 312 38.9 2 0.0 47 52.4 162 46.6
ROCKINGHAM 270 21.4 151 18.7 69 30.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 16 0.0 32 20.5
ROWAN 439 19.1 205 14.8 100 25.3 1 0.0 1 0.0 15 0.0 117 28.0
RUTHERFORD 221 23.2 161 22.5 23 25.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 22 42.7 15 0.0
SAMPSON 298 30.8 76 19.7 54 26.2 2 0.0 4 0.0 15 0.0 147 46.1
SCOTLAND 187 36.3 35 16.9 95 47.7 28 46.3 0 0.0 19 0.0 9 0.0
STANLY 167 17.5 107 15.2 32 29.9 1 0.0 0 0.0 7 0.0 20 22.4
STOKES 84 14.2 74 14.3 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 7 0.0
SURRY 233 22.5 147 19.9 6 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 7 0.0 71 30.1
SWAIN 71 35.9 36 35.5 0 0.0 20 30.9 0 0.0 4 0.0 11 0.0
TRANSYLVANIA 55 13.4 38 11.7 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0 11 0.0
TYRRELL 10 0.0 3 0.0 5 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0
UNION 407 7.9 125 3.7 90 15.8 1 0.0 1 0.0 21 14.1 169 20.3
VANCE 242 34.8 53 27.3 122 33.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 11 0.0 54 50.0
WAKE 1,678 8.7 195 1.9 626 15.3 4 0.0 9 0.0 58 7.2 777 26.1
WARREN 56 23.2 13 0.0 25 20.1 4 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.0 7 0.0
WASHINGTON 51 32.6 9 0.0 34 41.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0 4 0.0
WATAUGA 41 2.2 26 1.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 14 0.0
WAYNE 507 27.3 116 14.9 217 36.0 2 0.0 2 0.0 13 0.0 156 40.5
WILKES 267 28.4 197 26.6 8 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 0.0 47 36.0
WILSON 295 23.4 61 13.6 144 28.9 1 0.0 0 0.0 9 0.0 80 33.1
YADKIN 107 21.5 65 18.6 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 37 30.8
YANCEY 52 24.4 40 21.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 12 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