North Carolina Resident Live Birth Rates per 1,000 Population, 2019-2023

  Non-Hispanic Single Race  
  Total Total White Black Other* Hispanic
County of
Residence		 Births Rate Births Rate Births Rate Births Rate Births Rate Births Rate
North Carolina 597,603 11.3 492,092 10.4 309,469 9.5 132,769 11.8 49,854 14.3 105,511 18.4
Alamance 9,472 10.9 7,295 9.8 4,658 8.9 2,131 11.7 506 13.8 2,177 17.2
Alexander 1,758 9.6 1,628 9.4 1,498 9.5 59 5.7 71 12.6 130 13.4
Alleghany 494 8.9 419 8.5 400 8.5 7 5.7 12 10.4 75 12.1
Anson 1,323 11.8 1,260 11.7 521 10.4 688 12.9 51 11.8 63 14.3
Ashe 1,042 7.7 925 7.3 902 7.3 12 10.8 11 4.2 117 15.1
Avery 691 7.8 616 7.4 597 7.7 6 1.6 13 6.8 75 15.1
Beaufort 2,178 9.7 1,887 9.1 1,220 8.2 602 11.4 65 12.6 291 16.4
Bertie 807 9.2 790 9.2 279 9.1 503 9.4 8 3.5 17 8.5
Bladen 1,771 11.7 1,477 10.7 793 9.7 558 11.4 126 18.9 294 22.2
Brunswick 5,465 7.4 4,771 6.8 3,895 6.4 600 8.8 276 12.0 694 17.3
Buncombe 12,025 8.9 10,244 8.2 8,834 7.9 809 10.3 601 11.4 1,781 16.3
Burke 4,271 9.7 3,524 8.7 2,970 8.4 166 6.0 388 15.1 747 21.2
Cabarrus 13,174 11.4 10,621 10.5 6,415 9.3 2,707 11.9 1,499 15.9 2,553 18.1
Caldwell 3,901 9.6 3,503 9.3 3,107 8.9 205 10.2 191 17.3 398 15.4
Camden 468 8.6 446 8.5 401 9.1 33 6.0 12 4.2 22 10.5
Carteret 2,463 7.1 2,246 6.8 2,046 6.9 92 5.2 108 8.3 217 13.4
Caswell 971 8.6 882 8.2 606 8.8 241 6.8 35 10.6 89 16.1
Catawba 8,279 10.2 6,848 9.5 5,206 8.7 727 10.7 915 16.3 1,431 16.1
Chatham 3,333 8.5 2,547 7.5 2,036 7.3 317 7.3 194 11.2 786 15.2
Cherokee 1,219 8.3 1,161 8.2 1,084 8.2 14 6.4 63 9.8 58 11.3
Chowan 680 9.8 627 9.4 374 8.9 244 10.7 9 4.8 53 19.6
Clay 421 7.4 386 7.0 369 7.0 3 4.0 14 9.0 35 15.5
Cleveland 5,639 11.3 5,267 11.0 3,788 10.5 1,259 12.2 220 13.8 372 16.9
Colombus 2,916 11.4 2,661 11.0 1,603 10.6 842 11.1 216 15.3 255 17.8
Craven 6,391 12.6 5,580 11.9 3,834 11.5 1,154 11.1 592 18.6 811 21.3
Cumberland 26,191 15.6 21,928 14.9 9,737 14.0 9,333 14.7 2,858 19.7 4,263 20.4
Currituck 1,531 10.3 1,422 10.1 1,299 10.2 80 9.9 43 7.6 109 15.0
Dare 1,518 8.1 1,231 7.1 1,162 7.1 25 5.3 44 7.8 287 21.1
Davidson 8,820 10.3 7,638 9.8 6,181 9.3 994 11.6 463 14.0 1,182 16.4
Davie 1,999 9.2 1,750 8.7 1,523 8.4 145 10.6 82 12.7 249 14.3
Duplin 3,566 14.0 2,171 11.1 1,355 10.5 735 12.0 81 14.8 1,395 23.9
Durham 20,565 12.5 15,503 11.1 7,827 11.1 5,759 10.3 1,917 14.2 5,062 20.5
Edgecombe 2,906 11.8 2,641 11.4 849 9.7 1,703 12.2 89 17.9 265 18.8
Forsyth 22,076 11.4 16,866 10.2 9,677 9.1 5,951 12.0 1,238 13.1 5,210 18.6
Franklin 4,136 11.4 3,471 10.7 2,369 10.6 935 10.5 167 14.5 665 17.6
Gaston 13,466 11.7 11,481 10.9 7,815 9.9 2,948 14.1 718 14.7 1,985 18.8
Gates 467 8.8 450 8.7 319 9.4 123 7.6 8 4.2 17 14.7
Graham 445 11.0 434 11.0 371 10.7 3 5.3 60 14.6 11 8.7
Granville 3,008 9.8 2,532 9.2 1,582 9.2 841 9.0 109 12.2 476 14.9
Greene 1,035 10.1 761 8.8 416 8.8 331 8.9 14 6.0 274 17.4
Guilford 29,406 10.8 24,844 10.1 9,934 7.7 11,655 12.4 3,255 14.7 4,562 17.5
Halifax 2,582 10.7 2,442 10.4 834 9.1 1,457 11.4 151 10.7 140 17.7
Harnett 9,341 13.6 7,577 12.9 5,262 12.9 1,703 11.9 612 16.9 1,764 17.7
Haywood 2,621 8.4 2,448 8.2 2,354 8.2 27 6.5 67 8.2 173 11.7
Henderson 5,083 8.6 4,007 7.8 3,635 7.6 145 8.0 227 10.9 1,076 14.7
Hertford 961 9.2 909 9.3 275 8.1 618 10.2 16 4.6 52 8.5
Hoke 4,376 16.3 3,516 15.4 1,826 18.1 1,067 11.7 623 17.4 860 21.1
Hyde 180 7.7 150 7.0 113 7.9 34 5.2 3 5.2 30 15.3
Iredell 9,828 10.3 8,549 9.8 6,493 9.1 1,422 12.5 634 13.4 1,279 15.2
Jackson 1,707 7.9 1,480 7.4 1,159 6.7 25 5.4 296 12.7 227 14.0
Johnston 13,498 11.9 10,395 10.9 7,544 10.5 2,301 12.0 550 14.6 3,103 17.1
Jones 471 10.2 434 9.8 305 10.4 105 8.0 24 15.1 37 16.2
Lee 3,921 12.2 2,644 10.4 1,777 9.7 677 11.5 190 14.8 1,277 19.0
Lenoir 3,227 11.7 2,808 11.1 1,259 9.5 1,451 12.9 98 14.2 419 18.1
Lincoln 4,534 10.0 4,025 9.7 3,573 9.4 279 10.9 173 14.2 509 14.4
McDowell 1,999 8.9 1,757 8.4 1,676 8.6 36 4.1 45 7.0 242 16.0
Macon 1,613 8.6 1,259 7.4 1,172 7.2 11 4.2 76 15.2 354 20.2
Madison 937 8.6 908 8.6 886 8.8 4 2.5 18 6.9 29 7.9
Martin 1,098 10.1 1,003 9.6 536 9.4 454 10.1 13 5.2 95 20.2
Mecklenburg 74,255 13.1 56,744 11.8 27,270 10.8 21,793 12.4 7,681 15.3 17,511 20.3
Mitchell 631 8.4 563 8.0 546 8.0 1 1.8 16 9.6 68 16.4
Montgomery 1,322 10.1 976 8.8 671 8.1 247 10.8 58 12.7 346 17.1
Moore 5,939 11.5 5,270 11.0 4,305 10.8 603 10.6 362 15.6 669 17.2
Nash 5,318 11.1 4,652 10.6 2,052 9.0 2,326 11.9 274 17.4 666 17.7
New Hanover 10,811 9.3 9,152 8.5 7,017 7.9 1,564 10.9 571 12.5 1,659 19.4
Northampton 811 9.3 779 9.1 291 8.4 473 9.7 15 7.1 32 15.1
Onslow 19,005 18.4 15,691 17.6 12,301 18.2 1,964 13.4 1,426 20.3 3,314 23.4
Orange 5,806 7.8 4,732 7.1 3,273 6.5 779 9.4 680 8.6 1,074 14.2
Pamlico 440 7.1 401 6.8 315 6.8 70 6.3 16 7.8 39 13.6
Pasquotank 2,288 11.2 2,081 10.9 1,232 11.1 762 10.6 87 10.0 207 17.2
Pender 3,273 10.2 2,791 9.5 2,330 9.6 322 7.7 139 14.1 482 17.9
Perquimans 551 8.3 531 8.3 390 8.1 127 8.9 14 8.0 20 10.0
Person 2,127 10.8 1,931 10.4 1,223 9.5 611 11.9 97 16.1 196 17.4
Pitt 10,217 11.7 9,202 11.4 4,284 9.3 4,368 14.2 550 14.2 1,015 15.5
Polk 683 6.8 609 6.5 574 6.6 17 4.2 18 6.6 74 13.3
Randolph 7,794 10.7 6,094 9.7 5,201 9.4 535 11.4 358 13.3 1,700 17.5
Richmond 2,767 12.8 2,492 12.5 1,295 10.9 970 14.4 227 18.0 275 17.1
Robeson 9,085 15.2 7,513 14.0 1,508 10.6 1,901 13.9 4,104 16.0 1,572 25.6
Rockingham 4,563 10.0 4,055 9.5 3,069 9.4 828 9.7 158 10.8 508 16.2
Rowan 7,956 10.8 6,517 9.9 4,857 9.5 1,340 11.2 320 13.7 1,439 17.5
Rutherford 3,198 9.8 2,949 9.5 2,512 9.4 307 9.9 130 13.5 249 14.1
Sampson 3,972 13.2 2,555 10.8 1,636 10.9 758 10.2 161 12.9 1,417 22.1
Scotland 1,955 11.4 1,877 11.3 542 7.6 861 12.8 474 17.4 78 12.3
Stanly 3,468 10.9 3,159 10.5 2,533 10.0 425 11.8 201 16.8 309 18.7
Stokes 1,957 8.7 1,845 8.5 1,748 8.6 53 5.8 44 9.2 112 13.7
Surry 3,790 10.6 2,938 9.3 2,742 9.3 109 8.3 87 11.6 852 19.8
Swain 788 11.2 724 10.9 413 9.7 2 1.7 309 13.5 64 17.1
Transylvania 1,219 7.3 1,100 6.9 1,015 6.8 30 5.6 55 10.5 119 15.2
Tyrrell 184 10.5 149 9.4 100 10.6 49 8.7 0 0.0 35 20.6
Union 12,234 10.0 9,831 9.2 7,474 8.8 1,543 10.6 814 10.3 2,403 15.3
Vance 2,694 12.6 2,283 11.7 739 9.1 1,442 13.4 102 18.9 411 21.3
Wake 64,549 11.2 53,086 10.4 31,607 9.4 13,140 11.6 8,339 13.2 11,463 17.7
Warren 835 8.8 767 8.5 287 7.8 407 8.7 73 10.1 68 16.3
Washington 573 10.4 537 10.2 191 7.7 337 12.7 9 6.8 36 15.1
Watauga 1,540 5.6 1,388 5.3 1,318 5.4 10 2.1 60 7.2 152 9.8
Wayne 8,039 13.5 6,150 11.9 3,501 11.4 2,330 12.6 319 13.5 1,889 24.1
Wilkes 3,372 10.2 2,948 9.6 2,720 9.5 128 8.9 100 13.7 424 17.6
Wilson 4,562 11.5 3,728 10.7 1,692 9.3 1,838 11.8 198 15.9 834 17.8
Yadkin 1,889 10.1 1,485 9.0 1,409 9.1 42 7.1 34 9.8 404 17.9
Yancey 879 9.4 772 8.8 755 8.8 1 1.2 16 9.8 107 20.4

Prepared by NC-DHHS State Center for Health Statistics
Rates based on small numbers (fewer than 20 cases) are unstable and should be interpreted with caution
*Other category includes Am. Indian, Asian, Native Hawaiian/PI, Multiple Race, Other & Unknown