North Carolina Resident Live Birth Rates per 1,000 Population, 2016-2020

  Non-Hispanic  
  Total Total White Black Other Hispanic
County of
Residence		 Births Rate Births Rate Births Rate Births Rate Births Rate Births Rate
North Carolina 595,301 11.5 501,576 10.7 322,117 9.7 143,595 12.5 35,864 15.4 93,725 18.9
Alamance 9,447 11.4 7,417 10.2 5,000 9.4 2,164 12.6 253 13.6 2,030 19.2
Alexander 1,767 9.5 1,637 9.2 1,525 9.3 72 6.2 40 15.8 130 14.6
Alleghany 463 8.4 383 7.7 377 7.8 5 4.7 1 2.0 80 14.8
Anson 1,317 10.8 1,260 10.8 550 10.0 687 11.6 23 9.5 57 11.4
Ashe 1,061 7.9 950 7.4 931 7.4 11 7.8 8 7.2 111 16.4
Avery 692 7.9 623 7.5 613 7.8 2 0.5 8 9.3 69 15.7
Beaufort 2,178 9.2 1,886 8.7 1,171 7.5 693 11.9 22 12.0 292 15.5
Bertie 879 9.2 858 9.2 271 8.1 581 9.9 6 5.1 21 10.4
Bladen 1,717 10.3 1,473 9.6 811 8.8 591 10.4 71 15.2 244 19.4
Brunswick 4,998 7.3 4,432 6.8 3,696 6.5 627 8.8 109 10.2 566 16.9
Buncombe 12,260 9.4 10,661 8.8 9,405 8.6 952 11.1 304 11.8 1,599 18.4
Burke 4,378 9.7 3,783 9.0 3,218 8.7 209 6.5 356 18.7 595 21.2
Cabarrus 12,657 12.0 10,474 11.1 6,968 10.0 2,506 12.7 1,000 19.0 2,183 19.5
Caldwell 3,997 9.7 3,669 9.5 3,365 9.3 246 11.4 58 14.8 328 14.0
Camden 478 9.0 462 8.9 411 9.4 43 6.5 8 6.1 16 9.9
Carteret 2,610 7.5 2,398 7.2 2,194 7.2 155 7.5 49 7.2 212 14.1
Caswell 1,009 8.9 925 8.5 634 9.1 276 7.4 15 12.9 84 17.5
Catawba 8,289 10.5 6,936 9.7 5,364 8.9 890 12.4 682 17.8 1,353 17.3
Chatham 3,207 8.8 2,490 7.8 2,037 7.7 356 7.9 97 10.8 717 16.3
Cherokee 1,224 8.6 1,167 8.5 1,104 8.4 22 8.4 41 12.2 57 11.6
Chowan 652 9.3 618 9.2 343 8.1 273 11.2 2 2.4 34 13.5
Clay 455 8.2 422 7.8 407 7.8 6 6.8 9 17.9 33 17.1
Cleveland 5,511 11.3 5,197 11.0 3,741 10.4 1,391 13.3 65 10.0 314 17.4
Colombus 2,871 10.3 2,618 10.0 1,574 9.4 919 10.8 125 11.5 253 16.5
Craven 6,793 13.3 6,069 12.8 4,252 12.4 1,440 12.9 377 19.9 724 18.9
Cumberland 26,936 16.1 22,963 15.6 10,977 14.9 10,487 16.1 1,499 18.2 3,973 19.8
Currituck 1,332 9.8 1,262 9.7 1,157 9.6 78 9.7 27 12.3 70 12.3
Dare 1,630 8.9 1,349 7.9 1,289 7.9 36 6.6 24 11.3 281 20.7
Davidson 8,758 10.5 7,723 10.0 6,451 9.6 1,052 12.7 220 12.4 1,035 16.9
Davie 1,977 9.3 1,738 8.8 1,575 8.7 136 9.5 27 11.3 239 16.3
Duplin 3,483 11.8 2,217 9.7 1,394 9.1 797 10.9 26 9.9 1,266 19.1
Durham 20,849 13.1 16,155 11.8 8,016 11.6 6,720 11.4 1,419 15.2 4,694 21.8
Edgecombe 2,956 11.4 2,717 11.0 826 8.7 1,876 12.4 15 7.7 239 19.0
Forsyth 21,897 11.6 17,296 10.5 10,120 9.3 6,353 12.6 823 14.4 4,601 18.7
Franklin 3,624 10.7 3,133 10.1 2,122 9.7 943 10.7 68 16.2 491 16.7
Gaston 12,784 11.5 11,249 10.9 8,164 10.1 2,787 14.3 298 12.3 1,535 19.0
Gates 499 8.7 484 8.6 344 9.3 135 7.2 5 7.7 15 11.2
Graham 414 9.7 398 9.7 351 9.5 3 7.0 44 13.1 16 10.1
Granville 2,900 9.7 2,520 9.2 1,581 9.0 902 9.4 37 10.1 380 15.4
Greene 1,052 10.0 787 8.9 428 8.6 350 9.2 9 8.5 265 16.5
Guilford 30,563 11.5 26,431 10.8 11,197 8.3 12,667 13.5 2,567 16.4 4,132 19.1
Halifax 2,752 10.9 2,645 10.8 941 9.6 1,589 11.7 115 9.8 107 14.2
Harnett 9,319 13.9 7,752 13.3 5,529 13.2 1,959 13.3 264 15.4 1,567 17.9
Haywood 2,819 9.1 2,661 9.0 2,577 8.9 44 9.9 40 10.5 158 12.3
Henderson 5,248 9.0 4,219 8.1 3,870 7.9 199 9.6 150 13.7 1,029 17.4
Hertford 1,086 9.1 1,026 9.0 311 7.8 703 9.7 12 5.4 60 13.6
Hoke 4,366 16.0 3,585 15.3 2,020 18.2 1,113 11.7 452 15.8 781 20.6
Hyde 182 7.2 148 6.4 110 7.0 38 5.3 0 0.0 34 14.1
Iredell 9,454 10.6 8,340 10.1 6,512 9.5 1,426 12.9 402 14.7 1,114 16.0
Jackson 1,817 8.4 1,624 8.0 1,267 7.1 29 5.4 328 15.7 193 14.5
Johnston 11,962 11.8 9,498 10.8 7,202 10.4 2,067 12.4 229 16.0 2,464 17.6
Jones 459 9.7 431 9.6 315 10.6 107 7.4 9 13.9 28 11.6
Lee 3,932 12.9 2,753 11.2 1,854 10.3 820 13.6 79 13.7 1,179 20.0
Lenoir 3,171 11.3 2,791 10.8 1,249 9.0 1,513 12.9 29 9.8 380 17.1
Lincoln 4,215 10.0 3,798 9.7 3,446 9.5 256 10.6 96 19.1 417 13.7
McDowell 2,132 9.4 1,919 9.0 1,830 9.1 52 5.6 37 12.1 213 15.2
Macon 1,633 9.3 1,320 8.1 1,276 8.1 13 4.5 31 11.5 313 24.6
Madison 952 8.8 925 8.8 910 8.9 5 2.8 10 9.8 27 10.1
Martin 1,182 10.4 1,101 10.1 556 9.4 536 11.2 9 8.5 81 17.2
Mecklenburg 73,326 13.4 58,110 12.3 27,914 10.7 23,189 13.1 7,007 18.6 15,216 20.7
Mitchell 698 9.3 634 9.0 624 9.0 5 7.9 5 7.3 64 15.1
Montgomery 1,392 10.2 1,044 9.1 755 8.7 248 9.8 41 14.8 348 16.6
Moore 5,763 11.6 5,147 11.1 4,174 10.8 761 12.3 212 16.8 616 18.0
Nash 5,302 11.2 4,679 10.7 2,101 8.9 2,454 12.6 124 15.5 623 18.6
New Hanover 10,916 9.4 9,525 8.7 7,318 8.1 1,922 12.1 285 11.6 1,391 21.1
Northampton 910 9.3 870 9.1 284 7.4 577 10.2 9 11.8 40 17.1
Onslow 19,494 19.7 16,471 19.1 13,332 19.8 2,482 15.7 657 19.5 3,023 23.7
Orange 5,748 7.9 4,814 7.2 3,392 6.5 776 8.9 646 10.2 934 15.1
Pamlico 423 6.7 392 6.4 302 6.3 78 6.4 12 13.1 31 12.1
Pasquotank 2,358 11.9 2,164 11.5 1,256 11.4 859 11.7 49 12.9 194 16.9
Pender 3,153 10.2 2,723 9.5 2,225 9.4 454 9.6 44 12.1 430 19.0
Perquimans 577 8.5 567 8.6 419 8.5 138 8.9 10 16.6 10 5.4
Person 2,105 10.6 1,949 10.3 1,292 9.8 630 11.6 27 12.1 156 17.8
Pitt 10,240 11.4 9,266 11.0 4,436 9.0 4,532 14.0 298 13.2 974 16.9
Polk 727 7.0 654 6.7 609 6.7 32 6.8 13 11.9 73 11.9
Randolph 7,801 10.9 6,242 9.9 5,475 9.6 544 11.5 223 15.3 1,559 18.6
Richmond 2,808 12.5 2,549 12.2 1,360 10.6 1,047 14.5 142 17.4 259 17.4
Robeson 8,717 13.2 7,388 12.3 1,581 9.4 1,851 11.7 3,956 14.5 1,329 22.7
Rockingham 4,526 9.9 4,115 9.6 3,155 9.4 903 10.3 57 11.0 411 14.6
Rowan 7,967 11.3 6,694 10.4 5,028 9.8 1,484 12.7 182 16.4 1,273 20.0
Rutherford 3,310 9.9 3,075 9.7 2,632 9.4 407 11.8 36 11.3 235 15.4
Sampson 3,997 12.6 2,676 10.6 1,667 10.3 889 10.8 120 14.8 1,321 20.9
Scotland 2,160 12.4 2,093 12.4 665 8.7 1,001 14.5 427 18.3 67 11.9
Stanly 3,403 11.0 3,156 10.6 2,597 10.3 442 12.2 117 15.7 247 18.3
Stokes 1,933 8.5 1,845 8.3 1,772 8.5 60 6.1 13 7.7 88 11.9
Surry 3,740 10.4 2,989 9.3 2,797 9.2 164 11.4 28 8.4 751 19.2
Swain 787 11.1 734 11.0 434 9.7 6 5.3 294 14.1 53 12.3
Transylvania 1,281 7.5 1,189 7.2 1,114 7.2 58 8.3 17 9.0 92 16.3
Tyrrell 186 9.4 152 8.4 109 10.7 42 5.7 1 2.2 34 18.4
Union 11,863 10.1 9,659 9.2 7,644 8.9 1,556 10.8 459 10.1 2,204 16.6
Vance 2,781 12.5 2,434 11.9 787 8.9 1,596 13.9 51 21.2 347 19.5
Wake 63,523 11.6 53,220 10.9 32,645 9.8 13,858 12.3 6,717 15.1 10,303 18.6
Warren 835 8.5 784 8.3 270 7.0 456 9.0 58 10.3 51 13.4
Washington 638 10.8 592 10.6 190 7.2 401 13.9 1 2.6 46 14.3
Watauga 1,733 6.2 1,600 6.0 1,531 5.9 27 4.8 42 9.4 133 12.7
Wayne 8,047 13.0 6,434 11.8 3,712 11.1 2,525 12.7 197 17.4 1,613 21.6
Wilkes 3,387 9.9 2,980 9.3 2,799 9.3 149 9.2 32 11.7 407 18.0
Wilson 4,753 11.7 3,930 10.8 1,784 9.2 2,037 12.4 109 16.7 823 19.2
Yadkin 1,884 10.0 1,502 9.0 1,443 9.0 45 7.0 14 12.8 382 18.2
Yancey 864 9.7 769 9.1 764 9.2 2 1.9 3 5.1 95 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