| 2017-2021 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 Non-Hispanic, single race Births |
Multiracial Non-Hispanic Non-Hispanic, single race Fertility Rate |
Hispanic Births | Hispanic Fertility Rate |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Residence: | 7,475 | 7.6 | 2,115 | 4.0 | 2,489 | 11.0 | 154 | 13.2 | 48 | 1.5 | 380 | 10.5 | 2,271 | 15.5 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | ||||||||||||||
| PCR I WESTERN | 461 | 7.1 | 289 | 5.8 | 35 | 11.7 | 12 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 27 | 11.8 | 96 | 13.0 |
| PCR II NORTHWESTERN | 1,730 | 7.5 | 675 | 4.8 | 441 | 10.8 | 6 | 0.0 | 21 | 2.9 | 76 | 10.2 | 510 | 15.1 |
| PCR III SOUTHWESTERN | 1,630 | 7.8 | 346 | 3.3 | 569 | 10.5 | 3 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 69 | 9.8 | 622 | 18.9 |
| PCR IV NORTHEASTERN | 1,269 | 5.5 | 223 | 1.9 | 423 | 7.9 | 4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 58 | 6.6 | 551 | 14.4 |
| PCR V SOUTHEASTERN | 1,164 | 9.0 | 273 | 4.5 | 393 | 11.6 | 123 | 16.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 98 | 15.8 | 271 | 15.0 |
| PCR VI EASTERN | 1,221 | 9.7 | 309 | 5.1 | 628 | 15.1 | 6 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 52 | 11.3 | 221 | 14.1 |
| ALAMANCE | 139 | 8.6 | 43 | 5.2 | 34 | 10.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 52 | 14.7 |
| ALEXANDER | 24 | 6.9 | 20 | 6.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| ALLEGHANY | 14 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| ANSON | 33 | 15.3 | 4 | 0.0 | 28 | 26.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ASHE | 18 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| AVERY | 12 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| BEAUFORT | 46 | 10.6 | 14 | 0.0 | 24 | 20.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| BERTIE | 17 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BLADEN | 26 | 8.6 | 8 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| BRUNSWICK | 65 | 7.4 | 28 | 4.5 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 22 | 23.8 |
| BUNCOMBE | 108 | 5.3 | 47 | 3.1 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 34 | 13.2 |
| BURKE | 59 | 8.0 | 32 | 5.9 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 22 | 28.6 |
| CABARRUS | 138 | 5.6 | 42 | 3.1 | 32 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 55 | 13.6 |
| CALDWELL | 61 | 8.0 | 43 | 6.9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| CAMDEN | 4 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CARTERET | 21 | 3.8 | 18 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| CASWELL | 12 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| CATAWBA | 103 | 6.6 | 50 | 4.8 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 25 | 10.6 |
| CHATHAM | 25 | 3.6 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| CHEROKEE | 26 | 11.7 | 21 | 10.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| CHOWAN | 15 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| CLAY | 10 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CLEVELAND | 129 | 13.7 | 71 | 11.4 | 45 | 20.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| COLUMBUS | 76 | 14.4 | 33 | 11.2 | 29 | 19.6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| CRAVEN | 70 | 7.9 | 21 | 4.3 | 35 | 16.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| CUMBERLAND | 238 | 7.6 | 41 | 3.9 | 128 | 9.8 | 5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 32 | 14.5 | 30 | 6.8 |
| CURRITUCK | 9 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| DARE | 9 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| DAVIDSON | 122 | 7.4 | 72 | 5.9 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 29 | 15.0 |
| DAVIE | 16 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| DUPLIN | 81 | 15.1 | 22 | 10.3 | 23 | 19.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 35 | 18.5 |
| DURHAM | 205 | 8.1 | 8 | 0.0 | 90 | 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 99 | 16.4 |
| EDGECOMBE | 55 | 10.8 | 14 | 0.0 | 32 | 10.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| FORSYTH | 349 | 9.1 | 44 | 2.6 | 115 | 11.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 173 | 20.0 |
| FRANKLIN | 44 | 6.6 | 11 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| GASTON | 185 | 8.5 | 81 | 6.0 | 57 | 13.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 28 | 11.0 |
| GATES | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GRAHAM | 11 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GRANVILLE | 28 | 5.1 | 12 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| GREENE | 24 | 13.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| GUILFORD | 360 | 6.9 | 47 | 2.3 | 190 | 10.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 93 | 13.3 |
| HALIFAX | 77 | 16.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 53 | 20.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| HARNETT | 97 | 7.3 | 33 | 5.0 | 29 | 9.4 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| HAYWOOD | 22 | 4.5 | 18 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| HENDERSON | 69 | 7.1 | 34 | 4.9 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 22 | 11.8 |
| HERTFORD | 20 | 10.1 | 3 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HOKE | 50 | 9.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 20 | 10.9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 11 | 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 | 91 | 4.7 | 34 | 2.5 | 34 | 14.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| JACKSON | 27 | 9.3 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| JOHNSTON | 134 | 5.8 | 40 | 2.9 | 27 | 7.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 60 | 13.4 |
| JONES | 9 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| LEE | 59 | 9.6 | 12 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 28 | 15.8 |
| LENOIR | 78 | 15.1 | 19 | 0.0 | 43 | 19.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| LINCOLN | 68 | 8.5 | 49 | 7.7 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| MCDOWELL | 28 | 7.2 | 24 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| MACON | 28 | 9.3 | 19 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| MADISON | 14 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MARTIN | 24 | 11.7 | 6 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| MECKLENBURG | 924 | 8.7 | 44 | 1.1 | 364 | 9.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 27 | 7.5 | 475 | 24.0 |
| MITCHELL | 12 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 15 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| MOORE | 41 | 4.7 | 13 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| NASH | 84 | 9.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 44 | 11.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 20 | 17.5 |
| NEW HANOVER | 99 | 5.5 | 19 | 0.0 | 39 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 36 | 21.8 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 20 | 14.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ONSLOW | 95 | 6.3 | 53 | 6.1 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| ORANGE | 33 | 2.5 | 9 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| PAMLICO | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PASQUOTANK | 17 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| PENDER | 32 | 5.4 | 11 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| PERQUIMANS | 9 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| PERSON | 26 | 7.3 | 10 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| PITT | 151 | 9.7 | 15 | 0.0 | 105 | 16.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| POLK | 10 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| RANDOLPH | 108 | 7.4 | 60 | 5.9 | 7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 37 | 13.3 |
| RICHMOND | 69 | 15.7 | 24 | 11.0 | 29 | 19.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| ROBESON | 213 | 16.6 | 19 | 0.0 | 43 | 15.1 | 93 | 17.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 43 | 24.1 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 62 | 7.5 | 34 | 6.2 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| ROWAN | 134 | 9.6 | 55 | 6.1 | 36 | 15.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 36 | 16.7 |
| RUTHERFORD | 51 | 8.1 | 36 | 7.4 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| SAMPSON | 95 | 14.9 | 21 | 7.7 | 17 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 51 | 26.5 |
| SCOTLAND | 48 | 16.1 | 12 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| STANLY | 44 | 7.4 | 26 | 5.8 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| STOKES | 25 | 6.2 | 22 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| SURRY | 62 | 9.0 | 41 | 8.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| SWAIN | 23 | 18.1 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 9 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TYRRELL | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| UNION | 109 | 3.5 | 29 | 1.3 | 26 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 49 | 10.8 |
| VANCE | 74 | 16.3 | 17 | 0.0 | 37 | 15.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| WAKE | 474 | 4.1 | 46 | 0.8 | 171 | 7.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 232 | 14.4 |
| WARREN | 16 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WASHINGTON | 23 | 22.8 | 5 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| WATAUGA | 4 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WAYNE | 147 | 12.5 | 28 | 5.5 | 69 | 17.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 42 | 18.7 |
| WILKES | 73 | 11.6 | 52 | 10.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| WILSON | 103 | 12.6 | 21 | 6.9 | 56 | 16.8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 23 | 16.8 |
| YADKIN | 33 | 9.9 | 22 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| YANCEY | 13 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 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 |