2017-2021 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
Non-Hispanic, single
race Births		 Multiracial Non-Hispanic
Non-Hispanic, single
race Fertility Rate		 Hispanic Births Hispanic Fertility
Rate
County of Residence: 30,630 18.1 10,782 11.7 9,524 23.6 677 34.5 259 4.8 1,452 24.6 7,883 33.3
NORTH CAROLINA
PCR I WESTERN 2,046 18.8 1,381 16.2 130 24.3 60 34.2 16 0.0 110 29.8 348 29.5
PCR II NORTHWESTERN 6,993 17.4 3,236 13.5 1,654 20.1 35 24.7 97 8.2 299 23.5 1,663 30.5
PCR III SOUTHWESTERN 5,770 17.1 1,510 8.9 1,968 21.9 16 0.0 69 5.2 252 22.9 1,941 36.9
PCR IV NORTHEASTERN 5,087 12.5 1,084 5.1 1,809 18.5 26 16.2 24 1.2 209 14.8 1,916 30.9
PCR V SOUTHEASTERN 5,330 24.1 1,686 15.6 1,686 29.0 514 40.3 21 6.1 352 35.8 1,068 36.1
PCR VI EASTERN 5,404 25.2 1,885 17.8 2,277 32.4 26 23.3 32 10.7 230 30.6 947 36.3
ALAMANCE 518 15.3 175 8.4 133 23.9 2 0.0 1 0.0 26 23.6 179 30.6
ALEXANDER 100 19.3 77 18.0 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.0 14 0.0
ALLEGHANY 44 34.8 32 32.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 8 0.0
ANSON 107 32.1 26 20.2 67 40.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.0 8 0.0
ASHE 86 26.0 72 24.7 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 12 0.0
AVERY 48 18.3 42 19.8 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0
BEAUFORT 157 23.7 43 11.8 77 41.4 2 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0 31 34.8
BERTIE 73 33.6 11 0.0 59 39.3 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0
BLADEN 139 30.0 58 27.4 43 27.5 4 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.0 28 43.4
BRUNSWICK 312 23.1 188 20.1 43 22.7 2 0.0 1 0.0 24 42.5 54 36.2
BUNCOMBE 510 14.7 274 10.5 68 27.4 1 0.0 6 0.0 32 24.6 128 31.0
BURKE 282 25.3 192 23.3 14 0.0 1 0.0 6 0.0 10 0.0 59 49.2
CABARRUS 513 13.8 167 8.3 121 15.1 0 0.0 3 0.0 32 25.0 190 29.8
CALDWELL 283 24.5 203 21.7 19 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 22 53.0 37 35.5
CAMDEN 15 0.0 15 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
CARTERET 118 14.1 80 11.9 9 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 10 0.0 18 0.0
CASWELL 63 22.1 42 25.9 11 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 8 0.0
CATAWBA 446 17.8 245 14.7 62 29.2 1 0.0 18 0.0 34 34.3 85 22.3
CHATHAM 110 10.6 38 6.1 11 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.0 55 24.4
CHEROKEE 82 24.7 71 24.1 2 0.0 3 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 4 0.0
CHOWAN 52 26.6 15 0.0 27 33.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 8 0.0
CLAY 32 25.0 31 28.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0
CLEVELAND 475 30.2 280 26.7 139 38.8 2 0.0 2 0.0 27 52.7 25 26.5
COLUMBUS 297 36.6 139 31.7 102 43.1 7 0.0 0 0.0 16 0.0 33 43.7
CRAVEN 367 26.1 180 23.4 109 31.5 1 0.0 11 0.0 25 36.3 39 25.6
CUMBERLAND 1,353 25.4 381 21.7 566 25.1 35 40.7 11 0.0 126 36.6 234 31.4
CURRITUCK 36 8.9 26 7.8 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0 4 0.0
DARE 62 13.0 33 8.9 3 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 24 33.9
DAVIDSON 535 21.3 325 17.7 78 32.1 3 0.0 6 0.0 30 42.4 92 30.3
DAVIE 88 13.6 61 12.3 7 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0 16 0.0
DUPLIN 331 39.6 96 29.9 88 48.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.0 141 46.2
DURHAM 819 15.5 45 3.2 359 15.0 1 0.0 5 0.0 22 15.9 385 38.2
EDGECOMBE 261 33.5 61 26.5 161 34.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 0.0 31 43.2
FORSYTH 1,200 17.2 218 7.0 431 21.3 5 0.0 2 0.0 32 14.4 508 37.3
FRANKLIN 190 18.1 65 11.8 61 21.5 2 0.0 0 0.0 7 0.0 55 34.0
GASTON 746 22.1 371 17.7 204 30.1 1 0.0 4 0.0 56 43.5 110 27.4
GATES 29 18.2 17 0.0 10 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0
GRAHAM 46 38.3 37 39.5 0 0.0 4 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.0
GRANVILLE 150 17.8 51 11.9 61 24.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 0.0 31 23.6
GREENE 72 26.0 15 0.0 32 32.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 24 32.9
GUILFORD 1,370 12.8 252 5.8 691 16.2 8 0.0 54 10.9 67 18.1 298 25.2
HALIFAX 271 36.7 61 24.3 186 46.1 4 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.0 14 0.0
HARNETT 443 19.7 176 15.3 122 23.2 6 0.0 2 0.0 24 21.4 113 26.6
HAYWOOD 127 17.3 111 17.1 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 12 0.0
HENDERSON 278 18.9 158 15.1 17 0.0 1 0.0 5 0.0 17 0.0 80 28.0
HERTFORD 69 16.5 12 0.0 56 20.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
HOKE 198 25.3 38 17.7 57 19.6 28 31.5 0 0.0 24 45.5 51 39.4
HYDE 13 0.0 8 0.0 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0
IREDELL 419 14.3 198 9.7 116 31.2 0 0.0 5 0.0 33 33.6 65 19.9
JACKSON 129 12.2 73 8.5 1 0.0 26 46.6 2 0.0 10 0.0 17 0.0
JOHNSTON 588 17.0 209 10.3 139 24.5 5 0.0 0 0.0 30 25.6 204 29.4
JONES 27 21.6 18 0.0 6 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0
LEE 232 24.5 64 15.1 51 27.5 1 0.0 0 0.0 18 0.0 96 33.3
LENOIR 277 34.6 77 23.6 138 38.9 1 0.0 3 0.0 7 0.0 50 52.8
LINCOLN 238 19.6 170 18.0 23 35.3 2 0.0 1 0.0 9 0.0 33 23.2
MCDOWELL 136 22.7 110 22.6 2 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.0 18 0.0
MACON 109 23.9 77 22.1 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.0 24 30.2
MADISON 68 20.2 63 20.9 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0
MARTIN 95 29.8 27 18.0 61 43.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 6 0.0
MECKLENBURG 3,055 17.3 202 3.0 1,288 20.5 8 0.0 54 5.9 101 17.3 1,390 43.6
MITCHELL 45 25.2 38 24.1 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.0
MONTGOMERY 94 22.0 49 23.1 17 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 3 0.0 24 19.5
MOORE 219 16.7 99 11.3 52 28.5 1 0.0 0 0.0 14 0.0 53 33.2
NASH 330 21.9 83 13.3 186 29.5 4 0.0 1 0.0 14 0.0 42 23.2
NEW HANOVER 419 10.4 115 3.9 163 30.8 2 0.0 3 0.0 24 19.0 112 36.3
NORTHAMPTON 64 29.6 6 0.0 56 41.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0
ONSLOW 978 38.0 598 41.3 116 24.8 6 0.0 8 0.0 69 35.3 180 44.5
ORANGE 139 3.7 40 1.5 27 6.3 0 0.0 4 0.0 9 0.0 58 16.2
PAMLICO 25 18.9 16 0.0 4 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0
PASQUOTANK 128 19.6 60 21.1 54 19.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0 9 0.0
PENDER 150 16.9 75 12.3 32 24.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.0 37 38.0
PERQUIMANS 42 25.8 19 0.0 18 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 2 0.0
PERSON 146 26.9 60 18.1 58 38.3 0 0.0 1 0.0 8 0.0 19 0.0
PITT 546 14.2 81 3.9 354 27.6 1 0.0 4 0.0 39 38.1 67 23.4
POLK 41 17.2 27 14.7 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 10 0.0
RANDOLPH 481 21.6 269 17.5 42 30.2 9 0.0 0 0.0 12 0.0 149 33.5
RICHMOND 272 40.5 102 31.4 112 48.6 10 0.0 0 0.0 19 0.0 29 44.5
ROBESON 868 37.1 115 24.5 183 31.4 385 43.1 2 0.0 39 43.2 143 50.0
ROCKINGHAM 277 21.9 174 21.0 58 25.8 1 0.0 0 0.0 14 0.0 29 20.0
ROWAN 487 22.0 238 17.0 109 28.2 3 0.0 2 0.0 16 0.0 119 35.2
RUTHERFORD 242 25.3 173 23.5 28 30.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 47.2 17 0.0
SAMPSON 358 35.8 104 25.1 88 39.3 4 0.0 1 0.0 12 0.0 148 48.0
SCOTLAND 208 41.2 47 24.2 106 54.1 30 44.4 0 0.0 16 0.0 9 0.0
STANLY 199 21.4 137 19.4 34 34.1 1 0.0 3 0.0 3 0.0 21 28.0
STOKES 105 17.3 93 17.4 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 9 0.0
SURRY 259 24.4 175 22.5 5 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 5 0.0 72 32.8
SWAIN 76 37.8 41 41.8 0 0.0 23 33.2 0 0.0 4 0.0 8 0.0
TRANSYLVANIA 61 15.1 46 13.8 4 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 3 0.0 7 0.0
TYRRELL 12 0.0 5 0.0 4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0
UNION 437 8.8 157 4.6 92 16.3 1 0.0 2 0.0 19 0.0 164 23.1
VANCE 268 36.9 55 26.6 150 37.2 2 0.0 0 0.0 10 0.0 51 53.5
WAKE 1,808 9.5 225 2.2 721 17.1 5 0.0 13 0.0 62 8.5 772 30.0
WARREN 56 22.9 15 0.0 27 20.2 7 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0 3 0.0
WASHINGTON 63 40.5 18 0.0 37 44.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 6 0.0
WATAUGA 46 2.9 40 2.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 4 0.0
WAYNE 561 29.5 143 17.5 237 37.7 1 0.0 2 0.0 18 0.0 159 43.9
WILKES 304 31.7 242 31.4 12 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 7 0.0 42 34.2
WILSON 330 24.5 61 11.9 183 33.5 2 0.0 1 0.0 7 0.0 76 35.5
YADKIN 133 25.7 88 23.5 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 41 36.3
YANCEY 64 29.3 51 26.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 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