North Carolina Resident Live Birth Rates per 1,000 Population, 2017-2021

  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 595,037 11.4 499,054 10.6 313,310 9.6 136,752 12.3 48,992 14.9 95,983 18.8
Alamance 9,521 11.3 7,479 10.2 4,858 9.2 2,151 12.6 470 14.2 2,042 18.5
Alexander 1,795 9.7 1,666 9.5 1,527 9.5 66 6.2 73 13.6 129 14.2
Alleghany 478 8.7 395 7.9 378 7.9 7 8.3 10 8.7 83 15.2
Anson 1,314 11.2 1,261 11.2 522 10.0 689 12.2 50 12.2 53 10.5
Ashe 1,063 7.9 948 7.4 923 7.4 12 11.6 13 5.2 115 16.6
Avery 681 7.7 621 7.4 606 7.8 5 1.3 10 5.8 60 13.3
Beaufort 2,203 9.6 1,921 9.1 1,186 7.8 675 12.2 60 12.6 282 15.1
Bertie 847 9.1 828 9.1 272 8.5 549 9.7 7 3.2 19 9.1
Bladen 1,736 11.0 1,486 10.2 797 9.2 575 10.9 114 16.9 250 20.2
Brunswick 5,134 7.4 4,535 6.9 3,706 6.5 586 8.7 243 11.5 599 17.5
Buncombe 12,112 9.2 10,494 8.5 9,104 8.3 826 10.4 564 11.2 1,618 17.9
Burke 4,362 9.8 3,733 8.9 3,139 8.7 170 5.8 424 16.7 629 21.8
Cabarrus 12,864 11.8 10,603 10.9 6,690 9.7 2,546 12.5 1,367 17.6 2,261 18.7
Caldwell 3,895 9.6 3,548 9.3 3,168 9.0 206 10.5 174 16.7 347 14.3
Camden 470 8.8 455 8.8 413 9.6 36 6.1 6 2.2 15 8.8
Carteret 2,558 7.4 2,355 7.2 2,120 7.1 117 6.4 118 9.2 203 13.3
Caswell 990 8.7 900 8.3 605 8.8 264 7.3 31 10.1 90 17.7
Catawba 8,299 10.4 6,966 9.7 5,282 8.8 778 11.5 906 17.3 1,333 16.5
Chatham 3,219 8.6 2,488 7.6 1,996 7.4 319 7.3 173 11.4 731 16.1
Cherokee 1,211 8.5 1,149 8.3 1,059 8.2 15 7.3 75 12.1 62 12.6
Chowan 686 9.9 641 9.6 361 8.7 273 11.6 7 4.0 45 17.4
Clay 430 7.7 400 7.4 385 7.4 2 3.1 13 9.4 30 14.8
Cleveland 5,612 11.4 5,280 11.1 3,755 10.5 1,315 12.9 210 14.5 332 17.4
Colombus 2,886 10.8 2,641 10.4 1,582 10.0 851 10.6 208 14.3 245 16.3
Craven 6,589 13.0 5,874 12.5 4,024 12.1 1,278 12.1 572 18.6 715 18.5
Cumberland 26,729 16.0 22,641 15.4 10,220 14.5 9,549 15.3 2,872 20.4 4,088 20.2
Currituck 1,410 10.1 1,329 10.0 1,218 10.1 72 9.5 39 8.2 81 13.2
Dare 1,606 8.7 1,332 7.8 1,260 7.8 28 6.2 44 8.3 274 19.5
Davidson 8,779 10.5 7,699 9.9 6,262 9.4 1,000 12.3 437 14.5 1,080 17.1
Davie 1,969 9.2 1,727 8.7 1,530 8.5 132 9.9 65 10.9 242 15.6
Duplin 3,502 12.8 2,222 10.5 1,381 9.9 768 11.6 73 13.5 1,280 20.4
Durham 20,748 12.9 16,055 11.6 7,929 11.5 6,265 11.0 1,861 14.9 4,693 21.4
Edgecombe 2,999 11.8 2,749 11.4 850 9.3 1,814 12.5 85 18.3 250 19.6
Forsyth 21,839 11.5 17,132 10.4 9,813 9.2 6,197 12.6 1,122 12.5 4,707 18.5
Franklin 3,750 10.9 3,216 10.3 2,164 10.0 890 10.3 162 16.0 534 17.3
Gaston 12,944 11.5 11,355 10.9 7,899 9.9 2,808 14.3 648 14.4 1,589 18.5
Gates 484 8.7 469 8.7 335 9.5 129 7.5 5 2.8 15 11.5
Graham 421 10.1 406 10.2 347 9.8 2 9.8 57 13.7 15 9.5
Granville 2,985 9.9 2,572 9.3 1,573 9.0 895 9.5 104 12.9 413 15.8
Greene 1,038 10.0 769 8.8 421 8.7 332 9.0 16 7.5 269 16.5
Guilford 30,099 11.2 25,901 10.5 10,551 8.0 12,063 13.0 3,287 15.6 4,198 18.6
Halifax 2,734 11.0 2,614 10.9 918 9.7 1,542 11.7 154 10.7 120 15.3
Harnett 9,330 13.9 7,701 13.2 5,291 13.0 1,806 12.8 604 17.5 1,629 18.1
Haywood 2,724 8.8 2,557 8.6 2,465 8.6 28 7.2 64 8.8 167 12.6
Henderson 5,157 8.9 4,132 7.9 3,751 7.8 154 8.4 227 11.4 1,025 16.9
Hertford 1,036 9.1 979 8.9 296 7.9 670 9.8 13 3.7 57 12.6
Hoke 4,396 16.3 3,592 15.5 1,919 18.4 1,046 11.5 627 17.2 804 21.2
Hyde 180 7.4 149 6.8 111 7.5 37 5.6 1 1.7 31 13.2
Iredell 9,463 10.3 8,337 9.9 6,383 9.2 1,358 12.6 596 13.7 1,126 15.3
Jackson 1,743 8.0 1,560 7.7 1,198 6.9 23 5.0 339 14.0 183 13.4
Johnston 12,396 11.8 9,772 10.8 7,235 10.3 2,069 12.1 468 14.4 2,624 17.6
Jones 455 9.7 424 9.5 298 10.2 107 7.8 19 12.7 31 12.6
Lee 3,891 12.5 2,698 10.8 1,777 9.9 735 12.5 186 16.3 1,193 19.5
Lenoir 3,183 11.4 2,793 10.9 1,239 9.1 1,477 13.0 77 11.7 390 17.5
Lincoln 4,302 10.0 3,864 9.7 3,457 9.5 254 10.9 153 14.3 438 13.7
McDowell 2,094 9.3 1,867 8.8 1,772 9.0 40 4.7 55 9.0 227 15.9
Macon 1,611 8.9 1,286 7.7 1,225 7.7 9 3.7 52 11.2 325 24.1
Madison 954 8.9 928 8.8 904 8.9 3 2.0 21 8.5 26 9.5
Martin 1,164 10.4 1,084 10.1 559 9.6 505 10.9 20 8.5 80 16.9
Mecklenburg 73,511 13.3 57,819 12.1 27,221 10.7 22,473 12.9 8,125 17.0 15,692 20.7
Mitchell 684 9.1 619 8.8 607 8.9 2 4.6 10 6.6 65 14.4
Montgomery 1,339 10.1 1,012 9.0 707 8.4 251 10.4 54 12.2 327 15.8
Moore 5,839 11.7 5,212 11.2 4,148 10.8 695 11.9 369 17.4 627 17.7
Nash 5,340 11.3 4,697 10.7 2,062 9.0 2,379 12.3 256 17.0 643 18.5
New Hanover 10,831 9.4 9,363 8.6 7,046 7.9 1,772 11.9 545 12.4 1,468 21.8
Northampton 869 9.3 831 9.1 289 8.0 530 10.0 12 6.1 38 16.6
Onslow 19,393 19.4 16,220 18.6 12,690 19.3 2,110 14.5 1,420 21.2 3,173 24.4
Orange 5,775 7.8 4,804 7.1 3,325 6.5 733 8.7 746 9.6 971 15.3
Pamlico 411 6.6 380 6.3 290 6.2 72 6.2 18 9.6 31 11.8
Pasquotank 2,345 11.7 2,141 11.4 1,249 11.5 794 11.1 98 12.0 204 17.3
Pender 3,168 10.2 2,735 9.6 2,208 9.5 395 9.0 132 15.0 433 18.6
Perquimans 587 8.8 574 8.9 414 8.6 142 9.6 18 11.4 13 6.9
Person 2,160 11.0 1,996 10.6 1,283 9.9 614 11.8 99 17.5 164 18.0
Pitt 10,310 11.7 9,309 11.3 4,293 9.0 4,454 14.3 562 14.9 1,001 17.4
Polk 745 7.4 676 7.1 627 7.1 29 7.1 20 8.2 69 11.4
Randolph 7,700 10.7 6,142 9.7 5,312 9.4 501 11.1 329 13.2 1,558 18.0
Richmond 2,826 12.8 2,578 12.6 1,332 10.8 1,021 14.8 225 18.3 248 16.4
Robeson 8,789 14.0 7,429 13.0 1,509 9.9 1,832 12.7 4,088 14.9 1,360 23.7
Rockingham 4,450 9.8 4,044 9.5 3,047 9.3 853 10.1 144 10.6 406 14.1
Rowan 7,929 11.0 6,621 10.2 4,899 9.6 1,418 12.2 304 13.8 1,308 19.3
Rutherford 3,284 10.0 3,053 9.7 2,592 9.5 351 11.1 110 12.0 231 14.7
Sampson 3,967 12.9 2,620 10.7 1,657 10.7 811 10.5 152 12.1 1,347 21.3
Scotland 2,106 12.2 2,032 12.1 576 7.9 954 14.3 502 18.4 74 13.0
Stanly 3,414 10.9 3,161 10.6 2,586 10.3 410 11.7 165 14.3 253 18.0
Stokes 1,975 8.7 1,886 8.6 1,796 8.8 55 6.2 35 7.9 89 11.8
Surry 3,735 10.4 2,969 9.3 2,778 9.3 128 9.7 63 8.9 766 19.1
Swain 799 11.3 740 11.1 430 10.0 3 3.7 307 13.2 59 14.0
Transylvania 1,280 7.6 1,181 7.3 1,084 7.1 44 7.6 53 10.9 99 17.0
Tyrrell 174 9.3 145 8.5 99 10.5 45 6.7 1 1.2 29 16.2
Union 11,890 10.0 9,665 9.2 7,453 8.8 1,483 10.6 729 10.9 2,225 16.2
Vance 2,798 12.8 2,426 12.1 758 9.0 1,567 14.2 101 19.6 372 20.7
Wake 63,672 11.5 53,073 10.6 31,792 9.6 13,342 12.0 7,939 14.0 10,599 18.5
Warren 820 8.5 768 8.3 271 7.3 418 8.6 79 10.8 52 13.6
Washington 624 10.9 579 10.7 192 7.6 380 13.9 7 5.7 45 13.8
Watauga 1,678 6.1 1,549 5.8 1,471 5.8 18 3.8 60 7.4 129 11.9
Wayne 8,012 13.3 6,348 12.0 3,584 11.3 2,426 12.9 338 15.0 1,664 22.1
Wilkes 3,358 10.0 2,951 9.4 2,734 9.3 135 9.3 82 11.9 407 17.6
Wilson 4,661 11.6 3,875 10.8 1,723 9.2 1,950 12.3 202 17.3 786 18.0
Yadkin 1,836 9.8 1,463 8.8 1,389 8.9 44 7.7 30 9.6 373 17.4
Yancey 883 9.7 790 9.2 778 9.3 0 0.0 12 8.3 93 19.0

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, Multiple Race, Other & Unknown