| CY2023 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND MARITAL STATUS OF MOTHER |
| TOTAL | MARITAL STATUS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Married | Not Married | Unknown | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 120,065 | 100.0 | 71,129 | 59.2 | 48,863 | 40.7 | 73 | 0.1 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1,888 | 1.6 | 1,004 | 53.2 | 884 | 46.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ALAMANCE | ||||||||
| ALEXANDER | 349 | 0.3 | 225 | 64.5 | 124 | 35.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ALLEGHANY | 104 | 0.1 | 55 | 52.9 | 49 | 47.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ANSON | 259 | 0.2 | 94 | 36.3 | 163 | 62.9 | 2 | 0.8 |
| ASHE | 194 | 0.2 | 128 | 66.0 | 65 | 33.5 | 1 | 0.5 |
| AVERY | 143 | 0.1 | 101 | 70.6 | 41 | 28.7 | 1 | 0.7 |
| BEAUFORT | 433 | 0.4 | 224 | 51.7 | 209 | 48.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BERTIE | 161 | 0.1 | 58 | 36.0 | 103 | 64.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BLADEN | 378 | 0.3 | 161 | 42.6 | 217 | 57.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BRUNSWICK | 1,176 | 1.0 | 683 | 58.1 | 493 | 41.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BUNCOMBE | 2,388 | 2.0 | 1,506 | 63.1 | 882 | 36.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BURKE | 850 | 0.7 | 479 | 56.4 | 370 | 43.5 | 1 | 0.1 |
| CABARRUS | 2,665 | 2.2 | 1,659 | 62.3 | 1,004 | 37.7 | 2 | 0.1 |
| CALDWELL | 777 | 0.6 | 419 | 53.9 | 356 | 45.8 | 2 | 0.3 |
| CAMDEN | 98 | 0.1 | 69 | 70.4 | 29 | 29.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CARTERET | 483 | 0.4 | 296 | 61.3 | 187 | 38.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CASWELL | 201 | 0.2 | 84 | 41.8 | 117 | 58.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CATAWBA | 1,674 | 1.4 | 950 | 56.8 | 724 | 43.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CHATHAM | 714 | 0.6 | 474 | 66.4 | 240 | 33.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CHEROKEE | 247 | 0.2 | 162 | 65.6 | 84 | 34.0 | 1 | 0.4 |
| CHOWAN | 144 | 0.1 | 68 | 47.2 | 76 | 52.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CLAY | 87 | 0.1 | 49 | 56.3 | 38 | 43.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CLEVELAND | 1,154 | 1.0 | 555 | 48.1 | 598 | 51.8 | 1 | 0.1 |
| COLUMBUS | 578 | 0.5 | 248 | 42.9 | 329 | 56.9 | 1 | 0.2 |
| CRAVEN | 1,232 | 1.0 | 778 | 63.1 | 452 | 36.7 | 2 | 0.2 |
| CUMBERLAND | 5,088 | 4.2 | 3,085 | 60.6 | 2,002 | 39.3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| CURRITUCK | 303 | 0.3 | 209 | 69.0 | 93 | 30.7 | 1 | 0.3 |
| DARE | 290 | 0.2 | 164 | 56.6 | 126 | 43.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DAVIDSON | 1,802 | 1.5 | 1,047 | 58.1 | 754 | 41.8 | 1 | 0.1 |
| DAVIE | 377 | 0.3 | 249 | 66.0 | 128 | 34.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DUPLIN | 709 | 0.6 | 285 | 40.2 | 423 | 59.7 | 1 | 0.1 |
| DURHAM | 4,068 | 3.4 | 2,480 | 61.0 | 1,587 | 39.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| EDGECOMBE | 560 | 0.5 | 172 | 30.7 | 388 | 69.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| FORSYTH | 4,385 | 3.7 | 2,418 | 55.1 | 1,967 | 44.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| FRANKLIN | 921 | 0.8 | 636 | 69.1 | 284 | 30.8 | 1 | 0.1 |
| GASTON | 2,858 | 2.4 | 1,564 | 54.7 | 1,290 | 45.1 | 4 | 0.1 |
| GATES | 83 | 0.1 | 47 | 56.6 | 36 | 43.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GRAHAM | 87 | 0.1 | 67 | 77.0 | 19 | 21.8 | 1 | 1.1 |
| GRANVILLE | 586 | 0.5 | 344 | 58.7 | 242 | 41.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GREENE | 206 | 0.2 | 105 | 51.0 | 101 | 49.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GUILFORD | 5,757 | 4.8 | 2,996 | 52.0 | 2,759 | 47.9 | 2 | 0.0 |
| HALIFAX | 469 | 0.4 | 124 | 26.4 | 344 | 73.3 | 1 | 0.2 |
| HARNETT | 1,913 | 1.6 | 1,248 | 65.2 | 665 | 34.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HAYWOOD | 533 | 0.4 | 341 | 64.0 | 192 | 36.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HENDERSON | 1,009 | 0.8 | 648 | 64.2 | 361 | 35.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HERTFORD | 187 | 0.2 | 66 | 35.3 | 121 | 64.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HOKE | 807 | 0.7 | 520 | 64.4 | 287 | 35.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HYDE | 37 | 0.0 | 17 | 45.9 | 20 | 54.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| IREDELL | 2,016 | 1.7 | 1,303 | 64.6 | 712 | 35.3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| JACKSON | 335 | 0.3 | 172 | 51.3 | 161 | 48.1 | 2 | 0.6 |
| JOHNSTON | 2,859 | 2.4 | 1,844 | 64.5 | 1,015 | 35.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JONES | 105 | 0.1 | 65 | 61.9 | 40 | 38.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| LEE | 787 | 0.7 | 406 | 51.6 | 381 | 48.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| LENOIR | 631 | 0.5 | 232 | 36.8 | 399 | 63.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| LINCOLN | 940 | 0.8 | 653 | 69.5 | 287 | 30.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MCDOWELL | 398 | 0.3 | 231 | 58.0 | 165 | 41.5 | 2 | 0.5 |
| MACON | 323 | 0.3 | 188 | 58.2 | 135 | 41.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MADISON | 198 | 0.2 | 128 | 64.6 | 70 | 35.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MARTIN | 207 | 0.2 | 90 | 43.5 | 117 | 56.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MECKLENBURG | 15,103 | 12.6 | 8,909 | 59.0 | 6,182 | 40.9 | 12 | 0.1 |
| MITCHELL | 128 | 0.1 | 99 | 77.3 | 29 | 22.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 267 | 0.2 | 127 | 47.6 | 140 | 52.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MOORE | 1,198 | 1.0 | 875 | 73.0 | 323 | 27.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| NASH | 1,031 | 0.9 | 456 | 44.2 | 575 | 55.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| NEW HANOVER | 2,135 | 1.8 | 1,342 | 62.9 | 792 | 37.1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 148 | 0.1 | 57 | 38.5 | 91 | 61.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ONSLOW | 3,668 | 3.1 | 2,890 | 78.8 | 773 | 21.1 | 5 | 0.1 |
| ORANGE | 1,163 | 1.0 | 827 | 71.1 | 336 | 28.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PAMLICO | 105 | 0.1 | 58 | 55.2 | 47 | 44.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PASQUOTANK | 430 | 0.4 | 208 | 48.4 | 219 | 50.9 | 3 | 0.7 |
| PENDER | 705 | 0.6 | 500 | 70.9 | 205 | 29.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PERQUIMANS | 99 | 0.1 | 53 | 53.5 | 46 | 46.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PERSON | 425 | 0.4 | 215 | 50.6 | 210 | 49.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PITT | 2,004 | 1.7 | 981 | 49.0 | 1,022 | 51.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| POLK | 127 | 0.1 | 89 | 70.1 | 38 | 29.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RANDOLPH | 1,601 | 1.3 | 904 | 56.5 | 697 | 43.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RICHMOND | 530 | 0.4 | 185 | 34.9 | 344 | 64.9 | 1 | 0.2 |
| ROBESON | 1,875 | 1.6 | 623 | 33.2 | 1,252 | 66.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 910 | 0.8 | 459 | 50.4 | 449 | 49.3 | 2 | 0.2 |
| ROWAN | 1,582 | 1.3 | 814 | 51.5 | 768 | 48.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RUTHERFORD | 625 | 0.5 | 345 | 55.2 | 280 | 44.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SAMPSON | 845 | 0.7 | 381 | 45.1 | 464 | 54.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SCOTLAND | 345 | 0.3 | 94 | 27.2 | 250 | 72.5 | 1 | 0.3 |
| STANLY | 752 | 0.6 | 444 | 59.0 | 308 | 41.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| STOKES | 355 | 0.3 | 214 | 60.3 | 141 | 39.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SURRY | 787 | 0.7 | 457 | 58.1 | 330 | 41.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SWAIN | 132 | 0.1 | 57 | 43.2 | 73 | 55.3 | 2 | 1.5 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 240 | 0.2 | 147 | 61.3 | 93 | 38.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TYRRELL | 38 | 0.0 | 19 | 50.0 | 19 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| UNION | 2,599 | 2.2 | 1,821 | 70.1 | 776 | 29.9 | 2 | 0.1 |
| VANCE | 533 | 0.4 | 182 | 34.1 | 351 | 65.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WAKE | 12,950 | 10.8 | 9,211 | 71.1 | 3,733 | 28.8 | 6 | 0.0 |
| WARREN | 162 | 0.1 | 66 | 40.7 | 96 | 59.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WASHINGTON | 106 | 0.1 | 42 | 39.6 | 64 | 60.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WATAUGA | 321 | 0.3 | 237 | 73.8 | 83 | 25.9 | 1 | 0.3 |
| WAYNE | 1,675 | 1.4 | 896 | 53.5 | 778 | 46.4 | 1 | 0.1 |
| WILKES | 666 | 0.6 | 386 | 58.0 | 280 | 42.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WILSON | 917 | 0.8 | 398 | 43.4 | 518 | 56.5 | 1 | 0.1 |
| YADKIN | 396 | 0.3 | 262 | 66.2 | 133 | 33.6 | 1 | 0.3 |
| YANCEY | 176 | 0.1 | 126 | 71.6 | 50 | 28.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 18DEC24 |
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