2024 North Carolina Resident Births by County of Residence and Birthweight Group

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County of Residence Total Birthweight Group
Less than 500 grams 500-1499 grams 1500-2499 grams 2500+ grams Unknown
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Total 122,847 100.0 209 0.2 1,622 1.3 9,541 7.8 111,441 90.7 34 0.0
Alamance 2,045 1.7 2 0.1 29 1.4 168 8.2 1,845 90.2 1 0.0
Alexander 364 0.3 0 0.0 4 1.1 26 7.1 334 91.8 0 0.0
Alleghany 105 0.1 0 0.0 2 1.9 4 3.8 99 94.3 0 0.0
Anson 255 0.2 0 0.0 4 1.6 40 15.7 211 82.7 0 0.0
Ashe 203 0.2 1 0.5 2 1.0 15 7.4 185 91.1 0 0.0
Avery 127 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 15.0 108 85.0 0 0.0
Beaufort 442 0.4 1 0.2 8 1.8 35 7.9 398 90.0 0 0.0
Bertie 162 0.1 0 0.0 5 3.1 16 9.9 141 87.0 0 0.0
Bladen 313 0.3 0 0.0 4 1.3 25 8.0 284 90.7 0 0.0
Brunswick 1,320 1.1 4 0.3 19 1.4 92 7.0 1,205 91.3 0 0.0
Buncombe 2,309 1.9 1 0.0 24 1.0 140 6.1 2,142 92.8 2 0.1
Burke 901 0.7 1 0.1 7 0.8 73 8.1 820 91.0 0 0.0
Cabarrus 2,729 2.2 6 0.2 31 1.1 214 7.8 2,478 90.8 0 0.0
Caldwell 791 0.6 0 0.0 10 1.3 57 7.2 724 91.5 0 0.0
Camden 96 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 10 10.4 86 89.6 0 0.0
Carteret 503 0.4 0 0.0 2 0.4 23 4.6 478 95.0 0 0.0
Caswell 198 0.2 0 0.0 7 3.5 18 9.1 173 87.4 0 0.0
Catawba 1,721 1.4 4 0.2 27 1.6 119 6.9 1,571 91.3 0 0.0
Chatham 673 0.5 0 0.0 5 0.7 56 8.3 612 90.9 0 0.0
Cherokee 259 0.2 0 0.0 3 1.2 19 7.3 237 91.5 0 0.0
Chowan 148 0.1 0 0.0 2 1.4 14 9.5 132 89.2 0 0.0
Clay 94 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 5.3 89 94.7 0 0.0
Cleveland 1,086 0.9 4 0.4 13 1.2 93 8.6 975 89.8 1 0.1
Columbus 568 0.5 0 0.0 8 1.4 62 10.9 498 87.7 0 0.0
Craven 1,300 1.1 3 0.2 18 1.4 93 7.2 1,184 91.1 2 0.2
Cumberland 5,082 4.1 16 0.3 82 1.6 471 9.3 4,512 88.8 1 0.0
Currituck 323 0.3 0 0.0 3 0.9 18 5.6 302 93.5 0 0.0
Dare 303 0.2 0 0.0 4 1.3 25 8.3 274 90.4 0 0.0
Davidson 1,825 1.5 3 0.2 30 1.6 134 7.3 1,657 90.8 1 0.1
Davie 442 0.4 0 0.0 3 0.7 37 8.4 402 91.0 0 0.0
Duplin 709 0.6 0 0.0 7 1.0 40 5.6 662 93.4 0 0.0
Durham 4,197 3.4 4 0.1 48 1.1 306 7.3 3,835 91.4 4 0.1
Edgecombe 577 0.5 2 0.3 9 1.6 69 12.0 497 86.1 0 0.0
Forsyth 4,489 3.7 9 0.2 54 1.2 391 8.7 4,034 89.9 1 0.0
Franklin 944 0.8 1 0.1 9 1.0 72 7.6 861 91.2 1 0.1
Gaston 2,855 2.3 4 0.1 46 1.6 258 9.0 2,546 89.2 1 0.0
Gates 98 0.1 0 0.0 2 2.0 12 12.2 84 85.7 0 0.0
Graham 76 0.1 0 0.0 3 3.9 7 9.2 66 86.8 0 0.0
Granville 621 0.5 2 0.3 9 1.4 50 8.1 560 90.2 0 0.0
Greene 199 0.2 1 0.5 1 0.5 21 10.6 175 87.9 1 0.5
Guilford 5,635 4.6 8 0.1 65 1.2 458 8.1 5,102 90.5 2 0.0
Halifax 512 0.4 2 0.4 10 2.0 55 10.7 445 86.9 0 0.0
Harnett 1,955 1.6 5 0.3 18 0.9 134 6.9 1,798 92.0 0 0.0
Haywood 536 0.4 0 0.0 7 1.3 38 7.1 491 91.6 0 0.0
Henderson 997 0.8 1 0.1 11 1.1 72 7.2 913 91.6 0 0.0
Hertford 175 0.1 1 0.6 3 1.7 14 8.0 157 89.7 0 0.0
Hoke 820 0.7 1 0.1 20 2.4 65 7.9 734 89.5 0 0.0
Hyde 21 0.0 0 0.0 1 4.8 0 0.0 20 95.2 0 0.0
Iredell 2,190 1.8 4 0.2 29 1.3 125 5.7 2,032 92.8 0 0.0
Jackson 382 0.3 0 0.0 5 1.3 29 7.6 348 91.1 0 0.0
Johnston 2,977 2.4 2 0.1 34 1.1 187 6.3 2,754 92.5 0 0.0
Jones 79 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 10.1 71 89.9 0 0.0
Lee 813 0.7 1 0.1 14 1.7 61 7.5 737 90.7 0 0.0
Lenoir 656 0.5 1 0.2 10 1.5 71 10.8 574 87.5 0 0.0
Lincoln 934 0.8 1 0.1 14 1.5 56 6.0 863 92.4 0 0.0
McDowell 419 0.3 2 0.5 7 1.7 24 5.7 386 92.1 0 0.0
Macon 315 0.3 0 0.0 1 0.3 24 7.6 290 92.1 0 0.0
Madison 181 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.6 14 7.7 166 91.7 0 0.0
Martin 253 0.2 0 0.0 7 2.8 29 11.5 217 85.8 0 0.0
Mecklenburg 15,564 12.7 31 0.2 221 1.4 1,274 8.2 14,034 90.2 4 0.0
Mitchell 121 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 5.8 114 94.2 0 0.0
Montgomery 289 0.2 0 0.0 4 1.4 29 10.0 256 88.6 0 0.0
Moore 1,244 1.0 3 0.2 15 1.2 85 6.8 1,139 91.6 2 0.2
Nash 1,033 0.8 2 0.2 24 2.3 89 8.6 918 88.9 0 0.0
New Hanover 2,224 1.8 7 0.3 24 1.1 188 8.5 2,004 90.1 1 0.0
Northampton 156 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 7.1 145 92.9 0 0.0
Onslow 3,691 3.0 5 0.1 38 1.0 226 6.1 3,421 92.7 1 0.0
Orange 1,117 0.9 2 0.2 19 1.7 84 7.5 1,012 90.6 0 0.0
Pamlico 117 0.1 0 0.0 2 1.7 15 12.8 100 85.5 0 0.0
Pasquotank 445 0.4 1 0.2 2 0.4 35 7.9 407 91.5 0 0.0
Pender 733 0.6 1 0.1 3 0.4 55 7.5 674 92.0 0 0.0
Perquimans 122 0.1 1 0.8 2 1.6 9 7.4 110 90.2 0 0.0
Person 446 0.4 1 0.2 15 3.4 29 6.5 400 89.7 1 0.2
Pitt 2,124 1.7 8 0.4 49 2.3 194 9.1 1,872 88.1 1 0.0
Polk 136 0.1 0 0.0 2 1.5 6 4.4 128 94.1 0 0.0
Randolph 1,579 1.3 2 0.1 21 1.3 100 6.3 1,456 92.2 0 0.0
Richmond 533 0.4 0 0.0 6 1.1 53 9.9 474 88.9 0 0.0
Robeson 1,957 1.6 4 0.2 37 1.9 214 10.9 1,702 87.0 0 0.0
Rockingham 911 0.7 0 0.0 6 0.7 92 10.1 813 89.2 0 0.0
Rowan 1,578 1.3 4 0.3 18 1.1 120 7.6 1,435 90.9 1 0.1
Rutherford 632 0.5 0 0.0 9 1.4 56 8.9 567 89.7 0 0.0
Sampson 850 0.7 2 0.2 5 0.6 74 8.7 769 90.5 0 0.0
Scotland 409 0.3 1 0.2 10 2.4 35 8.6 363 88.8 0 0.0
Stanly 759 0.6 2 0.3 10 1.3 55 7.2 692 91.2 0 0.0
Stokes 447 0.4 0 0.0 8 1.8 27 6.0 412 92.2 0 0.0
Surry 763 0.6 0 0.0 11 1.4 52 6.8 700 91.7 0 0.0
Swain 137 0.1 1 0.7 1 0.7 13 9.5 122 89.1 0 0.0
Transylvania 251 0.2 0 0.0 1 0.4 16 6.4 234 93.2 0 0.0
Tyrrell 33 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 12.1 29 87.9 0 0.0
Union 2,660 2.2 1 0.0 29 1.1 176 6.6 2,453 92.2 1 0.0
Vance 576 0.5 2 0.3 13 2.3 63 10.9 497 86.3 1 0.2
Wake 13,397 10.9 18 0.1 144 1.1 849 6.3 12,385 92.4 1 0.0
Warren 176 0.1 2 1.1 1 0.6 24 13.6 149 84.7 0 0.0
Washington 102 0.1 0 0.0 5 4.9 10 9.8 87 85.3 0 0.0
Watauga 312 0.3 0 0.0 2 0.6 11 3.5 298 95.5 1 0.3
Wayne 1,681 1.4 6 0.4 24 1.4 141 8.4 1,509 89.8 1 0.1
Wilkes 667 0.5 1 0.1 10 1.5 65 9.7 591 88.6 0 0.0
Wilson 965 0.8 1 0.1 21 2.2 109 11.3 834 86.4 0 0.0
Yadkin 429 0.3 2 0.5 6 1.4 25 5.8 396 92.3 0 0.0
Yancey 179 0.1 0 0.0 3 1.7 10 5.6 166 92.7 0 0.0

Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 13MAY26