2024 North Carolina Resident Births by County of Residence and Obstetric Estimate of Gestation

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County of Residence Total Obstetric Estimate of Gestation
Extremely Preterm:
< 27 weeks* 		Very Preterm: 27-31
weeks* 		Moderate/Late Preterm:
32-36 weeks*		 Full Term: 37+ weeks
 Unknown Gestation
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Total 122,847 100.0 701 0.6 1,307 1.1 11,105 9.0 109,673 89.3 61 0.0
Alamance 2,045 1.7 10 0.5 31 1.5 201 9.8 1,800 88.0 3 0.1
Alexander 364 0.3 3 0.8 0 0.0 34 9.3 327 89.8 0 0.0
Alleghany 105 0.1 1 1.0 1 1.0 10 9.5 93 88.6 0 0.0
Anson 255 0.2 0 0.0 3 1.2 31 12.2 221 86.7 0 0.0
Ashe 203 0.2 1 0.5 1 0.5 17 8.4 184 90.6 0 0.0
Avery 127 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 11.8 112 88.2 0 0.0
Beaufort 442 0.4 4 0.9 8 1.8 36 8.1 392 88.7 2 0.5
Bertie 162 0.1 2 1.2 3 1.9 18 11.1 139 85.8 0 0.0
Bladen 313 0.3 2 0.6 2 0.6 28 8.9 281 89.8 0 0.0
Brunswick 1,320 1.1 6 0.5 17 1.3 114 8.6 1,183 89.6 0 0.0
Buncombe 2,309 1.9 10 0.4 17 0.7 221 9.6 2,060 89.2 1 0.0
Burke 901 0.7 5 0.6 5 0.6 88 9.8 803 89.1 0 0.0
Cabarrus 2,729 2.2 12 0.4 29 1.1 245 9.0 2,440 89.4 3 0.1
Caldwell 791 0.6 5 0.6 7 0.9 77 9.7 702 88.7 0 0.0
Camden 96 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 8.3 88 91.7 0 0.0
Carteret 503 0.4 0 0.0 3 0.6 47 9.3 453 90.1 0 0.0
Caswell 198 0.2 4 2.0 3 1.5 24 12.1 167 84.3 0 0.0
Catawba 1,721 1.4 11 0.6 20 1.2 140 8.1 1,550 90.1 0 0.0
Chatham 673 0.5 3 0.4 4 0.6 69 10.3 597 88.7 0 0.0
Cherokee 259 0.2 0 0.0 4 1.5 18 6.9 237 91.5 0 0.0
Chowan 148 0.1 0 0.0 2 1.4 11 7.4 135 91.2 0 0.0
Clay 94 0.1 0 0.0 1 1.1 5 5.3 88 93.6 0 0.0
Cleveland 1,086 0.9 9 0.8 9 0.8 91 8.4 976 89.9 1 0.1
Columbus 568 0.5 1 0.2 8 1.4 65 11.4 494 87.0 0 0.0
Craven 1,300 1.1 7 0.5 14 1.1 134 10.3 1,143 87.9 2 0.2
Cumberland 5,082 4.1 34 0.7 63 1.2 511 10.1 4,473 88.0 1 0.0
Currituck 323 0.3 1 0.3 6 1.9 20 6.2 296 91.6 0 0.0
Dare 303 0.2 2 0.7 3 1.0 22 7.3 276 91.1 0 0.0
Davidson 1,825 1.5 12 0.7 24 1.3 171 9.4 1,617 88.6 1 0.1
Davie 442 0.4 1 0.2 5 1.1 40 9.0 396 89.6 0 0.0
Duplin 709 0.6 4 0.6 6 0.8 57 8.0 642 90.6 0 0.0
Durham 4,197 3.4 17 0.4 45 1.1 363 8.6 3,765 89.7 7 0.2
Edgecombe 577 0.5 4 0.7 5 0.9 82 14.2 486 84.2 0 0.0
Forsyth 4,489 3.7 30 0.7 37 0.8 421 9.4 3,999 89.1 2 0.0
Franklin 944 0.8 5 0.5 10 1.1 93 9.9 836 88.6 0 0.0
Gaston 2,855 2.3 15 0.5 37 1.3 271 9.5 2,530 88.6 2 0.1
Gates 98 0.1 0 0.0 2 2.0 14 14.3 81 82.7 1 1.0
Graham 76 0.1 0 0.0 1 1.3 12 15.8 63 82.9 0 0.0
Granville 621 0.5 5 0.8 9 1.4 64 10.3 543 87.4 0 0.0
Greene 199 0.2 2 1.0 2 1.0 15 7.5 180 90.5 0 0.0
Guilford 5,635 4.6 35 0.6 53 0.9 524 9.3 5,016 89.0 7 0.1
Halifax 512 0.4 5 1.0 8 1.6 62 12.1 437 85.4 0 0.0
Harnett 1,955 1.6 7 0.4 17 0.9 168 8.6 1,763 90.2 0 0.0
Haywood 536 0.4 2 0.4 5 0.9 49 9.1 480 89.6 0 0.0
Henderson 997 0.8 3 0.3 9 0.9 87 8.7 898 90.1 0 0.0
Hertford 175 0.1 2 1.1 2 1.1 21 12.0 150 85.7 0 0.0
Hoke 820 0.7 10 1.2 8 1.0 78 9.5 723 88.2 1 0.1
Hyde 21 0.0 1 4.8 0 0.0 1 4.8 19 90.5 0 0.0
Iredell 2,190 1.8 12 0.5 20 0.9 223 10.2 1,935 88.4 0 0.0
Jackson 382 0.3 1 0.3 10 2.6 39 10.2 331 86.6 1 0.3
Johnston 2,977 2.4 12 0.4 28 0.9 233 7.8 2,703 90.8 1 0.0
Jones 79 0.1 0 0.0 2 2.5 7 8.9 70 88.6 0 0.0
Lee 813 0.7 5 0.6 13 1.6 73 9.0 722 88.8 0 0.0
Lenoir 656 0.5 4 0.6 9 1.4 73 11.1 569 86.7 1 0.2
Lincoln 934 0.8 5 0.5 13 1.4 82 8.8 834 89.3 0 0.0
McDowell 419 0.3 4 1.0 5 1.2 49 11.7 361 86.2 0 0.0
Macon 315 0.3 1 0.3 0 0.0 26 8.3 288 91.4 0 0.0
Madison 181 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 13.3 156 86.2 1 0.6
Martin 253 0.2 2 0.8 5 2.0 27 10.7 219 86.6 0 0.0
Mecklenburg 15,564 12.7 93 0.6 182 1.2 1,283 8.2 14,005 90.0 1 0.0
Mitchell 121 0.1 0 0.0 2 1.7 11 9.1 108 89.3 0 0.0
Montgomery 289 0.2 0 0.0 3 1.0 28 9.7 258 89.3 0 0.0
Moore 1,244 1.0 10 0.8 8 0.6 128 10.3 1,094 87.9 4 0.3
Nash 1,033 0.8 11 1.1 12 1.2 113 10.9 897 86.8 0 0.0
New Hanover 2,224 1.8 12 0.5 23 1.0 199 8.9 1,989 89.4 1 0.0
Northampton 156 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.6 15 9.6 140 89.7 0 0.0
Onslow 3,691 3.0 13 0.4 36 1.0 286 7.7 3,355 90.9 1 0.0
Orange 1,117 0.9 8 0.7 12 1.1 100 9.0 996 89.2 1 0.1
Pamlico 117 0.1 0 0.0 4 3.4 14 12.0 99 84.6 0 0.0
Pasquotank 445 0.4 1 0.2 3 0.7 36 8.1 405 91.0 0 0.0
Pender 733 0.6 2 0.3 2 0.3 71 9.7 658 89.8 0 0.0
Perquimans 122 0.1 2 1.6 2 1.6 12 9.8 106 86.9 0 0.0
Person 446 0.4 7 1.6 9 2.0 35 7.8 395 88.6 0 0.0
Pitt 2,124 1.7 19 0.9 40 1.9 240 11.3 1,825 85.9 0 0.0
Polk 136 0.1 0 0.0 2 1.5 7 5.1 127 93.4 0 0.0
Randolph 1,579 1.3 8 0.5 17 1.1 138 8.7 1,415 89.6 1 0.1
Richmond 533 0.4 2 0.4 10 1.9 50 9.4 470 88.2 1 0.2
Robeson 1,957 1.6 13 0.7 20 1.0 213 10.9 1,710 87.4 1 0.1
Rockingham 911 0.7 1 0.1 5 0.5 100 11.0 805 88.4 0 0.0
Rowan 1,578 1.3 10 0.6 14 0.9 135 8.6 1,418 89.9 1 0.1
Rutherford 632 0.5 1 0.2 7 1.1 76 12.0 548 86.7 0 0.0
Sampson 850 0.7 4 0.5 4 0.5 81 9.5 761 89.5 0 0.0
Scotland 409 0.3 8 2.0 5 1.2 39 9.5 357 87.3 0 0.0
Stanly 759 0.6 6 0.8 10 1.3 58 7.6 685 90.3 0 0.0
Stokes 447 0.4 1 0.2 9 2.0 42 9.4 395 88.4 0 0.0
Surry 763 0.6 5 0.7 9 1.2 64 8.4 685 89.8 0 0.0
Swain 137 0.1 1 0.7 1 0.7 20 14.6 115 83.9 0 0.0
Transylvania 251 0.2 0 0.0 1 0.4 29 11.6 221 88.0 0 0.0
Tyrrell 33 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 15.2 27 81.8 1 3.0
Union 2,660 2.2 12 0.5 23 0.9 225 8.5 2,399 90.2 1 0.0
Vance 576 0.5 6 1.0 12 2.1 70 12.2 488 84.7 0 0.0
Wake 13,397 10.9 65 0.5 113 0.8 1,009 7.5 12,205 91.1 5 0.0
Warren 176 0.1 2 1.1 1 0.6 29 16.5 144 81.8 0 0.0
Washington 102 0.1 1 1.0 3 2.9 14 13.7 84 82.4 0 0.0
Watauga 312 0.3 2 0.6 0 0.0 22 7.1 287 92.0 1 0.3
Wayne 1,681 1.4 15 0.9 19 1.1 150 8.9 1,495 88.9 2 0.1
Wilkes 667 0.5 5 0.7 10 1.5 59 8.8 593 88.9 0 0.0
Wilson 965 0.8 12 1.2 11 1.1 98 10.2 843 87.4 1 0.1
Yadkin 429 0.3 4 0.9 6 1.4 35 8.2 384 89.5 0 0.0
Yancey 179 0.1 0 0.0 2 1.1 17 9.5 160 89.4 0 0.0

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