| YTD2025 QUARTER 3 (JAN-SEP) NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND PLURALITY |
| TOTAL | PLURALITY | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singleton | Twin | Other Multiples* | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 91,532 | 100.0 | 88,705 | 96.9 | 2,774 | 3.0 | 53 | 0.1 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1,486 | 1.6 | 1,440 | 96.9 | 43 | 2.9 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Alamance | ||||||||
| Alexander | 270 | 0.3 | 258 | 95.6 | 12 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alleghany | 60 | 0.1 | 60 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Anson | 181 | 0.2 | 169 | 93.4 | 12 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Apex | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ashe | 159 | 0.2 | 157 | 98.7 | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Avery | 89 | 0.1 | 89 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Beaufort | 332 | 0.4 | 324 | 97.6 | 8 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bertie | 85 | 0.1 | 85 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bladen | 274 | 0.3 | 268 | 97.8 | 6 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brunswick | 1,066 | 1.2 | 1,046 | 98.1 | 20 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Buncombe | 1,764 | 1.9 | 1,712 | 97.1 | 52 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Burke | 657 | 0.7 | 651 | 99.1 | 6 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cabarrus | 2,052 | 2.2 | 1,965 | 95.8 | 84 | 4.1 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Caldwell | 647 | 0.7 | 625 | 96.6 | 22 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Camden | 37 | 0.0 | 35 | 94.6 | 2 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Carteret | 343 | 0.4 | 333 | 97.1 | 10 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Caswell | 143 | 0.2 | 137 | 95.8 | 6 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Catawba | 1,272 | 1.4 | 1,242 | 97.6 | 30 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chatam | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chatham | 466 | 0.5 | 452 | 97.0 | 14 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cherokee | 30 | 0.0 | 30 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chowan | 102 | 0.1 | 94 | 92.2 | 8 | 7.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Clay | 8 | 0.0 | 8 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cleveland | 822 | 0.9 | 796 | 96.8 | 26 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Columbus | 399 | 0.4 | 387 | 97.0 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Craven | 959 | 1.0 | 921 | 96.0 | 38 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cumberland | 3,822 | 4.2 | 3,716 | 97.2 | 106 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Currituck | 75 | 0.1 | 75 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dare | 159 | 0.2 | 159 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Davidson | 1,282 | 1.4 | 1,252 | 97.7 | 30 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Davie | 360 | 0.4 | 342 | 95.0 | 18 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Duplin | 500 | 0.5 | 494 | 98.8 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Durham | 3,185 | 3.5 | 3,064 | 96.2 | 115 | 3.6 | 6 | 0.2 |
| Edgecombe | 420 | 0.5 | 401 | 95.5 | 19 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Forsyth | 3,404 | 3.7 | 3,285 | 96.5 | 116 | 3.4 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Fosyth | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Franklin | 746 | 0.8 | 700 | 93.8 | 43 | 5.8 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Gaston | 2,253 | 2.5 | 2,190 | 97.2 | 63 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gates | 35 | 0.0 | 35 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Graham | 56 | 0.1 | 54 | 96.4 | 2 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Granville | 453 | 0.5 | 437 | 96.5 | 16 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Greene | 163 | 0.2 | 157 | 96.3 | 6 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Guilford | 4,135 | 4.5 | 4,005 | 96.9 | 114 | 2.8 | 16 | 0.4 |
| Halifax | 342 | 0.4 | 332 | 97.1 | 10 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hanrett | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harnett | 1,644 | 1.8 | 1,603 | 97.5 | 41 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harrett | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Haywood | 419 | 0.5 | 397 | 94.7 | 22 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Henderson | 767 | 0.8 | 741 | 96.6 | 26 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hertford | 131 | 0.1 | 123 | 93.9 | 8 | 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hoke | 628 | 0.7 | 606 | 96.5 | 22 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Huntersville | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hyde | 19 | 0.0 | 19 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Iredell | 1,660 | 1.8 | 1,586 | 95.5 | 74 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jackson | 249 | 0.3 | 245 | 98.4 | 4 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Johnson | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Johnston | 2,387 | 2.6 | 2,286 | 95.8 | 101 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jones | 59 | 0.1 | 57 | 96.6 | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lee | 631 | 0.7 | 605 | 95.9 | 26 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lenior | 13 | 0.0 | 13 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lenoir | 457 | 0.5 | 439 | 96.1 | 18 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lillington | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lincoln | 727 | 0.8 | 694 | 95.5 | 33 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Macon | 259 | 0.3 | 251 | 96.9 | 8 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Madison | 140 | 0.2 | 136 | 97.1 | 4 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Martin | 186 | 0.2 | 185 | 99.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| McDowell | 342 | 0.4 | 327 | 95.6 | 12 | 3.5 | 3 | 0.9 |
| Mebane | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 11,477 | 12.5 | 11,173 | 97.4 | 304 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mitchell | 82 | 0.1 | 73 | 89.0 | 6 | 7.3 | 3 | 3.7 |
| Montgomery | 219 | 0.2 | 213 | 97.3 | 6 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Moore | 957 | 1.0 | 931 | 97.3 | 26 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nash | 801 | 0.9 | 783 | 97.8 | 18 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| New Hanover | 1,654 | 1.8 | 1,595 | 96.4 | 59 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Northampton | 99 | 0.1 | 98 | 99.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Onslow | 2,904 | 3.2 | 2,806 | 96.6 | 98 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Orange | 786 | 0.9 | 766 | 97.5 | 20 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pamlico | 52 | 0.1 | 50 | 96.2 | 2 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pasquotank | 226 | 0.2 | 218 | 96.5 | 8 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pender | 552 | 0.6 | 540 | 97.8 | 12 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Perquimans | 53 | 0.1 | 51 | 96.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.8 |
| Person | 343 | 0.4 | 327 | 95.3 | 16 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pitt | 1,548 | 1.7 | 1,492 | 96.4 | 56 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Polk | 94 | 0.1 | 90 | 95.7 | 4 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Raleigh | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Randolph | 1,244 | 1.4 | 1,197 | 96.2 | 45 | 3.6 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Richmond | 395 | 0.4 | 387 | 98.0 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Robeson | 1,455 | 1.6 | 1,409 | 96.8 | 46 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rockingham | 718 | 0.8 | 699 | 97.4 | 19 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rougemont | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rowan | 1,183 | 1.3 | 1,148 | 97.0 | 35 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rutherford | 460 | 0.5 | 451 | 98.0 | 9 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sampson | 591 | 0.6 | 575 | 97.3 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Scotland | 300 | 0.3 | 294 | 98.0 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stanley | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stanly | 605 | 0.7 | 573 | 94.7 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stokes | 332 | 0.4 | 323 | 97.3 | 9 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Surry | 580 | 0.6 | 566 | 97.6 | 14 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Swain | 114 | 0.1 | 106 | 93.0 | 8 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Transylvania | 170 | 0.2 | 164 | 96.5 | 6 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tyrrell | 23 | 0.0 | 23 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Union | 2,023 | 2.2 | 1,982 | 98.0 | 41 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Vance | 435 | 0.5 | 413 | 94.9 | 22 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wake | 9,977 | 10.9 | 9,695 | 97.2 | 276 | 2.8 | 6 | 0.1 |
| Warren | 123 | 0.1 | 121 | 98.4 | 2 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Washington | 80 | 0.1 | 78 | 97.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Watauga | 236 | 0.3 | 233 | 98.7 | 3 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wayne | 1,227 | 1.3 | 1,206 | 98.3 | 18 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Wilkes | 475 | 0.5 | 469 | 98.7 | 6 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wilson | 697 | 0.8 | 673 | 96.6 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yadkin | 295 | 0.3 | 289 | 98.0 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yancey | 124 | 0.1 | 118 | 95.2 | 6 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 23OCT25 |
| CAUTION: Data shown are provisional and include only resident events occurring within North Carolina. Data does not reflect events affecting North Carolina |
| residents that occurred in other states. Therefore provisional data will not match the final number of resident events reported. |
| * Other - This includes some Multiple births that involve a sibling fetal death |
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