"Number of Live Births, Crude Birth Rate, and Total Fertility Rate, by Race, 1910-2001" Number of Live Births Crude Birth Rate Total Fertility Rate Year All Races White Black American Indian Asian or Pacific Islander All Races White Black American Indian Asian or Pacific Islander All Races White Black American Indian Asian or Pacific Islander 2001 "4,025,933" "3,177,626" "606,156" "41,872" "200,279" 14.5 13.9 17.0 16.9 17.2 2.11 66.30 69.50 70.80 69.40 2000 "4,058,814" "3,194,005" "622,598" "41,668" "200,543" 14.7 14.1 17.6 17.1 17.8 2.13 66.50 71.70 71.40 70.70 1999 "3,959,417" "3,132,501" "605,970" "40,170" "180,776" 14.5 13.9 17.4 16.8 16.7 2.07 65.10 70.10 69.70 65.60 1998 "3,941,553" "3,118,727" "609,902" "40,272" "172,652" 14.6 14.0 17.7 17.1 16.4 2.06 2.04 2.17 2.09 1.87 1997 "3,880,894" "3,072,640" "599,913" "38,572" "169,769" 14.5 13.9 17.7 16.6 16.9 2.03 2.01 2.15 2.05 1.93 1996 "3,891,494" "3,093,057" "594,781" "37,880" "165,776" 14.7 14.1 17.8 16.6 17.0 2.03 2.01 2.14 2.03 1.91 1995 "3,899,589" "3,098,885" "603,139" "37,278" "160,287" 14.8 14.2 18.2 16.6 17.3 2.02 1.99 2.18 2.03 1.92 1994 "3,952,767" "3,121,004" "636,391" "37,740" "157,632" 15.2 14.4 19.5 17.1 17.5 2.04 1.99 2.30 2.08 1.94 1993 "4,000,240" "3,149,833" "658,875" "38,732" "152,800" 15.5 14.7 20.5 17.8 17.7 2.05 1.98 2.38 2.14 1.94 1992 "4,065,014" "3,201,678" "673,633" "39,453" "150,250" 15.9 15.0 21.3 18.4 18.0 2.07 1.99 2.44 2.19 1.94 1991 "4,110,907" "3,241,273" "682,602" "38,841" "145,372" 16.3 15.4 21.9 18.3 18.2 2.07 2.00 2.48 2.17 1.96 1990 "4,158,212" "3,290,273" "684,336" "39,051" "141,635" 16.7 15.8 22.4 18.9 19.0 2.08 2.00 2.48 2.18 2.00 1989 "4,040,958" "3,192,355" "673,124" "39,478" "133,075" 16.4 15.4 22.3 19.7 18.7 2.01 1.93 2.43 2.25 1.95 1988 "3,909,510" "3,102,083" "638,562" "37,088" "129,035" 16.0 15.0 21.5 19.3 19.2 1.93 1.86 2.30 2.15 1.99 1987 "3,809,394" "3,043,828" "611,173" "35,322" "116,560" 15.7 14.9 20.8 19.1 18.4 1.87 1.80 2.20 2.10 1.89 1986 "3,756,547" "3,019,175" "592,910" "34,169" "107,797" 15.6 14.8 20.5 19.2 18.0 1.84 1.78 2.14 2.08 1.84 1985 "3,760,561" "3,037,913" "581,824" "34,037" "104,606" 15.8 15.0 20.4 19.8 18.7 1.84 1.79 2.11 2.13 1.89 1984 "3,669,141" "2,967,100" "568,138" "33,256" "98,926" 15.6 14.8 20.1 20.1 18.8 1.81 1.75 2.07 2.14 1.89 1983 "3,638,933" "2,946,468" "562,624" "32,881" "95,713" 15.6 14.8 20.2 20.6 19.5 1.80 1.74 2.07 2.18 1.94 1982 "3,680,537" "2,984,817" "568,506" "32,436" "93,193" 15.9 15.1 20.7 21.1 20.3 1.83 1.77 2.11 2.21 2.02 1981 "3,629,238" "2,947,679" "564,955" "29,688" "84,553" 15.8 15.0 20.8 20.0 20.1 1.81 1.75 2.12 2.09 1.98 1980 "3,612,258" "2,936,351" "568,080" "29,389" "74,355" 15.9 15.1 21.3 20.7 19.9 1.84 1.77 2.18 2.16 1.95 1979 "3,494,398" "2,808,420" "577,855" "34,269" --- 15.6 14.5 22.0 --- --- 1.81 1.72 2.26 --- --- 1978 "3,333,279" "2,681,116" "551,540" "33,160" --- 15.0 14.0 21.3 --- --- 1.76 1.67 2.22 --- --- 1977 "3,326,632" "2,691,070" "544,221" "30,500" --- 15.1 14.1 21.4 --- --- 1.79 1.70 2.25 --- --- 1976 "3,167,788" "2,567,614" "514,479" "29,009" --- 14.6 13.6 20.5 --- --- 1.74 1.65 2.19 --- --- 1975 "3,144,198" "2,551,996" "511,581" "27,546" --- 14.6 13.6 20.7 --- --- 1.77 1.69 2.24 --- --- 1974 "3,159,958" "2,575,792" "507,162" "26,631" --- 14.8 13.9 20.8 --- --- 1.84 1.75 2.30 --- --- 1973 "3,136,965" "2,551,030" "512,597" "26,464" --- 14.8 13.8 21.4 --- --- 1.88 1.78 2.41 --- --- 1972 "3,258,411" "2,655,558" "531,329" "27,368" --- 15.6 14.5 22.5 --- --- 2.01 1.91 2.60 --- --- 1971 "3,555,970" "2,919,746" "564,960" "27,148" --- 17.2 16.1 24.4 --- --- 2.27 2.16 2.90 --- --- 1970 "3,731,386" "3,091,264" "572,362" "25,864" --- 18.4 17.4 25.3 --- --- 2.48 2.39 3.10 --- --- 1969 "3,600,206" "2,993,614" "543,132" "24,008" --- 17.9 16.9 24.4 --- --- 2.47 2.36 3.04 --- --- 1968 "3,501,564" "2,912,224" "531,152" "24,156" --- 17.6 16.6 24.2 --- --- 2.48 2.37 3.10 --- --- 1967 "3,520,959" "2,922,502" "543,976" "22,665" --- 17.8 16.8 25.1 --- --- 2.57 2.45 3.31 --- --- 1966 "3,606,274" "2,993,230" "558,244" "23,014" --- 18.4 17.4 26.2 --- --- 2.74 2.61 3.55 --- --- 1965 "3,760,358" "3,123,860" "581,126" "24,066" --- 19.4 18.3 27.7 --- --- 2.93 2.78 3.83 --- --- 1964 "4,027,490" "3,369,160" "607,556" "24,382" --- 21.1 20.0 29.5 --- --- 3.21 3.07 4.14 --- --- 1963 "4,098,020" "3,326,344" "580,658" "22,358" --- 21.7 20.7 --- --- --- 3.33 3.19 --- --- --- 1962 "4,167,362" "3,394,068" "584,610" "21,968" --- 22.4 21.4 --- --- --- 3.47 3.34 --- --- --- 1961 "4,268,326" "3,600,864" "611,072" "21,464" --- 23.3 22.2 --- --- --- 3.63 3.50 --- --- --- 1960 "4,257,850" "3,600,744" "602,264" "21,114" --- 23.7 22.7 31.9 --- --- 3.65 3.53 4.54 --- --- 1959 "4,244,796" "3,597,430" "605,962" --- --- 24.0 22.9 --- --- --- 3.67 3.54 --- --- --- 1958 "4,246,000" "3,595,000" --- --- --- 24.5 23.3 --- --- --- 3.63 3.53 --- --- --- 1957 "4,300,000" "3,646,000" --- --- --- 25.3 24.0 --- --- --- 3.68 3.58 --- --- --- 1956 "4,210,000" "3,570,000" --- --- --- 25.2 24.0 --- --- --- 3.60 3.50 --- --- --- 1955 "4,097,000" "3,485,000" --- --- --- 25.0 23.8 --- --- --- 3.50 3.40 --- --- --- 1954 "4,071,000" "3,472,000" --- --- --- 25.3 24.2 --- --- --- 3.46 3.37 --- --- --- 1953 "3,959,000" "3,387,000" --- --- --- 25.1 24.0 --- --- --- 3.35 3.27 --- --- --- 1952 "3,909,000" "3,356,000" --- --- --- 25.1 24.1 --- --- --- 3.29 3.21 --- --- --- 1951 "3,820,000" "3,275,000" --- --- --- 24.9 23.9 --- --- --- 3.20 3.12 --- --- --- 1950 "3,632,000" "3,108,000" --- --- --- 24.1 23.0 --- --- --- 3.03 2.95 --- --- --- 1949 "3,649,000" "3,136,000" --- --- --- 24.5 23.6 --- --- --- 3.04 2.96 --- --- --- 1948 "3,637,000" "3,141,000" --- --- --- 24.9 24.0 --- --- --- 3.03 2.97 --- --- --- 1947 "3,817,000" "3,347,000" --- --- --- 26.6 26.1 --- --- --- 3.18 3.17 --- --- --- 1946 "3,411,000" "2,990,000" --- --- --- 24.1 23.6 --- --- --- 2.86 2.84 --- --- --- 1945 "2,858,000" "2,471,000" --- --- --- 20.4 19.7 --- --- --- 2.42 2.38 --- --- --- 1944 "2,939,000" "2,545,000" --- --- --- 21.2 20.5 --- --- --- 2.49 2.45 --- --- --- 1943 "3,104,000" "2,704,000" --- --- --- 22.7 22.1 --- --- --- 2.64 2.61 --- --- --- 1942 "2,989,000" "2,605,000" --- --- --- 22.2 21.5 --- --- --- 2.55 2.53 --- --- --- 1941 "2,703,000" "2,330,000" --- --- --- 20.3 19.5 --- --- --- 2.33 2.28 --- --- --- 1940 "2,559,000" "2,199,000" --- --- --- 19.4 18.6 --- --- --- 2.23 2.18 --- --- --- 1939 "2,466,000" "2,117,000" --- --- --- 18.8 18.0 --- --- --- 2.17 2.12 --- --- --- 1938 "2,496,000" "2,148,000" --- --- --- 19.2 18.4 --- --- --- 2.22 2.17 --- --- --- 1937 "2,413,000" "2,071,000" --- --- --- 18.7 17.9 --- --- --- 2.17 2.12 --- --- --- 1936 "2,355,000" "2,027,000" --- --- --- 18.4 17.6 --- --- --- 2.15 2.10 --- --- --- 1935 "2,377,000" "2,042,000" --- --- --- 18.7 17.9 --- --- --- 2.19 2.14 --- --- --- 1934 "2,396,000" "2,058,000" --- --- --- 19.0 18.1 --- --- --- 2.23 2.18 --- --- --- 1933 "2,307,000" "1,982,000" --- --- --- 18.4 17.6 --- --- --- 2.17 2.13 --- --- --- 1932 "2,440,000" "2,099,000" --- --- --- 19.5 18.7 --- --- --- 2.32 2.27 --- --- --- 1931 "2,506,000" "2,170,000" --- --- --- 20.2 19.5 --- --- --- 2.40 2.37 --- --- --- 1930 "2,618,000" "2,274,000" --- --- --- 21.3 20.6 --- --- --- 2.53 2.51 --- --- --- 1929 "2,582,000" "2,244,000" --- --- --- 21.2 20.5 --- --- --- 2.53 2.51 --- --- --- 1928 "2,674,000" "2,325,000" --- --- --- 22.2 21.5 --- --- --- 2.66 2.63 --- --- --- 1927 "2,802,000" "2,425,000" --- --- --- 23.5 22.7 --- --- --- 2.82 2.78 --- --- --- 1926 "2,839,000" "2,441,000" --- --- --- 24.2 23.1 --- --- --- 2.90 2.84 --- --- --- 1925 "2,909,000" "2,506,000" --- --- --- 25.1 24.1 --- --- --- 3.01 2.95 --- --- --- 1924 "2,979,000" "2,577,000" --- --- --- 26.1 25.1 --- --- --- 3.12 3.07 --- --- --- 1923 "2,910,000" "2,531,000" --- --- --- 26.0 25.2 --- --- --- 3.10 3.06 --- --- --- 1922 "2,882,000" "2,507,000" --- --- --- 26.2 25.4 --- --- --- 3.11 3.07 --- --- --- 1921 "3,055,000" "2,657,000" --- --- --- 28.1 27.3 --- --- --- 3.33 3.28 --- --- --- 1920 "2,950,000" "2,566,000" --- --- --- 27.7 26.9 --- --- --- 3.26 3.22 --- --- --- 1919 "2,740,000" "2,387,000" --- --- --- 26.1 25.3 --- --- --- 3.07 3.02 --- --- --- 1918 "2,948,000" "2,588,000" --- --- --- 28.2 27.6 --- --- --- 3.31 3.29 --- --- --- 1917 "2,944,000" "2,587,000" --- --- --- 28.5 27.9 --- --- --- 3.33 3.31 --- --- --- 1916 "2,964,000" "2,599,000" --- --- --- 29.1 28.5 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1915 "2,965,000" "2,594,000" --- --- --- 29.5 28.9 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1914 "2,966,000" "2,588,000" --- --- --- 29.9 29.3 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1913 "2,869,000" "2,497,000" --- --- --- 29.5 28.8 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1912 "2,840,000" "2,467,000" --- --- --- 29.8 29.0 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1911 "2,809,000" "2,435,000" --- --- --- 29.9 29.1 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1910 "2,777,000" "2,401,000" --- --- --- 30.1 29.2 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Sources: "Hauser, Robert. 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