Jennifer I. Kondo

Total Fertility Rate News 2025 New York. The fertility rate in the united states has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it's. Last year's total of new births adds up to a rate of 1,616.5 births per 1,000 women in the u.s.

New york state’s total fertility rate—the average number of births a woman would have in her lifetime if current patterns continue—has dropped from 1.85 in 2009 to 1.55 in 2021. The total fertility rate is the average number of births a woman would have in her lifetime if current patterns continue.