Births by Race/Ethnicity - Kaiser State Health Facts

Number of Live Births by Race/Ethnicity, 2006

Non-Hispanic White

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	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic American Indian	Non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander	Hispanic	Not Stated	Total

United States	2,308,640	617,247	42,217	227,978	1,039,077	30,396	4,265,555

Alabama	38,118	19,333	187	808	4,724	62	63,232
Alaska	6,291	397	2,556	810	752	190	10,996
Arizona	43,372	3,594	6,010	2,931	45,521	1,001	102,429
Arkansas	27,679	7,843	264	643	4,397	135	40,961
California	158,426	32,056	2,469	67,461	293,322	8,706	562,440
Colorado	42,127	2,975	502	2,328	22,813	6	70,751
Connecticut	25,665	5,171	213	2,205	8,485	81	41,820
Delaware	6,580	2,996	26	483	1,883	21	11,989
District of Columbia	2,143	4,846	7	179	1,329	19	8,523
Florida	107,433	51,081	587	6,771	70,059	871	236,802
Georgia	69,494	48,693	240	4,928	23,657	1,621	148,633
Hawaii	4,585	499	46	10,753	3,039	60	18,982
Idaho	19,496	120	325	331	3,792	120	24,184
Illinois	95,207	31,207	256	9,446	44,342	114	180,572
Indiana	67,950	10,374	142	1,524	8,454	187	88,631
Iowa	34,511	1,585	208	949	3,226	128	40,607
Kansas	29,673	2,994	333	1,257	6,587	124	40,968
Kentucky	49,224	5,251	68	884	2,774	49	58,250
Louisiana	35,222	24,271	414	968	2,344	157	63,376
Maine	13,298	292	84	232	218	27	14,151
Maryland	37,016	25,397	169	4,689	10,087	136	77,494
Massachusetts	53,644	7,104	162	5,621	10,749	396	77,676
Michigan	87,157	22,680	663	4,356	8,682	3,945	127,483
Minnesota	54,061	6,306	1,479	4,506	6,027	1,146	73,525
Mississippi	22,650	21,075	321	430	1,556	24	46,056
Missouri	62,115	12,333	371	1,886	4,556	124	81,385
Montana	9,822	45	1,563	98	401	579	12,508
Nebraska	19,976	1,715	441	588	3,999	8	26,727
Nevada	16,828	3,334	525	3,059	15,600	681	40,027
New Hampshire	12,833	213	17	509	585	221	14,378
New Jersey	56,974	17,459	142	11,093	29,210	142	115,020
New Mexico	8,590	509	3,794	521	16,514	8	29,936
New York	125,405	42,453	529	21,789	59,331	597	250,104
North Carolina	71,382	29,712	1,702	3,710	21,217	136	127,859
North Dakota	7,109	117	972	93	249	81	8,621
Ohio	115,914	23,781	252	3,042	6,737	867	150,593
Oklahoma	34,915	4,888	5,845	1,070	7,065	233	54,016
Oregon	33,856	1,096	824	2,660	9,939	314	48,689
Pennsylvania	107,602	20,871	256	5,509	13,279	1,573	149,090
Rhode Island	6,117	992	108	543	2,557	2,055	12,372
South Carolina	34,211	20,458	197	977	5,874	454	62,171
South Dakota	9,170	214	1,989	133	401	12	11,919
Tennessee	57,172	17,422	139	1,547	7,939	136	84,355
Texas	139,916	46,026	828	14,067	198,259	507	399,603
Utah	42,230	463	675	1,620	8,224	292	53,504
Vermont	6,200	74	13	108	74	42	6,511
Virginia	62,502	23,414	136	7,138	14,467	160	107,817
Washington	56,249	3,750	1,712	7,742	15,796	1,627	86,876
West Virginia	19,760	689	15	170	219	78	20,931
Wisconsin	54,543	7,024	1,143	2,725	6,870	35	72,340
Wyoming	6,227	55	298	88	896	108	7,672

Guam	201	35	NA	NA	48	9	3,391
Puerto Rico	1,600	110	NA	NA	46,861	11	48,597
Virgin Islands	111	1,096	NA	NA	379	82	1,687

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Notes:

Data reflect race of the infant's mother.
Data are for 2006.
US total excludes territories.
Territory data are from Source 2.

Sources:

Source 1: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. VitalStats. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/vitalstats.htm. Accessed 1/7/2009.

Source 2: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics Reports. Births: Final Data for 2006, Vol. 57 No. 7, 1/7/2009. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_07.pdf. Accessed 1/7/09.

Definitions:

American Indian data include births to Aleuts and Eskimos.

NA: Data not available

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