US fertility rate hits all-time low
April 25, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: America’s fertility rate has hit an all-time low.
New data from the federal government show a rate of 1.62 births per woman in 2023. That figure, a 2% decline from the previous year, is the lowest ever recorded.
The number of births in 2023 also dropped 2% from the previous year, The 3.59 million births were the fewest since 1979.
The birth rate in the US has been declining 1 to 2% consistently over the past decade. The fertility rate is now well under the “replacement rate” of 2.1 children per woman.
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