1.60
2024 (latest)
TOTAL FERTILITY RATE
births per woman (total fertility rate) · 1970–2024 · CDC/NCHS, Births: Final Data
2.48
1970
2.48
high · 1970
1.60
low · 2024
−36%
since 1970
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. NCHS TFR (stored per 1,000 women; 2,100 = replacement). 2010-2024 from Births: Final Data for 2024 (NVSR 75-2); 2000-2009 from Births: Final Data for 2015 revised rates; splice verified identical on 2010-2015 overlap. 2024 is final. 1970-1999 from Births: Final Data for 2015 (NVSR 66-1) Table 4, the census-revised TFR series spanning 1970-2015; its 2000 value matches the shipped series exactly, so the splice is a single lineage. Stored here per woman; NCHS publishes the rate per 1,000 women.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr75/nvsr75-02.pdf
- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Total Fertility Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.60 | −1% |
| 2023 | 1.62 | −2% |
| 2022 | 1.66 | −0% |
| 2021 | 1.66 | +1% |
| 2020 | 1.64 | −4% |
| 2019 | 1.71 | −1% |
| 2018 | 1.73 | −2% |
| 2017 | 1.77 | −3% |
| 2016 | 1.82 | −1% |
| 2015 | 1.84 | −1% |
| 2014 | 1.86 | +0% |
| 2013 | 1.86 | −1% |
| 2012 | 1.88 | −1% |
| 2011 | 1.89 | −2% |
| 2010 | 1.93 | −4% |
| 2009 | 2.00 | −3% |
| 2008 | 2.07 | −2% |
| 2007 | 2.12 | +1% |
| 2006 | 2.11 | +2% |
| 2005 | 2.06 | +0% |
| 2004 | 2.05 | +0% |
| 2003 | 2.05 | +1% |
| 2002 | 2.02 | −0% |
| 2001 | 2.03 | −1% |
| 2000 | 2.06 | +2% |
| 1999 | 2.01 | +0% |
| 1998 | 2.00 | +1% |
| 1997 | 1.97 | −0% |
| 1996 | 1.98 | −0% |
| 1995 | 1.98 | −1% |
| 1994 | 2.00 | −1% |
| 1993 | 2.02 | −1% |
| 1992 | 2.05 | −1% |
| 1991 | 2.06 | −1% |
| 1990 | 2.08 | +3% |
| 1989 | 2.01 | +4% |
| 1988 | 1.93 | +3% |
| 1987 | 1.87 | +2% |
| 1986 | 1.84 | −0% |
| 1985 | 1.84 | +2% |
| 1984 | 1.81 | +0% |
| 1983 | 1.80 | −2% |
| 1982 | 1.83 | +1% |
| 1981 | 1.81 | −1% |
| 1980 | 1.84 | +2% |
| 1979 | 1.81 | +3% |
| 1978 | 1.76 | −2% |
| 1977 | 1.79 | +3% |
| 1976 | 1.74 | −2% |
| 1975 | 1.77 | −3% |
| 1974 | 1.83 | −2% |
| 1973 | 1.88 | −7% |
| 1972 | 2.01 | −11% |
| 1971 | 2.27 | −9% |
| 1970 | 2.48 | — |
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