The drop in U.S. birth rates is well known, as are the problems that demographic change will cause: closing schools, slower ...

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Historically, the birth rate was a strong indicator of how many incoming kindergarteners a district would receive 5 years after the child was born. In 2007, the birth rate in the U.S. was 2.1 children ...

The teenage birth rate in the U.S. fell by 7% in 2025, continuing decades of decline, according to a report published Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics. "A 7% decline is really ...

The number of babies born in the United States fell again last year. According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 3.6 million births in 2025, a 1% decline from ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Birth rates among mothers in their 20s have declined, a new report from ...

Washington Examiner healthcare reporter Gabrielle Etzel said the U.S. birth rate has been sliding for decades as fertility continues to trend downward to record lows. “We haven’t been at a replacement ...

Birth rates in the U.S. continue to fall, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. birth rates have been steadily declining for more than a decade now, ...

The fall is astonishing. At its height, the global fertility rate hit 5.3 births per woman in 1963, but it has been in near-constant decline ever since. Sixty years on, it is now only around 2.2. In ...

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — In 2024, Indiana averaged 11.6 live births per 1,000 people, according to data from the Indiana Department of Health. But the differences among counties is stark. Crude ...