Rankings · Migration

Highest natural change rate by state

Births minus deaths per 1,000 residents.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Births minus deaths per 1,000 residents, before anyone moves. Negative means the population would shrink without arrivals. Use the annual raw count beside it when place size itself matters.

  1. 1Utah7
  2. 2Texas5
  3. 3Alaska5
  4. 4District of Columbia4
  5. 5Colorado3
  6. 6Idaho3
  7. 7North Dakota3
  8. 8Nebraska3
  9. 9California3
  10. 10South Dakota3
  11. 11New Jersey3
  12. 12Georgia3
  13. 13Washington2
  14. 14Minnesota2
  15. 15New York2
  16. 16Maryland2
  17. 17Kansas2
  18. 18Virginia2
  19. 19Hawaii1
  20. 20North Carolina1
  21. 21Indiana1
  22. 22Massachusetts1
  23. 23Arizona1
  24. 24Iowa1
  25. 25Illinois1
  26. 26Nevada1
  27. 27Connecticut1
  28. 28Louisiana1
  29. 29Oklahoma1
  30. 30Tennessee1
  31. 31Wyoming1
  32. 32Wisconsin0
  33. 33South Carolina0
  34. 34Kentucky0
  35. 35Missouri0
  36. 36Florida-0
  37. 37Montana-0
  38. 38Ohio-0
  39. 39Rhode Island-0
  40. 40Alabama-0
  41. 41Arkansas-0
  42. 42Delaware-0
  43. 43Michigan-0
  44. 44Pennsylvania-1
  45. 45Mississippi-1
  46. 46New Mexico-1
  47. 47Oregon-1
  48. 48New Hampshire-1
  49. 49Vermont-3
  50. 50Maine-4
  51. 51West Virginia-4
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built