Rankings · Migration

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