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Births continued a historic slide in all but two states last year, making it clear that a brief post-pandemic uptick in the nation’s birth numbers was all about planned pregnancies
Having fewer births means lower state costs for services such as subsidized day care and public schools at a time when aging baby boomers are straining resources.
Only Tennessee and North Dakota had small increases in births from 2022 to 2023, according to a Stateline analysis of provisional federal data on births.
Births resumed a historic slide in all but two states last year, making it clear that pregnancies delayed by COVID-19 explain a brief uptick post pandemic.
For Star subscribers: Women are having fewer children around the world, and a sharp drop happened in Arizona after the 2008 economic crash. Repealing the abortion ban may help, but