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US births dropped last year, suggesting the 2024 uptick was short-lived
Provisional CDC data show U.S. births dropped by 24,000 in 2025 after a temporary 2024 rise, continuing a long-term decline amid economic and social challenges.
- U.S. births fell slightly in 2025 to about 3.6 million, around 24,000 fewer than in 2024, according to newly posted provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
- While births increased in 2024 over the previous year, the fertility rate actually fell, noted Karen Guzzo, a family demographer at the University of North Carolina.
- As a general trend, U.S. births and birth rates have been falling for years, dropping in 2020 before rising for two straight years, which experts partly attributed to pregnancies put off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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U.S. births dropped last year, offsetting 2024's increase and dashing hopes for an upward trend
U.S. births fell a little in 2025, according to newly posted provisional data. Slightly over 3.6 million births have been reported through birth certificates, or about 24,000 fewer than in 2024. The decline seems to confirm predictions by some experts, who doubted a 22,250-birth increase in 2024 marked the start of an upward trend. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its provisional birth data late last week, filling in two mo…
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