Utah slides to No. 10 for fertility in U.S.

U.S. and Utah fertility rates are continuing a years-long slide, landing in both cases below the 2.1 births per woman that would keep the population size stable.

That’s according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national Center for Health Statistics. An analysis of the numbers by the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute found the U.S. fertility rate in 2023 — the last year with complete data — was 1.521, down 2.1% from the year before.

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