and Vermont rounds out the list as the state with the lowest fertility rate of 42.1, according to 2023 CDC data. As the map shows, the rates vary by region. These tables show those divisions.

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The fertility rate - the average number of children a mother could expect to have during her lifetime - has fallen to its lowest since records began in 1938. The typical size of the average family ...