Rise in US Births Last Year Driven Entirely by Hispanics, Asians

The number of US births rose last year after falling in 2023, driven entirely by Hispanics and Asians, based on provisional data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.

Births climbed 1% to more than 3.6 million, reflecting a 5% increase among Asian women and a 4% gain among Hispanics, according to data released Wednesday. Births declined for Black women and fell slightly among Whites.

Despite the annual increase in births, the total fertility rate remained below the replacement pace — the level at which a given generation can exactly replace itself. The fertility rate in the US has ...