Posted on 07/25/2025 2:49:22 AM PDT by Az Joe
States above, at or near the needed fertility rate replacement level 2023
Nebraska – approximately 2.11
Alaska – approximately 2.00
North Dakota – approximately 1.91
Texas – approximately 1.85
Kentucky / Louisiana (tie) – about 1.84–1.85
Utah – around 1.80 (surprising)
Other relatively high: Indiana, Kansas, Arkansas, etc., around 1.79–1.83
SD snd Nebraska are more religious and have large Native American populations.
Both states have lower costs of living, particularly for housing, compared to more urbanized or coastal states. This makes it easier for families to afford children, with experts linking increased housing availability directly to higher birth rates.
And, afaik, they have a commitment to law and order, and pro-family policies (e.g., lower taxes and fewer restrictions on family life)
Only for humans can a pregnancy be an “accident”. What we need are more non-injurious and non-fatal accidents. However, more non-accidental pregnancies would be better.
But Utah
A better title is which states are screwing around. IMO
𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 “𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵”
To quote Josh Hartnett’s character in 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯 when he caught his girlfriend cheating on him “What, like... He tripped, you fell?”
19th Amendment. In the past people were FAR POORER, but working for decent money was not nearly as tempting, nor even available in most cases.
In private, she says “Oh shit” and he says “My bad” about it at the pool hall.
Note that none of the states listed as being above average are Democrat run. Having Native American population is a factor as well. Alaska has about 22% of its population in that category. Interestingly, Oklahoma is not listed even though it had a high Native American population, a low cost of living, and a high level of religious adherents.
Bad weather states.
Or which are the top states that the baby boomers do not retire to?
Only 2 states above the replacement population rate which is typically considered to be 2.1.
Bad weather states.
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The effect of long dark nights and cold winters. To prove the relationship, a follow up study should include the months when highest conception occurs.
I think the numbers are skewed by older California residents moving in to escape the $#*+hole they left behind.
What about Florida? We (wife and I) are doing our part...😀
Not a lot of newborns at the Villages.
I just have some anecdotal evidence of a few families I know.
In one family, the parents got married in the ‘50s, and they had four children. Of those four children, only two got married. Those two who got married produced two children. Those two children today are in their late 30s, and neither has children. That family line is dying out.
In another family, the parents also got married in the ‘50s, and they had three children. Those three children all got married. Those children had 7 children among them. Of those 7, only three are married. And of the three who were married, only one has had a child. A group of 7 children are producing only 1 for the next generation.
Another family, the parents got married in the ‘70s. They have four children. Of those four only two are married. Of the two who are married, they produced two children for the next generation.
Everyone think about your own families or other friends of the family, or others in your community. And see if the current generations or having children at the same rate as their parents and grandparents did.
Definitely the case in my own family. I was one of six children born from 1951 to 1961. The six of us all married but had only five children in total from 1982 to 1995. Of those five, so far just two have one child each.
All this talk about infertility and a recent upward trend in miscarriages, not necessarily mentioned in this article, have to have some correlation to something. I wonder what that something could be?
Surprised. I thought it would be New Somalia, Minnesota and West Somalia, Washington State.
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