Births to foreign-born mothers in the United States
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Definitions:
Births to women not born in the U.S.
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are not included in the U.S. Average. Foreign-born in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are defined as born outside the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
In 2006 and 2012 mother’s nativity data for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are “N.C. - Not Comparable” because it does not distinguish mothers born in in each respective territory versus in the 50 states and DC, as was defined in previous years.
Data Source: Analysis of 1990-2020 Natality files from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics.
Footnotes:
Updated April 2022.
N.A. – Data not available.
N.C. - Not comparable.
Data are provided for the 50 most populous cities according to the most
recent Census counts. Cities for which data is collected may change
over time.