Economy | What a Declining U.S. Birth Rate Could Mean for Minnesota The Minnesota birth rate has also been on the decline for years, with the 2019 rate sitting at 11.71 births per 1000, compared to 14.16 per 1,000 in 2007, according to CDC data. Shutterstock
What a Declining U.S. Birth Rate Could Mean for Minnesota The 4 percent drop in births in 2020 was the biggest decrease in the U.S. birth rate in more than a century.
The number of births in the U.S. fell by 4 percent last year the largest annual decrease in more than a century. Before the pandemic, Americans were already having fewer children, doing it later in life or choosing not to have children at all.