The 50 states will be underlined to distinguish them from the other types of areas in the United States on the list. The United States national average will be bolded in a different color and underlined for further emphasis as a benchmark.
List of states, territories, and districts in the United States by Fertility Rate, 2014
01. Guam:
2.96
02. American Samoa:
2.60
03. Utah: 2.33
04. South Dakota: 2.27
05. North Dakota: 2.24
06. United States Virgin Islands:
2.23
07. Alaska: 2.19
08. Nebraska: 2.16
09. Idaho: 2.15
10. Texas: 2.09
11. Kansas: 2.05
12. Oklahoma: 2.03
13. Iowa: 2.02
14. Hawaii: 2.00
15. Wyoming: 1.99
16. Arizona: 1.97
17. Arkansas: 1.97
18. Kentucky: 1.96
19. Louisiana: 1.96
20. Montana: 1.95
21. Minnesota: 1.94
22. Indiana: 1.93
23. New Mexico: 1.91
24. Mississippi: 1.89
25. Ohio: 1.88
26. Missouri: 1.87
27. Nevada: 1.87
28. Georgia: 1.87
29. Tennessee: 1.87
-- United States Average: 1.86 --
30. Wisconsin: 1.85
31. Washington: 1.85
32. California: 1.84
33. Michigan: 1.83
34. North Carolina: 1.83
35. Alabama: 1.83
36. Maryland: 1.82
37. West Virginia: 1.81
38. Virginia: 1.81
39. New Jersey: 1.81
40. Illinois: 1.81
41. South Carolina: 1.80
42. Delaware: 1.79
43. Colorado: 1.77
44. Florida: 1.77
45. Pennsylvania: 1.76
46. New York: 1.73
47. Oregon: 1.72
48. Maine: 1.66
49. Connecticut: 1.63
50. Vermont: 1.63
51. New Hampshire: 1.58
52. Massachusetts: 1.58
53. Rhode Islands: 1.56
54. District of Columbia:
1.52
55. Puerto Rico:
1.43
56. Northern Mariana Islands:
1.24
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_12.pdf