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Indiana Natality Report - 2008
Table 34. Live Births and Crude Birth Rates by City of Residence and Race of Mother:
Selected Indiana Cities*, 2008

City Live Births Population
All Races
Crude Rate**
All Races
All Races White Black Other    
Anderson
1,019
862
135
22
57,282
17.8
Bloomington
1,171
1,015
55
101
71,819
16.3
Carmel
774
677
24
73
66,769
11.6
Columbus
969
885
17
67
40,001
24.2
East Chicago
547
222
260
65
29,978
18.2
Elkhart
1,680
1,400
234
46
52,653
31.9
Evansville
2,323
1,942
271
110
116,309
20.0
Fishers
1,241
1,104
59
78
69,011
18.0
Fort Wayne
4,878
3,527
911
440
251,591
19.4
Gary
1,490
215
1,260
15
95,920
15.5
Goshen
1,032
989
21
22
32,630
31.6
Greenwood
1,105
1,027
18
60
47,720
23.2
Hammond
1,207
784
332
91
76,732
15.7
Hobart
404
365
18
21
27,891
14.5
Indianapolis
14,933
9,804
4,395
734
798,382
18.7
Jeffersonville
656
551
82
23
30,479
21.5
Kokomo
1,037
917
99
21
45,694
22.7
Lafayette
1,628
1,328
117
183
64,049
25.4
Marion
559
471
80
8
30,212
18.5
Merrillville
516
249
224
43
33,057
15.6
Michigan City
585
403
174
8
32,405
18.1
Mishawaka
846
725
82
39
50,026
16.9
Muncie
1,023
882
120
21
64,975
15.7
New Albany
687
575
68
44
37,296
18.4
Noblesville
1,070
1,007
32
31
42,155
25.4
Portage
518
457
37
24
36,976
14.0
Richmond
627
537
47
43
36,733
17.1
South Bend
2,298
1,529
659
110
103,807
22.1
Terre Haute
1,190
1,067
92
31
60,007
19.8
Valparaiso
875
826
22
27
30,429
28.8
West Lafayette
582
416
23
143
30,847
18.9
Total of Large Cities
49,470
36,758
9,968
2,744
2,563,835
19.3


Summary of Population Groups

Total of Large Cities
49,470
36,758
9,968
2,744
2,563,835
19.3
Balance of State
39,209
37,522
528
1,159
3,812,957
10.3
Total Indiana
88,679
74,280
10,496
3,903
6,376,792
13.9

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team.
*Cities with populations over 25,000 per the 2000 Census.
**Crude rate is per 1,000 population. See Appendix Table B4 for population counts.
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This table was run on July 26, 2011.

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