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INDIANA NATALITY REPORT - FINAL DATA
TABLE 28 - INDIANA RESIDENTS
Births and Crude Birth Rates by Race of Mother:
Indiana Counties, 2002

  Births Total Population(Table B-2) Crude Rates*
COUNTY Total White Black Other Total White Black Other Total White Black Other
Adams 615 612 2 1 33,500 33,189 64 247 18.4   18.4   31.3 U 4.0 U
Allen 5,161 4,332 705 124 337,512 286,458 38,653 12,401 15.3   15.1   18.2   10.0  
Bartholomew 960 904 17 39 71,636 68,054 1,336 2,246 13.4   13.3   12.7 U 17.4  
Benton 115 115 0 0 9,207 9,089 29 89 12.5   12.7   0.0 U 0.0 U
Blackford 154 153 0 1 13,804 13,615 26 163 11.2   11.2   0.0 U 6.1 U
Boone 645 635 2 8 48,277 47,385 203 689 13.4   13.4   9.9 U 11.6 U
Brown 145 144 0 1 15,211 15,010 48 153 9.5   9.6   0.0 U 6.5 U
Carroll 241 241 0 0 20,226 20,089 48 89 11.9   12.0   0.0 U 0.0 U
Cass 542 535 3 4 40,752 39,556 559 637 13.3   13.5   5.4 U 6.3 U
Clark 1,273 1,138 119 16 98,198 89,567 6,517 2,114 13.0   12.7   18.3   7.6 U
Clay 373 372 0 1 26,357 26,018 113 226 14.2   14.3   0.0 U 4.4 U
Clinton 503 500 2 1 33,972 33,510 137 325 14.8   14.9   14.6 U 3.1 U
Crawford 130 130 0 0 11,076 10,937 28 111 11.7   11.9   0.0 U 0.0 U
Daviess 475 470 2 3 29,851 29,339 225 287 15.9   16.0   8.9 U 10.5 U
Dearborn 532 520 3 9 47,333 46,468 321 544 11.2   11.2   9.3 U 16.5 U
Decatur 376 371 1 4 24,515 24,204 31 280 15.3   15.3   32.3 U 14.3 U
DeKalb 591 588 0 3 40,525 39,879 117 529 14.6   14.7   0.0 U 5.7 U
Delaware 1,300 1,142 142 16 118,197 107,795 7,960 2,442 11.0   10.6   17.8   6.6 U
Dubois 565 562 0 3 40,015 39,648 59 308 14.1   14.2   0.0 U 9.7 U
Elkhart 3,005 2,762 202 41 186,465 171,544 9,531 5,390 16.1   16.1   21.2   7.6  
Fayette 309 304 2 3 25,249 24,618 412 219 12.2   12.3   4.9 U 13.7 U
Floyd 848 777 57 14 71,633 67,112 3,143 1,378 11.8   11.6   18.1   10.2 U
Fountain 211 211 0 0 17,700 17,560 27 113 11.9   12.0   0.0 U 0.0 U
Franklin 254 252 0 2 22,585 22,411 6 168 11.2   11.2   0.0 U 11.9 U
Fulton 234 229 3 2 20,728 20,259 172 297 11.3   11.3   17.4 U 6.7 U
Gibson 387 375 9 3 32,590 31,535 638 417 11.9   11.9   14.1 U 7.2 U
Grant 869 761 97 11 72,189 65,363 5,177 1,649 12.0   11.6   18.7   6.7 U
Greene 425 422 1 2 33,155 32,735 27 393 12.8   12.9   37.0 U 5.1 U
Hamilton 3,457 3,262 59 136 205,610 191,973 4,420 9,217 16.8   17.0   13.3   14.8  
Hancock 741 729 6 6 58,343 57,089 336 918 12.7   12.8   17.9 U 6.5 U
Harrison 436 434 1 1 35,244 34,731 168 345 12.4   12.5   6.0 U 2.9 U
Hendricks 1,459 1,424 6 29 114,301 109,540 2,212 2,549 12.8   13.0   2.7 U 11.4  
Henry 558 550 5 3 47,983 47,167 421 395 11.6   11.7   11.9 U 7.6 U
Howard 1,119 1,016 82 21 84,838 76,825 5,702 2,311 13.2   13.2   14.4   9.1  
Huntington 488 485 0 3 38,243 37,638 76 529 12.8   12.9   0.0 U 5.7 U
Jackson 629 623 3 3 41,557 40,630 279 648 15.1   15.3   10.8 U 4.6 U
Jasper 405 402 1 2 30,815 30,407 133 275 13.1   13.2   7.5 U 7.3 U
Jay 282 279 1 2 21,631 21,383 61 187 13.0   13.0   16.4 U 10.7 U
Jefferson 332 319 3 10 32,113 31,039 475 599 10.3   10.3   6.3 U 16.7 U
Jennings 389 388 0 1 28,192 27,616 217 359 13.8   14.0   0.0 U 2.8 U
Johnson 1,622 1,588 8 26 121,604 118,511 957 2,136 13.3   13.4   8.4 U 12.2  
Knox 393 390 3 0 38,531 37,248 755 528 10.2   10.5   4.0 U 0.0 U
Kosciusko 1,032 1,007 9 16 74,794 73,170 496 1,128 13.8   13.8   18.1 U 14.2 U
LaGrange 717 713 0 4 35,410 34,876 82 452 20.2   20.4   0.0 U 8.8 U
Lake 6,824 4,554 2,170 100 487,016 351,224 124,178 11,614 14.0   13.0   17.5   8.6  
LaPorte 1,360 1,172 177 11 110,384 97,041 11,055 2,288 12.3   12.1   16.0   4.8 U
Lawrence 560 555 1 4 46,097 45,350 145 602 12.1   12.2   6.9 U 6.6 U
Madison 1,603 1,452 136 15 132,068 119,479 10,463 2,126 12.1   12.2   13.0   7.1 U
Marion 14,540 10,220 3,976 344 863,429 617,147 215,944 30,338 16.8   16.6   18.4   11.3  
Marshall 639 633 2 4 45,735 44,873 174 688 14.0   14.1   11.5 U 5.8 U
Martin 145 145 0 0 10,370 10,280 39 51 14.0   14.1   0.0 U 0.0 U
Miami 433 428 1 4 36,199 34,230 1,009 960 12.0   12.5   1.0 U 4.2 U
Monroe 1,239 1,112 34 93 121,229 111,057 3,466 6,706 10.2   10.0   9.8   13.9  
Montgomery 456 443 9 4 37,957 37,118 336 503 12.0   11.9   26.8 U 8.0 U
Morgan 927 922 0 5 67,791 66,893 76 822 13.7   13.8   0.0 U 6.1 U
Newton 156 153 1 2 14,360 14,167 46 147 10.9   10.8   21.7 U 13.6 U
Noble 669 658 3 8 47,209 46,367 234 608 14.2   14.2   12.8 U 13.2 U
Ohio 61 61 0 0 5,804 5,753 33 18 10.5   10.6   0.0 U 0.0 U
Orange 245 241 2 2 19,433 19,103 136 194 12.6   12.6   14.7 U 10.3 U
Owen 246 242 1 3 22,541 22,218 70 253 10.9   10.9   14.3 U 11.9 U
Parke 171 170 0 1 17,262 16,733 376 153 9.9   10.2   0.0 U 6.5 U
Perry 201 198 1 2 18,827 18,414 306 107 10.7   10.8   3.3 U 18.7 U
Pike 141 140 0 1 12,908 12,812 25 71 10.9   10.9   0.0 U 14.1 U
Porter 1,797 1,739 32 26 150,403 145,220 1,847 3,336 11.9   12.0   17.3   7.8  
Posey 269 265 2 2 26,990 26,476 273 241 10.0   10.0   7.3 U 8.3 U
Pulaski 159 157 1 1 13,731 13,495 136 100 11.6   11.6   7.4 U 10.0 U
Putnam 406 402 1 3 36,440 34,788 1,060 592 11.1   11.6   0.9 U 5.1 U
Randolph 305 301 0 4 27,191 26,841 80 270 11.2   11.2   0.0 U 14.8 U
Ripley 374 369 1 4 27,525 27,221 32 272 13.6   13.6   31.3 U 14.7 U
Rush 258 256 0 2 17,918 17,591 126 201 14.4   14.6   0.0 U 10.0 U
St. Joseph 3,750 3,012 636 102 267,120 226,322 30,706 10,092 14.0   13.3   20.7   10.1  
Scott 318 317 0 1 23,334 23,152 14 168 13.6   13.7   0.0 U 6.0 U
Shelby 547 527 10 10 43,674 42,643 359 672 12.5   12.4   27.9 U 14.9 U
Spencer 212 209 2 1 20,353 20,058 132 163 10.4   10.4   15.2 U 6.1 U
Starke 305 303 0 2 22,832 22,533 42 257 13.4   13.4   0.0 U 7.8 U
Steuben 421 414 0 7 33,429 32,881 136 412 12.6   12.6   0.0 U 17.0 U
Sullivan 258 255 0 3 21,825 20,695 917 213 11.8   12.3   0.0 U 14.1 U
Switzerland 102 102 0 0 9,410 9,344 23 43 10.8   10.9   0.0 U 0.0 U
Tippecanoe 1,941 1,733 64 144 152,001 138,782 3,777 9,442 12.8   12.5   16.9   15.3  
Tipton 219 216 2 1 16,534 16,380 32 122 13.2   13.2   62.5 U 8.2 U
Union 77 77 0 0 7,440 7,377 22 41 10.3   10.4   0.0 U 0.0 U
Vanderburgh 2,298 1,972 291 35 171,744 153,938 13,931 3,875 13.4   12.8   20.9   9.0  
Vermillion 205 204 0 1 16,499 16,289 47 163 12.4   12.5   0.0 U 6.1 U
Vigo 1,283 1,192 75 16 105,078 95,695 6,239 3,144 12.2   12.5   12.0   5.1 U
Wabash 418 415 2 1 34,655 33,860 194 601 12.1   12.3   10.3 U 1.7 U
Warren 101 100 0 1 8,747 8,686 17 44 11.5   11.5   0.0 U 22.7 U
Warrick 616 603 3 10 53,624 52,221 637 766 11.5   11.5   4.7 U 13.1 U
Washington 344 342 1 1 27,618 27,314 62 242 12.5   12.5   16.1 U 4.1 U
Wayne 837 772 49 16 70,547 65,417 3,640 1,490 11.9   11.8   13.5   10.7 U
Wells 322 321 1 0 27,796 27,476 49 271 11.6   11.7   20.4 U 0.0 U
White 355 349 0 6 24,985 24,656 58 271 14.2   14.2   0.0 U 22.1 U
Whitley 429 424 0 5 31,339 30,936 55 348 13.7   13.7   0.0 U 14.4 U
INDIANA 84,839 74,013 9,243 1,583 6,159,068 5,481,336 525,151 152,581 13.8   13.5   17.6   10.4  

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, March 3, 2004.
The 2002 information is based on Final data. See Preface.
U = Unstable rate, based on fewer than 20 births.
* Births per 1,000 population, see Appendix Table B-2 for population counts.
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