Table of Contents         Births by Race

Indiana Natality Report - 2015
Table 28. Number of Live Births and Crude Birth Rates* by County of Residence and Race/Ethnicity of Mother:
Indiana Counties, 2015

County Live Births Total Population Crude Birth Rate
Total Hispanic Non-Hispanic Total Hispanic Non-Hispanic Total Hispanic Non-Hispanic
INDIANA
84,008
7,633
76,327
6,619,680
441,909
6,177,771
12.7
  
17.3
  
12.4
  
Adams
662
12
650
34,980
1,575
33,405
18.9
  
7.6
 U
19.5
  
Allen
5,270
490
4,778
368,450
26,832
341,618
14.3
  
18.3
  
14.0
  
Bartholomew
1,096
87
1,008
81,162
5,111
76,051
13.5
  
17.0
  
13.3
  
Benton
107
6
101
8,681
450
8,231
12.3
  
13.3
 U
12.3
  
Blackford
121
2
119
12,298
199
12,099
9.8
  
10.1
 U
9.8
  
Boone
773
22
751
63,344
1,726
61,618
12.2
  
12.7
  
12.2
  
Brown
120
0
120
14,977
233
14,744
8.0
  
0.0
 U
8.1
  
Carroll
195
5
190
19,856
810
19,046
9.8
  
6.2
 U
10.0
  
Cass
495
135
360
37,979
5,432
32,547
13.0
  
24.9
  
11.1
  
Clark
1,487
135
1,352
115,371
6,098
109,273
12.9
  
22.1
  
12.4
  
Clay
346
5
341
26,503
357
26,146
13.1
  
14.0
 U
13.0
  
Clinton
465
116
349
32,609
4,999
27,610
14.3
  
23.2
  
12.6
  
Crawford
118
1
117
10,483
142
10,341
11.3
  
7.0
 U
11.3
  
Daviess
519
33
486
32,906
1,528
31,378
15.8
  
21.6
  
15.5
  
Dearborn
536
4
526
49,455
596
48,859
10.8
  
6.7
 U
10.8
  
Decatur
352
8
344
26,521
500
26,021
13.3
  
16.0
 U
13.2
  
DeKalb
530
9
521
42,589
1,144
41,445
12.4
  
7.9
 U
12.6
  
Delaware
1,188
23
1,164
116,852
2,529
114,323
10.2
  
9.1
  
10.2
  
Dubois
572
72
500
42,461
2,961
39,500
13.5
  
24.3
  
12.7
  
Elkhart
3,188
643
2,545
203,474
31,087
172,387
15.7
  
20.7
  
14.8
  
Fayette
248
2
246
23,434
231
23,203
10.6
  
8.7
 U
10.6
  
Floyd
909
30
879
76,778
2,246
74,532
11.8
  
13.4
  
11.8
  
Fountain
200
7
193
16,591
403
16,188
12.1
  
17.4
 U
11.9
  
Franklin
226
2
224
22,872
230
22,642
9.9
  
8.7
 U
9.9
  
Fulton
260
14
246
20,315
1,039
19,276
12.8
  
13.5
 U
12.8
  
Gibson
388
10
378
33,775
547
33,228
11.5
  
18.3
 U
11.4
  
Grant
757
41
716
67,979
2,859
65,120
11.1
  
14.3
  
11.0
  
Greene
337
6
330
32,441
451
31,990
10.4
  
13.3
 U
10.3
  
Hamilton
3,902
140
3,761
309,697
12,042
297,655
12.6
  
11.6
  
12.6
  
Hancock
824
21
803
72,520
1,564
70,956
11.4
  
13.4
  
11.3
  
Harrison
452
12
440
39,578
765
38,813
11.4
  
15.7
 U
11.3
  
Hendricks
1,761
61
1,699
158,192
5,851
152,341
11.1
  
10.4
  
11.2
  
Henry
476
9
467
48,985
839
48,146
9.7
  
10.7
 U
9.7
  
Howard
978
28
950
82,556
2,669
79,887
11.8
  
10.5
  
11.9
  
Huntington
434
16
418
36,630
810
35,820
11.8
  
19.8
 U
11.7
  
Jackson
576
65
511
44,069
2,822
41,247
13.1
  
23.0
  
12.4
  
Jasper
382
27
354
33,470
2,020
31,450
11.4
  
13.4
  
11.3
  
Jay
306
11
294
21,121
645
20,476
14.5
  
17.1
 U
14.4
  
Jefferson
371
29
342
32,416
831
31,585
11.4
  
34.9
  
10.8
  
Jennings
314
8
305
27,897
647
27,250
11.3
  
12.4
 U
11.2
  
Johnson
1,883
84
1,799
149,633
5,245
144,388
12.6
  
16.0
  
12.5
  
Knox
431
13
418
37,927
708
37,219
11.4
  
18.4
 U
11.2
  
Kosciusko
1,027
95
932
78,620
6,320
72,300
13.1
  
15.0
  
12.9
  
LaGrange
753
17
736
38,809
1,563
37,246
19.4
  
10.9
 U
19.8
  
Lake
5,910
1,280
4,614
487,865
89,372
398,493
12.1
  
14.3
  
11.6
  
LaPorte
1,340
115
1,225
110,884
6,998
103,886
12.1
  
16.4
  
11.8
  
Lawrence
497
9
488
45,495
728
44,767
10.9
  
12.4
 U
10.9
  
Madison
1,510
74
1,436
129,723
5,021
124,702
11.6
  
14.7
  
11.5
  
Marion
14,432
2,096
12,330
939,020
93,434
845,586
15.4
  
22.4
  
14.6
  
Marshall
608
96
512
46,857
4,454
42,403
13.0
  
21.6
  
12.1
  
Martin
130
1
129
10,226
98
10,128
12.7
  
10.2
 U
12.7
  
Miami
374
9
365
35,862
1,030
34,832
10.4
  
8.7
 U
10.5
  
Monroe
1,353
63
1,290
144,705
5,002
139,703
9.4
  
12.6
  
9.2
  
Montgomery
473
41
432
38,227
1,764
36,463
12.4
  
23.2
  
11.8
  
Morgan
776
11
765
69,648
1,045
68,603
11.1
  
10.5
 U
11.2
  
Newton
171
10
161
14,008
823
13,185
12.2
  
12.2
 U
12.2
  
Noble
654
93
561
47,733
4,922
42,811
13.7
  
18.9
  
13.1
  
Ohio
54
0
54
5,938
67
5,871
9.1
  
0.0
 U
9.2
  
Orange
240
4
236
19,605
300
19,305
12.2
  
13.3
 U
12.2
  
Owen
228
7
221
20,872
272
20,600
10.9
  
25.7
 U
10.7
  
Parke
228
1
227
16,901
237
16,664
13.5
  
4.2
 U
13.6
  
Perry
235
1
234
19,347
264
19,083
12.1
  
3.8
 U
12.3
  
Pike
137
2
135
12,594
182
12,412
10.9
  
11.0
 U
10.9
  
Porter
1,714
163
1,547
167,688
16,285
151,403
10.2
  
10.0
  
10.2
  
Posey
285
3
282
25,512
278
25,234
11.2
  
10.8
 U
11.2
  
Pulaski
135
3
132
12,889
389
12,500
10.5
  
7.7
 U
10.6
  
Putnam
362
4
358
37,585
708
36,877
9.6
  
5.6
 U
9.7
  
Randolph
301
15
286
25,172
830
24,342
12.0
  
18.1
 U
11.7
  
Ripley
324
2
321
28,701
529
28,172
11.3
  
3.8
 U
11.4
  
Rush
188
4
184
16,672
231
16,441
11.3
  
17.3
 U
11.2
  
St.Joseph
3,480
392
3,088
268,441
22,618
245,823
13.0
  
17.3
  
12.6
  
Scott
300
7
293
23,744
455
23,289
12.6
  
15.4
 U
12.6
  
Shelby
495
37
458
44,478
1,799
42,679
11.1
  
20.6
  
10.7
  
Spencer
191
12
179
20,715
566
20,149
9.2
  
21.2
 U
8.9
  
Starke
263
6
257
22,958
796
22,162
11.5
  
7.5
 U
11.6
  
Steuben
416
13
402
34,372
1,170
33,202
12.1
  
11.1
 U
12.1
  
Sullivan
206
5
201
20,928
349
20,579
9.8
  
14.3
 U
9.8
  
Switzerland
126
3
123
10,524
191
10,333
12.0
  
15.7
 U
11.9
  
Tippecanoe
2,388
266
2,121
185,826
15,106
170,720
12.9
  
17.6
  
12.4
  
Tipton
144
2
142
15,267
416
14,851
9.4
  
4.8
 U
9.6
  
Union
69
0
68
7,182
109
7,073
9.6
  
0.0
 U
9.6
  
Vanderburgh
2,222
81
2,141
181,877
4,673
177,204
12.2
  
17.3
  
12.1
  
Vermillion
169
0
169
15,692
181
15,511
10.8
  
0.0
 U
10.9
  
Vigo
1,285
21
1,264
107,896
2,820
105,076
11.9
  
7.4
  
12.0
  
Wabash
338
10
328
32,138
837
31,301
10.5
  
11.9
 U
10.5
  
Warren
79
1
77
8,269
115
8,154
9.6
  
8.7
 U
9.4
  
Warrick
683
17
666
61,897
1,133
60,764
11.0
  
15.0
 U
11.0
  
Washington
332
5
327
27,827
419
27,408
11.9
  
11.9
 U
11.9
  
Wayne
788
23
765
67,001
1,829
65,172
11.8
  
12.6
  
11.7
  
Wells
339
14
325
27,964
753
27,211
12.1
  
18.6
 U
11.9
  
White
303
49
254
24,293
1,934
22,359
12.5
  
25.3
  
11.4
  
Whitley
398
6
391
33,406
721
32,685
11.9
  
8.3
 U
12.0
  

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team.
Population data from the July 1, 2015, bridged race estimates, resident population on CDC WONDER On-line database, downloaded September 12, 2016. For additional information, see the Technical Notes.
*Live Births per 1,000 population. See Appendix Table B2 for population counts.
 
U = Unstable rate due to fewer than 20 live births.
 
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