Table of Contents         Births by Race

Indiana Natality Report - 2016
Table 28. Number of Live Births and Crude Birth Rates* by County of Residence and Race/Ethnicity of Mother:
Indiana Counties, 2016

  Live Births Total Population Crude Birth Rate
County Total Hispanic Non-Hispanic Total Hispanic Non-Hispanic Total Hispanic Non-Hispanic
INDIANA
83,063
7,439
75,577
6,633,053
449,871
6,183,182
12.5
  
16.5
  
12.2
  
Adams
676
27
649
35,232
1,577
33,655
19.2
  
17.1
  
19.3
  
Allen
5,140
461
4,678
370,404
27,195
343,209
13.9
  
17.0
  
13.6
  
Bartholomew
1,086
95
991
81,402
5,329
76,073
13.3
  
17.8
  
13.0
  
Benton
114
7
107
8,650
463
8,187
13.2
  
15.1
 U
13.1
  
Blackford
133
4
129
12,149
197
11,952
10.9
  
20.3
 U
10.8
  
Boone
827
17
809
64,653
1,810
62,843
12.8
  
9.4
 U
12.9
  
Brown
114
0
114
14,912
247
14,665
7.6
  
0.0
 U
7.8
  
Carroll
218
9
209
19,970
800
19,170
10.9
  
11.3
 U
10.9
  
Cass
480
124
355
37,946
5,704
32,242
12.6
  
21.7
  
11.0
  
Clark
1,448
124
1,323
116,031
6,121
109,910
12.5
  
20.3
  
12.0
  
Clay
312
4
308
26,309
359
25,950
11.9
  
11.1
 U
11.9
  
Clinton
445
103
342
32,457
4,999
27,458
13.7
  
20.6
  
12.5
  
Crawford
104
1
103
10,539
147
10,392
9.9
  
6.8
 U
9.9
  
Daviess
536
42
493
32,969
1,587
31,382
16.3
  
26.5
  
15.7
  
Dearborn
500
7
490
49,331
621
48,710
10.1
  
11.3
 U
10.1
  
Decatur
382
13
369
26,598
521
26,077
14.4
  
25.0
 U
14.2
  
DeKalb
535
14
521
42,746
1,195
41,551
12.5
  
11.7
 U
12.5
  
Delaware
1,173
17
1,156
115,603
2,644
112,959
10.1
  
6.4
 U
10.2
  
Dubois
564
72
492
42,552
3,106
39,446
13.3
  
23.2
  
12.5
  
Elkhart
3,130
625
2,504
203,781
31,486
172,295
15.4
  
19.9
  
14.5
  
Fayette
216
4
212
23,331
236
23,095
9.3
  
16.9
 U
9.2
  
Floyd
915
31
884
76,990
2,418
74,572
11.9
  
12.8
  
11.9
  
Fountain
168
11
157
16,486
407
16,079
10.2
  
27.0
 U
9.8
  
Franklin
260
2
257
22,715
237
22,478
11.4
  
8.4
 U
11.4
  
Fulton
238
10
228
20,139
1,040
19,099
11.8
  
9.6
 U
11.9
  
Gibson
420
2
418
33,703
501
33,202
12.5
  
4.0
 U
12.6
  
Grant
688
40
648
66,937
2,832
64,105
10.3
  
14.1
  
10.1
  
Greene
326
2
324
32,211
413
31,798
10.1
  
4.8
 U
10.2
  
Hamilton
3,853
124
3,727
316,373
12,436
303,937
12.2
  
10.0
  
12.3
  
Hancock
790
12
778
73,717
1,660
72,057
10.7
  
7.2
 U
10.8
  
Harrison
468
4
464
39,826
720
39,106
11.8
  
5.6
 U
11.9
  
Hendricks
1,762
71
1,691
160,610
6,043
154,567
11.0
  
11.7
  
10.9
  
Henry
471
5
466
48,521
800
47,721
9.7
  
6.3
 U
9.8
  
Howard
993
26
967
82,568
2,707
79,861
12.0
  
9.6
  
12.1
  
Huntington
417
9
408
36,400
803
35,597
11.5
  
11.2
 U
11.5
  
Jackson
635
82
553
44,013
2,837
41,176
14.4
  
28.9
  
13.4
  
Jasper
395
45
349
33,433
2,036
31,397
11.8
  
22.1
  
11.1
  
Jay
291
12
279
21,046
638
20,408
13.8
  
18.8
 U
13.7
  
Jefferson
388
21
367
32,418
830
31,588
12.0
  
25.3
  
11.6
  
Jennings
316
11
305
27,758
640
27,118
11.4
  
17.2
 U
11.2
  
Johnson
1,881
77
1,804
151,982
5,322
146,660
12.4
  
14.5
  
12.3
  
Knox
452
16
436
37,744
704
37,040
12.0
  
22.7
 U
11.8
  
Kosciusko
1,017
107
909
79,092
6,254
72,838
12.9
  
17.1
  
12.5
  
LaGrange
738
29
709
39,110
1,573
37,537
18.9
  
18.4
  
18.9
  
Lake
5,649
1,136
4,496
485,846
90,882
394,964
11.6
  
12.5
  
11.4
  
LaPorte
1,310
113
1,196
110,015
7,100
102,915
11.9
  
15.9
  
11.6
  
Lawrence
496
14
482
45,518
735
44,783
10.9
  
19.0
 U
10.8
  
Madison
1,507
74
1,433
129,296
5,166
124,130
11.7
  
14.3
  
11.5
  
Marion
14,205
2,120
12,079
941,229
95,677
845,552
15.1
  
22.2
  
14.3
  
Marshall
590
69
521
46,556
4,521
42,035
12.7
  
15.3
  
12.4
  
Martin
120
1
119
10,171
100
10,071
11.8
  
10.0
 U
11.8
  
Miami
343
7
336
35,883
1,100
34,783
9.6
  
6.4
 U
9.7
  
Monroe
1,302
57
1,245
145,496
4,981
140,515
8.9
  
11.4
  
8.9
  
Montgomery
456
36
420
38,074
1,792
36,282
12.0
  
20.1
  
11.6
  
Morgan
816
16
800
69,698
1,079
68,619
11.7
  
14.8
 U
11.7
  
Newton
148
12
136
13,924
878
13,046
10.6
  
13.7
 U
10.4
  
Noble
589
90
499
47,638
4,903
42,735
12.4
  
18.4
  
11.7
  
Ohio
52
0
52
5,932
75
5,857
8.8
  
0.0
 U
8.9
  
Orange
236
4
232
19,335
301
19,034
12.2
  
13.3
 U
12.2
  
Owen
212
5
207
20,840
255
20,585
10.2
  
19.6
 U
10.1
  
Parke
207
0
207
16,800
246
16,554
12.3
  
0.0
 U
12.5
  
Perry
207
5
202
18,966
260
18,706
10.9
  
19.2
 U
10.8
  
Pike
145
1
144
12,431
176
12,255
11.7
  
5.7
 U
11.8
  
Porter
1,757
142
1,613
167,791
16,499
151,292
10.5
  
8.6
  
10.7
  
Posey
263
5
257
25,476
299
25,177
10.3
  
16.7
 U
10.2
  
Pulaski
131
3
128
12,660
364
12,296
10.3
  
8.2
 U
10.4
  
Putnam
390
10
378
37,436
663
36,773
10.4
  
15.1
 U
10.3
  
Randolph
295
21
274
25,082
814
24,268
11.8
  
25.8
  
11.3
  
Ripley
348
7
341
28,846
540
28,306
12.1
  
13.0
 U
12.0
  
Rush
203
3
200
16,649
268
16,381
12.2
  
11.2
 U
12.2
  
St.Joseph
3,573
387
3,186
269,141
23,055
246,086
13.3
  
16.8
  
12.9
  
Scott
288
6
282
23,730
502
23,228
12.1
  
12.0
 U
12.1
  
Shelby
492
26
466
44,324
1,854
42,470
11.1
  
14.0
  
11.0
  
Spencer
197
14
183
20,648
581
20,067
9.5
  
24.1
 U
9.1
  
Starke
279
9
270
23,009
820
22,189
12.1
  
11.0
 U
12.2
  
Steuben
416
20
396
34,116
1,214
32,902
12.2
  
16.5
  
12.0
  
Sullivan
199
3
196
20,802
352
20,450
9.6
  
8.5
 U
9.6
  
Switzerland
125
0
125
10,527
227
10,300
11.9
  
0.0
 U
12.1
  
Tippecanoe
2,358
298
2,060
188,059
15,460
172,599
12.5
  
19.3
  
11.9
  
Tipton
160
10
150
15,182
421
14,761
10.5
  
23.8
 U
10.2
  
Union
70
1
68
7,212
120
7,092
9.7
  
8.3
 U
9.6
  
Vanderburgh
2,262
66
2,196
181,721
4,722
176,999
12.4
  
14.0
  
12.4
  
Vermillion
155
1
154
15,645
192
15,453
9.9
  
5.2
 U
10.0
  
Vigo
1,284
21
1,263
107,931
2,810
105,121
11.9
  
7.5
  
12.0
  
Wabash
353
9
344
31,762
824
30,938
11.1
  
10.9
 U
11.1
  
Warren
80
2
78
8,166
124
8,042
9.8
  
16.1
 U
9.7
  
Warrick
638
9
628
62,498
1,127
61,371
10.2
  
8.0
 U
10.2
  
Washington
323
3
320
27,670
367
27,303
11.7
  
8.2
 U
11.7
  
Wayne
749
26
721
66,568
1,869
64,699
11.3
  
13.9
  
11.1
  
Wells
369
7
362
27,949
809
27,140
13.2
  
8.7
 U
13.3
  
White
296
47
249
23,999
1,907
22,092
12.3
  
24.6
  
11.3
  
Whitley
405
4
401
33,449
645
32,804
12.1
  
6.2
 U
12.2
  

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team.
Population data from the July 1, 2016, bridged race estimates, resident population on CDC WONDER On-line database, downloaded July 14, 2017. 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 births or outcomes.
 
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