The United States’s fertility rate fell to a new record low in 2025, extending a nearly two-decade trend, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday.
The fertility rate, or the number of births per 1,000 childbearing age women, dropped to 53.1 in 2025, down from 53.8 in 2024.
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