A report from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals the nation’s fertility rate has declined nearly every year since 2007. Report authors George M. Hayward, a statistician and demographer at the Census Bureau; Luke T. Rogers, a senior research scientist and demographer at the Census Bureau; and Shannon Sabo, a statistician and demographer at the Census Bureau, said the national decline “masks substantial geographic variation.” Nationally, the General Fertility Rate (GFR) fell from 69.5 in 2007 to 53.1 in 2025, the lowest level reported in the national data series, which dates back to 1909. In 2007, the national GFR was just below 70 (69.5), when total fertility rates were about 2.1 births per woman, generally considered the replacement level.
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