America's 25 Most Fertile Cities, from Minneapolis to Atlanta (Photos)
The Daily Beast finds the 25 cities most likely to see a baby boom in 2012.
There are more than 4 million babies born each year in the United States alone. That’s a lot of diapers, baby wipes, and formula. But where, exactly, are all these new Americans born? Are some cities more fertile than others? To find the cities where partners are most likely to produce new offspring in 2012, we first accounted for the percentage of women age 15-50 who gave birth in each metropolitan area, using 2008-2010 summary data from the U.S. Census. We also looked at for four factors that can affect fertility as identified by the National Institutes of Health: alcohol and tobacco use (for men and women), women’s health (measured by the percent of women who have had a Pap test in the past three years), and the general health of each metropolitan area’s population, with 2010 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Looking at more than 150 metropolitan areas for which full data was available, we identified the nation’s 25 most fertile cities. The metro areas that had a high percentage of births, lowest alcohol and tobacco use, and the best women’s and overall health, ranked highest.
Women who gave birth: 5.06%
Heavy drinkers
(2 drinks or more per day for men, 1 drink for women): 5.6%
Current smokers: 10%
Women with Pap test: 86.4%
Good or better overall health: 90.5%
Douglas Healey / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 6.09%
Heavy drinkers: 4.5%
Current smokers: 14.8%
Women with Pap test: 83.3%
Good or better overall health: 86.9%
Mark J. Terrill / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 5.03%
Heavy drinkers: 3.6%
Current smokers: 13.1%
Women with Pap test: 84.9%
Good or better overall health: 88.3%
Bob Child / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 5.32%
Heavy drinkers: 1%
Current smokers: 17.4%
Women with Pap test: 86.6%
Good or better overall health: 87.4%
Donn Jones / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 5.56%
Heavy drinkers: 5%
Current smokers: 13%
Women with Pap test: 86.4%
Good or better overall health: 88.4%
Cliff Owen / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 6.73%
Heavy drinkers: 4%
Current smokers: 10.8%
Women with Pap test: 78.8%
Good or better overall health: 87.7%
Michael Brandy / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 6.25%
Heavy drinkers: 4%
Current smokers: 8%
Women with Pap test: 83.5%
Good or better overall health: 85.2%
Paul Sakuma / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 6.07%
Heavy drinkers: 5%
Current smokers: 10.4%
Women with Pap test: 86.5%
Good or better overall health: 86.2%
Harry Cabluck / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 5.63%
Heavy drinkers: 4.5%
Current smokers: 12.2%
Women with Pap test: 88.9%
Good or better overall health: 86.9%
Sara D. Davis / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 6.64%
Heavy drinkers: 4.1%
Current smokers: 17.5%
Women with Pap test: 84.7%
Good or better overall health: 90.3%
Steve McEnroe / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 6.19%
Heavy drinkers: 4.8%
Current smokers: 15.8%
Women with Pap test: 85.4%
Good or better overall health: 90.4%
Charlie Neibergall / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 7.33%
Heavy drinkers: 1.6%
Current smokers: 11.9%
Women with Pap test: 76.8%
Good or better overall health: 87.1%
Jessie L. Bonner / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 5.78%
Heavy drinkers: 4.1%
Current smokers: 14.9%
Women with Pap test: 87.3%
Good or better overall health: 87.1%
Michael Pugh, PRNewsFoto / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 6.15%
Heavy drinkers: 6.4%
Current smokers: 11.7%
Women with Pap test: 87.6%
Good or better overall health: 91.7%
Reed Saxon / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 8.65%
Heavy drinkers: 3%
Current smokers: 8.1%
Women with Pap test: 76.4%
Good or better overall health: 87.5%
Colin Braley / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 6.11%
Heavy drinkers: 2.5%
Current smokers: 13.8%
Women with Pap test: 86.8%
Good or better overall health: 84.5%
Robert F. Bukaty / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 5.03%
Heavy drinkers: 2.5%
Current smokers: 11.5%
Women with Pap test: 89%
Good or better overall health: 87%
Mel Evans / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 5.38%
Heavy drinkers: 3.8%
Current smokers: 12%
Women with Pap test: 86.4%
Good or better overall health: 90.3%
Alyssa Hurst / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 6.86%
Heavy drinkers: 3.5%
Current smokers: 13.9%
Women with Pap test: 82.2%
Good or better overall health: 88.1%
Will Kincaid / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 5.59%
Heavy drinkers: 3.2%
Current smokers: 16.6%
Women with Pap test: 91%
Good or better overall health: 90.2%
Jason Arthurs, News and Observer / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 7.63%
Heavy drinkers: 4.7%
Current smokers: 13.5%
Women with Pap test: 85.9%
Good or better overall health: 86.7%
Kevin Cederstrom / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 6.46%
Heavy drinkers: 2.8%
Current smokers: 14.6%
Women with Pap test: 81.8%
Good or better overall health: 91.3%
Tracy Collins / Getty Images
Women who gave birth: 7.12%
Heavy drinkers: 2.4%
Current smokers: 8.8%
Women with Pap test: 84%
Good or better overall health: 84.6%
Andrei Pungovschi / AP Photo
Women who gave birth: 9.03%
Heavy drinkers: 1.5%
Current smokers: 5.8%
Women with Pap test: 63.3%
Good or better overall health: 91.8%
George Frey / Getty Images
Women who gave birth: 5.95%
Heavy drinkers: 4.1%
Current smokers: 15.2%
Women with Pap test: 87.7%
Good or better overall health: 90.7%
Ann Heisenfelt / AP Photo
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