New york -No the fertility rate in America decreased one all -time in 2024, with less than 1.6 children per woman, the federal data show released on Thursday.
The US was once with a rate of only a few developed countries, which ensured that each generation had enough children to change themselves – about 2.1 children per woman. But it is slipping close to two decades in America More women have been waiting for a long time to have children Or is never taking that step.
According to World Bank data, the new figure is equal to fertility rate in Western European countries.
Fearful of recent drops, the Trump administration has taken steps to raise the birth rate in February like issuing an executive order. To reduce and reduce the cost of in vitro fertilization And supporting the idea of “baby bonus” that can encourage more joints to children.
White House Employees Secretary Will Sharf at the time commented to reporters that in vitro treatment “has become ineffective to many Americans or many Americans have been ineffective for Americans.” Health insurance companies do not need to cover IVF remedies, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
According to Leslie Route, the boulder researcher at the University of Colorado, according to the Leslie route focused on fertility and population policy, there is no reason to be worried.
“We are looking at it as part of an ongoing process of breeding delays. We know that the American population is still growing, and we still have a natural growth – more birth than deaths,” he said.
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention released data for the total fertility rate with updated birth data for 2024.
In the early 1960s, the US total fertility rate was around 3.5, but increased to 1.7 by 1976 after the baby boom ended. It gradually increased to 2.1 before falling again in 2007, which separated from 2014. According to CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, the rate in 2023 was 1.621, but reduced to 1.599 in 2024.
Factors in continuous decline
Birth rate is generally declining for women in most age groups – and it is unlikely to change in the near future, said Karen Guzo, director of the Carolina Population Center at Northern Carolina University.
People are later married and are also concerned about their ability of money, health insurance and other resources required to raise children in a stable environment.
He said, “Anxiety is not a good moment for children,” and that’s why the birth rate in most age groups is not improving.
Asked about the measures promoting the birth mentioned by the Trump administration, Gujo said that they do not deal with great needs such as parents’ leave and cheap child care.
“The things they are doing, they are really symbolic and are unlikely to shake things for real Americans,” he said.
The new CDC report, which is based on a more complete review of the birth certificate than the provisional data released earlier this year, also saw a growth of 1% in births – about 33,000 more – more than the previous year than the previous year.
This led to more than just 3.6 million infants born to the annual national.
But this is different: provisional data indicated that the birth rate increases to women in the late 20 and 30s last year. However, the new report has led to a decline in birth rates for women in the early 20 and 30s, and there was no change for women in the late 30s.
What happened? CDC officials said it was due to the renovation arising out of changes in the US census population estimates used to calculate the birth rate.
This is laudable, Root said. Since the total population of women of the child’s birth increased due to immigration, it compensates for a small increase in the birth of women in those age groups, he said.
