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Table 16FERTILITY RATES, BY COLOR, 1920–63

(Births per 1,000 Women, Age 15–44[table 1])

Year White Nonwhite
[2]1963[table 2] 104.3 149.3
1962 108.3 153.9
1961 113.0 158.9
1960 114.0 159.3
1959 114.6 162.3
1958 114.8 160.5
1957 117.5 162.8
1956 115.6 160.5
1955 113.3 154.8
1954 113.1 152.5
1953 110.7 146.8
1952 109.8 143.0
1951 107.5 141.9
1950 102.3 137.3
1949 103.6 135.1
1948 104.3 131.6
1947 111.8 125.9
1946 100.4 113.9
1945 083.4 106.0
1944 086.3 108.5
1943 092.3 111.0
1942 089.5 107.6
1941 080.7 105.4
1940 077.1 102.4
1939 074.8 100.1
1938 076.5 100.5
1937 074.4 099.4
1936 073.3 095.9
1935 074.5 098.4
1934 075.8 100.4
1933 073.7 097.4
1932 079.0 103.0
1931 082.4 102.1
1930 087.1 105.9
1929 087.3 106.1
1928 091.7 111.0
1927 097.1 121.7
1926 099.2 130.3
1925 103.3 134.0
1924 107.8 135.6
1923 108.0 130.5
1922 108.8 130.8
1921 117.2 140.8
1920 115.4 137.5
 
  1. Adjusted for underregistration of births.
  2. Preliminary
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, 1962, Volume I—Natality, table 1-2, pp. 1–4. The National Vital Statistics Division discontinued making adjustments for underregistration in 1959. Adjusted rates for 1960–1963 are based on estimates of underregistration supplied by the National Vital Statistics Division.

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