snapshot: births per 1,000 in 2010
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | April 25, 2013
Cities dominate the list of communities with the highest number of babies born per 1,000 residents in 2010. Among those at the top are Chelsea, Lawrence, Lynn, Lowell, and Malden. The data is from the Department of Public Health.
COMMUNITY | Births per 1,000 residents | Rank | Total births |
ABINGTON | 12.1 | 50 | 194 |
ACTON | 8.2 | 211 | 179 |
ACUSHNET | 8.0 | 221 | 82 |
ADAMS | 10.3 | 103 | 87 |
AGAWAM | 9.6 | 139 | 274 |
ALFORD | 2.0 | 347 | 1 |
AMESBURY | 12.6 | 40 | 205 |
AMHERST | 4.1 | 333 | 156 |
ANDOVER | 6.9 | 277 | 230 |
AQUINNAH | 12.9 | 35 | 4 |
ARLINGTON | 14.4 | 16 | 617 |
ASHBURNHAM | 9.2 | 165 | 56 |
ASHBY | 6.2 | 298 | 19 |
ASHFIELD | 5.2 | 322 | 9 |
ASHLAND | 14.6 | 14 | 243 |
ATHOL | 11.4 | 74 | 132 |
ATTLEBORO | 12.0 | 53 | 524 |
AUBURN | 9.9 | 119 | 160 |
AVON | 9.9 | 120 | 43 |
AYER | 14.7 | 13 | 109 |
BARNSTABLE | 8.9 | 178 | 403 |
BARRE | 8.3 | 206 | 45 |
BECKET | 12.9 | 33 | 23 |
BEDFORD | 9.1 | 169 | 121 |
BELCHERTOWN | 10.0 | 111 | 147 |
BELLINGHAM | 11.4 | 72 | 187 |
BELMONT | 11.9 | 56 | 294 |
BERKLEY | 10.1 | 106 | 65 |
BERLIN | 9.8 | 129 | 28 |
BERNARDSTON | 5.2 | 323 | 11 |
BEVERLY | 10.1 | 110 | 397 |
BILLERICA | 11.5 | 65 | 463 |
BLACKSTONE | 11.3 | 79 | 102 |
BLANDFORD | 4.9 | 329 | 6 |
BOLTON | 8.2 | 209 | 40 |
BOSTON | 12.7 | 38 | 7815 |
BOURNE | 8.6 | 195 | 169 |
BOXBOROUGH | 7.6 | 246 | 38 |
BOXFORD | 5.3 | 319 | 42 |
BOYLSTON | 7.1 | 265 | 31 |
BRAINTREE | 10.4 | 95 | 373 |
BREWSTER | 6.6 | 286 | 65 |
BRIDGEWATER | 8.2 | 208 | 218 |
BRIMFIELD | 7.8 | 237 | 28 |
BROCKTON | 15.1 | 9 | 1416 |
BROOKFIELD | 11.5 | 66 | 39 |
BROOKLINE | 11.8 | 57 | 693 |
BUCKLAND | 11.0 | 84 | 21 |
BURLINGTON | 12.7 | 37 | 311 |
CAMBRIDGE | 11.6 | 62 | 1223 |
CANTON | 9.6 | 141 | 206 |
CARLISLE | 6.8 | 281 | 33 |
CARVER | 8.4 | 198 | 97 |
CHARLEMONT | 7.1 | 266 | 9 |
CHARLTON | 8.9 | 175 | 116 |
CHATHAM | 4.9 | 328 | 30 |
CHELMSFORD | 9.5 | 151 | 320 |
CHELSEA | 18.6 | 2 | 656 |
CHESHIRE | 8.3 | 205 | 27 |
CHESTER | 7.5 | 250 | 10 |
CHESTERFIELD | 2.5 | 345 | 3 |
CHICOPEE | 11.2 | 81 | 622 |
CHILMARK | 3.5 | 340 | 3 |
CLARKSBURG | 5.9 | 310 | 10 |
CLINTON | 14.3 | 17 | 194 |
COHASSET | 8.0 | 222 | 60 |
COLRAIN | 12.0 | 54 | 20 |
CONCORD | 6.2 | 301 | 109 |
CONWAY | 7.4 | 256 | 14 |
CUMMINGTON | 6.9 | 279 | 6 |
DALTON | 7.4 | 255 | 50 |
DANVERS | 8.4 | 200 | 223 |
DARTMOUTH | 5.5 | 315 | 188 |
DEDHAM | 10.6 | 89 | 263 |
DEERFIELD | 7.6 | 245 | 39 |
DENNIS | 8.2 | 210 | 116 |
DIGHTON | 7.8 | 235 | 55 |
DOUGLAS | 12.2 | 49 | 103 |
DOVER | 7.0 | 276 | 39 |
DRACUT | 10.9 | 86 | 322 |
DUDLEY | 8.8 | 184 | 100 |
DUNSTABLE | 3.1 | 343 | 10 |
DUXBURY | 6.2 | 299 | 93 |
EAST BRIDGEWATER | 9.5 | 150 | 131 |
EAST BROOKFIELD | 10.5 | 92 | 23 |
EASTHAM | 6.1 | 305 | 30 |
EASTHAMPTON | 10.3 | 98 | 166 |
EAST LONGMEADOW | 7.8 | 236 | 122 |
EASTON | 9.1 | 166 | 211 |
EDGARTOWN | 10.1 | 108 | 41 |
EGREMONT | 4.1 | 335 | 5 |
ERVING | 8.9 | 181 | 16 |
ESSEX | 8.8 | 182 | 31 |
EVERETT | 15.1 | 8 | 629 |
FAIRHAVEN | 8.1 | 215 | 129 |
FALL RIVER | 13.0 | 31 | 1155 |
FALMOUTH | 8.1 | 218 | 255 |
FITCHBURG | 13.5 | 22 | 545 |
FLORIDA | 10.6 | 87 | 8 |
FOXBOROUGH | 9.7 | 132 | 164 |
FRAMINGHAM | 14.1 | 18 | 963 |
FRANKLIN | 9.0 | 171 | 284 |
FREETOWN | 9.7 | 136 | 86 |
GARDNER | 11.5 | 68 | 232 |
GEORGETOWN | 8.6 | 196 | 70 |
GILL | 7.3 | 259 | 11 |
GLOUCESTER | 9.3 | 161 | 267 |
GOSHEN | 10.4 | 94 | 11 |
GOSNOLD | 0.0 | 349 | 0 |
GRAFTON | 12.5 | 42 | 222 |
GRANBY | 6.7 | 283 | 42 |
GRANVILLE | 7.0 | 272 | 11 |
GREAT BARRINGTON | 6.9 | 278 | 49 |
GREENFIELD | 9.9 | 118 | 173 |
GROTON | 6.9 | 280 | 73 |
GROVELAND | 7.4 | 254 | 48 |
HADLEY | 5.1 | 324 | 27 |
HALIFAX | 10.4 | 97 | 78 |
HAMILTON | 11.5 | 70 | 89 |
HAMPDEN | 7.8 | 232 | 40 |
HANCOCK | 4.2 | 332 | 3 |
HANOVER | 8.7 | 187 | 121 |
HANSON | 10.3 | 101 | 105 |
HARDWICK | 8.4 | 203 | 25 |
HARVARD | 3.2 | 342 | 21 |
HARWICH | 7.7 | 240 | 94 |
HATFIELD | 7.0 | 273 | 23 |
HAVERHILL | 13.6 | 20 | 826 |
HAWLEY | 3.0 | 344 | 1 |
HEATH | 9.9 | 117 | 7 |
HINGHAM | 8.9 | 174 | 198 |
HINSDALE | 7.9 | 227 | 16 |
HOLBROOK | 12.8 | 36 | 138 |
HOLDEN | 9.3 | 157 | 162 |
HOLLAND | 9.3 | 162 | 23 |
HOLLISTON | 10.0 | 114 | 135 |
HOLYOKE | 15.2 | 7 | 606 |
HOPEDALE | 10.3 | 99 | 61 |
HOPKINTON | 8.0 | 220 | 119 |
HUBBARDSTON | 5.0 | 326 | 22 |
HUDSON | 11.8 | 58 | 224 |
HULL | 7.6 | 248 | 78 |
HUNTINGTON | 11.5 | 69 | 25 |
IPSWICH | 7.8 | 228 | 103 |
KINGSTON | 8.9 | 173 | 113 |
LAKEVILLE | 8.0 | 219 | 85 |
LANCASTER | 7.4 | 252 | 60 |
LANESBOROUGH | 9.7 | 135 | 30 |
LAWRENCE | 18.0 | 3 | 1371 |
LEE | 8.7 | 185 | 52 |
LEICESTER | 8.9 | 176 | 98 |
LENOX | 6.4 | 294 | 32 |
LEOMINSTER | 11.3 | 76 | 462 |
LEVERETT | 3.8 | 338 | 7 |
LEXINGTON | 6.5 | 289 | 203 |
LEYDEN | 9.8 | 126 | 7 |
LINCOLN | 11.3 | 78 | 72 |
LITTLETON | 9.5 | 146 | 85 |
LONGMEADOW | 5.4 | 318 | 86 |
LOWELL | 15.8 | 5 | 1678 |
LUDLOW | 7.0 | 275 | 148 |
LUNENBURG | 7.5 | 249 | 76 |
LYNN | 16.0 | 4 | 1443 |
LYNNFIELD | 6.2 | 296 | 72 |
MALDEN | 15.5 | 6 | 920 |
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 5.8 | 312 | 30 |
MANSFIELD | 9.1 | 168 | 211 |
MARBLEHEAD | 7.9 | 224 | 157 |
MARION | 8.4 | 204 | 41 |
MARLBOROUGH | 13.3 | 27 | 512 |
MARSHFIELD | 8.9 | 179 | 224 |
MASHPEE | 8.9 | 177 | 125 |
MATTAPOISETT | 6.0 | 308 | 36 |
MAYNARD | 12.5 | 43 | 126 |
MEDFIELD | 8.6 | 191 | 104 |
MEDFORD | 13.0 | 30 | 733 |
MEDWAY | 9.4 | 154 | 120 |
MELROSE | 12.3 | 48 | 331 |
MENDON | 7.4 | 257 | 43 |
MERRIMAC | 5.7 | 314 | 36 |
METHUEN | 11.9 | 55 | 564 |
MIDDLEBOROUGH | 10.2 | 105 | 235 |
MIDDLEFIELD | 5.8 | 313 | 3 |
MIDDLETON | 6.5 | 290 | 58 |
MILFORD | 13.4 | 25 | 376 |
MILLBURY | 9.3 | 160 | 123 |
MILLIS | 9.4 | 155 | 74 |
MILLVILLE | 11.6 | 63 | 37 |
MILTON | 9.6 | 140 | 258 |
MONROE | 0.0 | 349 | 0 |
MONSON | 7.5 | 251 | 64 |
MONTAGUE | 11.5 | 67 | 97 |
MONTEREY | 5.2 | 320 | 5 |
MONTGOMERY | 6.0 | 307 | 5 |
MOUNT WASHINGTON | 0.0 | 349 | 0 |
NAHANT | 7.3 | 260 | 25 |
NANTUCKET | 14.7 | 12 | 150 |
NATICK | 12.4 | 47 | 408 |
NEEDHAM | 9.2 | 163 | 267 |
NEW ASHFORD | 26.3 | 1 | 6 |
NEW BEDFORD | 13.5 | 24 | 1282 |
NEW BRAINTREE | 5.0 | 327 | 5 |
NEWBURY | 5.1 | 325 | 34 |
NEWBURYPORT | 7.8 | 230 | 136 |
NEW MARLBOROUGH | 6.6 | 285 | 10 |
NEW SALEM | 6.1 | 304 | 6 |
NEWTON | 9.2 | 164 | 787 |
NORFOLK | 8.1 | 216 | 91 |
NORTH ADAMS | 9.4 | 153 | 129 |
NORTHAMPTON | 7.0 | 270 | 201 |
NORTH ANDOVER | 10.5 | 91 | 299 |
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 11.6 | 61 | 334 |
NORTHBOROUGH | 8.5 | 197 | 121 |
NORTHBRIDGE | 11.3 | 77 | 178 |
NORTH BROOKFIELD | 9.0 | 172 | 42 |
NORTHFIELD | 8.9 | 180 | 27 |
NORTH READING | 10.1 | 109 | 150 |
NORTON | 7.8 | 233 | 148 |
NORWELL | 7.6 | 244 | 80 |
NORWOOD | 13.4 | 26 | 382 |
OAK BLUFFS | 10.4 | 96 | 47 |
OAKHAM | 7.4 | 258 | 14 |
ORANGE | 10.0 | 115 | 78 |
ORLEANS | 3.9 | 336 | 23 |
OTIS | 6.2 | 297 | 10 |
OXFORD | 8.6 | 193 | 118 |
PALMER | 9.7 | 133 | 118 |
PAXTON | 7.7 | 239 | 37 |
PEABODY | 9.5 | 143 | 489 |
PELHAM | 9.8 | 127 | 13 |
PEMBROKE | 9.6 | 138 | 172 |
PEPPERELL | 8.7 | 189 | 100 |
PERU | 7.1 | 268 | 6 |
PETERSHAM | 8.1 | 217 | 10 |
PHILLIPSTON | 3.6 | 339 | 6 |
PITTSFIELD | 11.4 | 73 | 510 |
PLAINFIELD | 6.2 | 300 | 4 |
PLAINVILLE | 12.5 | 44 | 103 |
PLYMOUTH | 9.9 | 116 | 560 |
PLYMPTON | 7.8 | 231 | 22 |
PRINCETON | 7.0 | 271 | 24 |
PROVINCETOWN | 6.1 | 302 | 18 |
QUINCY | 13.1 | 28 | 1213 |
RANDOLPH | 12.1 | 51 | 388 |
RAYNHAM | 12.0 | 52 | 161 |
READING | 9.5 | 145 | 236 |
REHOBOTH | 6.6 | 284 | 77 |
REVERE | 14.6 | 15 | 754 |
RICHMOND | 3.4 | 341 | 5 |
ROCHESTER | 7.6 | 241 | 40 |
ROCKLAND | 12.9 | 34 | 225 |
ROCKPORT | 5.5 | 316 | 38 |
ROWE | 7.6 | 242 | 3 |
ROWLEY | 8.4 | 202 | 49 |
ROYALSTON | 9.5 | 144 | 12 |
RUSSELL | 13.5 | 21 | 24 |
RUTLAND | 11.0 | 85 | 88 |
SALEM | 11.6 | 60 | 481 |
SALISBURY | 8.8 | 183 | 73 |
SANDISFIELD | 5.5 | 317 | 5 |
SANDWICH | 7.0 | 274 | 145 |
SAUGUS | 9.5 | 149 | 253 |
SAVOY | 10.1 | 107 | 7 |
SCITUATE | 7.7 | 238 | 140 |
SEEKONK | 7.1 | 264 | 98 |
SHARON | 7.1 | 267 | 125 |
SHEFFIELD | 8.3 | 207 | 27 |
SHELBURNE | 9.5 | 148 | 18 |
SHERBORN | 7.8 | 234 | 32 |
SHIRLEY | 9.8 | 125 | 71 |
SHREWSBURY | 9.3 | 158 | 332 |
SHUTESBURY | 7.9 | 225 | 14 |
SOMERSET | 8.1 | 214 | 148 |
SOMERVILLE | 12.4 | 46 | 938 |
SOUTHAMPTON | 6.4 | 293 | 37 |
SOUTHBOROUGH | 9.7 | 131 | 95 |
SOUTHBRIDGE | 12.6 | 39 | 211 |
SOUTH HADLEY | 7.9 | 223 | 139 |
SOUTHWICK | 7.9 | 226 | 75 |
SPENCER | 10.6 | 90 | 124 |
SPRINGFIELD | 14.9 | 11 | 2273 |
STERLING | 8.6 | 194 | 67 |
STOCKBRIDGE | 4.1 | 334 | 8 |
STONEHAM | 10.6 | 88 | 228 |
STOUGHTON | 10.0 | 112 | 270 |
STOW | 9.7 | 134 | 64 |
STURBRIDGE | 8.4 | 201 | 78 |
SUDBURY | 7.8 | 229 | 138 |
SUNDERLAND | 7.6 | 247 | 28 |
SUTTON | 7.3 | 261 | 65 |
SWAMPSCOTT | 9.1 | 170 | 125 |
SWANSEA | 7.1 | 269 | 112 |
TAUNTON | 12.4 | 45 | 692 |
TEMPLETON | 9.9 | 121 | 79 |
TEWKSBURY | 9.1 | 167 | 264 |
TISBURY | 9.4 | 156 | 37 |
TOLLAND | 2.1 | 346 | 1 |
TOPSFIELD | 6.4 | 292 | 39 |
TOWNSEND | 9.7 | 130 | 87 |
TRURO | 6.0 | 306 | 12 |
TYNGSBOROUGH | 11.3 | 75 | 128 |
TYRINGHAM | 6.1 | 303 | 2 |
UPTON | 9.3 | 159 | 70 |
UXBRIDGE | 10.3 | 102 | 138 |
WAKEFIELD | 12.6 | 41 | 313 |
WALES | 8.2 | 212 | 15 |
WALPOLE | 9.8 | 124 | 237 |
WALTHAM | 13.1 | 29 | 794 |
WARE | 11.6 | 59 | 115 |
WAREHAM | 9.9 | 123 | 215 |
WARREN | 9.5 | 142 | 49 |
WARWICK | 3.8 | 337 | 3 |
WASHINGTON | 7.4 | 253 | 4 |
WATERTOWN | 14.9 | 10 | 477 |
WAYLAND | 7.6 | 243 | 99 |
WEBSTER | 11.2 | 82 | 188 |
WELLESLEY | 8.6 | 192 | 241 |
WELLFLEET | 6.5 | 287 | 18 |
WENDELL | 5.9 | 309 | 5 |
WENHAM | 4.7 | 330 | 23 |
WESTBOROUGH | 10.2 | 104 | 187 |
WEST BOYLSTON | 6.8 | 282 | 52 |
WEST BRIDGEWATER | 11.3 | 80 | 78 |
WEST BROOKFIELD | 9.5 | 152 | 35 |
WESTFIELD | 9.8 | 128 | 403 |
WESTFORD | 8.2 | 213 | 179 |
WESTHAMPTON | 8.7 | 188 | 14 |
WESTMINSTER | 7.1 | 263 | 52 |
WEST NEWBURY | 5.2 | 321 | 22 |
WESTON | 5.9 | 311 | 66 |
WESTPORT | 6.5 | 288 | 101 |
WEST SPRINGFIELD | 13.0 | 32 | 368 |
WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 8.4 | 199 | 11 |
WEST TISBURY | 9.9 | 122 | 27 |
WESTWOOD | 6.4 | 291 | 94 |
WEYMOUTH | 11.6 | 64 | 622 |
WHATELY | 8.7 | 190 | 13 |
WHITMAN | 11.5 | 71 | 166 |
WILBRAHAM | 6.3 | 295 | 89 |
WILLIAMSBURG | 10.5 | 93 | 26 |
WILLIAMSTOWN | 4.5 | 331 | 35 |
WILMINGTON | 11.1 | 83 | 248 |
WINCHENDON | 10.3 | 100 | 106 |
WINCHESTER | 10.0 | 113 | 214 |
WINDSOR | 1.1 | 348 | 1 |
WINTHROP | 9.7 | 137 | 169 |
WOBURN | 13.5 | 23 | 515 |
WORCESTER | 13.7 | 19 | 2477 |
WORTHINGTON | 9.5 | 147 | 11 |
WRENTHAM | 7.2 | 262 | 79 |
YARMOUTH | 8.7 | 186 | 208 |