Selected Birth Indicators by County,
Michigan Residents 2024¹

County Number of
Births		 Percent of
Births
Live Births Low Weight Births² Preterm Births Adequate Prenatal Care³ Highschool or Better Cesarean Delivery Low Weight Births Preterm Births Adequate Prenatal Care Highschool or Better Cesarean Delivery
Michigan 99,420 8,895 11,897 68,537 88,491 32,170 8.9% 12.0% 68.9% 89.0% 32.4%
 
Alcona 67 4 8 55 63 29 6.0% 11.9% 82.1% 94.0% 43.3%
Alger 69 5 5 41 63 25 7.2% 7.2% 59.4% 91.3% 36.2%
Allegan 1,274 87 133 908 1,176 404 6.8% 10.4% 71.3% 92.3% 31.7%
Alpena 219 9 16 185 185 69 4.1% 7.3% 84.5% 84.5% 31.5%
Antrim 181 9 11 89 157 62 5.0% 6.1% 49.2% 86.7% 34.3%
 
Arenac 110 3 6 69 89 38 2.7% 5.5% 62.7% 80.9% 34.5%
Baraga 73 4 7 44 69 25 5.5% 9.6% 60.3% 94.5% 34.2%
Barry 612 42 70 465 561 183 6.9% 11.4% 76.0% 91.7% 29.9%
Bay 894 81 110 581 812 287 9.1% 12.3% 65.0% 90.8% 32.1%
Benzie 140 13 20 35 130 51 9.3% 14.3% 25.0% 92.9% 36.4%
 
Berrien 1,444 125 161 944 1,279 440 8.7% 11.1% 65.4% 88.6% 30.5%
Branch 555 34 55 213 368 124 6.1% 9.9% 38.4% 66.3% 22.3%
Calhoun 1,477 158 202 989 1,269 436 10.7% 13.7% 67.0% 85.9% 29.5%
Cass 413 25 38 291 344 123 6.1% 9.2% 70.5% 83.3% 29.8%
Charlevoix 197 6 11 134 177 62 3.0% 5.6% 68.0% 89.8% 31.5%
 
Cheboygan 206 19 18 148 184 64 9.2% 8.7% 71.8% 89.3% 31.1%
Chippewa 287 22 28 221 250 66 7.7% 9.8% 77.0% 87.1% 23.0%
Clare 278 24 26 154 201 88 8.6% 9.4% 55.4% 72.3% 31.7%
Clinton 732 56 77 581 700 247 7.7% 10.5% 79.4% 95.6% 33.7%
Crawford 101 11 13 82 91 22 10.9% 12.9% 81.2% 90.1% 21.8%
 
Delta 274 27 33 186 249 102 9.9% 12.0% 67.9% 90.9% 37.2%
Dickinson 205 10 20 171 189 76 4.9% 9.8% 83.4% 92.2% 37.1%
Eaton 992 82 105 729 883 337 8.3% 10.6% 73.5% 89.0% 34.0%
Emmet 232 28 29 170 213 80 12.1% 12.5% 73.3% 91.8% 34.5%
Genesee 4,098 441 597 2,628 3,540 1,328 10.8% 14.6% 64.1% 86.4% 32.4%
 
Gladwin 230 17 24 123 157 70 7.4% 10.4% 53.5% 68.3% 30.4%
Gogebic 121 6 10 77 104 36 5.0% 8.3% 63.6% 86.0% 29.8%
Grand Traverse 813 44 67 182 749 257 5.4% 8.2% 22.4% 92.1% 31.6%
Gratiot 370 20 28 288 315 126 5.4% 7.6% 77.8% 85.1% 34.1%
Hillsdale 511 56 77 303 384 153 11.0% 15.1% 59.3% 75.1% 29.9%
 
Houghton 398 26 39 275 376 102 6.5% 9.8% 69.1% 94.5% 25.6%
Huron 261 17 31 142 237 83 6.5% 11.9% 54.4% 90.8% 31.8%
Ingham 2,658 252 316 1,798 2,295 887 9.5% 11.9% 67.6% 86.3% 33.4%
Ionia 705 62 68 510 640 196 8.8% 9.6% 72.3% 90.8% 27.8%
Iosco 190 13 17 125 157 61 6.8% 8.9% 65.8% 82.6% 32.1%
 
Iron 93 9 15 72 85 30 9.7% 16.1% 77.4% 91.4% 32.3%
Isabella 623 41 74 435 515 193 6.6% 11.9% 69.8% 82.7% 31.0%
Jackson 1,512 156 191 1,153 1,338 478 10.3% 12.6% 76.3% 88.5% 31.6%
Kalamazoo 2,525 194 311 1,950 2,261 796 7.7% 12.3% 77.2% 89.5% 31.5%
Kalkaska 182 12 24 53 158 60 6.6% 13.2% 29.1% 86.8% 33.0%
 
Kent 7,927 713 972 4,960 7,279 2,342 9.0% 12.3% 62.6% 91.8% 29.5%
Keweenaw 27 5 7 16 26 9 18.5% 25.9% 59.3% 96.3% 33.3%
Lake 87 11 17 48 67 22 12.6% 19.5% 55.2% 77.0% 25.3%
Lapeer 793 59 89 532 733 287 7.4% 11.2% 67.1% 92.4% 36.2%
Leelanau 160 5 8 37 154 38 3.1% 5.0% 23.1% 96.3% 23.8%
 
Lenawee 790 54 83 572 714 232 6.8% 10.5% 72.4% 90.4% 29.4%
Livingston 1,810 111 181 1,472 1,718 553 6.1% 10.0% 81.3% 94.9% 30.6%
Luce 40 1 3 29 36 9 2.5% 7.5% 72.5% 90.0% 22.5%
Mackinac 85 10 11 54 65 21 11.8% 12.9% 63.5% 76.5% 24.7%
Macomb 8,522 764 1,080 5,872 7,824 3,007 9.0% 12.7% 68.9% 91.8% 35.3%
 
Manistee 185 12 19 81 157 53 6.5% 10.3% 43.8% 84.9% 28.6%
Marquette 500 45 59 315 477 156 9.0% 11.8% 63.0% 95.4% 31.2%
Mason 203 19 17 159 182 61 9.4% 8.4% 78.3% 89.7% 30.0%
Mecosta 398 29 39 256 314 118 7.3% 9.8% 64.3% 78.9% 29.6%
Menominee 176 8 21 141 163 55 4.5% 11.9% 80.1% 92.6% 31.3%
 
Midland 760 48 67 547 720 271 6.3% 8.8% 72.0% 94.7% 35.7%
Missaukee 172 14 21 101 145 51 8.1% 12.2% 58.7% 84.3% 29.7%
Monroe 1,480 101 154 1,127 1,375 512 6.8% 10.4% 76.1% 92.9% 34.6%
Montcalm 744 61 79 424 631 211 8.2% 10.6% 57.0% 84.8% 28.4%
Montmorency 80 11 15 65 68 25 13.8% 18.8% 81.3% 85.0% 31.3%
 
Muskegon 1,777 175 229 1,116 1,591 557 9.8% 12.9% 62.8% 89.5% 31.3%
Newaygo 497 40 61 350 438 124 8.0% 12.3% 70.4% 88.1% 24.9%
Oakland 12,233 1,007 1,330 9,496 11,583 4,077 8.2% 10.9% 77.6% 94.7% 33.3%
Oceana 246 17 23 163 214 54 6.9% 9.3% 66.3% 87.0% 22.0%
Ogemaw 202 16 22 136 175 73 7.9% 10.9% 67.3% 86.6% 36.1%
 
Ontonagon 30 - 1 18 25 6 - 3.3% 60.0% 83.3% 20.0%
Osceola 255 19 22 147 202 74 7.5% 8.6% 57.6% 79.2% 29.0%
Oscoda 71 3 5 39 43 11 4.2% 7.0% 54.9% 60.6% 15.5%
Otsego 238 24 23 189 211 72 10.1% 9.7% 79.4% 88.7% 30.3%
Ottawa 3,166 209 331 2,188 2,987 977 6.6% 10.5% 69.1% 94.3% 30.9%
 
Presque Isle 107 5 8 81 93 34 4.7% 7.5% 75.7% 86.9% 31.8%
Roscommon 165 11 17 120 143 39 6.7% 10.3% 72.7% 86.7% 23.6%
Saginaw 1,822 188 230 1,155 1,609 608 10.3% 12.6% 63.4% 88.3% 33.4%
St Clair 1,419 112 160 1,005 1,277 509 7.9% 11.3% 70.8% 90.0% 35.9%
St Joseph 676 49 73 408 506 194 7.2% 10.8% 60.4% 74.9% 28.7%
 
Sanilac 379 30 32 197 296 112 7.9% 8.4% 52.0% 78.1% 29.6%
Schoolcraft 47 7 6 26 40 20 14.9% 12.8% 55.3% 85.1% 42.6%
Shiawassee 665 43 74 482 607 209 6.5% 11.1% 72.5% 91.3% 31.4%
Tuscola 430 33 53 283 392 142 7.7% 12.3% 65.8% 91.2% 33.0%
Van Buren 763 56 102 531 624 219 7.3% 13.4% 69.6% 81.8% 28.7%
 
Washtenaw 2,958 221 292 2,234 2,736 891 7.5% 9.9% 75.5% 92.5% 30.1%
Wayne 19,729 2,275 2,730 13,632 16,591 6,746 11.5% 13.8% 69.1% 84.1% 34.2%
Wexford 284 24 40 134 247 93 8.5% 14.1% 47.2% 87.0% 32.7%
                       

Note:

¹Reported as of August 7, 2025

²Live births weighing less than 2,500 grams

³Care that began within the first trimester and included an average of at least one or two additional prenatal visits per month of gestation
Source:

2024 Provisional Birth File.

Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.