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 97,850 8,793 11,750 67,765 87,728 31,883 9.0% 12.0% 69.3% 89.7% 32.6%
 
Alcona 67 5 9 57 63 28 7.5% 13.4% 85.1% 94.0% 41.8%
Alger 66 5 5 40 60 24 7.6% 7.6% 60.6% 90.9% 36.4%
Allegan 1,219 83 126 884 1,134 378 6.8% 10.3% 72.5% 93.0% 31.0%
Alpena 214 8 15 184 183 70 3.7% 7.0% 86.0% 85.5% 32.7%
Antrim 170 8 9 83 151 53 4.7% 5.3% 48.8% 88.8% 31.2%
 
Arenac 107 3 6 67 88 36 2.8% 5.6% 62.6% 82.2% 33.6%
Baraga 69 4 7 44 66 25 5.8% 10.1% 63.8% 95.7% 36.2%
Barry 591 39 64 453 543 178 6.6% 10.8% 76.6% 91.9% 30.1%
Bay 888 81 111 579 809 286 9.1% 12.5% 65.2% 91.1% 32.2%
Benzie 131 13 19 34 122 51 9.9% 14.5% 26.0% 93.1% 38.9%
 
Berrien 1,262 105 131 805 1,108 385 8.3% 10.4% 63.8% 87.8% 30.5%
Branch 502 32 49 189 337 110 6.4% 9.8% 37.6% 67.1% 21.9%
Calhoun 1,484 162 206 1,000 1,284 441 10.9% 13.9% 67.4% 86.5% 29.7%
Cass 294 18 23 197 233 79 6.1% 7.8% 67.0% 79.3% 26.9%
Charlevoix 197 6 12 138 177 68 3.0% 6.1% 70.1% 89.8% 34.5%
 
Cheboygan 202 20 18 145 181 63 9.9% 8.9% 71.8% 89.6% 31.2%
Chippewa 287 24 30 223 254 68 8.4% 10.5% 77.7% 88.5% 23.7%
Clare 285 24 26 161 207 93 8.4% 9.1% 56.5% 72.6% 32.6%
Clinton 672 51 72 543 651 226 7.6% 10.7% 80.8% 96.9% 33.6%
Crawford 96 11 13 78 88 21 11.5% 13.5% 81.3% 91.7% 21.9%
 
Delta 253 17 26 173 230 93 6.7% 10.3% 68.4% 90.9% 36.8%
Dickinson 167 4 11 146 155 57 2.4% 6.6% 87.4% 92.8% 34.1%
Eaton 941 82 104 702 853 324 8.7% 11.1% 74.6% 90.6% 34.4%
Emmet 235 27 29 172 216 77 11.5% 12.3% 73.2% 91.9% 32.8%
Genesee 4,101 446 601 2,634 3,555 1,332 10.9% 14.7% 64.2% 86.7% 32.5%
 
Gladwin 232 16 23 128 161 70 6.9% 9.9% 55.2% 69.4% 30.2%
Gogebic 75 2 4 47 61 20 2.7% 5.3% 62.7% 81.3% 26.7%
Grand Traverse 838 45 69 190 779 267 5.4% 8.2% 22.7% 93.0% 31.9%
Gratiot 375 24 29 294 322 129 6.4% 7.7% 78.4% 85.9% 34.4%
Hillsdale 452 45 65 281 345 132 10.0% 14.4% 62.2% 76.3% 29.2%
 
Houghton 390 21 33 267 371 99 5.4% 8.5% 68.5% 95.1% 25.4%
Huron 263 17 31 143 239 82 6.5% 11.8% 54.4% 90.9% 31.2%
Ingham 2,768 265 333 1,891 2,411 940 9.6% 12.0% 68.3% 87.1% 34.0%
Ionia 694 59 67 506 634 192 8.5% 9.7% 72.9% 91.4% 27.7%
Iosco 183 12 15 120 153 60 6.6% 8.2% 65.6% 83.6% 32.8%
 
Iron 80 4 9 64 72 22 5.0% 11.3% 80.0% 90.0% 27.5%
Isabella 611 39 72 432 510 189 6.4% 11.8% 70.7% 83.5% 30.9%
Jackson 1,505 154 193 1,157 1,338 477 10.2% 12.8% 76.9% 88.9% 31.7%
Kalamazoo 2,515 194 314 1,946 2,260 792 7.7% 12.5% 77.4% 89.9% 31.5%
Kalkaska 179 11 24 52 157 60 6.1% 13.4% 29.1% 87.7% 33.5%
 
Kent 7,996 723 993 5,033 7,392 2,392 9.0% 12.4% 62.9% 92.4% 29.9%
Keweenaw 25 2 4 17 25 8 8.0% 16.0% 68.0% 100.0% 32.0%
Lake 87 10 15 50 67 21 11.5% 17.2% 57.5% 77.0% 24.1%
Lapeer 788 62 90 533 729 290 7.9% 11.4% 67.6% 92.5% 36.8%
Leelanau 144 5 8 32 138 34 3.5% 5.6% 22.2% 95.8% 23.6%
 
Lenawee 702 42 67 507 641 200 6.0% 9.5% 72.2% 91.3% 28.5%
Livingston 1,764 115 182 1,447 1,686 545 6.5% 10.3% 82.0% 95.6% 30.9%
Luce 39 1 3 29 36 9 2.6% 7.7% 74.4% 92.3% 23.1%
Mackinac 83 10 11 54 65 21 12.0% 13.3% 65.1% 78.3% 25.3%
Macomb 8,478 761 1,077 5,816 7,851 3,018 9.0% 12.7% 68.6% 92.6% 35.6%
 
Manistee 183 12 18 80 155 52 6.6% 9.8% 43.7% 84.7% 28.4%
Marquette 494 44 58 312 475 153 8.9% 11.7% 63.2% 96.2% 31.0%
Mason 199 20 18 157 180 62 10.1% 9.0% 78.9% 90.5% 31.2%
Mecosta 391 30 40 253 316 119 7.7% 10.2% 64.7% 80.8% 30.4%
Menominee 64 - 1 54 59 23 - 1.6% 84.4% 92.2% 35.9%
 
Midland 746 43 64 541 708 267 5.8% 8.6% 72.5% 94.9% 35.8%
Missaukee 168 13 20 97 141 51 7.7% 11.9% 57.7% 83.9% 30.4%
Monroe 1,047 69 100 788 969 356 6.6% 9.6% 75.3% 92.6% 34.0%
Montcalm 758 60 80 438 644 213 7.9% 10.6% 57.8% 85.0% 28.1%
Montmorency 83 11 15 68 70 25 13.3% 18.1% 81.9% 84.3% 30.1%
 
Muskegon 1,777 177 230 1,122 1,599 563 10.0% 12.9% 63.1% 90.0% 31.7%
Newaygo 470 36 56 337 420 116 7.7% 11.9% 71.7% 89.4% 24.7%
Oakland 12,223 1,008 1,337 9,562 11,681 4,113 8.2% 10.9% 78.2% 95.6% 33.6%
Oceana 249 17 23 167 216 55 6.8% 9.2% 67.1% 86.7% 22.1%
Ogemaw 207 17 23 141 179 76 8.2% 11.1% 68.1% 86.5% 36.7%
 
Ontonagon 25 - - 17 21 4 - - 68.0% 84.0% 16.0%
Osceola 258 20 24 149 205 76 7.8% 9.3% 57.8% 79.5% 29.5%
Oscoda 69 3 4 37 43 11 4.3% 5.8% 53.6% 62.3% 15.9%
Otsego 243 25 24 193 215 75 10.3% 9.9% 79.4% 88.5% 30.9%
Ottawa 3,151 212 332 2,193 2,979 975 6.7% 10.5% 69.6% 94.5% 30.9%
 
Presque Isle 108 5 9 82 94 35 4.6% 8.3% 75.9% 87.0% 32.4%
Roscommon 168 11 17 123 144 40 6.5% 10.1% 73.2% 85.7% 23.8%
Saginaw 1,816 188 233 1,161 1,616 612 10.4% 12.8% 63.9% 89.0% 33.7%
St Clair 1,419 110 160 1,000 1,286 511 7.8% 11.3% 70.5% 90.6% 36.0%
St Joseph 626 43 65 377 471 181 6.9% 10.4% 60.2% 75.2% 28.9%
 
Sanilac 378 30 31 201 299 113 7.9% 8.2% 53.2% 79.1% 29.9%
Schoolcraft 46 6 6 25 40 21 13.0% 13.0% 54.3% 87.0% 45.7%
Shiawassee 665 44 74 492 610 217 6.6% 11.1% 74.0% 91.7% 32.6%
Tuscola 434 32 52 282 396 142 7.4% 12.0% 65.0% 91.2% 32.7%
Van Buren 767 54 101 541 629 224 7.0% 13.2% 70.5% 82.0% 29.2%
 
Washtenaw 2,930 222 292 2,239 2,737 899 7.6% 10.0% 76.4% 93.4% 30.7%
Wayne 19,634 2,289 2,748 13,632 16,684 6,773 11.7% 14.0% 69.4% 85.0% 34.5%
Wexford 288 25 42 137 256 95 8.7% 14.6% 47.6% 88.9% 33.0%
                       

Note:

¹Reported as of January 22, 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.