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 |