Snapshot: Births per 1,000 residents, 2009
By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | Sept. 29, 2011
Lawrence, Chelsea, Malden, and Lynn had the most births per 1,000 residents, according to data from the Department of Public Health, for 2009. The communities had more than 17 births per 1,000 people.
| Community | Births per 1,000 residents, 2009 | Rank | Births |
| ABINGTON | 12.0 | 61 | 201 |
| ACTON | 8.4 | 195 | 179 |
| ACUSHNET | 8.7 | 185 | 90 |
| ADAMS | 7.6 | 236 | 63 |
| AGAWAM | 6.9 | 263 | 197 |
| ALFORD | 0.0 | 348 | 0 |
| AMESBURY | 12.6 | 45 | 210 |
| AMHERST | 4.3 | 334 | 156 |
| ANDOVER | 8.1 | 212 | 273 |
| AQUINNAH | 8.1 | 211 | 3 |
| ARLINGTON | 14.9 | 12 | 621 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 7.6 | 237 | 46 |
| ASHBY | 8.7 | 184 | 27 |
| ASHFIELD | 5.5 | 316 | 10 |
| ASHLAND | 14.6 | 13 | 225 |
| ATHOL | 11.3 | 78 | 134 |
| ATTLEBORO | 13.0 | 37 | 567 |
| AUBURN | 9.1 | 160 | 150 |
| AVON | 11.2 | 81 | 49 |
| AYER | 14.0 | 18 | 110 |
| BARNSTABLE | 9.0 | 167 | 417 |
| BARRE | 10.3 | 113 | 58 |
| BECKET | 7.8 | 228 | 14 |
| BEDFORD | 10.8 | 98 | 149 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 8.7 | 181 | 123 |
| BELLINGHAM | 12.7 | 43 | 202 |
| BELMONT | 11.9 | 63 | 282 |
| BERKLEY | 9.2 | 152 | 60 |
| BERLIN | 6.4 | 282 | 19 |
| BERNARDSTON | 4.9 | 324 | 11 |
| BEVERLY | 12.0 | 58 | 476 |
| BILLERICA | 11.5 | 73 | 457 |
| BLACKSTONE | 9.9 | 131 | 96 |
| BLANDFORD | 5.4 | 319 | 7 |
| BOLTON | 9.1 | 159 | 42 |
| BOSTON | 12.4 | 52 | 7,976 |
| BOURNE | 9.9 | 129 | 192 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 7.5 | 239 | 39 |
| BOXFORD | 5.1 | 323 | 42 |
| BOYLSTON | 8.7 | 182 | 38 |
| BRAINTREE | 12.0 | 59 | 424 |
| BREWSTER | 6.6 | 276 | 66 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 6.3 | 289 | 171 |
| BRIMFIELD | 6.8 | 266 | 26 |
| BROCKTON | 15.8 | 9 | 1,474 |
| BROOKFIELD | 9.7 | 133 | 33 |
| BROOKLINE | 12.0 | 60 | 676 |
| BUCKLAND | 6.0 | 299 | 12 |
| BURLINGTON | 12.4 | 50 | 319 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 11.6 | 68 | 1,266 |
| CANTON | 10.5 | 109 | 234 |
| CARLISLE | 4.5 | 332 | 22 |
| CARVER | 10.0 | 126 | 120 |
| CHARLEMONT | 8.7 | 186 | 12 |
| CHARLTON | 10.7 | 102 | 135 |
| CHATHAM | 4.3 | 335 | 29 |
| CHELMSFORD | 9.6 | 136 | 328 |
| CHELSEA | 18.7 | 2 | 702 |
| CHESHIRE | 7.0 | 262 | 23 |
| CHESTER | 10.7 | 101 | 14 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 6.3 | 288 | 8 |
| CHICOPEE | 11.5 | 72 | 643 |
| CHILMARK | 6.7 | 271 | 6 |
| CLARKSBURG | 5.6 | 314 | 9 |
| CLINTON | 11.8 | 67 | 167 |
| COHASSET | 7.7 | 234 | 57 |
| COLRAIN | 5.9 | 303 | 11 |
| CONCORD | 7.2 | 253 | 126 |
| CONWAY | 4.2 | 336 | 8 |
| CUMMINGTON | 10.3 | 117 | 10 |
| DALTON | 6.1 | 295 | 40 |
| DANVERS | 9.2 | 155 | 251 |
| DARTMOUTH | 6.2 | 293 | 212 |
| DEDHAM | 10.7 | 100 | 266 |
| DEERFIELD | 10.0 | 125 | 47 |
| DENNIS | 8.8 | 175 | 136 |
| DIGHTON | 8.6 | 191 | 58 |
| DOUGLAS | 12.5 | 48 | 101 |
| DOVER | 5.4 | 318 | 31 |
| DRACUT | 11.0 | 87 | 325 |
| DUDLEY | 8.4 | 197 | 94 |
| DUNSTABLE | 7.7 | 233 | 26 |
| DUXBURY | 6.3 | 287 | 91 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 9.6 | 135 | 136 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 11.0 | 89 | 23 |
| EASTHAM | 6.0 | 298 | 33 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 9.6 | 140 | 156 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 8.5 | 194 | 135 |
| EASTON | 9.2 | 156 | 212 |
| EDGARTOWN | 9.1 | 158 | 37 |
| EGREMONT | 6.7 | 272 | 9 |
| ERVING | 11.0 | 91 | 17 |
| ESSEX | 9.6 | 139 | 32 |
| EVERETT | 16.3 | 6 | 626 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 8.5 | 192 | 137 |
| FALL RIVER | 13.2 | 32 | 1,202 |
| FALMOUTH | 7.8 | 223 | 257 |
| FITCHBURG | 13.9 | 19 | 586 |
| FLORIDA | 5.9 | 304 | 4 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 8.1 | 210 | 139 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 14.5 | 15 | 976 |
| FRANKLIN | 9.4 | 149 | 302 |
| FREETOWN | 8.3 | 202 | 75 |
| GARDNER | 11.4 | 74 | 240 |
| GEORGETOWN | 10.0 | 127 | 87 |
| GILL | 6.4 | 281 | 9 |
| GLOUCESTER | 8.7 | 179 | 266 |
| GOSHEN | 9.4 | 150 | 9 |
| GOSNOLD | 0.0 | 348 | 0 |
| GRAFTON | 12.2 | 56 | 217 |
| GRANBY | 4.6 | 328 | 29 |
| GRANVILLE | 6.7 | 273 | 11 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 6.3 | 292 | 46 |
| GREENFIELD | 11.4 | 75 | 200 |
| GROTON | 8.1 | 216 | 87 |
| GROVELAND | 7.4 | 241 | 55 |
| HADLEY | 6.1 | 296 | 29 |
| HALIFAX | 8.2 | 204 | 64 |
| HAMILTON | 11.0 | 88 | 91 |
| HAMPDEN | 6.5 | 280 | 35 |
| HANCOCK | 4.0 | 339 | 5 |
| HANOVER | 9.4 | 146 | 133 |
| HANSON | 10.1 | 124 | 102 |
| HARDWICK | 8.2 | 203 | 22 |
| HARVARD | 4.5 | 331 | 28 |
| HARWICH | 7.3 | 243 | 90 |
| HATFIELD | 4.6 | 329 | 15 |
| HAVERHILL | 14.5 | 14 | 895 |
| HAWLEY | 8.9 | 171 | 3 |
| HEATH | 8.8 | 176 | 7 |
| HINGHAM | 10.2 | 121 | 238 |
| HINSDALE | 4.7 | 326 | 9 |
| HOLBROOK | 10.2 | 119 | 110 |
| HOLDEN | 9.5 | 145 | 167 |
| HOLLAND | 7.8 | 225 | 20 |
| HOLLISTON | 8.2 | 206 | 116 |
| HOLYOKE | 16.3 | 7 | 653 |
| HOPEDALE | 8.3 | 200 | 52 |
| HOPKINTON | 9.1 | 162 | 133 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 8.9 | 170 | 40 |
| HUDSON | 11.1 | 83 | 223 |
| HULL | 7.2 | 251 | 80 |
| HUNTINGTON | 12.5 | 46 | 28 |
| IPSWICH | 7.2 | 248 | 97 |
| KINGSTON | 9.5 | 141 | 119 |
| LAKEVILLE | 8.1 | 214 | 86 |
| LANCASTER | 9.5 | 143 | 67 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 7.4 | 242 | 21 |
| LAWRENCE | 20.2 | 1 | 1,426 |
| LEE | 9.6 | 138 | 55 |
| LEICESTER | 8.1 | 215 | 90 |
| LENOX | 4.9 | 325 | 25 |
| LEOMINSTER | 12.5 | 47 | 528 |
| LEVERETT | 4.5 | 333 | 8 |
| LEXINGTON | 6.7 | 275 | 206 |
| LEYDEN | 9.9 | 130 | 8 |
| LINCOLN | 6.8 | 267 | 59 |
| LITTLETON | 9.0 | 166 | 81 |
| LONGMEADOW | 6.6 | 278 | 102 |
| LOWELL | 16.6 | 5 | 1,736 |
| LUDLOW | 7.1 | 261 | 157 |
| LUNENBURG | 8.9 | 174 | 90 |
| LYNN | 17.2 | 4 | 1,502 |
| LYNNFIELD | 7.3 | 246 | 88 |
| MALDEN | 17.3 | 3 | 973 |
| MANCHESTER | 5.2 | 320 | 27 |
| MANSFIELD | 10.4 | 111 | 243 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 7.8 | 224 | 156 |
| MARION | 5.6 | 313 | 29 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 13.7 | 24 | 528 |
| MARSHFIELD | 9.6 | 137 | 239 |
| MASHPEE | 8.6 | 187 | 124 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 6.0 | 301 | 39 |
| MAYNARD | 13.0 | 38 | 138 |
| MEDFIELD | 5.9 | 307 | 72 |
| MEDFORD | 12.4 | 49 | 691 |
| MEDWAY | 8.8 | 177 | 113 |
| MELROSE | 10.9 | 96 | 295 |
| MENDON | 8.6 | 189 | 49 |
| MERRIMAC | 5.4 | 317 | 36 |
| METHUEN | 12.9 | 39 | 574 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 10.9 | 93 | 234 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 7.2 | 256 | 4 |
| MIDDLETON | 6.6 | 277 | 61 |
| MILFORD | 13.2 | 33 | 365 |
| MILLBURY | 10.7 | 103 | 145 |
| MILLIS | 10.6 | 106 | 85 |
| MILLVILLE | 13.5 | 25 | 40 |
| MILTON | 10.1 | 123 | 264 |
| MONROE | 0.0 | 348 | 0 |
| MONSON | 7.7 | 231 | 70 |
| MONTAGUE | 11.9 | 66 | 97 |
| MONTEREY | 6.3 | 290 | 6 |
| MONTGOMERY | 12.3 | 53 | 9 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | 7.4 | 240 | 1 |
| NAHANT | 6.1 | 297 | 22 |
| NANTUCKET | 13.4 | 29 | 152 |
| NATICK | 13.4 | 30 | 432 |
| NEEDHAM | 10.3 | 118 | 298 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 0.0 | 348 | 0 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 15.0 | 11 | 1,363 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 3.5 | 340 | 4 |
| NEWBURY | 5.9 | 302 | 41 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 10.2 | 120 | 180 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 9.9 | 128 | 15 |
| NEW SALEM | 6.3 | 290 | 6 |
| NEWTON | 9.5 | 142 | 806 |
| NORFOLK | 7.3 | 244 | 82 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 11.4 | 77 | 157 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 7.2 | 249 | 205 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 11.1 | 85 | 308 |
| NORTH ATTLEBORO | 10.9 | 97 | 302 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 8.2 | 205 | 122 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 14.1 | 17 | 207 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 9.1 | 161 | 46 |
| NORTHFIELD | 6.3 | 286 | 21 |
| NORTH READING | 10.3 | 115 | 149 |
| NORTON | 9.1 | 163 | 175 |
| NORWELL | 8.7 | 180 | 90 |
| NORWOOD | 12.8 | 42 | 365 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 16.2 | 8 | 64 |
| OAKHAM | 4.1 | 337 | 8 |
| ORANGE | 10.8 | 99 | 83 |
| ORLEANS | 2.6 | 344 | 16 |
| OTIS | 7.2 | 254 | 10 |
| OXFORD | 11.2 | 80 | 155 |
| PALMER | 9.2 | 154 | 121 |
| PAXTON | 6.0 | 300 | 29 |
| PEABODY | 9.4 | 148 | 487 |
| PELHAM | 7.1 | 259 | 10 |
| PEMBROKE | 9.7 | 134 | 182 |
| PEPPERELL | 8.7 | 183 | 100 |
| PERU | 2.4 | 345 | 2 |
| PETERSHAM | 9.0 | 165 | 12 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 7.3 | 247 | 13 |
| PITTSFIELD | 12.2 | 55 | 518 |
| PLAINFIELD | 6.7 | 270 | 4 |
| PLAINVILLE | 10.6 | 105 | 88 |
| PLYMOUTH | 11.1 | 86 | 629 |
| PLYMPTON | 6.8 | 268 | 19 |
| PRINCETON | 7.1 | 260 | 25 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 4.7 | 327 | 16 |
| QUINCY | 13.9 | 20 | 1,263 |
| RANDOLPH | 12.4 | 51 | 384 |
| RAYNHAM | 11.0 | 90 | 150 |
| READING | 11.4 | 76 | 268 |
| REHOBOTH | 8.2 | 208 | 94 |
| REVERE | 13.8 | 23 | 712 |
| RICHMOND | 3.2 | 341 | 5 |
| ROCHESTER | 7.7 | 230 | 41 |
| ROCKLAND | 12.2 | 54 | 221 |
| ROCKPORT | 6.4 | 284 | 49 |
| ROWE | 11.5 | 71 | 4 |
| ROWLEY | 10.3 | 116 | 60 |
| ROYALSTON | 5.2 | 322 | 7 |
| RUSSELL | 11.9 | 65 | 21 |
| RUTLAND | 9.4 | 147 | 76 |
| SALEM | 12.7 | 44 | 527 |
| SALISBURY | 8.4 | 198 | 72 |
| SANDISFIELD | 5.9 | 305 | 5 |
| SANDWICH | 8.2 | 207 | 163 |
| SAUGUS | 8.3 | 199 | 233 |
| SAVOY | 1.4 | 347 | 1 |
| SCITUATE | 8.4 | 196 | 154 |
| SEEKONK | 6.3 | 285 | 88 |
| SHARON | 5.7 | 311 | 102 |
| SHEFFIELD | 7.9 | 221 | 26 |
| SHELBURNE | 8.9 | 173 | 18 |
| SHERBORN | 4.0 | 338 | 17 |
| SHIRLEY | 7.2 | 258 | 58 |
| SHREWSBURY | 10.9 | 94 | 371 |
| SHUTESBURY | 6.5 | 279 | 12 |
| SOMERSET | 6.8 | 264 | 127 |
| SOMERVILLE | 13.1 | 36 | 1,001 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 6.8 | 265 | 41 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 7.9 | 220 | 77 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 13.4 | 27 | 235 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 7.7 | 232 | 134 |
| SOUTHWICK | 8.0 | 217 | 78 |
| SPENCER | 10.5 | 108 | 126 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 15.7 | 10 | 2,445 |
| STERLING | 7.2 | 250 | 56 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 4.6 | 330 | 10 |
| STONEHAM | 11.6 | 69 | 250 |
| STOUGHTON | 9.8 | 132 | 265 |
| STOW | 12.1 | 57 | 81 |
| STURBRIDGE | 10.9 | 92 | 97 |
| SUDBURY | 7.8 | 226 | 138 |
| SUNDERLAND | 6.1 | 294 | 24 |
| SUTTON | 8.7 | 178 | 80 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 9.0 | 169 | 126 |
| SWANSEA | 8.3 | 201 | 134 |
| TAUNTON | 13.3 | 31 | 741 |
| TEMPLETON | 11.9 | 62 | 95 |
| TEWKSBURY | 9.2 | 157 | 281 |
| TISBURY | 13.8 | 22 | 54 |
| TOLLAND | 12.9 | 41 | 6 |
| TOPSFIELD | 7.2 | 255 | 44 |
| TOWNSEND | 7.7 | 229 | 75 |
| TRURO | 5.2 | 321 | 11 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 8.1 | 213 | 97 |
| TYRINGHAM | 5.9 | 306 | 2 |
| UPTON | 9.5 | 144 | 64 |
| UXBRIDGE | 11.9 | 64 | 153 |
| WAKEFIELD | 10.9 | 95 | 275 |
| WALES | 10.5 | 107 | 20 |
| WALPOLE | 8.5 | 193 | 199 |
| WALTHAM | 13.4 | 26 | 815 |
| WARE | 11.1 | 84 | 110 |
| WAREHAM | 10.1 | 122 | 216 |
| WARREN | 11.2 | 82 | 59 |
| WARWICK | 8.0 | 218 | 6 |
| WASHINGTON | 5.5 | 315 | 3 |
| WATERTOWN | 13.4 | 28 | 445 |
| WAYLAND | 7.8 | 227 | 105 |
| WEBSTER | 13.9 | 21 | 234 |
| WELLESLEY | 7.8 | 222 | 215 |
| WELLFLEET | 7.2 | 252 | 20 |
| WENDELL | 9.0 | 168 | 9 |
| WENHAM | 5.9 | 308 | 28 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 13.2 | 34 | 243 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 7.2 | 257 | 58 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 7.3 | 245 | 49 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 9.1 | 163 | 35 |
| WESTFIELD | 10.4 | 110 | 440 |
| WESTFORD | 7.6 | 238 | 171 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 8.2 | 209 | 13 |
| WESTMINSTER | 6.4 | 283 | 48 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 8.6 | 188 | 38 |
| WESTON | 6.7 | 274 | 80 |
| WESTPORT | 7.7 | 235 | 119 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 13.2 | 35 | 372 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 2.8 | 343 | 4 |
| WEST TISBURY | 8.9 | 172 | 24 |
| WESTWOOD | 8.0 | 219 | 114 |
| WEYMOUTH | 11.5 | 70 | 623 |
| WHATELY | 5.7 | 310 | 9 |
| WHITMAN | 11.3 | 79 | 160 |
| WILBRAHAM | 5.6 | 312 | 80 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 6.7 | 269 | 17 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 5.7 | 309 | 46 |
| WILMINGTON | 10.6 | 104 | 238 |
| WINCHENDON | 10.4 | 112 | 107 |
| WINCHESTER | 10.3 | 114 | 222 |
| WINDSOR | 2.3 | 346 | 2 |
| WINTHROP | 8.6 | 190 | 165 |
| WOBURN | 12.9 | 40 | 504 |
| WORCESTER | 14.2 | 16 | 2,592 |
| WORTHINGTON | 3.1 | 342 | 4 |
| WRENTHAM | 9.4 | 151 | 105 |
| YARMOUTH | 9.2 | 153 | 220 |