Completed Fertility in the United States

Children ever born, by age, year, and birth cohort

Published

June 19, 2026

See write-up on my Substack newsletter here. The chart below is interactive: switch the x-axis between age, year, and birth cohort in the sidebar, toggle the three-year smoothing, and select which series to show.

Source: CPS Fertility Supplement via IPUMS (Version 13.0). Completed fertility is the weighted (FRSUPPWT) mean of children ever born (FREVER), by year and age. Calculations by Mike Konczal.