Vermont has 10.5 births for every 1000 residents and has the lowest birth rate in the nation.
Experts tell us the low birth rate is attributable to several factors like the state's very high percentage of Caucasian women who have very low birth rates, but a very low population of Hispanic women who have the highest birth rates.
Another factor: Vermont women are the best educated in the nation according to the report and they are having fewer children or none at all.
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