What communities are welcoming the most children? This week's chart tackles local birth rates. The data represents 2009 births, the latest data available from the U.S. Census.
Lynn and Salem lead the list with the most births while Nahant had the least number of birth at 22.
Community Births per 1,000 residents # of births in 2009 Beverly 12.0 476 Danvers 9.2 251 Essex 9.6 32 Georgetown 10.0 87 Gloucester 8.7 266 Hamilton 11.0 91 Ipswich 7.2 97 Lynn 17.2 1,502 Lynnfield 7.3 88 Marblehead 7.8 156 Middleton 6.6 61 Nahant 6.1 22 Peabody 9.4 487 Rockport 6.4 49 Salem 12.7 527 Saugus 8.3 233 Swampscott 9.0 126 Topsfield 7.2 44 Wenham 5.9 28Find out what's happening in Swampscottfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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