County in top 20 in state for birth rate

Washington County’s birthrate in 2022 was in the top 20 in Kansas, even as the state of Kansas saw its birth rate hit its lowest level in over a hundred years. The Annual Summary of Vital Statistics, 2022, created by the Kansas Department of Health & Environment, reported a birth rate of 11.7 births per 1,000 people. This was the lowest birth rate since record-keeping began in 1912. It was…