TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Think carefully about giving birth to a baby in the sun, according to a new study.
On Monday, Personal Finance website Wallethub released an analysis of the best and worst states to have babies in 2025.
The 50 states and the District of Columbia span the 31 important measures that are both cost and healthcare accessibility, and baby and family friendly.
Florida ranked 44th overall.
“The best states for having a baby minimize costs while providing first-class care for both newborns and their mothers. They also remain a good environment for parents after birth, a powerful economic environment that makes it easier to provide high quality pediatric care, affordable and accessible childcare, and provide children.
Wallethub data showed that Florida ranked 48th in terms of baby-laying costs and 47th in healthcare, including infant mortality and birth rates.
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Here’s how Florida ranked it in other categories:
36th – Request for a Caesarean section at the hospital
37th – Traditional hospital delivery fees
31st – Average. Annual cost of early childhood medical care
34th – Infant mortality rate
37th – Low birth rate
15th – Per capita midwife and ob-gyns
37th – Pediatrician and family medicine doctor per capita
27th – Per capita child care center
21st – Parents and Reeve Policy Score
Wallethub said the average traditional birth costs nearly $2,600 for an insured mother and nearly $15,000 for an uninsured mother.
Let’s take a look at the top five states to have a baby.
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Click here to see the full Wallethub study.
