# Born in U.S. in 1963

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 25, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-in-u-s-in-1963/171067 "2003-04-25T07:44:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-in-u-s-in-1963/171067/1 "2003-04-25T07:44:15Z")

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How many people were born in the United States in 1963? I’m helping someone find his adopted-out sister, and we’re trying to get an idea of how many women fit the same birthdate.

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Joe\_Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Random)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-in-u-s-in-1963/171067/2 "2003-04-25T08:06:12Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Walloon \*  
> **How many people were born in the United States in 1963?**

4,098,020. That number is from the CDC, and it’s a lowball figure that doesn’t account for non-registered births.

Here’s a link to the PDF file that I got that data from:

> **[mage33tr.pdf](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/natality/mage33tr.pdf)**
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It lists births, with age-of-mother and race breakdowns, from 1933 to 1998.

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-in-u-s-in-1963/171067/3 "2003-04-25T08:11:27Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Joe Random \*  
> \*\*4,098,020. \*\*

/365 = 11,227.

Cut that roughly in half to rule out the boys and you’ve got 5,613.

Narrow it down by state - and hopefully hospital if you have that information - and you might just be in business.

It won’t be easy but at least ~5,000 is a manageable number. Good luck.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-in-u-s-in-1963/171067/4 "2003-04-25T08:17:18Z")

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Thanks to both of you for your help.