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KIDS COUNT Data Center

This system contains state- and city-level data for over 100 measures of child well-being, including all the measures regularly used in our popular KIDS COUNT Data Book and The Right Start for America's Newborns. This easy-to-use, powerful online database allows you to generate custom reports for a geographic area (Profiles) or to compare areas on a topic (Ranking, Maps, and Line Graphs).

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Profiles by Geographic Area

Select a state or city to find a range of major indicators of child well being such as child poverty rates, health insurance coverage, etc.

Choose the U.S. as a whole

If you are looking for county or other geographic level data, visit CLIKS or Census Data Online.

Comparisons by Topic

Compare specific data across states or cities. Results can be viewed as a ranking, map, or trend line.

Data Snapshot Series

Highlights specific indicators of child well-being contained in the KIDS COUNT Data Center system.

September 2007 snapshot: Too Many Babies Born Before Their Time: The Growing Problem of Preterm Births
March 2007 snapshot: One Out of Five U.S. Children is Living in an Immigrant Family
November 2006 snapshot: Over Half of Low-Income Children Live With a Parent Who Works Regularly
September 2006 snapshot: Teen Motherhood at Record Low in United States
March 2006 snapshot: State Differences in Rates of Overweight or Obese Youth

Download Raw Data

Raw Data give you the opportunity to download data as delimited files.

New and Updated Indicators

06/12/2008 In conjunction with the release of the 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following indicator has been updated within the Youth Risk Factors Category using the latest 2006 Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement, National Center for Juvenile Justice data:
• Detained and Committed Youth in Custody, by Age Group

State rankings on overall child well being have also been updated:
• KIDS COUNT overall rank

(05/20/2008) The Health Profiles for all states, DC and territories have been updated to reflect the latest available Vital Statistics data, National Immunization Survey data, and National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs data. Some of the recently updated indicators include:
• Teen births
• Low-birthweight babies
• Child deaths
• Teen deaths
• Immunization rates
• Children with special health care needs

(02/27/2008) The KIDS COUNT Data Center has been updated to include 2006 data from the American Community Survey. Updated indicators include the following:
• Children living in families with incomes below 250% of poverty
• Children in low-income working families
• Children enrolled in preschool or kindergarten
• Children in households where household head is a high school dropout

View all the latest updates to the data system.