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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

(02/27/08) 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

(01/09/08) The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Center contains more than 100 measures of child well-being, including the most recent data available on education, employment and income, poverty, health, and youth risk factors for the United States as a whole, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Featured city-level data include:
• Child poverty rates
• Infant mortality rates
• Percent of teens who are high school dropouts for the 50 largest U.S. cities

The system also features the most current available data at the state level for more than 100 indicators including the following:
• Percent of children with no health insurance coverage
• Young adults enrolled in or completed college
• Percent of children in low income working families

View all the latest updates to the data system.