KIDS Count Map

Related to the post below, here is a map describing the geography of states' ranks by order of children's issues. The darker the blue, the worse the conditions for children in that state.

Map from Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT Data Center

What trends do you see in this map? Do you have any ideas about why the rankings are distributed in the way we see here?

You can look through the Annie E. Casey Foundation's data and create your own maps based on a variety of variables (education, poverty, baby birth weight, etc.) by going to their Data Center.

New Child Poverty Data

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has just released its latest data about measures of child poverty in the U.S. Notable facts about children in SC:

• Percent of births to single mothers: 45.4%
• Percent of births to mothers with less than high school education: 23.9%
• Number of children living in poverty: 258,848 
• State rank for key indicators for children: 45th

These numbers certainly seem to be daunting and the state rank gives us a sense of context (relative to other states) BUT...

What do these numbers and rates really mean? Are these problems increasing or decreasing in intensity? You can follow this link and read for yourself how these numbers compare with measures from previous years.