KIDS COUNT Data Snapshots

The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT® Data Snapshots unpack the latest state and national data on a specific topic related to child well-being. The scope of the series is wide ranging, with individual snapshots exploring statistical trends on everything from teen motherhood and youth incarceration to early reading proficiency and life along Mexico’s northern border. Check out the KIDS COUNT Data Snapshots.

Children Living in High-Poverty, Low-Opportunity Neighborhoods

This snapshot shares the latest data — for the nation and each state — on children growing up in high-poverty areas. It also singles out two important factors, geographic location and race and ethnicity, that shape a child’s risk of living in concentrated poverty. Click here to learn more about children living in concentrated poverty.

Kids in Concentrated Poverty Data Snapshot

Find state-level statistics on concentrated poverty and how child poverty rates have changed over time in this KIDS COUNT data snapshot.

Keeping Kids in Families

Trends in U.S. Foster Care Placement

In this data snapshot, the Annie E. Casey Foundation examines how placements for young people in foster care have changed from 2007 to 2017. Using data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Casey finds that child welfare systems are doing a better job of placing kids in families. At the same time, racial disparities persist for kids of all ages and progress eludes teens in care.

Children in Foster Care Increasingly Likely to Live in Families

The Annie E. Casey Foundation today released “Keeping Kids in Families: Trends in U.S. Foster Care Placement,” using data from child welfare systems across all 50 states and the District of Columbia over a 10-year period to look at how placements for young people in foster care have changed.

Measuring Access to Opportunity in the United States

KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot

This KIDS COUNT data snapshot illustrates how outdated methods measuring poverty in the United States are giving an inaccurate picture of how families are really faring and what public programs are actually working. The brief introduces the more accurate Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).

Early Reading Proficiency in the United States

A KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot

Although reading proficiency rates have improved for most demographic groups over the past decade, large disparities still exist. This KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot provides an update on how fourth graders are faring in reading.

Reducing Youth Incarceration in the United States

A KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot

The rate of kids being incarcerated is declining in the United States as public safety is increasing. This data brief presents the trend in how we are treating juvenile offenders in hopes the trend continues.

D.C.'s Achievement Gap: Why Place Matters

D.C. KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot

This D.C. KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot examines citywide achievement by the public school kids in Washington, D.C.

Data Snapshot on High-Poverty Communities

Children Living in America's High-Poverty Communities

This data snapshot highlights newly available national, state and city data in the KIDS COUNT Data Center that shows a 25% increase in the number of children residing in areas of concentrated poverty since 2000.

KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot on Foster Care Placement

This Data Snapshot highlights newly available data on the KIDS COUNT Data Center marking the progress made by many states to increase the rates of children in foster care who are living with families and decrease the rates of those placed in institutions or group homes. The data also show that the type of foster care placement varies depending on the age of the child as well as the state of residence.

KIDS COUNT Data Snapshots

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