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TABLE A.1. ADDITIONAL STATE-LEVEL STATISTICS
|
Population Size |
|
Births to Unmarried Women |
|
Low-Income |
|||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
State Name |
Number of People (in 1,000s) |
State Rank |
|
Percentage of Births to Unmarried Women |
State Rank |
|
Number of Low-Income Children (in 1,000s) |
Percentage of All Children |
Alabama |
4,599 |
23 |
|
36.2 |
20 |
|
510 |
45.6 |
Alaska |
670 |
47 |
|
34.6 |
28 |
|
51 |
29.1 |
Arizona |
6,166 |
16 |
|
42.2 |
5 |
|
719 |
44.5 |
Arkansas |
2,811 |
32 |
|
38.8 |
10 |
|
343 |
49.9 |
California |
36,458 |
1 |
|
34.4 |
29 |
|
3,887 |
40.8 |
Colorado |
4,753 |
22 |
|
27.5 |
47 |
|
410 |
35.2 |
Connecticut |
3,505 |
29 |
|
30.6 |
40 |
|
200 |
24.7 |
Delaware |
853 |
45 |
|
42.3 |
4 |
|
63 |
30.8 |
Florida |
18,090 |
4 |
|
41.4 |
7 |
|
1,641 |
41.0 |
Georgia |
9,364 |
9 |
|
39.2 |
9 |
|
1,026 |
42.1 |
Hawaii |
1,285 |
42 |
|
33.4 |
32 |
|
97 |
32.3 |
Idaho |
1,466 |
39 |
|
22.6 |
49 |
|
164 |
41.8 |
Illinois |
12,832 |
5 |
|
36.3 |
19 |
|
1,153 |
35.8 |
Indiana |
6,314 |
15 |
|
38.8 |
11 |
|
605 |
38.3 |
Iowa |
2,982 |
30 |
|
31.0 |
38 |
|
240 |
34.2 |
Kansas |
2,764 |
33 |
|
33.0 |
33 |
|
261 |
37.8 |
Kentucky |
4,206 |
26 |
|
35.0 |
26 |
|
421 |
42.7 |
Louisiana |
4,288 |
25 |
|
49.1 |
1 |
|
528 |
49.2 |
Maine |
1,322 |
40 |
|
34.1 |
31 |
|
107 |
38.7 |
Maryland |
5,616 |
19 |
|
35.7 |
22 |
|
333 |
24.6 |
Massachusetts |
6,437 |
13 |
|
28.5 |
46 |
|
376 |
26.0 |
Michigan |
10,096 |
8 |
|
35.7 |
23 |
|
920 |
37.3 |
Minnesota |
5,167 |
21 |
|
29.0 |
45 |
|
358 |
28.7 |
Mississippi |
2,911 |
31 |
|
48.3 |
3 |
|
409 |
53.5 |
Missouri |
5,843 |
18 |
|
37.0 |
17 |
|
595 |
41.7 |
Montana |
945 |
44 |
|
34.3 |
30 |
|
91 |
42.3 |
Nebraska |
1,768 |
38 |
|
30.2 |
42 |
|
172 |
38.7 |
Nevada |
2,496 |
35 |
|
39.7 |
8 |
|
234 |
36.9 |
New Hampshire |
1,315 |
41 |
|
26.4 |
48 |
|
66 |
22.5 |
New Jersey |
8,725 |
11 |
|
30.1 |
43 |
|
535 |
25.6 |
New Mexico |
1,955 |
36 |
|
48.8 |
2 |
|
264 |
52.5 |
New York |
19,306 |
3 |
|
37.8 |
14 |
|
1,741 |
38.7 |
North Carolina |
8,857 |
10 |
|
36.9 |
18 |
|
940 |
43.7 |
North Dakota |
636 |
48 |
|
29.9 |
44 |
|
51 |
36.1 |
Ohio |
11,478 |
7 |
|
37.4 |
15 |
|
1,073 |
38.7 |
Oklahoma |
3,579 |
28 |
|
38.4 |
12 |
|
424 |
47.9 |
Oregon |
3,701 |
27 |
|
32.5 |
34 |
|
335 |
39.1 |
Pennsylvania |
12,441 |
6 |
|
35.2 |
24 |
|
1,035 |
36.9 |
Rhode Island |
1,068 |
43 |
|
37.3 |
16 |
|
77 |
32.8 |
South Carolina |
4,321 |
24 |
|
41.9 |
6 |
|
460 |
44.6 |
South Dakota |
782 |
46 |
|
35.1 |
25 |
|
75 |
38.4 |
Tennessee |
6,039 |
17 |
|
38.2 |
13 |
|
665 |
46.1 |
Texas |
23,508 |
2 |
|
36.0 |
21 |
|
3,157 |
48.7 |
Utah |
2,550 |
34 |
|
17.5 |
50 |
|
293 |
37.0 |
Vermont |
624 |
49 |
|
32.3 |
35 |
|
40 |
30.5 |
Virginia |
7,643 |
12 |
|
31.0 |
39 |
|
544 |
30.2 |
Washington |
6,396 |
14 |
|
30.4 |
41 |
|
538 |
35.1 |
West Virginia |
1,818 |
37 |
|
34.8 |
27 |
|
184 |
47.4 |
Wisconsin |
5,557 |
20 |
|
31.3 |
37 |
|
438 |
33.1 |
Wyoming |
515 |
50 |
|
31.7 |
36 |
|
42 |
34.6 |
United States |
298,817 |
--- |
|
35.8 |
--- |
|
28,892 |
39.3 |
Source: 2006 American Community Survey (ACS) for population size and low-income children. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) for births to unmarried women.
Notes: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
TABLE A.2. ADDITIONAL REGIONAL STATISTICS
|
Number of Low-Income Children By Geographic Area (in 1,000s) |
|
Number of Low-Income |
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region Name |
Rural Areas |
Urban Areas |
|
White |
African American |
Hispanic |
Other |
New England |
154 |
712 |
|
478 |
112 |
202 |
74 |
Middle Atlantic |
364 |
2,947 |
|
1,404 |
787 |
838 |
282 |
South Atlantic |
1,190 |
4,002 |
|
1,981 |
1,978 |
945 |
288 |
Mountain |
219 |
1,998 |
|
873 |
100 |
1,019 |
225 |
Pacific |
191 |
4,716 |
|
1,089 |
369 |
2,877 |
572 |
East North Central |
800 |
3,389 |
|
2,234 |
1,095 |
637 |
223 |
West North Central |
575 |
1,178 |
|
1,113 |
267 |
201 |
172 |
East South Central |
973 |
1,032 |
|
1,069 |
760 |
103 |
72 |
West South Central |
750 |
3,702 |
|
1,225 |
910 |
2,071 |
246 |
United States |
5,216 |
23,676 |
|
11467 |
6378 |
8894 |
2153 |
Source: 2006 American Community Survey (ACS).
Notes: Low-Income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. See Technical Appendix for definitions of regions, geographic areas, and racial/ethnic groups.
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