ALABAMA | 2016 KIDS COUNT PROFILE

overall rank

46

Children in poverty

Children whose parents

lack secure employment

Children living in
households with a high
housing cost burden

Teens not in school

and not working

2014

2014

2014

2014

ECONOMIC
WELL-BEING

28%

34%

31%

10%

domain rank

303,000 CHILDREN

372,000 CHILDREN

341,000 CHILDREN

25,000 TEENS

46

WORSENED

WORSENED

WORSENED

UNCHANGED

22%

2008

2008

30%

2008

30%

2008

10%

Young children
not in school

Fourth graders not

proficient in reading

Eighth graders not

proficient in math

High school students

not graduating on time

201214

2015

2015

2012/13

EDUCATION

58%

71%

83%

26%

domain rank

72,000 CHILDREN

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

48

WORSENED

UNCHANGED

WORSENED

IMPROVED

200709 56%

2007

71%

2007

82%

2007/08 31%
N.A. NOT AVAILABLE

Low-birthweight babies

Children without
health insurance

Child and teen deaths

per 100,000

Teens who abuse

alcohol or drugs

2014

2014

2014

201314

HEALTH

10.1%

4%

35

5%

domain rank

5,989 BABIES

42,000 CHILDREN

410 DEATHS

20,000 TEENS

42

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

2008

10.6%

2008

8%

40

2008

200708 7%

Children in
single-parent families

Children in families where

the household head lacks
a high school diploma

Children living in
high-poverty areas

Teen births per 1,000

2014

2014

201014

2014

FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY

40%

14%

17%

32

domain rank

412,000 CHILDREN

153,000 CHILDREN

192,000 CHILDREN

5,009 BIRTHS

43

WORSENED

IMPROVED

WORSENED

IMPROVED

2008

36%

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2008

16%

200610 13%

2008

51

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UNITED STATES | 2016 KIDS COUNT PROFILE

ECONOMIC
WELL-BEING

Children in poverty

Children whose parents

lack secure employment

Children living in
households with a high
housing cost burden

Teens not in school

and not working

2014

2014

2014

2014

22%

30%

35%

7%

15,686,000 CHILDREN

22,061,000 CHILDREN

25,710,000 CHILDREN

1,255,000 TEENS

WORSENED

WORSENED

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

2008

EDUCATION

18%

2008

27%

39%

2008

2008

8%

Young children
not in school

Fourth graders not

proficient in reading

Eighth graders not

proficient in math

High school students

not graduating on time

201214

2015

2015

2012/13

53%

65%

68%

18%

4,387,000 CHILDREN

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

WORSENED

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

200709 52%

2007

68%

69%

2007

2007/08 25%
N.A. NOT AVAILABLE

HEALTH

Low-birthweight babies

Children without
health insurance

Child and teen deaths

per 100,000

Teens who abuse

alcohol or drugs

2014

2014

2014

201314

8.0%

6%

24

5%

318,847 BABIES

4,397,000 CHILDREN

18,666 DEATHS

1,276,000 TEENS

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

2008

FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY

8.2%

2008

10%

29

2008

200708 8%

Children in
single-parent families

Children in families where

the household head lacks
a high school diploma

Children living in
high-poverty areas

Teen births per 1,000

2014

2014

201014

2014

35%

14%

14%

24

24,689,000 CHILDREN

10,412,000 CHILDREN

10,333,000 CHILDREN

249,078 BIRTHS

WORSENED

IMPROVED

WORSENED

IMPROVED

2008
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32%

2008

16%

200610 11%

2008

40

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