Michigan ranked 27th among the states in a new KIDS COUNT report on child well-being. Rapidly rising poverty and unemployment were the most troubling trends in the report, but the state performed well in reducing the rates of teen deaths and high school dropouts.

Michigan’s overall teen death rate dropped by 14 percent between 2000 and 2006, driven by the 38 percent decrease in deaths due to accidents, primarily motor vehicle fatalities. Click here for chart showing trends by cause.

Latest Data on the Five Key KIDS COUNT Indicators from the American Community Survey for Michigan's Largest Counties (2005-07)

Percent of teens who are high school dropouts (ages 16-19)

Percent of teens not attending school and not working (ages 16-19)

Percent of children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment

Percent of children in poverty (income below $21,027 for a family of two adults and two children in 2007)

Percent of children in single-parent families.

Rapidly rising poverty and unemployment were the most troubling Michigan trends in the report, but the state performed well in reducing the rates of teen deaths and high school dropouts. Read more>>

Data for Michigan, its counties and communities. The widget provides state rankings for overall child-well being and state data on the status of children. Click here

Add data to your website, desktop, or blog with the new KIDS COUNT web widget. The widget provides state rankings for overall child-well being and state data on the status of children for 10 key indicators included in the 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book. Click here