National KIDS COUNT Data Book 2011

NPR interviews Annie E. Casey’s Patrick McCarthy on the latest KIDS COUNT report.

MICHIGAN PROFILE The recession hit vulnerable families hard, and U.S. unemployment and foreclosure starts remain high. In 2010, 11 percent of children had at least one unemployed parent, and since 2007, 4 percent have been affected by foreclosure.

Percentage Change in Unemployment Rates for Michigan and Its Counties MAP 
Unemployment Ranking for Michigan and Its Counties (2010) TABLE 
Percentage Change in the Unemployment Rates in Michigan and Its Counties (2000 vs 2010) TABLE

MICHIGAN TRENDS IN RATES AND NUMBERS

Find more state and community-level data go to KIDS COUNT data center

MICHIGAN PRESS RELEASE KIDS COUNT looks at children of the recession

TALKING POINTS

SPREAD THE WORD — WHAT’S HAPPENING TO KIDS IN MICHIGAN

2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book Now Available

The Michigan League for Human Services is pleased to join the Annie E. Casey Foundation as a 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book outreach partner. The annual Data Book is a comprehensive resource on the status of U.S. children, featuring state-specific data on ten key indicators of child well-being. Please visit the Data Book home page to download the report and create maps, graphs, and charts at the national, state, and local level. The new mobile Data Center offers hundreds of measures of child well-being available on any smartphone: http://mobile.kidscount.org.

KIDSCOUNT Data Center


NPR interviews Annie E. Casey’s Patrick McCarthy on the latest KIDS COUNT report