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Access profiles for many NM locations; rankings, maps, or trend graphs by topic; and raw data. Includes over 100 measures of child well-being, including the community-level data formerly in CLIKS.

Profiles (Showing 7 Featured Indicators of full set)

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4th Grade Reading Achievement Levels (2011)	21%
8th grade math achievement levels (2011)	24%
Teen Birth Rate-Ages 15-19 Years Old (2010)	46.2
Births Supported by No or Low Prenatal Care (Percent) (2010)	11.0%
Children Living in Areas of Concentrated Poverty (2006-2010)	20.0%
Medicaid Enrollment (Children and Youth Under 21 Years Old) (1/11-12/11)	336,293
Children in households that spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing (2010)	33%

Featured Data for New Mexico

Poverty

Children Living in Areas of Concentrated Poverty (2006-2010)

Definition: Areas of concentrated poverty are those census tracts/areas with poverty rates of 30% or more. This is a commonly used threshold that lies between the starting point and leveling off point for negative neighborhood effects.

Source: U.S. Census, American Community Survey, 2006-2010 from data analysis prepared by the Population Reference Bureau.

Note: Estimates are subject to both sampling and non-sampling error.

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Data highlights selected by our KIDS COUNT state grantee.
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Key indicators of child well-being tracked in our annual KIDS COUNT Data Book.
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New Mexico Grantee

New Mexico Voices for Children 625 Silver Ave., SW Ste.195
Albuquerque, NM 87102

505-244-9505 x.105
chollis@nmvoices.org
http://www.nmvoices.org

Christine Hollis, Kids Count Program Director

Championing public policies that improve the status & well-being of New Mexico's children, families and communities in health, education and economic security through research and advocacy.

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