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Profiles (Showing 4 Featured Indicators of full set)

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Child population (2000)	247,822
Head Start participation rate (2008)	40%
Children with elevated blood lead levels (2008)	4.5%
Child abuse and neglect victims rate (per 1,000 children) (2008)	10.7

Featured Data for Rhode Island

Poverty

Child poverty rate (2000)

U.S. Census Bureau.

Children in Poverty is the percentage of "related" and "unrelated" children under age 18 who live in families with incomes below the poverty threshold as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

Poverty is related to every KIDS COUNT indicator. Children in poverty are more likely than their higher-income peers to have health and behavioral problems, experience difficulty in school, become teen parents, and be involved in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems.

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Rhode Island KIDS COUNT One Union Station
Providence, RI 02903

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http://www.rikidscount.org

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