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    Key indicators of child well-being tracked in our annual KIDS COUNT Data Book.

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    Nine indicators from the Early Reading Indicators: 2010 KIDS COUNT Special Report.
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Profile for Arkansas (State)

Data Provided by: Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families
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Total Population in Poverty (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
471,161 483,510 479,140 519,026 529,710
Total Population in Poverty (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
17.3% 17.6% 17.3% 18.5% 18.7%
Median Household Income (Currency) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
$36,627 $38,239 $38,820 $35,041 $38,413
Children in Single-Parent Families (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2000 2007 2008 2009 2010
24.7% 34.7% 35.6% 36.4% 36.2%
Children in Single-Parent Families (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2000 2007 2008 2009 2010
167,902 127,866 131,700 134,628 133,091
Tax Filers Claiming Federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
280,768 248,358 296,415 296,416 306,670
Tax Filers Claiming Federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
25.0% 24.7% 17.7% 24.8% 27.7%
Total Federal EITC Dollars Distributed to Low-Income Working Families (Currency) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
$566,115,452 $520,157,855 $626,956,856 $649,283,971 $726,996,494

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