Kids Count Data Center

Definitions: Percent and number of children under age 18 living in families with incomes below poverty level.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)

Footnotes: Note:  SAIPE changed methodology in 2005.  Trends are not recommended across this point in time.

Definitions:

Uninsured rates based on Colorado Health Institute (CHI) analyses of data from the 2009, 2010 and 2011 American Community Surveys (ACS). A child was counted as uninsured if his or her parent reported that the child did not have any form of health insurance at the time at which the ACS questionnaire was administered. CHI applied a method developed by the University of Missouri to apportion ACS geographic strata to Colorado counties in order to yield county-level estimates. Due to several counties being part of the same ACS stratum, uninsured rates will be similar for several rural counties.

Data Source: Colorado Health Institute

Definitions: The number and percent of students scoring proficient or advanced on the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP, administered until 2011) or Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP, administered in 2012) by county.

Data Source: Colorado Department of Education

Footnotes: LNE=Low Number of Events, Data Suppressed

Note that school districts within counties that have suppressed data are excluded from the county aggregations.