Georgia Kids Count Data Center

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SELECTED KIDS COUNT INDICATORS FOR GEORGIA

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Households With Children Receiving Food Stamps (Number)
Location
Data Type
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Georgia
Number
319,871
379,268
411,740
427,540
426,660
DEFINITIONS & SOURCES
COLLAPSE
Definitions: Number of households with children receiving Food Stamps.

Data Source: Division of Family and Children Services, Georgia Department of Human Resources.
Children, Birth Through 4, Enrolled In The WIC Program (Number)
Location
Data Type
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Georgia
Number
361,291
379,071
377,186
373,572
345,448
COLLAPSE
Definitions: Number of children, birth through age 4, receiving WIC.

Data Source: Division of Public Health, Georgia Department of Human Resources.
Children Who Receive Public Assistance (Number & Percent)
Location
United States
Georgia
Data Type
2005
2008
2010
2013
2014
Number
13,757,000
14,332,000
19,714,000
21,307,000
20,753,000
Percent
19%
19%
27%
29%
28%
Number
456,000
509,000
732,000
823,000
803,000
Percent
19%
20%
29%
33%
32%
COLLAPSE
Definitions: Population of children under age 18 who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), cash public assistance income, or Food Stamps/SNAP in the
previous 12 months.
Data Source: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2014 American Community Survey.
These were derived from American Fact Finder table B09010 (factfinder2.census.gov/).
The data for this measure come from the 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2014 American Community Survey (ACS). Use caution when interpreting estimates for less
populous states or indicators representing small subpopulations, where the sample size is relatively small. Beginning in January 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau
expanded the ACS sample to 3 million households (full implementation), and in January 2006 the ACS included group quarters. The ACS, fully implemented, is
designed to provide annually updated social, economic, and housing data for states and communities. (Such localarea data have traditionally been collected once
every ten years in the long form of the decennial census.)
Footnotes: Updated December 2015.
S Estimates suppressed when the confidence interval around the percentage is greater than or equal to 10 percentage points.
N.A. Data not available.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at
Children Living In Poverty (Number & Percent)
Location
Data Type
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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Georgia
Number
613,581
651,999
672,149
655,194
646,960
Percent
25.0%
26.6%
27.3%
26.7%
26.3%
COLLAPSE
Definitions: The number and percentage of children age under age 18 who are living in families with income below the federal poverty level.
Data Source: United States Census 2000, U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, SF3, Tables P87 and P159A,B,H. For 2001 and later: United States Census
Bureau, Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE). http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/index.html
Footnotes: Poverty is determined based on income received during the prior year. Poverty thresholds differ by family size and are updated annually for inflation
using the Consumer Price Index.
Children Living In Households That Were Food Insecure At Some Point During The Year (Number & Percent)
Location
United States
Georgia
Data Type
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Number
16,695,000
16,690,000
16,508,000
16,111,000
15,666,000
Percent
22%
22%
22%
22%
21%
Number
638,000
621,000
636,000
613,000
574,000
Percent
25%
24%
24%
25%
23%
COLLAPSE
Definitions: Children under age 18 living in households, where in the previous 12 months, there was an uncertainty of having, or an inability to acquire, enough
food for all household members because of insufficient money or other resources.
Because of the large sampling errors associated with statelevel data, the Census Bureau recommends using multiyear averages to examine statelevel trends
from the Current Population Survey. Therefore, each year represents a threeyear average of data. For example, 2002 represents results from the 2001, 2002 and
2003 Current Population Survey, Food Security Supplements.
For more information on the definition of Food Security/Insecurity see: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/FoodSecurity/measurement.htm
Data Source: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Food Security Supplement.
Footnotes: Updated October 2015.
Children Living In Single-Parent Families (Number & Percent)
Location
Data Type
2006 2010
2007 2011
2008 2012
2009 2013
2010 2014
Georgia
Number
700,686
707,319
717,304
733,666
740,291
Percent
32.7%
32.7%
33.2%
33.9%
34.2%
COLLAPSE
Definitions: Numerator: Number of children living with single mother or single father. Denominator: Number of children living in households. Rates calculation: 100
times the numerator divided by the denominator.Large differences in county values between years may be due in part to the margin of error.
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, Five Year Estimates, Table B09002.
Grandchildren In The Care Of Grandparents (Number & Percent)
Location
United States
Georgia
Data Type
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Number
2,882,000
2,871,000
2,934,000
2,926,000
2,895,000
Percent
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
Number
128,000
131,000
144,000
129,000
127,000
Percent
5%
5%
6%
5%
5%
COLLAPSE
Definitions: The share of children under age 18 living in households where a grandparent provides that child's primary care. Any data accessed for this indicator
before October 2011 may differ from the current tables. In October 2011, the definition of the measure was slightly revised.
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Data Source: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 through 2014 American Community Survey.
These data were derived from American Fact Finder table B10002 (factfinder2.census.gov).
Data are provided for the 50 most populous cities according to the most recent Census counts. Cities for which data is collected may change over time.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at Grandchildren in the care of grandparents.
Children In Kinship Care (Number & Percent)
Location
United States
Georgia
Data Type
2010 2012
2009 2011
2011 2013
2012 2014
2013 2015
Number
2,603,000
2,712,000
2,485,000
2,436,000
2,517,000
Percent
3%
4%
3%
3%
3%
Number
96,000
103,000
103,000
95,000
99,000
Percent
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
INDICATOR CONTEXT
COLLAPSE
There has been an increase in the number of children living with extended family and close friends. Read Stepping Up for Kids: What Government and
Communities Should Do to Support Kinship Families to learn how to support kinship families.
COLLAPSE
Definitions: Children in kinship care is derived from the relationship to householder items on the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic
Supplement. Children are consider to be in kinship care when all of the following conditions are true: a parent is not present in the household; the child is not a
foster child to the householder; the child is not a housemate/ roommate / border with no relatives in the household; the child is not a householder; and the child
is not a spouse or unmarried partner of the householder. The analysis excludes group quarters population.
Data Source: 20092015 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC). Estimates represent a threeyear average.
Children Who Have Experienced Two Or More Adverse Experiences (Number & Percent)
Location
United States
Georgia
Data Type
2011 2012
Number
16,233,100
Percent
22%
Number
539,900
Percent
22%
COLLAPSE
Definitions: Children were included if the respondent answered that the child had ever experienced two or more of the following adverse experiences: frequent
socioeconomic hardship, parental divorce or separation, parental death, parental incarceration, family violence, neighborhood violence, living with someone who
was mentally ill or suicidal, living with someone who had a substance abuse problem or racial bias.
Data Source: Child Trends analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and
Child Health Bureau, National Survey of Childrens Health.
The statelevel data used here come from the National Survey of Childrens Health (NSCH). The NSCH includes information on over 102,000 children under age 18,
with roughly 2,000 children per state. Households were selected through a randomdigitdial sample, and one child was randomly selected in each household.
Information on each child is based on responses of the parent or guardian in the household who was most knowledgeable about the sampled childs health.
Information was collected via a computerassisted telephone interview. For more information on the NSCH, see
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/slaits/nsch.htm.
Data for the 20112012 NSCH were collected February 2011 through June 2012. Additionally, cell phones were contacted for the first time in 20112012, so trend
comparisons should be made with caution.
S Estimates suppressed when the relative standard error was greater than or equal to 30%, indicating small sample sizes.
Percentages exclude missing data. Weighted percentages were applied to the estimates of those missing to derive overall estimates for the number of children.
Children Who Had A Parent Who Was Ever Incarcerated (Number & Percent)
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Location
United States
Georgia
Data Type
2011 2012
Number
5,113,000
Percent
7%
Number
189,000
Percent
8%
COLLAPSE
Definitions: Children were included if the respondent answered "yes" to the following question: Did the child ever live with a parent or guardian who served time
in jail or prison after the child was born?
Data Source: Child Trends analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and
Child Health Bureau, National Survey of Childrens Health.
The statelevel data used here come from the National Survey of Childrens Health (NSCH). The NSCH includes information on over 102,000 children under age 18,
with roughly 2,000 children per state. Households were selected through a randomdigitdial sample, and one child was randomly selected in each household.
Information on each child is based on responses of the parent or guardian in the household who was most knowledgeable about the sampled childs health.
Information was collected via a computerassisted telephone interview. For more information on the NSCH,
seehttp://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/slaits/nsch.htm.
Data for the 20112012 NSCH were collected February 2011 through June 2012. Additionally, cell phones were contacted for the first time in 20112012
Footnotes: Updated April 2016.
S Estimates suppressed when the relative standard error was greater than or equal to 30%, indicating small sample sizes.
N.R. No observations in the sample.
Percentages exclude missing data. Weighted percentages were applied to the estimates of those missing to derive overall estimates for the number of children.
Births To Unmarried Women (Number & Percent)
Location
United States
Georgia
Data Type
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Number
1,693,658
1,633,471
1,607,773
1,609,619
1,595,873
Percent
41%
41%
41%
41%
41%
Number
64,290
61,399
60,169
58,848
58,447
Percent
45%
46%
45%
45%
45%
COLLAPSE
Definitions: Births occurring to women who were unmarried at the time of the birth.
Marital status was obtained from a direct question on the birth certificate in 48 states and the District of Columbia. In Michigan and New York, marital status was
inferred from other information on the birth certificate. In 2003, marital status was also imputed for some birth records in the 48 states and the District of
Columbia where it was not reported from the direct question. Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands are not included in the U.S. Average.
Data Source: Analysis of 19902013 Natality MicroData files from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics.
Footnotes: Updated July 2015.
Data are provided for the 50 most populous cities according to the most recent Census counts. Cities for which data is collected may change over time.
Children Without Health Insurance (Number & Percent)
Location
United States
Georgia
Data Type
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Number
5,918,000
5,528,000
5,264,000
5,234,000
4,397,000
Percent
8%
7%
7%
7%
6%
Number
244,000
237,000
220,000
238,000
189,000
Percent
10%
10%
9%
10%
8%
INDICATOR CONTEXT
COLLAPSE
Children without health insurance coverage are less likely than insured children to have a regular health care provider and to receive care when they need it.
They are also more likely to receive treatment after their condition has worsened, putting them at greater risk of hospitalization. Having health insurance can
protect families from financial devastation when a child experiences a serious or chronic illness.
This indicator is included in the KIDS COUNT Child WellBeing Index. Read the KIDS COUNT Data Book to learn more: http://datacenter.kidscount.org/publications.
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COLLAPSE
Definitions: Children under age 18 not covered by any health insurance.

The data are based on health insurance coverage at the time of the survey; interviews are conducted throughout the calendar year. Children receiving health
insurance through a variety of State Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) are counted as having health insurance.
Data Source: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 20082014 American Community Survey.
These data are derived from data available in American Fact Finder table C27001 (factfinder2.census.gov).
Footnotes: Updated September 2015.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at Children without health insurance.
Children Who Are Conrmed By Child Protective Services As Victims Of Maltreatment (Rate Per 1,000 & Number)
Location
United States
Georgia
Data Type
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Number
687,324
690,869
684,649
672,824
603,854
Rate per 1,000
10
Number
25,519
23,153
19,889
18,463
18,652
Rate per 1,000
10
COLLAPSE
Definitions: Victimized children include those who are the subject of at least one substantiated or indicated maltreatment report, and/or who were identified as
alternative response victims. Rates of maltreated children are per 1,000 children less than 18 years old. It is important to note that the numbers presented here
cannot include victimized children who have never been made known to the system through a maltreatment report. Because of this, and because of state
differences in policies and practicesincluding variations in the legal definitions of maltreatmentreaders should exercise caution in interpreting trends and in
making statebystate comparisons.
To the extent possible, we use the same definition of substantiation as the Child Maltreatment report. Unlike many of the tabulations in Child Maltreatment our
analyses examined the number of children who were maltreated, not the number of maltreatment incidents. Since a child can be the subject of more than one
maltreatment incident, the numbers of children in each category presented here will be smaller than Child Maltreatments tabulations pertaining to numbers of
incidents. Cases of maltreatment where the victim was not yet born, or was more than 17 years old are not included. State estimates are shown only for states
with valid data. The state is suppressed on records for fatalities on the publiclyavailable NCANDS file in order to protect confidentiality. Of all the fatalities, some
had prior investigations (in the same fiscal year) for maltreatment reports and others did not. Prior to 2010, fatalities were included in our National totals.
Beginning in 2010, our national total includes the fatalities if they also had a prior investigation report which was not associated with a fatality, but otherwise
fatalities are excluded. We made this exclusion because it is not possible on the publicuse file to identify which of the children who died also have a record
indicating a prior maltreatment investigation, and because we found that National totals are closer to Child Maltreatment published estimates with this approach
(i.e., national estimates are overestimated to a greater degree when fatalities are included than the degree to which they are underestimated if fatalities are
excluded). Due to missing state data, National totals are not provided before 2004. National estimates include Puerto Rico after 2005.
Data Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Childrens
Bureau. National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Child File, FFY 20002010. Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. "State Single Year of Age and
Sex Population Estimates: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2011," Vintage 2011.
NCANDS data used with permission from Cornell Universitys National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect website, http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu. The
collector of the original data, the funding agency, NDACAN, Cornell University, and the agents or employees of these institutions bear no responsibility for the
analyses or interpretations presented here.
Footnotes: Updated June 2014.
National estimates include cases where the location is unidentified.
Youth Residing In Juvenile Detention, Correctional And/Or Residential Facilities (Number & Rate Per 100,000)
Location
United States
Georgia
Data Type
2006
2007
2010
2011
2013
Number
92,721
86,814
70,793
61,423
54,148
Rate per 100,000
289
272
225
196
173
Number
2,631
2,736
2,133
1,788
1,557
Rate per 100,000
277
286
220
184
159
INDICATOR CONTEXT
COLLAPSE
A change is underway in out nation's approach to dealing with young people who get in trouble with the law. Although the United States still leads the
industrialized world in the rate at which it locks up young people, the youth confinement rate in the US is rapidly declining.
Read Reducing Youth Incarceration in the United Statesto learn more.
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COLLAPSE
Definitions: Persons under age 21 detained, incarcerated, or placed in residential facilities.

To preserve the privacy of the juvenile residents, cell counts have been rounded to the nearest multiple of three. "State of Offense" refers to the State where
the juvenile committed the offense for which they were being held. The rate is the number of juvenile offenders in residential placement per 100,000 juveniles
ages 10 through the upper age of original juvenile court jurisdiction in each State.
Values include persons under age 21 who had been (1) charged with or adjudicated for an offense; (2) assigned a bed in a facility that can hold accused or
convicted juvenile offenders; and (3) placed in the facility because of the offense. CJRP does not capture data on juveniles held in adult prisons or jails. Values
include both preadjudicated and postadjudicated individuals. CJRP does not include facilities exclusively intended for drug or mental health treatment even
though such facilities may house some offenders. There may, however, be numerous juveniles in residential placement captured by CJRP that were receiving such
treatment. State refers to the state where the offense occurred.
Data Source: Sickmund, Melissa, Sladky, T.J., Kang, Wei, and Puzzanchera, C. (2015) "Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement." Online
Author's analysis of OJJDP's Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2013 [machinereadable data files].
Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/
Children Leaving Foster Care Who Are Reunied With Their Families Or Placed With A Relative Within 12 Months Of Entering Foster Care
(Number & Percent)
Location
Data Type
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Georgia
Number
3,172
2,962
2,724
3,110
2,960
Percent
61.9%
68.3%
74.7%
75.1%
72.1%
COLLAPSE
Definitions: Numerator: Number of children exiting Foster Care who are reunified with their birth families or legally placed with a relative within 12 months of
entering care. Denominator: Number of children exiting Foster Care who are reunified with their birth families or legally placed with a relative. Rates Calculation:
100 times the numerator divided by the denominator.
Data Source: Division of Family and Children Services, Georgia Department of Human Resources.
Children In Foster Care (Number)
Location
Data Type
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
United States
Number
423,773
408,425
397,885
397,091
402,172
Georgia
Number
8,020
6,895
7,591
7,671
7,607
COLLAPSE
Definitions: The number of children and youth in the foster care system. Some states allow children to remain in the foster care system until their 18th birthday
while other states have age limits that extend a few years beyond this. The current indicator includes children of all ages. Youth are categorized as being in foster
care if they entered prior to the end of the current fiscal year and have not been discharged from their latest foster care spell by the end of the current fiscal
year. National estimates include Puerto Rico.
Data Source: Child Trends analysis of data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), made available through the National Data
Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect.
Children In Foster Care Waiting For Adoption (Number)
Location
Data Type
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
United States
Number
114,562
107,007
106,349
101,600
101,977
Georgia
Number
1,791
1,690
1,567
1,648
1,799

COLLAPSE
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Definitions: Children who have a goal of adoption, and/or whose parental rights have been terminated. Children 16 years old and older whose parents parental
rights have been terminated and who have a goal of emancipation have been excluded from the estimate.
Some states allow children to remain in the foster care system until their 18th birthday while other states have age limits that extend a few years beyond this.
The current indicator includes children of all ages. National estimates include Puerto Rico.
Data Source: Child Trends analysis of data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), made available through the National Data
Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect.
Children Without Health Insurance (Number & Percent)
Location
United States
Georgia
Data Type
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Number
5,918,000
5,528,000
5,264,000
5,234,000
4,397,000
Percent
8%
7%
7%
7%
6%
Number
244,000
237,000
220,000
238,000
189,000
Percent
10%
10%
9%
10%
8%
INDICATOR CONTEXT
COLLAPSE
Children without health insurance coverage are less likely than insured children to have a regular health care provider and to receive care when they need it.
They are also more likely to receive treatment after their condition has worsened, putting them at greater risk of hospitalization. Having health insurance can
protect families from financial devastation when a child experiences a serious or chronic illness.
This indicator is included in the KIDS COUNT Child WellBeing Index. Read the KIDS COUNT Data Book to learn more: http://datacenter.kidscount.org/publications.
COLLAPSE
Definitions: Children under age 18 not covered by any health insurance.

The data are based on health insurance coverage at the time of the survey; interviews are conducted throughout the calendar year. Children receiving health
insurance through a variety of State Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) are counted as having health insurance.
Data Source: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 20082014 American Community Survey.
These data are derived from data available in American Fact Finder table C27001 (factfinder2.census.gov).
Footnotes: Updated September 2015.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at Children without health insurance.
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SELECTED KIDS COUNT INDICATORS FOR GEORGIA

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Households With Children Receiving Food Stamps (Number)

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

Definitions: Number of households with children receiving Food Stamps.

Children, Birth Through 4, Enrolled In The WIC Program (Number)

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

Definitions: Number of children, birth through age 4, receiving WIC.

Children Who Receive Public Assistance (Number & Percent)

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

Children Living In Poverty (Number & Percent)

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

Children Living In Single-Parent Families (Number & Percent)

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

Grandchildren In The Care Of Grandparents (Number & Percent)

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

Children In Kinship Care (Number & Percent)

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

Births To Unmarried Women (Number & Percent)

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

Children Without Health Insurance (Number & Percent)

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

Definitions: Children under age 18 not covered by any health insurance.

Rate per 1,000

Rate per 1,000

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

Rate per 100,000

Rate per 100,000

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

Definitions: Persons under age 21 detained, incarcerated, or placed in residential facilities.

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

Children In Foster Care (Number)

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

N.A. Data not available.

Children In Foster Care Waiting For Adoption (Number)

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

Children Without Health Insurance (Number & Percent)

DEFINITIONS & SOURCES

Definitions: Children under age 18 not covered by any health insurance.

2016 The Annie E. Casey Foundation.

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