2022 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Dashboard

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ECONOMIC SECURITY

Baseline Data

Latest Data

Change Since Baseline*

Data by Race/Ethnicity

CHILDREN IN POVERTY

(below 100% of the federal poverty level)
NUMBER OF CHILDREN: 190,000

25.3%

2015

19.4%

2020

CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME FAMILIES

(below 200% of the federal poverty level)
NUMBER OF CHILDREN: 434,000

48%

2011-15

44%

2016-20

CHILDREN LIVING IN FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS

NUMBER OF CHILDREN: 162,100

16.1%

2020

HIGH RENTAL COST BURDEN

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS: 217,000

48%

2011-15

43%

2016-20

EDUCATION

Baseline Data

Latest Data

Change Since Baseline*

Data by Race/Ethnicity

KINDERGARTENERS READY TO LEARN

NUMBER OF CHILDREN: 22,088

50.1%

SY 2016-17

44%

SY 2021-22

FOURTH GRADERS PROFICIENT IN READING

NUMBER OF CHILDREN: 20,186

46%

SY 2021-22

EIGHTH GRADERS PROFICIENT IN MATH

NUMBER OF CHILDREN: 18,467

36%

SY 2021-22

89.8%

SY 2016-17

89.9%

SY 2021-22

HEALTH

Baseline Data

Latest Data

Change Since Baseline*

Data by Race/Ethnicity

SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY

NUMBER OF BIRTHS: 24,732

19.0%

2013-15

15.7%

2018-20

LOW-BIRTHWEIGHT BABIES

NUMBER OF BABIES: 13,823

8.7%

2013-15

8.7%

2018-20

CHILDREN UNDER 19 WITH HEALTH INSURANCE

NUMBER OF CHILDREN: 975,000

95.7%

2015

95.7%

2020

TEEN BIRTHS

(rate per 1,000 females ages 15-19)
NUMBER OF BIRTHS: 10,244

34.6

2013-15

24.5

2018-20

FAMILY & COMMUNITY

Baseline Data

Latest Data

Change Since Baseline*

Data by Race/Ethnicity

14.6%

2013-15

13%

2018-20

CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE

(rate per 1,000 children ages 0-17)
NUMBER OF CHILDREN: 54,837

41.1

2014-16

53.7

2019-21

38%

2014-16

33%

2019-21

YOUTH INCARCERATED IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM

(rate per 1,000 youth ages 10-17)
NUMBER OF YOUTH: 8,010

26.4

2014-16

13.7

2019-21

Data Dashboard updated November 2022