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Profile for Jackson
- Indicators of Child Well-Being
- Demographic Change
- Economic Condition of Families
- Family Supports
- Health /Mental Health
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   Indicators of Child Well-Being   
    Trend Data
    Base Year Current Year
  Percent of students enrolled in free/reduced lunch
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
40.5
45.5
42.0
48.0
  Percent of births to mothers without h.s. diploma
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
18.6
21.5
17.9
21.4
  Percent low birthweight infants
  1999-2003/2004-2008
 MO
  Jackson
7.8
8.3
8.1
8.6
  Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)
  1999-2003/2004-2008
 MO
  Jackson
7.7
7.4
7.4
9.0
  Child deaths, ages 1-14 (per 100,000)
  1999-2003/2004-2008
 MO
  Jackson
24.2
22.9
20.3
19.6
  Child abuse and neglect (per 1,000)
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
41.3
45.7
32.1
34.8
  Out-of-home placement entries (per 1,000)
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
4.7
5.0
3.8
5.0
  Percent annual high school dropouts
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
3.3
3.4
3.9
5.7
  Births to teens, ages 15-19 (per 1,000)
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
44.3
59.5
45.4
61.6
  Violent deaths, ages 15-19 (per 100,000)
  1999-2003/2004-2008
 MO
  Jackson
68.3
85.6
66.7
78.0

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   Demographic Change   
    Trend Data
    Base Year Current Year
  Child population
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
1,416,633
169,181
1,421,469
170,392
  Children as a percent of total population
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
24.6
25.6
24.0
25.5
  Percent Minority children
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
21.3
41.4
22.6
42.3
  Children with limited English proficiency
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
14,855
3,878
19,053
5,499

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   Economic Condition of Families   
    Trend Data
    Base Year Current Year
  Percent children in poverty
  2000/2007
 MO
  Jackson
15.3
16.4
18.3
22.8
        Children under age 6  MO
  Jackson
17.7
19.0
22.0
28.5
  Percent children in single parent families
  2000/2007
 MO
  Jackson
24.3
31.1
31.2
39.7
  Average annual wage/salary
  2004/2007
 MO
  Jackson
$34,361
$39,873
$38,154
$44,279
  Adult unemployment rate
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
5.8
6.9
6.1
6.9
  High school graduation rate
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
85.6
81.8
85.8
84.6

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   Family Supports   
    Trend Data
    Base Year Current Year
  Percent parents paying child support in state system
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
51.4
51.9
56.5
58.0
  Children receiving subsidized child care
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
45,071
6,707
42,224
6,244
  Licensed child care capacity
  2004/2009
 MO
  Jackson
139,101
21,048
147,605
19,878
  Accredited child care facilities
  2003/2008
 MO
  Jackson
417
87
563
98
  Percent children receiving cash assistance
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
5.5
8.2
4.5
6.2
  Percent children receiving food stamps
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
30.2
34.5
32.7
37.8

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   Health/Mental Health   
    Trend Data
    Base Year Current Year
  Percent children enrolled in MC+/Medicaid
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
37.7
43.0
33.5
37.4
  Percent children with elevated blood lead levels
  2004/2008
 MO
  Jackson
3.0
2.6
1.2
0.1
  Children receiving public SED mental health services
  2009/2007
 MO
  Jackson
19,413
2,397
15,183
1,758
  Juvenile law violation referrals, ages 10-17 (per 1,000)
  2004/2007
 MO
  Jackson
60.1
42.7
55.6
28.7

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KIDS COUNT in Missouri Contact Information

Send questions about KCM Web site to:
Tanna Klein, Research Associate
Kleint@umsystem.edu
Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis
606 Clark Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: (573) 882-7396
Fax: [573] 884=4635

Send questions about the KCM project to:
Citizen's for Missouri's Children
Statewide Office
One Campbell Plaza, Ste. 2A
St. Louis, MO 63139
Phone: (314) 647-2004
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