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Profile for Mississippi
- Indicators of Child Well-Being
- Demographic Change
- Economic Condition of Families
- Family Supports
- Health /Mental Health
- Contact Information
- Definitions & Data Sources

 

   Indicators of Child Well-Being   
    Trend Data
    Base Year Current Year
  Percent of students enrolled in free/reduced lunch
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
39.2
65.1
41.7
71.1
  Percent of births to mothers without h.s. diploma
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
18.6
32.3
18.2
29.3
  Percent low birthweight infants
  1998-2002/2003-2007
 MO
  Mississippi
7.8
11.0
8.1
11.4
  Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)
  1998-2002/2003-2007
 MO
  Mississippi
7.7
10.6
7.5
4.1
  Child deaths, ages 1-14 (per 100,000)
  1998-2002/2003-2007
 MO
  Mississippi
24.8
15.0
22.8
63.2
  Child abuse and neglect (per 1,000)
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
47.0
51.1
32.6
32.9
  Out-of-home placement entries (per 1,000)
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
4.8
7.3
3.8
1.5
  Percent annual high school dropouts
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
3.4
3.2
3.7
2.5
  Births to teens, ages 15-19 (per 1,000)
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
43.1
82.6
45.7
85.5
  Violent deaths, ages 15-19 (per 100,000)
  1998-2002/2003-2007
 MO
  Mississippi
70.3
99.2
65.1
21.6

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   Demographic Change   
    Trend Data
    Base Year Current Year
  Child population
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
1,407,342
3,423
1,424,830
3,279
  Children as a percent of total population
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
24.7
23.8
24.2
24.0
  Percent Minority children
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
21.6
32.0
22.2
31.3
  Children with limited English proficiency
  2004/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
14,855
0
18,971
4

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   Economic Condition of Families   
    Trend Data
    Base Year Current Year
  Percent children in poverty
  1990/2000
 MO
  Mississippi
17.7
39.5
15.3
31.7
        Children under age 6  MO
  Mississippi
20.2
42.9
17.7
27.0
  Percent children in single parent families
  1990/2000
 MO
  Mississippi
19.5
29.1
24.3
35.3
  Average annual wage/salary
  2003/2006
 MO
  Mississippi
$33,257
$22,293
$36,643
$24,986
  Adult unemployment rate
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
5.6
7.2
5.0
6.5
  High school graduation rate
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
84.4
84.9
86.3
88.5

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   Family Supports   
    Trend Data
    Base Year Current Year
  Percent parents paying child support in state system
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
51.1
50.4
55.2
53.6
  Children receiving subsidized child care
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
43,287
324
39,596
257
  Licensed child care capacity
  2003/2008
 MO
  Mississippi
136,647
362
148,239
284
  Accredited child care facilities
  2003/2008
 MO
  Mississippi
407
0
473
0
  Percent children receiving cash assistance
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
5.6
17.1
4.7
12.9
  Percent children receiving food stamps
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
28.1
61.2
31.0
61.6

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   Health/Mental Health   
    Trend Data
    Base Year Current Year
  Percent children enrolled in MC+/Medicaid
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
37.2
66.6
33.2
62.8
  Percent children with elevated blood lead levels
  2003/2007
 MO
  Mississippi
4.4
2.7
1.5
1.0
  Children receiving public SED mental health services
  2003/2005
 MO
  Mississippi
41,176
193
45,449
215
  Juvenile law violation referrals, ages 10-17 (per 1,000)
  2003/2006
 MO
  Mississippi
59.8
278.4
58.6
244.4

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Definitions and Data Sources


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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
Fax: [314] 644=KIDS

 

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