2015 KIDS COUNT PROFILE

MICHIGAN

OVERALL RANK

33

Children in poverty

Children whose parents

lack secure employment

Children living in
households with a high
housing cost burden

Teens not in school

and not working

2013

2013

2013

2013

ECONOMIC
WELL-BEING

24%

33%

32%

8%

DOMAIN RANK

524,000 CHILDREN

751,000 CHILDREN

713,000 CHILDREN

44,000 TEENS

33

WORSENED

WORSENED

IMPROVED

UNCHANGED

2008

19%

31%

2008

38%

2008

8%

2008

Children not
attending preschool

Fourth graders not

proficient in reading

Eighth graders not

proficient in math

High school students

not graduating on time

201113

2013

2013

2011/12

EDUCATION

54%

69%

70%

23%

DOMAIN RANK

127,000 CHILDREN

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

37

WORSENED

WORSENED

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

200709 53%

68%

2007

71%

2007

2007/08 24%
N.A. NOT AVAILABLE

Low-birthweight babies

Children without
health insurance

Child and teen deaths

per 100,000

Teens who abuse

alcohol or drugs

2013

2013

2013

201213

HEALTH

8.2%

4%

25

6%

DOMAIN RANK

9,331 BABIES

90,000 CHILDREN

592 DEATHS

47,000 TEENS

23

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

2008

8.6%

2008

5%

27

2008

200708

8%

Children in
single-parent families

Children in families where

the household head lacks
a high school diploma

Children living in
high-poverty areas

Teen births per 1,000

2013

2013

200913

2013

FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY

36%

10%

17%

24

DOMAIN RANK

767,000 CHILDREN

215,000 CHILDREN

393,000 CHILDREN

7,872 BIRTHS

29

WORSENED

UNCHANGED

WORSENED

IMPROVED

2008

32%

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2008

10%

200610 14%

2008

32

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2015 KIDS COUNT PROFILE

UNITED STATES

ECONOMIC
WELL-BEING

Children in poverty

Children whose parents

lack secure employment

Children living in
households with a high
housing cost burden

Teens not in school

and not working

2013

2013

2013

2013

22%

31%

36%

8%

16,087,000 CHILDREN

22,837,000 CHILDREN

26,339,000 CHILDREN

1,347,000 TEENS

WORSENED

WORSENED

IMPROVED

UNCHANGED

2008

EDUCATION

18%

2008

27%

39%

2008

2008

8%

Children not
attending preschool

Fourth graders not

proficient in reading

Eighth graders not

proficient in math

High school students

not graduating on time

201113

2013

2013

2011/12

54%

66%

66%

19%

4,428,000 CHILDREN

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

WORSENED

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

200709 53%

2007

68%

69%

2007

2007/08 25%
N.A. NOT AVAILABLE

HEALTH

Low-birthweight babies

Children without
health insurance

Child and teen deaths

per 100,000

Teens who abuse

alcohol or drugs

2013

2013

2013

201213

8.0%

7%

24

6%

315,099 BABIES

5,234,000 CHILDREN

18,888 DEATHS

1,410,000 TEENS

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

IMPROVED

2008

FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY

8.2%

2008

10%

29

2008

200708 8%

Children in
single-parent families

Children in families where

the household head lacks
a high school diploma

Children living in
high-poverty areas

Teen births per 1,000

2013

2013

200913

2013

35%

14%

14%

26

24,647,000 CHILDREN

10,533,000 CHILDREN

10,067,000 CHILDREN

273,105 BIRTHS

WORSENED

IMPROVED

WORSENED

IMPROVED

2008
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32%

2008

16%

200610 11%

2008

40

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