2011 KIDS COUNT in New Mexico
The continuing Great Recession has thrown more of New Mexico’s children and families into poverty. This annual report looks at the well-being of the state’s children with some data presented by county and school district. Made possible by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Download the report (Jan. 17, 2012; 52 pages; pdf)
Link to all of our NM KIDS COUNT publications
2011 National KIDS COUNT Data Book
Published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this annual report ranks the 50 states on the basis of ten measures of child well-being. This year’s data includes two recession-related indicators and the essay takes a look at the Casey Foundation’s two-generational approach to improving child well-being.
Click on the button to the left to download the full report (August 17, 2011; 88 pages; pdf)
Download the New Mexico profile (August 17, 2011; 2 pages; pdf)
Download the press release (pdf)
KIDS COUNT Data Center
Data on child well-being is housed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The extensive database can be searched and sorted by state, county, legislative districts, and other geographic areas. You may also search by topic, compare states or cities, create profiles, maps, rankings, line graphs, or download raw data.
Click on the brown button to the left to go to the Data Center, or click here to go directly to the New Mexico data page.
Other Resources
The National KIDS COUNT Data Book is produced annually by the Casey Foundation. The report ranks the 50 states on ten indicators of child well-being. In the 20-plus years that Casey has produced this report, New Mexico has never risen out of the bottom ten states. Most years, we’ve ranked in the bottom five. Link to the national data book.
Search Casey’s KIDS COUNT Indicators
About New Mexico KIDS COUNT
Predicated on the idea that advocacy is more powerful when it is backed by data, the KIDS COUNT program allows us to advocate for the unmet needs of our state’s children by giving us a clear picture of what those needs are. This is done by identifying and tracking indicators of child well-being using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, and state and federal agencies such as the Department of Health.
By calling attention to indicators like infant mortality rates, the percentage of children living in poverty, and high school dropout rates, we hope to create public accountability and the political will to drive policies that address these issues.
We publish an annual New Mexico KIDS COUNT report, with data disaggregated by county, as well as special reports on the unique barriers faced by subsets of New Mexico’s children. Our KIDS COUNT publications are available for download and public use with proper citation. We also sponsor KIDS COUNT Day at the state Capitol during the legislative sessions.
We became a KIDS COUNT grantee in the early 1990s and our first New Mexico Kids Count data book, titled It’s About Time Kids Count in New Mexico was released in 1992. We are part of a nation-wide network, with KIDS COUNT groups in each of the 50 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Politicians, teachers, health-care providers, communities, researchers, and grant writers regularly use our KIDS COUNT data to inform their own work.
Funding Source
KIDS COUNT is exclusively funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Contacts
Research Director Gerry Bradley, 505-244-9505, ext. 23
KIDS COUNT Program Director Chris Hollis, 505-244-9505, ext. 34
