2012 New Mexico KIDS COUNT Data Book 2012 KIDS COUNT in New Mexico

The well-being of our children today is a key predictor of the state’s economic future—and it doesn’t look good. 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. 15, 2013; 64 pages; pdf)
Link to all of our NM KIDS COUNT publications

 

2012 New Mexico KIDS COUNT Data Book Native American Children and Families in New Mexico: Strengths and Challenges

This special Kids Count report looks at economic indicators and social conditions in New Mexico’s 22 tribal communities—including the high rate of Native children who can speak a language in addition to English. Made possible by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

 

Download the report (Dec. 2012; 58 pages; pdf)

 

KIDSCOUNT Data Center2012 National KIDS COUNT Data Book

Published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this annual report ranks the 50 states on the basis of 16 measures of child well-being. New this year are several indicators relating to education. New Mexico ranks 49th.

 

Click on the button to the left to access the report (July 25, 2012; 60 pages)
Download the New Mexico profile (July 25, 2012; 2 pages; 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 here to go to the New Mexico data page.

Data Snapshot on High-Poverty Communities Data Snapshot on High-Poverty Communities

New Mexico ranks 49th in this snapshot by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT program. The first data snapshot of the year, it explores the increased number of children living in America’s high-poverty communities and includes the latest concentrated-poverty data for states and the 50 largest cities.

 

Download the Casey Foundation’s report (Feb. 23, 2012; 4 pages; pdf)

 

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

Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst Gerry Bradley, 505-244-9505, ext. 106
KIDS COUNT Program Director Chris Hollis, 505-244-9505, ext. 105