The North Carolina Data page features resources with data on all 50 states.  To see more information, click "Read More."

For state level data, visit the North Carolina Data page; for local level data, visit the County Data page, the School District Data page, the Legislative District Data page or the Congressional District Data page.

2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book 

According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book, North Carolina inched up in rank to 37th in the nation on 10 key indicators of child well-being, including family income, health and education.

In this year's Data Book essay, the Annie E. Casey Foundation calls for a "data revolution" to track the progress and improve the lives of vulnerable children -- having timely and easily understood information is critical to shaping policy and programs that can make a difference.

• North Carolina press release 

2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book

According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation's 19th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, in 2008, North Carolina inched up in rank to 38th in the nation—a slight improvement from 39th in 2007 and a significant improvement from 41st in 2006—on 10 key indicators of child well-being, including family income, health and education.

• North Carolina Press Release
  
• How North Carolina Compares to the National Average
• "A Road Map for Juvenile Justice Reform" Essay
• "Completing The Picture" Juvenile Justice Fact Sheet
  

KIDS COUNT Data Center, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S.  This system contains state-level data for more than 100 measures of child well-being, including information on children in immigrant families, education, employment and income, health, health insurance, population and family characteristics, poverty and youth risk factors.  This easy-to-use, powerful online database allows you to generate custom reports for a geographic area (Profiles) or to compare geographic areas on a topic (Ranking, Maps, and Line Graphs).

If you are looking for other data...

• General
• America's Children: Key National Indicators
• Child Trends DataBank, an online databank of more than 100 indicators of child and youth well-being
• Demographic Data: United States Census Bureau
  
• Health and Safety:
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• National Survey of Children's Health Data Resource Center
• Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts
  
• Education Data: National Center for Education Statistics
  
• Economic Security Data: 
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• National Center on Child Poverty
  
• Child Maltreatment Data: Children's Bureau
  
• Juvenile Justice Data: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention