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.

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, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United State.  The website provides four databases with data on the well-being of children and youth in all 50 states.

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