Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id gBG5gJX01249; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 00:42:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 00:42:19 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3DFD6713.E67D4A54@infi.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Bob Pyke Jr <repyke@infi.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3837] KIDS COUNT data for newly drawn congressional districts X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) Status: O Content-Length: 2174 Lines: 48 Fyi, >From another list serve I am on. Bob >From KIDS COUNT a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation Data on children and families from the 2000 decennial Census reflecting the newly drawn districts for the recently elected 108th Congress are now available on the KIDS COUNT website. The new Congressional districts are the result of the reapportionment and redistricting that occurred after the 2000 Census results were released. The Congressional district data is part of a continuing effort by the KIDS COUNT project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation to make key information related to children and families easily accessible. Users can obtain a profile of any particular Congressional district or rank districts based on a variety of characteristics. With the new Census data, a user can determine which Congressional district has the highest child poverty rate, the most Latino children, or the greatest number of children living in high-poverty neighborhoods. For example, the data show that Congressional district 16 in New York has the nation's highest child poverty rate, at 52 percent, and Congressional district 6 in Colorado has the lowest, at 3 percent. The data can also be used to make comparisons among Congressional districts within a state. For example, among the 15 Congressional districts in Michigan, which one has the highest percentage of children living in single-parent families? District 13, where 44 percent of kids live in single-parent families. Or, which of the 53 Congressional districts in California has the lowest high school dropout rate? District 30, where 2.7 percent of 16- to 19-year-olds are dropouts. The data can help focus the attention of newly elected and returning members of Congress, as well as other policymakers, on some of the most critical needs of children and families. KIDS COUNT is a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the national philanthropy dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged children and families. The Foundation annually publishes the KIDS COUNT Data Book, which tracks national and state-by-state data on the well-being of children. GO to http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/census/
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