State News Releases for the 2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book

The 2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book offers a nation­al look at the well-being of Amer­i­ca’s chil­dren and fam­i­lies by explor­ing how states are per­form­ing on key data indi­ca­tors. For advo­cates, jour­nal­ists and pol­i­cy­mak­ers, our col­lec­tion of nation­al and state media-focused resources offer impor­tant insights pro­vid­ed by the data and the exper­tise of the Foun­da­tion and its KIDS COUNT Network.

Nation­al Resources for the the 2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book

• Nation­al News Release (view online)
• Nation­al News Release in Spanish
• Nation­al Fact Sheet
• Nation­al Fact Sheet in Spanish

State News Releas­es for the 2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book

KIDS COUNT state orga­ni­za­tions have issued news releas­es on how their respec­tive states are far­ing on the KIDS COUNT Index.

• Alaba­ma
• Alas­ka
• Ari­zona
• Arkansas
• Cal­i­for­nia
• Col­orado
• Con­necti­cut
• Delaware
• Dis­trict of Columbia
• Flori­da
• Geor­gia
• Hawaii
• Ida­ho
• Illi­nois
• Indi­ana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Ken­tucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Mary­land
• Mass­a­chu­setts
• Michi­gan
• Min­neso­ta
• Mis­sis­sip­pi
• Mis­souri
• Mon­tana
• Nebras­ka
• Neva­da
• New Hamp­shire
• New Jer­sey
• New Mex­i­co
• New York 
• North Car­oli­na
• North Dako­ta
• Ohio
• Okla­homa
• Ore­gon
• Penn­syl­va­nia
• Puer­to Rico
• Rhode Island
• South Car­oli­na
• South Dako­ta
• Ten­nessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Ver­mont
• Vir­ginia
• Wash­ing­ton
• West Vir­ginia
• Wis­con­sin
• Wyoming