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<br />DEMOGRAPHICS
<br />Number of children, age 0-4
<br />4,386
<br />4,007
<br />5,350
<br />; 5,739
<br />Percent of population, age 0-4
<br />7.6%
<br />5.2%
<br />5.7%
<br />5.2%
<br />Number of children, age 5-17
<br />7,444
<br />11,866
<br />12,388
<br />; 15,319
<br />Percent of population, age 5-17
<br />12.9%
<br />15.4%
<br />13.2%
<br />13.9%
<br />Total number of children and youth, age 0-17
<br />11,830
<br />15,873
<br />17,738
<br />; 21,058
<br />Total percent of population, age 0-17
<br />20.5%
<br />20.6%
<br />18.9%
<br />19.1%
<br />Total county population
<br />57,707
<br />77,055
<br />93,851
<br />; 110,093
<br />Population density per square mile
<br />144.0
<br />192.5
<br />249.0
<br />77
<br />PHYSICAL WELL -BEING
<br />Number of pediatricians
<br />47
<br />62
<br />96 ;
<br />94
<br />Fetal deaths (stillbirths) per 1,000 live births
<br />19.4
<br />12.1
<br />9.9
<br />3.5
<br />Infant mortality rate (per 1,000)
<br />16.6
<br />17.7
<br />10.8
<br />9.8
<br />Percent of low birth - weight babies
<br />8.4%
<br />7.4%
<br />5.4%
<br />6.7%
<br />S'I'D rate among teens (per 1,000)
<br />15.8 ;
<br />13.9
<br />INTELLECTUAL WELL-BEING
<br />Children in subsidized child rue
<br />366
<br />1,469
<br />Children on subsidized child cue waiting list
<br />432
<br />77
<br />Academically gifted students
<br />393
<br />1,048
<br />787
<br />846
<br />Specific learning disabled students
<br />170
<br />492
<br />603
<br />881
<br />Public school retention rate (percent)
<br />69.7%
<br />75.9%
<br />69.9%
<br />Public school dropout rate (percent)
<br />2.8%
<br />1.8%
<br />Per -pupil expenditure in public schools
<br />$948
<br />$1,695
<br />$4,381
<br />$5,637
<br />Middle school students writing at or above grade level
<br />74.4%
<br />69.2% ;
<br />64.2%
<br />Average SAT scores (out of 1600)
<br />914
<br />937
<br />1091
<br />Number of teens not working and not in school
<br />383
<br />262
<br />324
<br />SOCIAL WELL -BEING
<br />Divorce rate (per 100 marriages)
<br />23.3
<br />57.8
<br />46.9
<br />44.8
<br />Percent of children in single parent households
<br />17.3%
<br />24.1%
<br />24.2%
<br />Child abuse and neglect rate (per 1,000)
<br />10.3
<br />11.0
<br />51.1
<br />Rate of children in DSS custody (per 1,000)
<br />3.7
<br />4.2
<br />5.3
<br />Children in foster care placement
<br />13
<br />39
<br />61
<br />Teen pregnancy rate (per 1,000)
<br />49.3
<br />57.1
<br />62.6
<br />39.8
<br />Teen birth race (per 1,000)
<br />69.8
<br />21.3
<br />16.2
<br />14.3
<br />Juvenile custody rate (per 1,000)
<br />2.5
<br />3.2
<br />Number of suicides among youth
<br />0
<br />1
<br />1
<br />1
<br />ECONOMIC WELL -BEING
<br />Median family income
<br />$8,700
<br />$19,305
<br />$40,685 ;
<br />$52,300
<br />Number of children in.poverty
<br />2,248
<br />1,810
<br />1,792
<br />2,286
<br />Percent of children in poverty
<br />19.0%
<br />11.4%
<br />10.1%
<br />10.9%
<br />Percent of single parents in work force
<br />71.4%
<br />63.2%
<br />69.3%
<br />Percent of single parent families in poverty
<br />24.7%
<br />21.7%
<br />20.3%
<br />Number ofTANF recipients, age 0-17
<br />882
<br />774
<br />Number of Food Stamp recipients, age 0-17
<br />1,447
<br />1,676
<br />Children in subsidized school meal programs
<br />2,137
<br />2,175
<br />2,866
<br />1998 NC Data Guide / The Knowledge Excbange / Norm CAROLINA CxnA ADvoc.AcY INSr1TUTE
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