Saturday, July 28, 2007
News / Randomly Noted Add It Up: Children of a lesser state
Posted by Laura McMillan on Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 1:50 PM
According to the 2007 “Kids Count†data book, the number of states ranked lower than Georgia in childhood well-being … 9
Of the 10 major categories, the number in which Georgia fared better than the national average ... 0
Number of Georgia high school dropouts … 49,000
Number of Georgia children without health insurance … 285,000
Number of Georgia children living in poverty … 469,000
Total Personal Income (TPI) of Georgia … $282,321,951
Georgia’s rank in TPI among U.S. states … 11
Georgia’s rank among U.S. states in providing for children … 41
If children are the future, the number of states with a brighter future than Georgia … 40
Sources: "Kids Count" Data Book (www.kidscount.org) Bureau of Economic Analysis U.S. Department of Commerce (www.bea.gov), AJC
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