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CHICAGO KIDS COUNT 2004
Building Strong Communities
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This report finds that Chicago's neighborhoods and the children who live in them have seen improvements in recent years. But far too many children do not have equal opportunities when it comes to education, safe and healthy environments and secure families with adequate incomes. Read the press release.
Table of Contents
What's Working for Kids
These articles highlight innovative programs by the Steans Family Foundation, Chicago Commons, Rachel Carson Elementary School, Christopher House, Westside Health Authority, Chicago Safe Start, Shanti Foundation for Peace, Chicago Youth Centers and After School Matters.
Maps of Community-Level Data
- Child Population maps: child population; child population density; changes in child population; changes in 6-year-olds attending Chicago Public Schools; changes in young child population (birth to 5) (pdf file 690 kb)
- Race / Ethnicity maps: Hispanic child population; black child population; white child population; Asian child population (pdf file 550 kb)
- Education map: high school dropout rate (pdf file 160 kb)
- Health maps: children tested for lead poisoning; children with high blood lead levels (pdf file 325 kb)
- Safety maps: violent crime rate; non-violent crime rate (pdf file 325 kb)
- Family Composition maps: single-parent families; grandparent-headed families (pdf file 320 kb)
- Family Economics maps: families in poverty; median family income; children receiving TANF; two-adult working families; single-adult working families; children receiving child care subsidies; children receiving food stamps; children receiving Medicaid (pdf file 1.3 kb)
Names of Chicago's Neighborhoods and Communities (pdf file 40 kb)
Data Definitions and Sources (pdf file 55 kb)
