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Minnesota Kids: A Closer Look. 1996 Data Book.Kids Count Minnesota, Minneapolis.Annie E. Casey Foundation, Greenwich, CT.96259p.; For 1994 report and summary, see ED 385372.Congregations Concerned for Children, 122 WestFranklin Avenue, Suite 218, Minneapolis, MN 55404($12, non-profit and individual rate; $15, for-profitand institutional rate; plus $1.50 postage andhandling. A 12-minute videotape is alsoavailable).Reports Research/Technical (143) StatisticalData (110)
EDRS PRICE MF01/PC11 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS Adolescents; *At Risk Persons; Births to Single
Women; Census Figures; Child Abuse; *Child Health;Child Neglect; *Child Welfare; *Counties; Crime;Death; *Demography; Dropouts; Infant Mortality; LowIncome; Mothers; Poverty; Poverty Areas; Resources;Unwed Mothers; Violence; Well Being
IDENTIFIERS Aid to Families with Dependent Children; ChildrensDefense Fund; *Minnesota; Vaccination
ABSTRACTMinnesota KIDS COUNT focuses on key risk indicators
for children and describes the condition of children in each ofMinnesota's 87 counties. According to this second annual report,another generation of children is at risk of growing up withdecreasing resources, evidenced by increasing arrest rates forviolent crimes and substantiated reports of child abuse and neglect.This report looks at three indicators of birth circabstances andhealth: (1) children born to teenage mothers; (2) children born atlow birth weight; and (3) children not fully immunized. Threeindicators of income are examined: (1) children in poverty; (2)
children receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC);and (3) children eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches.Other indicators detailed are: (1) children dropping out of school;(2) children arrested for violent crime; (3) children abused orneglected; and (4) children dying violently. Section 1 deals withthese indicators of risk, describing and analyzing each category.Section 2 presents county profiles for Minnesota. For each county, abrief description, map, demographic information (includingpopulation, number of children, number of children under age 6), andstatistics under the categories of "Family Economics," "BirthCircumstances and Health," and "Signs of Trouble" are provided. Anaddendum is included, "1993 Substantiated Reports of Child Abuse andNeglect," divided by county. (BGC)
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Jim
Kop
pel,
Dir
ecto
r, C
hild
ren'
s D
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nd-M
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iane
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in, K
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l Fog
arty
, St.
Paul
Pub
lic H
ealth
Dep
artm
ent
Julie
Elir
sch,
Cen
ter
for
App
lied
Res
earc
h an
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duca
tiona
l Im
prov
emen
t, U
nive
rsity
of
MN
Nan
cy N
elso
n, M
inne
sota
Org
aniz
atio
n on
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lesc
ent P
regn
ancy
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vent
ion
and
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neso
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in S
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ldre
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ense
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amily
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Chi
ldre
n's
Serv
ices
,M
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apol
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KID
S C
OU
NT
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isor
y an
d D
ata
Com
mitt
ees:
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r fo
r 4-
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izat
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to th
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nd a
dmin
istr
atio
n fo
r th
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sup-
port
in th
is p
roje
ct.
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ition
al p
hoto
s (f
ront
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age
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Ann
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d Pe
ter
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dman
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ter
for
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lth S
tatis
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ent o
f H
ealth
John
Byh
re, M
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sota
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artm
ent o
f H
uman
Serv
ices
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s E
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man
n, A
cute
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dem
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of H
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min
al J
ustic
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n W
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d &
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n Se
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Find
ings
vi
How
to U
se T
his
Boo
k1
Dis
cuss
ion
Que
stio
ns2
Sect
ion
1: I
ndic
ator
s of
Ris
k
Chi
ldre
n in
Pov
erty
4
Chi
ldre
n of
Col
or in
Pov
erty
6
Chi
ldre
n R
ecei
ving
AFD
C8
Chi
ldre
n E
ligib
le f
or F
ree
or R
educ
ed-P
rice
Sch
ool L
unch
10
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ldre
n B
orn
to T
eena
ge M
othe
rs12
Chi
ldre
n B
orn
at L
ow B
irth
Wei
ght
14
Chi
ldre
n N
ot F
ully
Im
mun
ized
by
Age
216
Chi
ldre
n D
ropp
ing
Out
of
Scho
ol18
Chi
ldre
n A
rres
ted
for
Vio
lent
Cri
me
20
Chi
ldre
n A
buse
d an
d N
egle
cted
22
Chi
ldre
n D
ying
Vio
lent
ly24
Sect
ion
2: C
ount
y Pr
ofile
s
Stat
ewid
e Pr
ofile
26
Cou
nty
Prof
iles
28-1
14\
Dat
a So
urce
s11
5
Res
ourc
es11
6
Add
endu
m: 1
993
Subs
tant
iate
d R
epor
ts o
f C
hild
Abu
se a
nd N
egle
ct11
8
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er F
orm
119
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k.ns
v I m
id o
f N1N
.v
Str
eet S
uite
20.
Pau
l, M
N iS
103;
612
112
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121
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
INT
RO
DU
CT
ION
Sixt
een
year
s ag
o, R
onal
d R
eaga
nbe
cam
e pr
esid
ent o
f th
e U
nite
d St
ates
.H
e pr
omis
ed to
bal
ance
the
budg
et,
redu
ce ta
xes
and
trim
soc
ial s
pend
ing.
Dur
ing
the
firs
t thr
ee y
ears
of
the
Rea
gan
adm
inis
trat
ion,
Con
gres
s cu
t$5
7 bi
llion
fro
m p
rogr
ams
that
hel
ppo
or a
nd lo
w-i
ncom
e pe
ople
. (T
he n
um-
ber
of A
mer
ican
s in
pov
erty
incr
ease
dby
35%
sin
ce th
at ti
me.
) T
hese
red
uc-
tions
app
lied
to f
ood
stam
ps, A
id to
Fam
ilies
With
Dep
ende
nt C
hild
ren
(AFD
C),
Med
icai
d, lo
w-i
ncom
e ho
usin
g,pu
blic
ser
vice
em
ploy
men
t, jo
b tr
aini
ng,
ener
gy a
ssis
tanc
e, le
gal s
ervi
ces,
Titl
e I
(rem
edia
l rea
ding
and
mat
h ed
ucat
ion)
,co
mm
unity
hea
lth c
ente
rs, s
choo
l lun
chpr
ogra
ms,
chi
ld c
are,
stu
dent
fin
anci
alai
d pr
ogra
ms
and
unem
ploy
men
t ins
ur-
ance
. Sim
ulta
neou
sly,
the
tax
burd
en o
fpo
or f
amili
es in
crea
sed.
Tax
cut
s an
din
crea
ses
in d
efen
se s
pend
ing
mas
sive
lyin
crea
sed
the
fede
ral d
efic
it.Si
xtee
n ye
ars
ago,
toda
v's
teen
ager
s w
ere
youn
g ch
ildre
n. T
hey
grew
up
with
incr
easi
ng in
equa
lity
and
are
the
livin
g re
sult
of th
is s
ocia
l exp
eri-
men
t. T
oday
, we
agai
n he
ar p
oliti
cian
sur
ging
cut
s to
soc
ial p
rogr
ams.
Ano
ther
gene
ratio
n of
chi
ldre
n is
at r
isk
of g
row
-in
g up
with
eve
n fe
wer
res
ourc
es a
vail-
able
. The
cho
ices
we
mak
e no
w w
illaf
fe,'t
how
our
sta
te a
nd n
atio
n's
child
ren
will
far
e as
they
com
e of
age
inth
e tw
enty
-fir
st c
entu
ry.
FIN
DIN
GS
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
show
s th
at b
oth
the
rate
s of
arr
ests
for
viol
ent c
rim
es a
nd s
ubst
antia
ted
repo
rts
of c
hild
abu
se a
nd n
egle
ct a
rein
crea
sing
rap
idly
. Thi
s is
in c
ontr
ast t
oth
e ot
her
indi
cato
rs o
f ch
ild w
ell-
bein
g,w
hich
hav
e be
en m
ore
stab
le o
ver
the
last
thre
e ye
ars.
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
The
199
6 M
inne
sota
KID
S C
OU
NT
Dat
a B
ook
uses
thre
e in
dica
tors
to m
ea-
sure
chi
ld p
over
ty: t
he 1
990
cens
us, t
henu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C,
and
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
gfr
ee o
r re
duce
d-pr
ice
scho
ol lu
nch.
Bec
ause
the
cens
us o
ccur
s on
ly o
nce
ever
y te
n ye
ars,
the
othe
r in
dica
tors
help
mon
itor
chan
ges
in c
hild
pov
erty
from
199
1 th
roug
h 19
03. (
How
ever
, not
all e
ligib
le c
hild
ren
part
icip
ate
in th
ese
prog
ram
s.)
Acc
ordi
ng to
the
1990
cen
sus,
12.4
% o
f ch
ildre
n in
Min
neso
ta w
ere
livin
g be
low
the
pove
rty
line,
a 2
2%in
crea
se f
rom
the
1980
cen
sus.
fC
hild
ren
of c
olor
are
muc
h m
ore
likel
yto
be
poor
than
are
whi
te c
hild
ren.
vi.1
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inne
sota
Kid
s: A
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ser
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Acc
ordi
ng to
the
cens
us, p
over
ty r
ates
for
child
ren
of c
olor
in M
inne
sota
rang
ed f
rom
31%
for
His
pani
c ch
ildre
nto
55%
for
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n ch
ildre
n.C
hild
pov
erty
rat
es a
lso
vary
gre
atly
amon
g M
inne
sota
cou
ntie
s, r
angi
ngfr
om le
ss th
an 5
% to
hig
her
than
30%
.In
199
3, 1
25,2
67 M
inne
sota
chi
l-dr
en r
ecei
ved
AFD
C, a
n in
crea
se o
f 8%
sinc
e 19
91. O
nly
37 c
ount
ies
had
anin
crea
se in
chi
ldre
n on
AFD
C b
etw
een
1992
and
199
3, m
ost o
f th
at in
crea
se w
asin
Ram
sey
and
Hen
nepi
n co
untie
s. O
ver
40%
of
the
child
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
are
child
ren
of c
olor
, and
the
num
ber
ofch
ildre
n of
col
or r
ecei
ving
AFD
C h
asin
crea
sed
13%
sin
ce 1
991.
From
199
1 to
199
3, th
ere
wer
em
odes
t inc
reas
es in
the
num
bers
of
child
ren
appr
oved
for
fre
e or
red
uced
-pr
ice
scho
ol lu
nch.
In
the
1993
-94
scho
ol y
ear,
224
,860
stu
dent
s en
rolle
d in
the
free
and
red
uced
-pri
ce s
choo
l lun
chpr
ogra
m, a
7%
incr
ease
sin
ce 1
991-
92.
Thi
s m
eans
that
at l
east
28%
of
Min
neso
ta s
tude
nts
cam
e fr
om lo
w-
inco
me
fam
ilies
. Dat
a on
the
race
of
stu-
dent
s pa
rtic
ipat
ing
in th
is p
rogr
am is
not a
vaila
ble.
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
and
Hea
lth
The
199
6 K
IDS
CO
UN
T D
ata
Boo
klo
oks
at th
ree
indi
cato
rs o
f bi
rth
circ
um-
stan
ces
and
heal
th: c
hild
ren
bc n
to
teen
age
mot
hers
, chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
birt
h w
eigh
t, an
d ch
ildre
n w
ho w
ere
not
fully
imm
uniz
ed. T
hese
indi
cato
rs a
ffec
tch
ildre
n's
futu
re d
evel
opm
ent a
ndpo
tent
ial.
The
per
cent
of
all b
irth
s th
at w
ere
teen
bir
ths
has
incr
ease
d sl
ight
ly s
ince
1991
for
bot
h w
hite
mot
hers
and
mot
h-er
s of
col
or. O
ver
1,90
0 ch
ildre
n w
ere
born
to m
othe
rs w
ho w
ere
unde
r 18
year
s ol
d. T
hirt
y-fo
ur p
erce
nt o
f al
l tee
nbi
rths
in 1
993
wer
e to
mot
hers
of
colo
r.A
mon
g co
untie
s, r
ates
ran
ged
from
ove
r6%
of
all b
irth
s to
two
coun
ties
that
had
no b
irth
to te
ens.
In 1
993,
3,3
20 c
hild
ren,
or
5.1%
of
all c
hild
ren
born
, wei
ghed
less
than
2500
gra
ms.
Eig
ht p
erce
nt o
f ch
ildre
nof
col
or w
ere
born
at l
ow b
irth
wei
ght.
The
se n
umbe
rs h
ave
fluc
tuat
ed o
nly
slig
htly
sin
ce 1
991.
How
ever
, the
per
-ce
nt o
f A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
chi
ldre
nbo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t dec
reas
edsi
nce
1991
, fro
m 1
2.2%
to 9
.9%
.In
the
1992
-93
scho
ol y
ear,
the
Stat
eD
epar
tmen
t of
Hea
lth lo
oked
bac
k at
the
imm
uniz
atio
n re
cord
s of
all
stat
eki
nder
gart
ners
. Jus
t ove
r 39
% h
ad n
otbe
en f
ully
imm
uniz
ed b
y ag
e tw
o.T
hese
fig
ures
var
y gr
eatly
am
ong
coun
-tie
s, r
angi
ng f
rom
22%
to 5
7% n
ot f
ully
imm
uniz
ed. T
he im
mun
izat
ion
rate
sfo
r ch
ildre
n of
col
or a
re s
igni
fica
ntly
low
er th
an f
or w
hite
chi
ldre
n.
( ltd
dren
N-1
(me
und
ofV
\+
=q1
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'mite
211
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atil.
NI\
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12;2
27-6
121
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
1"vi
i
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Fina
lly, t
he 1
996
KID
S C
OU
NT
Dat
a B
ook
look
s at
fou
r ad
ditio
nal i
ndi-
cato
rs o
f ch
ild w
ell-
bein
g: c
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol, c
hild
ren
arre
st-
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e, c
hild
ren
abus
edan
d ne
glec
ted,
and
chi
ldre
n dy
ing
vio-
lent
ly. T
hese
indi
cato
rs s
how
the
resu
ltsof
ear
lier
failu
res
to p
rovi
de e
cono
mic
and
soci
al s
uppo
rt f
or v
ulne
rabl
e fa
mi-
lies
and
child
ren.
In th
e 19
93-9
4 sc
hool
yea
r, a
n es
ti-m
ated
3.4
% o
f th
e st
ate'
s 7-
12th
gra
dest
uden
ts d
ropp
ed o
ut o
f sc
hool
, a s
mal
lde
crea
se s
ince
199
2-93
. (T
his
decr
ease
may
be
attr
ibut
able
to a
cha
nge
in th
ede
fini
tion
of d
ropo
uts.
) T
he s
tate
drop
out r
ate
for
stud
ents
of
colo
r w
as10
.8%
for
the
1993
-94
scho
ol y
ear.
The
drop
out r
ate
also
incr
ease
s w
hen
view
ed b
y gr
ade.
In
the
1993
-94
scho
olye
ar, 6
.2%
of
elev
enth
gra
ders
and
6.9
%of
twel
fth
grad
ers
drop
ped
out.
In 1
993,
1,7
67 c
hild
ren
wer
e ar
rest
-ed
for
vio
lent
cri
mes
(m
urde
r, r
ape,
robb
ery,
and
agg
rava
ted
assa
ult,)
an
incr
ease
of
22%
fro
m 1
991
to 1
993.
Thi
sre
pres
ente
d al
mos
t 26%
of
all a
rres
ts f
orth
ese
crim
es, a
pro
port
ion
that
decr
ease
d sl
ight
ly f
rom
199
2. T
he n
um-
ber
of c
hild
ren
of c
olor
arr
este
d fo
rvi
olen
t cri
mes
incr
ease
d at
a s
low
erra
te o
f 18
% d
urin
g th
ose
year
s.
In 1
993,
11,
058
repo
rts
of c
hild
abus
e an
d ne
glec
t wer
e co
nfir
med
, an
incc
ease
of
7.6%
sin
ce 1
991.
Chi
ldre
n of
colo
r ar
e ov
erre
pres
ente
d in
rep
orts
of
abus
e an
d ne
glec
t, co
mpr
isin
g 35
% o
fsu
bsta
ntia
ted
repo
rts
in 1
993.
In 1
993,
204
chi
ldre
n di
ed v
iole
nt-
ly in
Min
neso
ta. T
his
incl
uded
27
sui-
cide
s, 2
3 ho
mic
ides
, 75
mot
or v
ehic
lecr
ashe
s, a
nd 7
9 ot
her
inju
ries
. Thi
snu
mbe
r ha
s fl
uctu
ated
mod
estly
betw
een
1991
and
199
3. F
orty
-one
of
thos
e ch
ildre
n w
ere
child
ren
of c
olor
.
viii
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ne!,
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s: A
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ser
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r Pa
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How
to R
ead
the
Tab
les
10 N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n. I
t hel
ps to
kno
w th
e ac
tual
num
ber
ofch
ildre
n af
fect
ed b
y a
prob
lem
, as
wel
l as
the
perc
enta
ge. V
ery
smal
l num
bers
in a
cat
egor
y m
ayfl
uctu
ate
sign
ific
antly
fro
m y
ear
to y
ear,
mak
ing
inte
rpre
tatio
n di
ffic
ult.
C2)
Per
cent
of
child
ren
(com
pare
d to
tota
l pop
ulat
ion,
tota
l bir
ths,
tota
lsc
hool
enr
oll-
men
t, et
c.)
Unl
ess
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
is v
ery
smal
l, pe
rcen
tage
s pr
ovid
e us
eful
com
pari
sons
acr
oss
time.
© S
tate
Ave
rage
. Thi
s nu
mbe
r co
mpa
res
a co
unty
to th
e st
ate
as a
who
le.
® B
ar C
hart
s. T
hese
cha
rts
allo
ws
com
pari
sons
of
diff
eren
t ind
icat
ors
with
in a
cou
nty,
or o
f di
ffer
ent c
ount
ies
for
a si
ngle
indi
cato
r. A
t a g
lanc
e, a
cou
nty
can
be c
ompa
red
to th
e "a
vera
ge c
ount
y."
(For
mor
e de
tail
abou
tthe
bar
cha
rts,
ple
ase
see
the
data
note
s at
the
end
of th
e bo
ok.)
© M
ap. T
he m
ap r
anks
cou
ntie
s in
thir
ds, a
llow
ing
for
regi
onal
com
pari
sons
.It
can
als
o
help
det
erm
ine
if a
pro
blem
is c
once
ntra
ted
in c
erta
in a
reas
oft
he s
tate
.
Chi
ldre
n in
Pov
erty
MIM
EO
'1 M
OM
7-0
hild
ren
Ovt
enw
I.un
d ol
MN
. l',1
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ite S
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to 2
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i14
dU
BE
STC
OP
Y A
VA
ILA
BLE
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
0 rte
_AL
Dis
cuss
ion
Que
stio
ns fo
r M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Look
, 199
6 D
ata
Boo
k
The
se q
uest
ions
are
des
igne
d fo
r yo
u to
use
as
an in
divi
dual
read
er o
r fo
r gr
oup
disc
ussi
on. T
he q
uest
ions
sug
gest
way
s to
thin
k ab
out a
nd th
en u
se th
e la
rge
amou
nt o
f in
form
atio
n ab
out
child
ren
in th
is b
ook.
The
se q
uest
ions
are
onl
y a
sugg
este
d ou
tline
.Y
ou k
now
bes
t how
this
dat
a bo
ok c
an b
e us
ed in
you
r w
ork
and
com
mun
ity.
DA
TA
1.L
ook
at a
spe
cifi
c in
dica
tor
that
par
ticul
arly
inte
rest
s yo
u.(I
ndic
ator
s ar
e fo
und
on p
ages
4-2
5.)
Is th
e da
ta w
hat y
ouex
pect
ed f
or M
inne
sota
as
a w
hole
? H
ow d
o co
untie
s co
m-
pare
with
eac
h ot
her?
Con
side
r th
ese
fact
ors:
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
affe
cted
the
perc
ent c
hang
e ov
er ti
me
diff
eren
ces
amon
g co
untie
sdi
ffer
ence
s am
ong
child
ren
of d
iffe
rent
rac
es (
For
mor
ein
form
atio
n ab
out d
ata
for
child
ren
of c
olor
, ple
ase
see
page
6.)
wha
t the
indi
cato
r m
easu
res
(See
Dat
a So
urce
s, p
ages
115-
116.
)
Loo
k at
the
indi
cato
rs f
or th
e co
unty
whe
re y
ou li
ve.
(Cou
ntie
s ar
e fo
und
on p
ages
28-
114.
) Is
the
data
wha
t you
expe
cted
in y
our
coun
ty?
How
doe
s yo
ur c
ount
y co
mpa
rew
ith M
inne
sota
? C
onsi
der
thes
e fa
ctor
s:th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n af
fect
edth
e pe
rcen
t cha
nge
over
tim
e
Wha
t fac
tors
mig
ht b
e in
volv
ed in
cre
atin
g th
is p
ictu
re a
nd\y
hat d
o th
ese
num
bers
tell
you
abou
t you
r co
unty
? C
onsi
der
thes
e fa
ctor
s:
the
mix
of
your
cou
nty'
s po
pula
tion
betw
een
urba
n,su
burb
an a
nd r
ural
spec
ial e
ffor
ts a
nd p
rogr
ams
addr
essi
ng a
par
ticul
arpr
ogra
mgr
eate
r or
less
er c
omm
unity
aw
aren
ess
abou
t a p
robl
emec
onom
ic c
hang
es in
the
coun
ty o
ver
the
last
thre
e ye
ars
popu
latio
n ch
ange
s ov
er th
e la
st th
ree
year
sdi
ffic
ultie
s w
ith d
ata
colle
ctio
n
3.A
s yo
u re
view
thi:s
info
rmat
ion,
wha
t is
mis
sing
? Is
ther
ead
ditio
nal i
nfor
mat
ion
that
wou
ld b
e us
eful
, and
is it
ava
il-ab
le e
lsew
here
? (A
list
of
addi
tiona
l res
ourc
es is
on
page
116
.)Fo
r as
sist
ance
loca
ting
data
abo
ut a
par
ticul
ar is
sue,
cal
lC
hild
ren'
s D
efen
se F
und-
MN
at 6
12/2
27-6
121.
4.T
he in
dica
tors
in th
is d
ata
book
tend
to f
ocus
on
prob
lem
s fo
rch
ildre
n. A
re th
ere
way
s to
als
o m
easu
re p
ositi
ve in
dica
tors
of
child
ren'
s w
ell-
bein
g in
you
r co
mm
unity
? H
as y
our
com
mu-
nity
take
n st
eps
to s
uppo
rt f
amili
es a
nd p
rovi
de o
ppor
tuni
ties
for
child
ren?
CO
MM
UN
ITY
5.C
omm
uniti
es c
an b
e th
ough
t of
in m
any
diff
eren
t way
s.W
hile
the
data
in th
is b
ook
is p
rim
arily
gro
uped
by
coun
ty,
ther
e ar
e ot
her
way
s to
wor
k w
ith th
is in
form
atio
n w
ithin
smal
ler
com
mun
ities
. Exa
mpl
es o
f ot
her
com
mun
ities
incl
ude:
reg
iona
l, re
ligio
us, c
ultu
ral,
or b
ased
on
a sp
ecia
lin
tere
st.
Who
do
you
see
as m
akin
g up
you
r co
mm
unity
?
M in
ne,m
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r Lo
ok
22C
hild
ren.
..1)(
4mm
., 1o
nd o
l MN
, .15
0 R
ua. S
1rpc
1, S
uitt'
MN
r 1
03, 6
12 /2
27-6
121
9
!kr
kids
Is it
the
sam
e co
mm
unity
you
gre
w u
p in
? A
dif
fere
ntco
mm
unity
?W
hat d
o yo
u kn
ow a
bout
the
child
ren
in y
our
com
mu-
nity
?W
hat m
akes
you
r co
mm
unity
a g
ood
plac
e fo
r ;_
hild
ren
to g
row
up?
6.Pe
ople
are
invo
lved
in th
eir
com
mun
ities
in m
any
diff
eren
tw
ays. H
ow w
ould
you
des
crib
e yo
ur r
ole
in y
our
com
mun
ity?
How
are
chi
ldre
n in
volv
ed in
you
r co
mm
unity
?A
re y
ou in
volv
ed in
dec
isio
n m
akin
g fo
r yo
ur c
omm
u-ni
ty a
nd h
ow?
CR
EA
TIN
G C
HA
NG
E7.
Thi
s da
ta is
com
pile
d to
tell
us a
bout
Min
neso
ta's
chi
ldre
n,in
clud
ing
how
com
mun
ities
and
indi
vidu
als
can
impr
ove
thei
r liv
es.
Who
in y
our
com
mun
ity is
inte
rest
ed in
this
info
rma-
tion?
Flow
do
vou
alre
ady
wor
k to
geth
er f
or th
e be
nefi
t of
child
ren
in y
our
com
mun
ity?
Wha
t has
alr
eady
bee
n ac
com
plis
hed
in th
e ar
eas
that
mos
t con
cern
you
?W
here
are
dec
isio
ns a
bout
chi
ldre
n m
ade
for
your
com
-m
unity
? (F
or e
xam
ple:
city
cou
ncils
, fou
ndat
ions
, cou
nty
boar
ds, s
choo
l boa
rds.
)H
ow c
an c
omm
unity
mem
bers
infl
uenc
e de
cisi
on m
ak-
ing?
Wha
t oth
er d
irec
tions
mig
ht w
e ne
ed to
fol
low
to b
ead
voc
a It
's f
or c
hi k
i ren
?
8.N
ot e
very
one
read
ing
this
boo
k w
ill a
lrea
dy b
e ac
tive
as a
child
ren'
s ad
voca
te. N
ot e
very
one
know
s ho
w to
get
invo
lved
in m
akin
g ch
ange
s ha
ppen
.W
ould
you
like
to b
e in
volv
ed in
impr
ovin
g th
e liv
es o
fch
ildre
n?W
ho d
o yo
u al
read
y kn
ow w
ho is
wor
king
in th
is a
rea?
To
rece
ive
the
mon
thly
CD
F ne
wsl
ette
r, c
all t
he C
hild
ren'
sD
efen
se F
und
at 6
12/2
27-6
121.
To
beco
me
a C
hild
Adv
ocac
yN
etw
ork
Mem
ber,
cal
l Con
greg
atio
ns C
once
rned
for
Chi
ldre
nat
612
/870
-366
0.
9.W
e ne
ed y
ou to
hel
p us
rea
ch m
ore
peop
le a
nd m
ake
this
dat
aw
idel
y av
aila
ble.
Who
els
e ne
eds
to h
ave
acce
ss to
the
info
rmat
ion
in th
isbo
ok?
Who
els
e ne
eds
to b
e ed
ucat
ed o
n th
e fa
ctor
s th
atim
prov
e or
dim
inis
h ch
ildre
n's
lives
? H
ow c
an y
ou r
each
them
?
Plea
se c
onta
ct o
ur o
ffic
e, a
nd a
sk u
s to
sen
d in
form
atio
nal
mat
eria
ls. W
e ar
e al
so a
vaila
ble
to s
peak
to y
our
grou
p or
org
ani-
zatio
n. Y
ou c
an c
all u
s at
Con
greg
atio
ns C
once
rned
for
Chi
ldre
n(6
12/8
70-3
660,
xI2
8), e
-mai
l us
athn
3215
@1:
ands
net.o
rgor
wri
te to
us a
t Con
greg
atio
ns C
once
rned
for
Chi
ldre
n (a
ddre
ss in
the
reso
urce
sec
tion)
.
Tar
r-ki
dsM
EM
s IN
.toos
t. hi
nd o
l \Y
in R
ice
-trc
vl. '
,wk.
20S
, -,t
\II(
I, 61
2 ,2
27 6
121
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r Lo
ok
4
Chi
ldre
n in
Pov
erty
Per
cent
of C
hild
ren
in P
over
ty in
Min
neso
ta, C
ompa
red
toA
vera
ge C
ount
y
Sign
ific
antly
Bet
ter
Tha
nA
vera
ge
At o
rN
ear
Ave
rage
Sign
ific
antly
Wor
se T
han
Ave
rage
ICIF
1inn
eTta
Tid
s:A
Clo
,,er
1.0o
k
Indi
cato
r A
naly
sis
The
con
sequ
ence
s of
chi
ld p
over
ty a
rese
vere
. Poo
r ch
ildre
n ha
ve w
orse
heal
th a
ndhi
gher
dea
th r
ates
, inc
ludi
ng m
ore
low
bir
thw
eigh
ts a
nd s
tunt
ed g
row
th, p
hysi
cal a
ndm
enta
l dis
abili
ties,
mis
sed
scho
ol d
ays
due
toill
ness
, nut
ritio
nal d
efic
ienc
ies
such
as
ane-
mia
, and
chr
onic
dis
ease
s su
ch a
s as
thm
a.Po
or c
hild
ren
have
wor
se e
duca
tiona
l out
-co
mes
, inc
ludi
ng lo
wer
test
sco
res,
mor
ele
arni
ng d
isab
ilitie
s an
d sp
ecia
l edu
catio
nne
eds,
and
gre
ater
hig
h sc
hool
dro
pout
rat
es.
The
re is
mor
e cr
ime
and
viol
ence
in p
oor
neig
hbor
hood
s, a
nd p
oor
child
ren
are
mor
elik
ely
to b
ecom
e in
volv
ed in
juve
nile
cri
me.
The
eco
nom
ic c
onse
quen
ces
of c
hild
pove
rty
are
equa
lly s
igni
fica
nt. T
he a
nnua
lco
st to
the
U.S
. eco
nom
y fo
r on
e ye
ar o
f ch
ildpo
vert
y is
est
imat
ed a
t $36
to $
177
billi
on.
Chi
ld p
over
ty a
ffec
ts th
e ec
onom
y be
caus
epo
or c
hild
ren
are
less
like
ly to
atta
ined
uca-
tion
for
high
er w
age
jobs
. It a
lso
caus
esun
empl
oym
ent a
nd lo
st w
ork
hour
s du
e to
teen
age
pare
ntho
od, i
ll he
alth
or
deat
h at
an
earl
y ag
e. A
dditi
onal
cos
ts in
clud
e pu
blic
educ
atio
n fo
r st
uden
ts w
ho f
all b
ehin
d in
scho
ol o
r ne
ed s
peci
al e
duca
tion
serv
ices
,m
edic
al c
are
for
illne
ss a
nd c
hron
ic d
isab
ili-
ties,
and
oth
er r
elat
ed f
acto
rs.
Acc
ordi
ng to
the
1990
cen
sus,
I 2
.4",
, of
child
ren
in M
inne
sota
wer
e liv
ing
belo
w th
epo
vert
y lin
e. T
his
was
a 2
1.60
,, in
crea
se f
rom
the
1990
cen
sus.
Pov
erty
rat
es v
ary
grea
tly b
yco
unty
and
by
race
(se
e pa
ge 6
). P
over
ty is
afa
ctor
in a
ll of
the
othe
r in
dica
tors
use
d in
this
dat
a bo
ok.
Cou
nty
Aitk
in76
3
1990
26.2
%
Ano
ka5,
324
7.3%
Bec
ker
1,82
7_?
3.9%
Bel
tram
i2,
791
28.2
%
Ben
ton
940
10.5
%
Big
Sto
ne29
318
.6".
Blu
e E
arth
1,79
314
.8",
,
Bro
wn
630
Cat
hon
1,22
515
2%
Car
ver
699
4.9%
Cas
s1,
723
29.5
%
Chi
ppew
a53
615
.1%
Chi
sago
859
9.3%
Cla
y1,
808
14.5
%
Cle
arw
ater
717
Coo
k13
515
.1%
Cot
tonw
ood
581
17 .
9%
Cro
w W
ing
2,14
118
.4%
Dak
ota
4,36
45.
4%
Dod
ge35
87.
4%
Dou
glas
1,01
813
.2",
Fari
baul
t68
215
.2%
Fillm
ore
1,12
119
.6",
Free
born
1,04
412
.4%
Goo
dhue
912
8.1%
Gra
nt25
716
.0%
Hen
nepi
n30
,918
13.2
%
Hou
ston
515
9.8%
1 lu
bbar
dka
nti
859
795
21.4
",,
10.1
%
Itas
ca2,
392
Jack
son
465
15.0
".,
Kan
abec
727
19.0
%
Kan
diyo
hi1,
638
15.1
%
Kitt
son
200
13.3
%
Koo
chic
hing
675
16.6
%
Irac
Qui
Par
te33
114
.1",
Lak
e30
/12
.3%
Chi
ldre
nD
oen.
e I u
nd o
f N1N
. V-1
0 R
Icc
20;,
St
1%11
11. \
IN 7
,7,1
0, 6
12.'2
27 6
121
BE
ST C
OPY
AV
AII
AB
LE
Orr
kids
ITE
M
°Dowdy
1990
Lake of the Woods
124
11.0
$
LeSueur
58/
Lincoln
.....
.
322
.18.3.9
750
11 2
% _
McLeod
664
7.2%
Mahnornen
527
34.3
%
Marshall
477
Nlartin
871
14.4
".
Meeker
744
Milk
Lac
s87
616
.5".
Mordson
1,672
18.2%
Mower
1,19
712
.8%
Murray
415
15.9
%
rgicollet
645
8.9%
Nobles
683
13.0
%
Norman
351
Olmsted
2,136
00 .
Fad
1.16Q
I6 4
'
Pennington
678
18.9
%
Pine
910
15.8
%
Pipestone
480
16.8
%
Polk
1,467
16.3
%
Pope
16
17.5
%
Ramsey
Red
1.ak
e21
3
Red
woo
d70
414
.6%
Ren
ville
857
17.5
%
Rice
981
7.8%
Rock
427
15.3
%
Roseau
544
11.8
%
SI. Louis
7,41
7I
c.7"
,,
Scot
t770
Sher
burn
e14
(16
Sibl
ey;20
Step rns
3,250
9.9%
Steele
669
7.7%
Stevens
377
15.2
%
Swift
430
15.5
%
Itrr
kids Flak
Bet
terT
han
wor
se T
I.an
Avg
Cty
.A
vg. C
ly.
Avg
. Cty
.S
tate
wid
e S
tatis
tics
Chi
ldre
n in
Pov
erty
In 1
993,
the
Fede
ral l
kwer
tv L
ine
was
:Fa
mily
of
2:
Fam
ily o
i 3:
Fam
ily o
f 4:
1 99
0 C
ensu
s
142,
202
12.4
%
$ 9,
430
$11,
890
$14,
350
titHer limn
I'Vorso Man
Cou
nty
1990
Avg Ov.
Avg. (ly
Avg (I
1,449
20.5".
Tra v(..rse
237
20.2".
Wabasha
525
9.3".
MIN
Vadena
840
23.0".
Was
eca
582
11.3%
Was
hing
ton
1394.
5.5%
Wat
onw
an516
16.0%
Wilk
in255
12.4%
mr,
Winima
1,218
10.5".
Vright
1,69
0M
INN
Yellow Medicine
488
I W.
1
Min
neso
ta14
2,20
212
.4%
Itild
ren
I /t.t
vn,.
I und
ot
Ithto
,trec
t.'2
0;P
atil,
\ I \
hI 2
'227
612
1
'
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lo,,e
r L
ook
0 fw
Chi
ldre
n of
Col
orin
Pov
erty
Per
cent
of C
hild
ren
of C
olor
inP
over
ty in
Min
neso
ta
0 to
19
poor
[-I2
0to
4 9
poor
mor
e th
an 5
0po
or
Indi
cato
r A
naly
sis
Sinc
e ki
ldre
n of
col
or in
Min
neso
ta a
rem
uch
mor
e lik
ely
than
whi
te c
hild
ren
to b
epo
or, m
any
othe
r in
dica
tors
rel
ated
to p
over
tyha
ve a
gre
ater
eff
ect o
n ch
ildre
n of
col
or. I
nad
ditio
n, b
ecau
se M
inne
sota
's p
opul
atio
n is
over
whe
lmin
g w
hite
, dat
a ab
out t
he g
ener
alst
atus
of
child
ren
in M
inne
sota
may
not
ade
-qu
atel
y re
flec
t the
situ
atio
n fo
r ch
ildre
n of
colo
r.
It is
impo
rtan
t als
o to
con
side
rM
inne
sota
's s
ocia
l, po
litic
al a
nd e
cono
mic
env
i-ro
nmen
ts a
nd h
ow r
acia
l dis
crim
inat
ion
shap
esth
o...e
env
iron
men
ts. U
nder
stan
ding
that
con
-te
t will
hel
p cp
nim
uniti
es s
eek
solu
tions
toch
ild p
over
ty a
nd r
elat
ed p
robl
ems.
(Fo
r m
ore
info
rmat
ion
abou
t dat
a is
sues
for
chi
ldre
n of
colo
r, s
ee th
e da
ta n
otes
at t
he e
nd o
f th
e bo
ok.)
Acc
ordi
ng f
o th
e 19
90 c
ensu
s, 8
.5",
,(0
9,75
3) 0
1 N
linne
sota
's c
hild
ren
are
child
ren
ofco
lor
and
91.3
". (
1,06
8,13
6) a
re w
hite
. Whi
lem
ost c
hild
ren
ot c
olor
(67
.9%
) liv
e in
I le
nnep
inaa
d R
amse
y co
untie
s in
the
Tw
in C
ities
met
ro-
polit
an a
rea,
at l
east
som
e ch
ildre
n of
col
or li
vein
eac
h ot
the
othe
r 83
cou
ntie
s. W
ell o
ver
half
ot A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
and
I lis
pani
c ch
ildre
n liv
eou
tsid
e 1
lenn
epin
and
Ram
sey
coun
ties.
Som
eru
ral c
ount
ies
have
,11,
,o e
veri
ence
d an
incr
ease
in c
hild
ren
of c
olor
sin
ce th
e 19
90 c
ensu
s, a
sta
mih
es o
f co
lor
mov
e to
rur
al c
ount
ies
toi'm
ploy
men
t in
loca
l ind
ustr
ies.
Fort
y-fi
ve p
erce
nt o
f ch
ildre
n ot
col
ored
in p
over
ty a
ccor
ding
to th
e 19
90 c
ensu
s.I
his
incl
uded
49.
5% o
f A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
, 55%
of I
ndia
n an
d 37
% o
f A
sian
chi
ldre
n In
add
i-tio
n, 3
1% o
t Ile
pani
c th
ildre
n liv
ed in
pov
erty
I hi
s co
mpa
res
to ,1
pov
erty
rat
e of
just
less
than
10%
tor
whi
te c
hild
ren.
In
all b
ut f
our
linne
sota
toun
ties,
the
po\ e
rt%
rat
e fo
r ch
il-dr
en o
t col
or is
hig
her
than
for
w h
ite c
hild
ren.
Cou
i.43,
Chi
ldre
n of
Col
orH
ispa
nic
Whi
te
Aitk
in38
33.6
%24
68.6
%73
826
.2%
Ano
ka77
426
.5%
124
.12.
3%4,
908
7.0%
Bec
ker
485
.59.
5%30
63.8
%1,
373.
.19.
1%
Bel
tram
i1,
455
57.0
%85
73.3
%1,
402
18.9
%
Ben
ton
5324
7%0
896
102%
Big
Sto
ne9
30.0
%0
290
18.7
%
Blu
e E
arth
182
48.9
%68
33.7
%1,
691
14.2
%
Bro
wn
2724
.8%
3133
.3%
618
8.5%
Car
ltort
248
44.6
%21
58.3
%1,
025
13.5
%
Car
ver
104.
1%4
.5.5
%73
15.
2%
Cas
s71
764
.3%
1738
.6%
1,04
121
.8%
Chi
ppew
a28
56.0
%45
95.7
%50
81_
4.5%
Chi
sago
3220
.9%
610
.3"
864
9.4%
Cla
y45
157
.9%
197
58.6
%1,
399
11.9
%
Cle
arw
ater
196
72.9
%12
100.
0%53
0
Coo
k27
30.3
%0
110
13.6
%
Cot
tonw
ood
3054
.5%
1132
.4%
561
17.5
%
Cro
w W
ing
119
40 1
%._
.37
_30.
1%.
2,05
518
.0%
Dak
ota
553
13.3
%27
217
.2%
3,99
35.
2%
Dod
ge31
26.1
%32
43.2
%34
17.
2%
Dou
glas
2120
.0%
821
.6%
1,02
7
Fari
baul
t62
39.0
%87
77.7
",,
642
Fillm
ore
1522
.4%
1234
.3%
1,13
1
Free
born
140
40.9
%13
533
.7%
961
11.8
%
Goo
dhue
8831
.5%
1112
.2%
878
8.0%
Gra
nt7
25.9
%2
100.
0%25
416
.1%
Hen
nepi
n19
,337
46.5
%1,
171
25.7
%12
,368
6.4%
Hou
ston
2723
.7%
418
.2%
506
9.8%
1 lu
bbar
d
lsan
ti
46
8
37.1
"0
8.8%
3 0
33.3
",,
839
818
21.4
%
10.4
%
Itas
ca41
671
.2%
3041
.3%
2,04
618
.9",
.
Jack
son
7752
.4%
1040
.4"
306
13.3
%
Kan
abec
2323
.2%
24.
8%71
519
.1%
Kan
diyo
hi27
454
.0%
484
71.6
%1,
420
13.7
%
Kitt
son
571
.4%
1565
.2%
196
13.0
%
Koo
chic
hing
6828
.1%
1723
.0%
693
17.7
%
Iat
- Q
ui P
arte
20
319
14.2
%
I.ak
e(I
il33
013
.5".
\ Clo
ser
look
1111
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1'.1
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d\1
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7 61
21
31
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kids
min
nino
ts
Cou
nty
Lak
e of
the
Woo
dsL
e Su
eur
Lin
coln
_
Lyo
n%
Chi
ldre
n of
Col
or
1275
.0%
1618
.0%
1150
0%
...
._ ..
_.
105
49.1
%
His
pani
c
1210
0.0%
1217
.1%
_4-.
100.
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w N
atio
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choo
l I.u
nch
l'rog
ram
beg
anin
the
Uni
ted
Sta
tes
in 1
946
durin
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orld
II w
hen
the
U.S
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und
that
man
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its
draf
tees
vt e
re m
alno
uris
hed.
Offi
cial
s de
cide
d th
at p
rovi
d-in
g lu
nch
in s
choo
l wou
ld b
e th
e be
st w
ay to
pro
-te
ct c
hild
ren
from
mal
nutr
ition
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earc
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the
U.S
. Dep
artm
ent o
f Agr
it ul
ture
, whi
ch a
dmin
is-
ters
the
Sch
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Pro
gram
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that
chi
l-dr
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at s
choo
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rnu
triti
onal
inta
ke c
ompa
red
to th
ose
who
don
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hool
lunc
h. S
tudi
es a
lso
show
that
low
-inco
me
child
ren
who
par
ticip
ate
in th
e pr
ogra
m r
ecei
veon
e th
ird to
one
hal
t of t
heir
nutr
ition
al in
take
each
day
from
min
g sc
hool
lunc
hes.
'Fhe
sta
te o
t Nlin
neso
ta a
ctiv
ely
proi
note
ssc
hool
mea
ls. S
kty-
thre
e pe
rcen
t of p
ublic
sch
ool
dist
ricts
ser
ve s
choo
l bre
akfa
st. I
he
stat
e is
cur
rent
ly in
volv
ed in
a p
rogr
am p
rom
otio
n ca
mpa
ign
calle
d "W
e S
erve
Fdu
catio
n E
very
Day
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atin
clud
es b
illbo
ard,
., ne
wsp
aper
ads
, and
pub
licse
rvic
e an
noun
cem
ents
focu
sing
on
the
bene
fits
ofst
hoo
t lun
ch. I
he
canv
ign
also
incl
udes
trai
ning
for
food
scr
, ice
svo
rkeN
to ii
ii pr
ove
the
nutr
ition
alco
nten
t ot s
choo
l mea
ls.
In th
e 19
93-9
4 sc
hool
Vea
r. 2
24,S
60 s
tude
nts
wer
e ap
prov
ed to
r th
e fr
ee o
r re
duce
d-pr
ice
scho
ollu
nch
prog
ram
. I h
is m
eans
that
at l
east
28"
. of
Min
neso
ta s
tude
nts
cam
e fr
om lo
w-in
com
e fa
mi-
lies.
Ot t
hat n
umbe
r, 1
68,5
80 r
ecei
ved
tree
mea
ls.
whi
ch m
eans
that
at l
east
22"
. ol N
linne
sota
stu
-de
nts
cam
e fr
om fa
mili
es w
ith v
ery
low
inco
me,
.I h
e pr
opor
tion
ot s
tude
nts
appr
oved
tor
free
and
redu
ced
pric
e lu
nclw
s ha
s in
crea
sed
abou
t 7%
sin,
e th
e 19
91-0
2 sc
hool
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r. A
ll bu
t 16
coun
ties
\, an
incr
ease
in p
rogr
am p
artic
ipaf
ion
from
1'19
2-03
to 1
993-
94.
Cou
nty
1991
1992
1993
Aitk
in_5
5.2%
56.5
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ka15
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17.1
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ker
39.3
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tram
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38.6
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23.4
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33.1
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11.2
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4
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choo
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1991
1992
1993
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hers
in M
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sota
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ompa
red
to A
vera
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y
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nific
antly
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ter
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n A
vera
ge
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r N
ear
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rage
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nific
antly
Wor
se T
han
Ave
rage
Indi
cato
r A
naly
sis
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ly c
hild
bear
ing
has
a la
stin
g im
pact
on
the
lives
and
futu
re o
ppor
tuni
ties
of y
oung
mot
hers
and
thei
r ch
ildre
n. T
een
preg
nanc
y an
d bi
rths
rep
rese
ntsi
gnifi
cant
hea
lth r
isks
for
both
the
teen
mot
her
and
the
baby
. The
mot
hers
are
like
ly to
del
ay r
ecei
ving
pren
atal
car
e, a
nd b
abie
s ar
e m
ore
likel
y to
hav
e m
ed-
ical
com
plic
atio
ns. Y
oung
mot
hers
are
mor
e lik
ely
than
oth
er te
enag
ers
to c
ome
from
e&
inom
ical
ly a
ndso
cial
ly d
isad
vant
aged
bac
kgro
unds
. App
ro\ i
mat
ely
70%
of t
een
mot
hers
com
plet
e hi
gh s
choo
l by
the
time
they
are
35-
39, c
ompa
red
with
90%
of w
omen
who
wai
t unt
il th
ey a
re o
lder
to h
ave
child
ren.
Ofte
n,yo
ung
wom
en w
ho b
egin
chi
ldbe
arin
g in
thei
r te
ens
have
low
er fa
mily
inco
mes
than
thos
e w
ho p
ostp
one
thei
r fir
st b
irth.
You
ng p
aren
ts n
eed
inte
nsiv
e he
lp to
ove
r-co
me
thes
e im
pact
s. A
ssis
tanc
e in
Min
neso
ta in
clud
este
en N
rent
pro
gram
s in
pub
lic a
nd a
ltern
ativ
esc
h, 'o
ls. m
ento
r re
latio
nshi
ps w
ith c
omm
unity
vol
un-
teer
s. a
nd E
arly
Chi
ldho
od F
amily
Edu
catio
n pr
o-gr
ams
for
teen
par
ents
.
lanv
com
mun
ities
in N
linne
sota
hat
e te
enpr
egna
ncy
prev
entio
n ta
sk fo
rces
or
coal
ition
s. l'
hese
may
pro
vide
aca
dem
ic s
uppo
rt. s
choo
l-bas
ed s
e \ u
ali-
ty e
duca
tion,
acc
essi
ble
arid
affo
rdab
le h
ealth
car
e,co
mm
unity
rol
e m
odel
s, c
ouns
elin
g se
rvic
es, s
choo
l-to
-wor
k tr
aini
ng, r
elig
ious
invo
lvem
ent,
and
pare
nted
ucat
ion
on h
ow to
talk
to c
hild
ren
abou
t se\
ualit
y.'F
he I
egis
latu
re h
as fu
nded
new
mak
, res
pons
ibili
typr
ogra
ms
that
edu
cate
boy
s ab
out t
he r
espo
nsib
ility
01 b
ecom
ing
a fa
ther
The
y al
so fu
nded
NIN
FN
AB
I(E
duca
tion
Now
and
Bab
ies
Late
r), a
com
mun
ity-
base
d pr
ogra
m to
enc
oura
ge I
2 to
14-
year
-old
s to
post
pone
seu
al b
ehav
ior.
I yen
birt
hs h
ave
incr
ease
d on
ly s
light
ly a
s a
perc
ent o
f tot
al b
irths
in th
e st
ate.
In 1
991,
2.7
% o
f all
birt
hs, o
r 1,
S4t
) bi
rths
, wer
e to
mot
hers
und
er IS
In19
93, t
hat n
umbe
r in
crea
sed
to 3
.0%
or
I,95S
birt
hs.
alth
ough
the
incr
ease
bet
wee
n 19
92 a
nd 1
991
was
onl o
ne te
nth
ot a
per
cent
, or
47 b
irths
. len
per
cent
ot In
t idl
ers
ol c
olor
wer
e te
enag
ers
in 1
991,
an
incr
ease
Iron
) 9.
6", i
n 19
91. T
hirt
y-fo
ur p
erce
nt o
t all
teen
birt
hs in
l'10
1 ti
ere
to m
othe
r,' o
f col
or. A
mon
gco
untie
s, r
ates
ran
ged
trom
ove
r b"
., ot
all
birt
hs to
two
r ou
ntie
s th
at h
ad n
o bi
rths
to te
ens.
Cou
nty
1991
1992
1993
Aitk
in2.
6%3.
1%4.
5%
Ano
ka.
2 4%
2.2%
2.2%
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ker
4.6%
5.1°
45.
4%
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tram
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5%5.
5%4.
2%
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ton
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e E
arth
2.3%
1.")
%
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wn
2.3%
1.7%
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lton
2.6%
4.6%
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ver
1.6%
0.9%
(.11.9,O
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4%3.
3%3.
5%
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ppew
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1.9%
2.6%
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7%
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ater
3.3%
4.7%
4.0%
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tonw
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2.2%
3.9%
4.1%
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ing
3.3%
3.9%
4.8%
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1.3%
1.6%
1.5%
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\ I in
ne,o
la2.
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9%3
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ter
'Ilio
nW
orse
rha
nC
ount
y19
9119
9219
93A
vg. C
ty.
Avg
. Cty
.A
vg. C
tv.
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e of
the
Woo
ds3.
0",,
1.80
0
LeS
ueur
2.9%
111
Lin
coln
3.0%
1.4%
1.4%
Mal
1..y
on2.
3%2.
2%2.
4%
McL
eod
1.5%
1.5%
1.1%
!
Mah
nom
en32
%6.
2%3.
9%
Mar
shal
l2.
7%0.
0"M
artin
1.8%
3.3%
Mee
ker
4.1%
Mill
e L
acs
3.0"
,,1
Mor
riso
n1.
9%3.
8%3.
9%
Mow
er5.
0%3.
8%4.
0%
Mur
ray
0.8%
0.9%
1.9%
Nic
ol le
t1.
6%0.
890
2.1%
Nob
le!,
O''.
Nor
man
I .0
%
Olm
sted
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.
Otte
r ra
Penn
ingt
on3.
4%3.
8%3.
1%
Pine
6.2%
3.0%
4.2%
Pipe
ston
e2.
8%4.
5%3.
4%
Polk
2.5%
3.8%
2.7%
Pope
5.2%
Rai
/1,o
v4.
2"..
Red
1.a
ke2.
2''..
7.7'
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Red
woo
d2.
7%11
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ville
2.40
,i3.
3%3.
8%l/M
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5%4.
6%N
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k2.
5%1.
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2.2%
2.8%
2.5%
ON
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burn
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bley
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earn
s1.
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2%M
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eele
1.2%
2.1%
1.6%
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ISt
even
s2.
8%
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t0.
7%2.
3%0.
8%
Sta
tew
ide
Sta
tistic
s19
9119
9219
93
Chi
ldre
n B
orn
to T
eena
ge M
othe
rs*
(und
er 1
8 ye
ars
of a
ge)
1.84
02.
7%1,
911
2.9%
1,95
83.
0%
Chi
ldre
n B
orn
to T
eena
ge M
othe
rs**
of C
olor
(un
der
18 y
ears
of
age)
618
9.6%
616
9.7%
633
10%
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an32
211
.5%
389
13.4
%35
712
.8%
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n13
29.
7%12
29.
9%13
712
.1%
Asi
an16
47.
3%10
54.
7%13
9
*As
Perc
ent o
f A
ll B
irth
s
**A
s a
Perc
ent o
f A
ll B
irth
s to
Mot
hers
of
Col
or (
does
not
incl
ude
His
pani
c)
und
\ \st
p,,t
o\
hp. 2
27 o
l.:1
4 4
Min
neso
la77
: /17
7717
-111
11
Chi
ldre
n B
orn
atLo
w B
irth
Wei
ght
Per
cent
of L
ow B
irth-
Wei
ght
Bab
ies
Bor
n in
Min
neso
ta,
Com
pare
d to
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
Sig
nific
antly
Bet
ter
Thd
n A
vera
ge
L_A
t or
Nea
r A
vera
ge
Sig
nific
antly
Wot
se
Tha
n A
vera
ge
Indi
cato
r A
naly
sis
Low
birt
h w
eigh
t is
the
maj
or c
ause
of
infa
nt il
lnes
s an
d de
ath
in th
e U
nite
d S
tate
s T
his
term
des
crib
es in
fant
s bo
rn w
eigh
ing
less
than
2500
gra
ms
or 5
.3 lb
s. in
clud
ing
thos
e bo
rn p
rem
a-tu
rely
(be
fore
37
wee
ks).
I.on
g-te
rm o
utco
mes
tor
thes
e in
fant
s in
clud
e hi
gher
rat
es o
f sub
norm
algr
owth
, adv
erse
hea
lth c
ondi
tions
and
dev
elop
-m
enta
l pro
blem
s.
Of '
311
billi
on s
pent
nat
iona
lly o
n in
tant
heal
th c
are
appr
osam
atel
y(i.
4 bi
llion
) is
-pe
nton
low
birt
h w
eigh
t inf
ant:.
lost
ot t
hese
dol
laN
are
de%
ote
d to
sav
ing
a -m
all g
roup
of v
er ti
ny['f
lank
wei
ghin
g le
ss th
an 1
300
grar
ns. F
acto
rsas
soci
ati.d
with
low
birt
h w
eigh
t in.
Inde
toba
cco
use
durin
g pr
egna
ncy,
inad
equa
te p
rena
tal c
are.
%ou
ng m
othe
r-. a
rid s
hi.r
t int
erva
ls b
etw
een
preg
-na
ncie
s. W
omen
ot i
olor
and
poo
r w
orrI
ell a
reM
ore
likel
y to
hav
e lo
w b
irth
wei
ght b
abie
s
In \
linne
sota
ther
e ar
e m
any
ongo
ing
etfo
rts
to a
dvoc
ate
tor
heal
th%
bab
ies.
the
I lea
lthy
\ hith
er-
I lea
lthy
Bab
ies
coal
ition
edu
cate
s th
epu
blik
and
influ
ence
s le
gisl
atio
n ab
out m
ater
nal
and
child
hea
lth is
sues
Pro
ject
LID
(Lo
wer
Infa
ntP
eath
st o
r th
e \ l
inne
apol
is a
nd S
t. P
aul I
leal
thD
epar
tmen
t-. h
a, c
ondu
cted
com
mun
ity-b
ased
int a
nt m
orta
lity
revi
ew s
and
mak
es r
eom
men
da-
tions
tor
syst
eni c
hang
es to
impr
ove
birt
h on
t-((
Imes
Fhe
Inta
nt N
lort
alitv
and
Chi
ld A
buse
Pre
% e
ntiti
n C
oMm
ittee
is a
gro
up o
f cul
tura
llydi
% e
rse
prot
essi
onak
that
mon
itors
com
nnin
itytr
ends
. leg
isla
tive
acti%
it ie
s. a
nd h
ealth
and
hum
anse
ri ic
e ch
ange
s th
at im
pact
tam
ilie,
. 01
inta
nt, a
nd\ m
ing
child
ren
In 1
003,
3,3
20 ih
ildre
n or
3.1
, ot a
ll (h
ildre
nbL
rn ii
i \ li
nnes
ota
wei
ghed
less
than
230
0 gr
ams
Ight
per
cent
ot c
hild
ren
ot c
olor
wer
e bo
rn a
t low
birt
h w
eigh
tI h
e-e
nuM
beN
hav
e Ill
iCtli
ated
onl
ygh
tl% .i
nct
1001
.I h
.)1t
vie
r. th
e pe
rcen
t of
Afr
icdn
-Arn
eriL
an c
hild
ren
born
at l
ow b
irth
wei
ght d
e( r
ease
d tr
omto
(1(
x%.
I lur
teen
k ()
untie
. LA
perle
nced
con
.-4,
tent
incr
ea,,e
.ii
lot
birt
h ii
eigh
t hab
it-. I
ntim
100
1 to
1'4
03.
Cou
nty
1991
Aitk
in5.
2%
Ano
ka4.
8%
Bec
ker
4.1%
Bel
tram
i3.
6%
Ben
ton
4.5%
Big
Sto
ne4.
3%
Blu
e E
arth
Bro
wn
6.6%
Car
lton
2.9%
Car
ver
3.7%
Cas
s6.
4%
Chi
ppew
a3.
4%
Chi
.ago
4.4"
..
Cla
y4.
ti'',.
Cle
arw
ater
4.1"
..
Coo
)-,
2.2"
..
Cot
tonw
ood
3.6%
Cro
w W
ing
4.6%
Dak
ota
44%
Dod
ge5.
5%
Dou
gl a
.Fa
riba
ult
7 3"
,.
Fill
mor
e3.
2",
Fre
ebor
n
Goo
dhue
3 8%
Gra
nt1.
8%
Hen
nepi
n5.
8%
1 lo
usto
n1.
9%
1lu
bbar
d
Isan
ti2.
W..
I ta-
L a
6 l".
fat k
.on
1.0%
Kan
ahec
10.2
%
Kan
diyo
hi3.
7%
Kitt
son
1.9%
Koo
chic
hing
3.8%
I ac
Qui
rad
e1.
0".
I ake
4.2%
1992
1993
1.5%
.4.5
%4.
8%4.
3%
4.8%
5.1%
4.9%
6.4%
6.6%
4.1%
3.4%
5.2%
5.2%
4.3%
3.6%
1.7%
6.3%
4.9%
3.3%
4.2"
..3.
2",.
Rei
ter
I han
Wor
.i. T
han
(-it
At g
Avg
. "Y
.
INE
MIN I=
MO
NN
MI
NM
5 2"
..N
M1
2"..
6.(r
'..IM
M6.
4%M
EI
1.3%
6.1%
MI
3.6%
4.8%
I
4.8%
5.0%
I4.
0%4.
4%I
4.0%
4....
",,
I4.
5%6.
0%M
INI
0.4"
..E
M5.
2%5.
6%IN
I4.
9%
5.6%
5.8%
NM
7.1%
2.0%
7.1"
..M
IN3.
2"..
I4.
0".,
I
4.2%
4.1)
",,
I4.
7%3.
8%IN
I4.
3%3.
4%M
I16.
1%5.
0%I
6.3"
45.
2%I
2.7%
NM
2.0%
2.1"
..
hid-
. A (
lo-w
r I o
okn
I Hon
, I tn
,I ot
\ iii
1:1"
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ul \I
\ tu
tu, 0
12 2
2- 1
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flrP
-ki
dsM
IEZ
Ci
Iktte
r Fh
anlV
or,e
'tha
nC
ount
y19
9119
9219
93A
vg. C
tv.
Avg
. Ctv
A g
Ctx
.
Lak
e of
the
lVoo
ds0.
0".
MI
LeS
ueur
6.2%
MIN
Lin
coln
1.5%
7.1%
5.8%
.N
I4y
9n.
1.1%
5.3%
4!0
%__
__. .
alM
cLeo
d2.
8%4.
1%4.
5%I
Mah
nom
en4.
8%3.
7%3.
9%IN
Mar
shal
l2.
7"..
MI
Nla
rtin
4.4%
4.4"
.,I
Nle
eker
2 h"
,.5.
(I",
.II
Milk
, I8.
0"..
Mor
riso
n3.
1%5.
4%3.
2",
MIN
Mow
er5.
0%5.
9%5.
3%
Mur
ray
2.3%
1.8%
3.7%
Nic
ol le
t4.
8%4.3%
5.0%
1
Nob
les
4.5"
..4
h"10
"1
Nor
man
01m
,:ted
4.3"
.
Otte
rl a
il4
4"..
4.9%
1
Penn
ingt
on4.
0%3.8%
3.7%
Pine
5.1%
3.8%
7.6%
Pipe
ston
e4.1%
4.5°,,
3.4%
11=
11
Polk
4.8%
4.6"
b3.0%
Pope
4.6"
..
I:an
v-ey
4 kr
.,N
IR
ed 1
ake
Red
vood
4.h"
..I
Ren
ville
3.8%
2.7%
Ric
e5.
3%5.
4%
Roc
k1.
7%5.
7%
Ros
eau
4.8%
1.7%
St. I
out
s4
s4
,..Sc
ott
Sher
burn
eSi
bley
45".
.;.0
"..
Stea
rns
Stee
le4.
4%7.
2'%
5.2%
Stev
ens
2.8"
i,4.
7%3.
0%
Swif
t2.
1%0.
0"in
1.6%
?Orr
kids
Sta
tew
ide
Sta
tistic
s19
9119
9219
93
Chi
ldre
n B
orn
With
Low
3,33
95.
0%3,
211
4.9%
.3,
320
5.1%
Bir
th W
eigh
t* (
Les
s T
han
25(1
0 gr
ams)
Chi
ldre
n of
Col
or**
639
8.7%
586
7.9%
623
8.3%
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an40
612
.2'!.
,36
610
.4%
348
9.9%
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n93
5.7%
886.
0%10
07.
2%
Asi
an13
85.
7".1
,13
15.
4%17
46.
8%
As
a pe
rcen
t of
all b
irth
s"
As
a pe
rcen
t of
all c
hild
ren
of c
olor
bor
n (d
oes
not i
nclu
de H
ispa
nic)
$
Bet
ter
Man
%V
ON
.: I
kill
Cou
nty
1991
1992
1993
Avg
(1.
Avg
Cly
Avg
Clv
.rod
d6.
2%3.
2%8.
8%
I ra
vers
e2.
2%6.
7%IM
MIn
Wab
asha
6.3%
1.1
I.V
aden
a7.
0%10
%I
Was
eca
4.6%
3.9%
6.4%
Was
hing
ton
4.5%
4.8%
5.2%
'I:
Wat
onw
an6.
1%5.
7%1.
7%
Wilk
in5.
4%5.
2%10
.740
11'in
ona
6.2%
3.6%
"ii,"
,.IN
N
Wri
ght
lcIl
ow M
edic
ine
3 0"
..
19".
,
4.8"
..
Iill
I
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neso
ta5.
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BE
ST
CO
PY
AV
AIL
AB
LE
Nlin
neso
ta K
ids:
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lose
r L
ook
LI
Chi
ldre
n N
otul
ly Im
mun
ized
,by
Age
2
Per
cent
of C
hild
ren
Not
Ful
lyim
mun
ized
in M
inne
sota
,C
ompa
red
to A
vera
ge C
ount
y
b.S
igni
fican
tly B
ette
r T
han
Ave
rage
At o
r N
ear
Ave
rage
Sig
nific
antly
Wor
se T
han
Ave
rage
Indi
cato
r A
naly
sis
Imm
uniz
atio
ns a
gain
st p
reve
ntab
le d
is-
ease
s su
ch a
s m
easl
es, m
umps
, pol
io a
ndw
hoop
ing
coug
h (p
ertu
ssis
) ar
e on
e of
the
mos
t im
port
ant p
reve
ntiv
e he
alth
mea
sure
sav
aila
ble.
Exc
ept f
or c
lean
wat
er, n
o ot
her
inte
rven
tion
has
had
such
a m
ajor
influ
ence
on r
educ
ing
child
dea
ths
and
serio
us il
lnes
s.B
esid
es p
rote
ctin
g ch
ildre
n fr
om u
nnec
essa
rydi
seas
es th
at m
ay h
ave
serio
us c
onse
quen
ces,
vacc
ines
als
o of
fer
a co
st s
ayin
gs. E
very
dol
-la
r in
vest
ed in
an
imm
uniz
atio
n pr
ogra
msa
ves
ten
dolla
rs in
med
ical
cos
ts to
trea
t dis
-ea
se a
nd il
lnes
s.
In th
e 19
92-9
3 sc
hool
yea
r, th
eM
inne
sota
Dep
artm
ent o
f I le
alth
con
duct
eda
surv
ey o
f all
kind
erga
rtne
rs to
find
out
how
man
y of
them
wer
e im
mun
ized
and
at w
hat
age.
rhe
Dep
artm
ent w
ill c
ondu
ct th
is s
urve
yag
ain
in th
ree
year
s. In
Min
neso
ta a
s a
who
le,
39.3
".. o
f kin
derg
artn
ers
had
not r
ecei
ved
all
appr
opria
te im
mun
izat
ions
by
age
two.
How
ever
, the
se fi
gure
s va
ry g
reat
ly b
etw
een
coun
ties,
ran
ging
from
22"
. to
57".
.
App
roxi
mat
ely
13".
of c
hild
ren
rece
ived
no
imm
uniz
atio
ns in
the
first
four
mon
ths
afte
r bi
rth.
Thi
s su
gges
ts th
at th
ese
child
ren
did
not r
ecei
ve N
yell-
babv
car
e af
ter
deliv
ery.
Cou
ntie
s al
so v
arie
d on
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
not r
ecei
ving
thes
e ea
rly im
mu-
niza
tions
, ran
ging
from
2",
, to
22".
The
imm
tmiia
tion
rate
s fo
r ch
ildre
n of
colo
r a
re s
igni
fican
tly lo
wer
than
for
whi
tech
ildre
n. S
ixty
-tw
o pe
rcen
t of A
fric
anA
mer
ican
chi
ldre
n, -
Iti".
of A
mer
ican
Indi
anch
ildre
n, 6
5". o
f Asi
an c
hild
ren,
and
57"
. of
Iis
pani
c ch
ildre
n w
ere
not f
ully
imm
Uni
ied
by tw
o ve
aN o
f age
. Alm
ost 3
3". o
f k h
ildre
nof
col
or a
lso
wer
e no
t im
mun
ized
at f
our
mon
ths,
aga
in s
ugge
stin
g a
lack
of p
ost-
deliv
ery
heal
th c
an..
Cou
nty
Aitk
inA
noka
Bec
ker
Bel
tram
iB
ento
n
Big
Sto
ne
Blu
e E
arth
Bro
wn
Cad
ton
Car
ver
Cas
s
Chi
ppew
aC
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go
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ter
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k
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mor
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abec
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c Q
ui P
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1992
-93
52,2
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37.0
%
38.5
%
44.6
%
29.3
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,
21.9
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29.0
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.2%
34.0
%
4L3%
38.8
%
4( .5
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48.6
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39.4
%
39.9
%
37.3
%
45.1
%
35.8
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29.5
".
48.5
"37
.0%
36.2
%
42.1
%
43.6
%
44.4
".
31.9
%
47.9
%
35.7
%
26.0
%
45.7
%
36.7
"..
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UT
Tha
nlV
orN
e T
han
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. Cty
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vg. C
ty.
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neso
ta k
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lose
r I o
ok50
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m. I
und
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l. \
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227-
6121
kids
1373
1111
6
S.
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ter
Tha
nW
orse
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n
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nty
1992
-93
Avg
. Cty
Avg
. Cty
.A
vg. C
ty.
Lak
e of
the
Woo
ds56
.9%
LeS
ueur
38.7
%
Lin
coln
31.4
%11
1111
Lyo
n48
7%
McL
eod
41.4
%
Mah
nom
en37
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Mar
shal
l33
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tin1.
11
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ker
41.4
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e L
acs
48.8
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riso
n36
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er37
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ray
41.1
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olle
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man
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sted
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r T
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ingt
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ston
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11
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ville
32.2
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e34
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1111
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46.6
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30.7
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33.9
%
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ens
31.0
%
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t41
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kids
min
nese
te
Sta
tew
ide
Sta
tistic
s19
92-9
3
Kin
derg
artn
ers
Not
Ful
ly41
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39.3
%
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uniz
ed b
y A
ge 2
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ican
-Am
eric
an1,
914
61.8
%
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eric
an I
ndia
n36
847
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an1,
469
65.0
%
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pani
c (n
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clud
ed in
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er g
roup
s)60
656
.0%
Kin
derg
artn
ers
Not
Im
mun
ized
at4
Mon
ths
9,15
613
.2%
Chi
ldre
n of
Col
or2,
520
33.1
%
Cou
nty
1992
-93
Tod
d39
.2%
rave
rse
29.2
%
Wab
asha
38.2
%
Wad
ena
52.8
%
Was
eca
35.1
%
Was
hing
ton
32.7
%
Wat
onw
an54
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in50
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ona
33.9
%
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ght
40.7
",,
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lmv
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dici
ne41
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neso
ta39
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und
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inne
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ser
Loo
k
5 j
Chi
ldre
nD
ropp
ing
Out
of
Sch
ool
Per
cent
of C
hild
ren
Dro
ppin
gO
ut o
f Sch
ool i
n M
inne
sota
,C
ompa
red
to A
vera
ge C
ount
yI -
Sig
nific
antly
Bet
ter
Tha
n A
vera
ge
At o
r N
ear
Ave
rage
Sig
nific
antly
Wor
se T
han
Ave
rage
EIF
Zes
ola
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Look
Indi
cato
r A
naly
sis
Ele
ven
perc
ent o
f chi
ldre
n in
the
U.S
. dro
p ou
tof
sch
ool e
ach
year
and
the
cons
eque
nces
are
sig
nifi-
cant
. Hig
h sc
hool
dro
pout
s ar
e m
ore
likel
y to
be
unem
ploy
ed th
an a
re h
igh
scho
ol g
radu
ates
and
rece
ive
low
er e
arni
ngs
whe
n th
ey a
re e
mpl
oyed
.S
tude
nts
who
fail
to c
ompl
ete
scho
ol a
re a
lso
atin
crea
sed
risk
of d
evel
opin
g m
enta
l and
phy
sica
lpr
oble
ms
and
are
mor
e lik
ely
to r
equi
re s
ocia
l ser
-vi
ces
durin
g th
eir
lifet
imes
.
The
mos
t rec
ent r
epor
ts fr
om th
e U
.S.
Dep
artm
ent o
f Edu
catio
n in
dica
te th
at d
ropo
ut r
ates
aro
disp
ropo
rtio
nate
ly h
ighe
r fo
r so
me
Am
eric
an c
hil-
dren
. "F
wen
ty-t
ive
perc
ent o
f stu
dent
s w
ho d
rop
out
ot s
choo
l are
from
Ion-
inco
me
fam
ilies
. I n
add
ition
,dr
opou
t rat
es a
re 4
5% fo
r lo
w-in
com
eat
ino:
Chi
cano
chi
ldre
n an
d 24
% fo
r Io
n -in
com
eA
t ric
an A
mer
ican
chi
ldro
n. T
urth
erm
ore.
17%
of c
hil-
dren
with
dis
abili
ties
drop
out
of s
choo
l.1
he s
igni
tican
t ben
d its
tor
skid
ent,,
com
plet
-in
g hi
gh s
choo
l dem
onst
rate
the
intp
orta
nce
ot ta
king
actio
n to
red
uce
the
num
ber
of s
tude
nts
drop
ping
out
of ..
..Iw
o!. T
o en
sure
that
all
stud
ents
gra
duat
e,N
linne
sota
sch
ool d
istr
icts
ha%
e d
evel
oped
Are
aI.e
arni
ng C
ente
rs a
nd p
ublic
and
pri
ate
alte
rnat
ive
sclu
tols
that
are
spe
cific
ally
des
igne
d to
syn
c st
u-de
nts
at r
isk
for
drop
ping
out
Stu
dent
,. in
I 1t
h an
d21
11 g
rade
s ar
e al
so g
i% e
n po
st-s
econ
dary
opt
ions
that
of l
er te
chni
cal t
rain
ing
in e
in ir
onm
ents
that
dif-
fer
from
the
regu
lar
scho
ol s
ettin
g. In
add
ition
, var
i-ou
s pr
ogra
ms,
suc
h as
the
men
tal h
ealth
initi
ativ
e,co
-loca
tion
ot s
ervi
ces,
and
par
ent i
nvol
vem
ent,
pro-
\ ide
stic
ial a
nd e
mot
iona
l sup
port
to s
tude
nts
n ho
lace
pro
blem
s th
at in
terf
ere
nith
edu
catio
nal s
ucce
s-,
hi th
e 10
03-0
4 sc
hool
yea
r, a
n es
timat
ed 1
4%ot
the
stat
e's
7-I2
th g
rade
stu
dent
s dr
oppe
d ou
t of
scho
t l.
I his
sm
all d
ecre
ase
sinc
e 10
02-0
3 m
ay b
eat
trib
utab
le to
a c
hang
e in
the
defin
ition
of d
ropo
uts.
Bon
een
109
1.92
and
100
2-1)
3 (w
hen
the
del i
nitio
n ot
drop
outs
rem
aine
d th
e sa
me)
, 46
coun
ties
e\ p
en-
ence
d an
incr
ease
in d
ropo
uts.
1 h
e st
ate
drop
out r
ate
tor
stud
ents
ot c
olor
was
111
.8".
, for
the
1003
-114
sch
ool
\Var
. 111
ly-1
1 e
coun
ties
had
a hi
gher
dro
pout
rat
e fo
rst
uden
ts o
f col
or th
an to
r n
hite
stu
dent
s. F
iftee
nco
untie
s ha
d ra
tes
tor
stud
ents
of c
ilor
that
n e
rem
ore
than
trip
le th
e st
ate
rate
tor
stud
ents
ot c
olor
.th
e dr
optq
l) ra
te a
lso
incr
ease
s w
hen
it is
iew
ed b
ygr
ade.
In th
e 10
01-9
4 sc
hool
yea
r. 6
.2%
of e
leve
nth
grad
ers
and
o 0%
of t
n el
fth g
rade
rs d
nipp
ed o
ut.
Cou
nty
1991
1992
1993
Aitk
in._
2.1%
1.4%
1.2%
Ano
ka2.
6%3.
0%3.
2%
Bec
ker.
1.4%
.1.
8%1.
4%
Bel
tram
i2.
3%3.
2%2.
0%
Ben
ton
0.4%
0.8%
0.6%
Big
Sto
ne0.
5%0.
7%
Blu
e E
arth
2.5%
2 9%
2.7%
Bro
wn
1.5%
1.3%
1.4%
Car
lton
3.4%
2.4%
1.7%
Car
ver
6.5%
4.7%
1.0%
Cas
s5.
8%5.
8%6.
5%
Chi
ppew
a1.
6%2.
4%2.
7%
Chk
ago
4.3%
3 6%
3.1%
Cla
y1.
3%1.
0%1.
1%
Cle
arw
ater
3.4%
3.0%
0.7%
Coo
k1.
7%4.
1%1.
9%
Cot
tonw
ood
0.8%
1.8%
0.8%
Cro
w W
ing
4.4%
5.2%
4.8%
Dak
ota
2.9%
3.2%
3.1%
Dod
ge0.
7%0.
8%1.
1%
Dou
glas
1.6%
2.0%
4.9"
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ibau
lt1.
1%0.
6%
Fill
mor
e1.
2%1.
1%1.
1%
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ebor
n4.
2%4.
7%4.
1%
Goo
dhue
2.2%
2.5%
2.0%
Gra
nt0.
7%1.
0%0.
1%
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nepi
n6.
0%7.
1%5.
9%
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ston
0.6%
0.9%
1.1%
I lu
bbar
d2.
8%3.
0%1.
5%
Isan
ti4.
1%5.
6%6.
3%
Itasc
a3.
0%2.
2%2.
7%
Jack
son
0.8%
2.1%
1.2%
Kan
abec
3.8%
3.9%
3.9%
Kan
diyo
hi5.
1%8.
7%6.
2%K
ittso
n0.
4%1.
0%0.
6%
Koo
chic
hing
2.5%
1.6%
2.9%
I.a
cQ
ui P
arle
0.1%
0.2%
0.8%
I ake
1.1%
0!--
1%2.
0%
Bet
ter
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nW
orse
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nA
vg. (
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kids
ME
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nty
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e of
the
1,V
oods
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ueur
Lin
coln
Lyo
n,M
cLeo
d
Mah
nom
enM
arsh
all
1991
2.3%
1.3%
0.8%
-
1.6%
2.8%
0.8%
1992
0.9"
1.4%
0.4%
1.7%
2.0%
5.2%
0.3%
1993
3.1%
1.3"
.
0.7%
1.1%
1.1%
7.4%
1.3'
10
Bet
ter
I Il
anSV
orsv
. Tha
t,A
vg C
tvA
vg-
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vg C
tY.
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tin1.
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ker
1.2%
I .1
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,
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e L
ac,.
1.6"
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7%1.
8%
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riso
n1.
7%1.
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8%N
MI
Mow
er3.
5%4.
6%4.
0%
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ray
0.3%
0.1%
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olle
t1.
8%1.
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1.6%
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le,,
3.2"
..1.
4%
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man
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%0.
8%E
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01m
,aed
2 6"
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7".,
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8%2.
4",.
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ingt
on0.
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2.80
.,,3.
6%
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ston
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ke0
9"..
0.2%
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woo
dI
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1.I"
..0.
4%
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ville
0.9%
1.89
51.
1%
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e3.
6%3.
7%3.
2%
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k1.
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7%0.
6%
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0.8'
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0.7%
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1
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rne
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.
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ey9"
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7%
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rns
125,
0.6%
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1
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le1.
9%1.
9%2.
2%
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ens
0.1%
0.4%
0.5%
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t1.
2%1.
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kids
ME
M
Sta
tew
ide
Sta
tistic
s19
91-9
219
92-9
319
93-9
4
Chi
ldre
n D
rOpp
ing
Out
of
Scho
ol11
,491
3.5%
13,6
403.
9%12
,387
3.4%
Chi
ldre
n of
Col
or30
8810
.3",
040
3212
.6%
3892
10.8
%
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an14
6718
7016
.0%
1812
14.0
%
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n66
913
.0%
844
15.6
%78
713
.0"4
,
Asi
an45
64.
5%69
161
2
His
pani
c49
611
.3%
627
12.5
%68
112
.3%
Cou
nty
1991
1992
1993
Bet
ter
'than
Wor
w T
han
Av,
g e
tv.
Avg
. Cty
.A
v g
Tod
d1.
6%1.
2%1.
5%
Frav
erse
0.5%
0.3%
=N
E1,
Vab
asha
0.6%
1.0%
1.0%
EM
I
Vad
ena
0.9"
,,1.
4%1.
8%
Was
eca
1.5%
1.5%
1.3%
Was
hing
ton
3.9%
2.7%
2.7%
Wat
onw
an1.
6%2.
7%2.
5%U
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ilkin
1.2%
0.6%
1.9%
Win
ona
3.1%
12%
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ght
I 8%
1.8"
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8%
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low
Med
Ulr
ic1.
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w.,
0.9%
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ne,,o
ta3.
5"3.
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27 f
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neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
19
ildre
n A
rres
ted
r V
iole
nt C
rime
Per
cent
of C
hild
ren
Arr
este
d fo
rV
iole
nt C
rime
in M
inne
sota
,C
ompa
red
to A
vera
ge C
ount
y
F-7
Sig
nific
antly
Bet
ter
Tha
n A
vera
ge
At o
r N
ear
Ave
rage
Sig
nific
antly
Wor
se T
han
Ave
rage
indi
cato
r A
naly
sis
Juve
nile
vio
lent
crim
e co
nnec
ts to
oth
er r
isk
fact
ors
for
child
ren,
as
the
1993
Rep
ort f
rom
the
Min
neso
ta L
egis
latu
re's
Vio
lenc
e P
reve
ntio
nA
dvis
ory
Tas
k F
orce
poi
nts
out.
"The
hig
h sc
hool
drop
out e
nter
ing
the
juve
nile
just
ice
syst
enl o
ften
star
ted
in p
over
ty w
ith a
par
ent d
epriv
ed o
f hea
lthca
re o
r pr
oper
nut
ritio
n w
ho d
id n
ot h
ave
the
pare
nt-
ing
skill
s to
car
e fo
r a
child
. It'
the
early
ris
k in
dica
tors
coul
d be
miti
gate
d, it
is li
kely
that
the
viol
ent b
ehav
-io
rs th
at a
rise
from
a li
fetim
e of
soc
ial a
nd e
cono
mic
negl
ect c
ould
be
elim
inat
ed."
Spe
cific
ally
, stu
dies
have
sho
wn
that
mal
trea
ted
child
ren
are
24%
mor
elik
ely
to b
e in
volv
ed in
vio
lent
beh
avio
r la
ter
in li
fe.
The
cos
t of d
ealin
g w
ith c
rime
is e
norm
ous.
Acc
ordi
ng to
the
Nlin
neso
ta D
epar
tmen
t of
Cor
rect
ions
. the
Nlin
neso
ta a
dult
pris
on p
opul
atio
nw
as 4
.040
in 1
003
is it
h an
othe
r 2.
140
pris
on b
eds
adde
d by
199
8.av
erag
e co
st p
er p
rison
er in
Nlin
neso
ta s
tate
cor
rect
itina
l fac
ilitie
s is
527
,880
per
year
. rho
100
3 co
st o
f hom
icid
e, r
ape.
rob
bery
. and
assa
ult i
n N
linne
sota
was
app
ro\ i
mat
ely
5771
(incl
udin
g in
edic
al, l
ac. e
nfor
cem
ent,
cour
t sys
tem
.In
carc
erat
ion
and
othe
r co
sts)
. App
rosi
mat
ely
ofio
lenc
e-re
late
d pr
ogra
m m
oney
trom
the
',tat
e ot
Min
neso
ta is
spe
nt o
n in
carc
erat
ion.
pro
batio
n an
dot
her
sent
enci
ng o
ptio
ns.
Man
y pr
ogra
ms
and
coln
umni
ty in
itiat
ives
are
cc o
rkin
g to
red
tiC
e an
d pr
even
t juv
enile
crim
e an
dhi
lenc
e.he
se in
clud
e in
ters
ent
ions
to r
educ
e ch
ildab
use,
con
flict
res
olut
ion
trai
ning
in s
choo
ls, m
ento
r-m
g m
itiat
is e
s, c
omm
unity
-bas
ed p
olic
ing
and
yout
hre
crea
tion
and
empl
oym
ent o
ppor
tuni
ties.
In 1
903.
1.7
67 c
hild
ren
wer
e ar
rest
ed to
r yi
tilen
tcr
imes
(m
urde
r, r
ape,
rob
bery
, and
agg
ras
ated
assa
ult)
an
incr
ease
ot
trom
100
1 to
100
3 T
his
repr
esen
ted
alm
ost 2
t)",
. of a
ll ar
rest
s fo
r th
ese
crim
es.
a pr
optir
tion
that
Clc
crea
sed
slig
htly
from
100
2. T
lwnu
mbe
r ot
chi
ldre
n ot
col
or a
rres
ted
for
iole
ntifl
ine!
, inc
reas
ed a
t a s
low
er r
ate
of IS
". d
urin
g th
ose
year
s. A
rres
ts to
r ag
gras
ate
d as
saul
t, th
e la
rges
t cat
e-go
ry in
crea
sed
by IS
4",
. for
juye
mle
s as
opp
osed
to .1
2". d
ecre
ase
tor
adul
ts. A
lthtiu
gh m
urde
r is
the
smal
l-es
t cat
egor
y ot
offe
nses
. the
per
cent
of j
us e
nile
sar
rest
ed to
r m
urde
r ju
mpe
d 30
".. t
win
100
1 to
100
1I h
e ad
ult m
urde
r ar
rest
rat
e in
crea
sed
by 4
". d
urin
gth
at ti
me.
Cou
ntie
s ai
led
grea
tly in
the
noin
ber
and
perc
ent o
t ju
arre
sted
for
viol
ent c
rimes
Cou
nty
1991
1992
1993
Aitk
in50
.0%
21.4
%14
.3%
Ano
ka39
.7%
39.6
%38
.4%
Bec
ker_
12.5
%11
.8%
Bel
tram
i30
.0%
15.2
%20
.8%
Ben
ton
12.5
%50
.0%
44.4
00
Big
Sto
ne
13lu
e E
arth
4.2%
27.8
"B
row
n33
.3"
7.1%
Car
lton
20.0
%44
.4%
14.3
%
Car
ver
10.3
%42
.9%
30.0
%
Cas
s17
.9%
2.1%
Chi
ppew
a14
.3%
Chi
sago
8.8"
9.1%
29.0
%
Cla
y10
.9"
20.9
%20
.0%
Cle
arw
ater
16.7
%11
.I%
Coo
k11
.1%
Cot
tonw
ood
5.6%
41.7
%
Cro
w W
ing
6.5%
15.2
%12
.0%
Dak
ota
23.6
%27
.8%
33.5
%
Dod
ge33
.3%
20.0
%
Dou
glas
38.1
%11
.1"0
21.7
%
Far
ibau
lt40
.0%
Fill
mor
eF
reeb
orn
10.0
%23
.0"
'3.8
".G
oodh
ue5.
3%22
.2%
24.5
%
Gra
nt25
.0%
.25
.0%
Hen
nepi
n24
.2%
24.3
%22
.9%
Hou
ston
20.0
%25
.0%
30.8
%
lubb
ard
26.7
"22
.2"
kant
i14
.3",
10.0
"Ita
sca
10.0
".53
.6".
,
Jack
son
14.3
".11
3".
Kan
abec
12.5
%11
.1%
21.1
%
Kan
diyo
hi34
.0%
26.3
%38
.8%
Kitt
son
Koo
chic
hing
6.7%
I.ac
Qui
l'ar
leI.a
ke25
.0"
Bet
ter
Tha
nA
vg. C
ty.
Avg
. Cty
.
Wor
se T
han
Avg
. Cty
.
;
IMO
20M
inne
sota
kid
s: A
Clo
ser
1.00
kC
hlIti
ten'
s P
eten
se I
und
of \I
N.
Rite
She
et. '
mile
20.
st B
ald.
\ I \
S10
1, o
l 2 2
27 6
121
BE
ST C
OPY
AV
AIL
AB
LE
0 0
Bet
ter
Man
Wor
Ne
Tha
n
Cou
nty
1991
1992
1993
Avg
Cty
.A
vg. C
ty.
Avg
. Cty
.
Lak
e of
the
Woo
dsL
eSue
ur20
.0%
16.7
%12
.5%
Lin
coln
.25
.0%
18.2
'k20
.0%
1'
McL
eod
37.9
%28
.2%
_30
.0%
Mah
nom
enM
arsh
all
66.7
%N
NW
Mar
tin23
.8%
Mee
ker
Milk
1.a
cs26
.3%
9.5%
17.6
%
Mor
riso
n9.
1%6.
7%40
.0%
1.01
/iM
ower
7.9%
23.5
%8.
1%
Mur
ray
MM
.N
icol
let
26.7
%26
.3%
30.0
%
Nob
les
47.6
%47
.6%
Nor
man
NM
IO
lmst
ed25
.4%
3"35
.6%
MIS
MI
Otte
r T
ail
17.4
%29
.6%
131)
%
Penn
ingt
on12
.5%
8.7%
36.4
%
Pine
11.1
%7.
1%
Pipe
ston
ePo
lk5.
4%11
.8%
19.0
%
Pope
43.5
"..
10.0
"R
amse
y26
.5%
32 2
%31
.6%
NM
IR
ed l.
ake
IN=
Red
%vo
od11
.4%
29.2
%1
Ren
ville
1111
Ric
e25
.0%
41.2
%41
.5%
Roc
k
Ros
eau
7.1%
St. 1
.00i
,27
1'
10.8
%36
.6%
Scot
t24
.0%
27.1
%30
.1"0
Sher
burn
e0.
0%14
.3%
39.3
"
Sibl
ey14
.1%
Stea
rns
26.2
%22
.1%
23.1
0A,
Stee
le37
.5%
16.7
%6.
7%
Stev
ens
33.3
%18
.2%
Swif
t
Sta
tew
ide
Sta
tistic
s19
9119
9219
93
Chi
ldre
n A
rres
ted
For
Vio
lent
Cri
mes
* 1,
382
23.6
%1,
662
26.4
%1,
767
25.9
% .
(mur
der,
neg
ligen
t man
slau
ghte
r, r
ape,
robb
ery
and
aggr
avat
ed a
ssau
lt)
Chi
ldre
n of
Col
or**
645
24.3
%71
426
.0'!;
,78
4 25
.0%
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an51
2 24
2°,,
574
26.0
%60
3 24
.5%
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n98
22.
6'.1
,,90
21.
8%10
3 22
.1%
Asi
an35
41.
7%50
39.
1%78
40.
8%
* A
s a
Perc
ent o
f A
ll A
rres
ts f
or V
iole
nt C
rim
es**
As
a Pe
rcen
t of
Peop
le o
f C
olor
Arr
este
d fo
r V
iole
nt C
rim
es (
does
not
incl
ude
His
pani
c) Cou
nty
Tod
d1
rave
rse
1991
1992
14.3
%
1993
Wab
asha
Wad
ena
2331
.43Z
III%
7.4%
Was
eca
33.3
%25
.0%
Was
hing
ton
29.9
%39
,3%
_32.
0%
Wat
onw
an23
.1%
40.0
%
Wil
kin
60.0
°A,
Win
ona
17%
Wri
ght
3.0%
17.9
%31
.0%
Yel
low
Med
icin
e12
:5%
21(4
1.1(
1)'"
'"10
.0%
Nlit
IM,o
ta11
W..
26.4
"..
Bet
ter
Tha
nW
oroe
ihan
Ag.
Cty
.A
vg. C
tv.
Avg
Cty
.
hild
ten
I I.,
no,
I nnd
et \
'-tre
et 'm
ute
6111
1: n
12 2
27 0
121
ti
M i
nnes
ota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
I.00
k21
Chi
ldre
n A
buse
dan
d N
egle
cted
Num
ber
of C
hild
ren
Abu
sed
and
Neg
lect
ed in
Min
neso
ta,
Com
pare
d to
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
Sig
nific
antly
Bet
ter
Tha
ri A
vera
ge
At o
r N
e,if
Ave
rage
Mt!"
.S
igni
fican
tly W
orse
Thd
n A
vera
ge
omits
tota
ls a
rt. p
iiIiin
inar
\tig
ures
Indi
cato
r A
naly
sis
Chi
ld a
buse
and
neg
lect
can
res
ult i
n a
lifet
ime
of p
hysi
cal,
inte
llect
ual,
beha
vior
al, a
ndem
otio
nal p
robl
ems.
You
ng a
buse
d ch
ildre
n ar
em
ore
likel
y to
be
soci
ally
with
draw
n, p
hysi
cally
aggr
essi
ve, a
nd h
ave
lear
ning
pro
blem
s. A
sad
oles
cent
s, th
ey a
re m
ore
likel
y to
be
invo
lved
in c
rime,
use
dru
gs a
nd a
lcoh
ol, o
r at
tem
pt s
ui-
cide
. In
adul
thoo
d, th
ey a
re m
ore
likel
y to
abus
e th
eir
own
child
ren
or c
ornm
it a
viol
ent
crim
e. R
esea
rch
has
show
n th
at 9
5",,
of p
rison
-er
s w
ho c
omm
itted
vio
lent
act
s an
d 70
",. o
f all
pris
oner
s w
ere
abus
ed o
r ne
glec
ted
a', c
hild
ren.
Fift
y pe
rcen
t ot t
he m
en w
ho fr
eque
ntly
ass
ault
thei
r pa
rtne
rs a
lso
abus
e th
eir
child
rtm
.C
hild
Ia.
.,use
and
neg
lect
is o
ne in
dica
tor
that
a c
ornm
unity
has
neg
lect
ed to
pro
vide
esse
ntia
l tam
ilL s
uppo
rt s
ervi
ces.
Abu
se a
ndne
glec
t are
als
o m
ore
likel
y t.
hen
a ta
mil
L ca
n-no
t mee
t its
bas
ic n
eeds
tor
tood
, she
lter.
med
-ic
al c
are.
and
clo
thin
g.F
ortu
nate
lL .
ther
e ar
e LL
avs
to r
educ
e
child
abu
se a
nd n
egle
ct. P
aren
t edu
catio
n pr
o-gr
ams
in N
linne
sota
.su
th\ll
l D a
nd F
orly
hild
hood
Fam
ily I
duta
tion.
bui
ld s
kills
.I t
ome
isiti
ng p
rogr
ams.
sut
h as
VO
L to
Cro
wan
d th
e P
ublic
I le
alth
Pro
ject
s to
Pre
vent
Chi
ldA
buse
and
Neg
lect
, pro
vide
soc
ial s
uppo
rt to
pare
nts
befo
re a
nd a
fter
the
birt
h of
thei
r ch
ild.
mer
genc
v pr
ogra
ms
such
as
cris
is n
urse
ries
pri,
Id, e
ssen
tial s
uppo
rt, L
Lta
mili
esre
sols
e th
eir
tem
pora
ry, b
ut u
rgen
t pro
blem
s.A
ddit
It m
alty
. com
preh
ensi
ve ta
mily
ser
vice
cent
ers
bein
g de
velo
ped
in m
any
Nlin
neso
tat (
imm
uniti
es c
an o
ffer
L ar
ious
ser
L ic
esth
at
!am
ities
nee
d, a
ll in
one
pla
te.
Fhe
num
be r
1su
..lst
.an.
.a.e
t. re
port
s ot
L hi
ld a
buse
and
neg
lekt
con
tinue
d to
intr
ease
inlin
nese
to h
eft\
een
19()
1 an
d 14
9. In
1 I.0
;s. r
epor
ts L
L er
e 1
ontir
med
, an
incr
ease
ol
7.6%
sin
ce 1
9'11
. I it
tv c
ount
ies
e\ p
erie
nted
reas
e in
sub
stan
tiate
d re
port
s be
t w y
en It
io2
and
1001
Chi
klie
n ot
tolo
r ar
e ov
er r
ypre
sent
-ed
M r
epor
t-. o
l abu
se a
nd n
egle
ct. c
ompr
isin
g1;
-.. o
f stii
.,-4,
Mth
itt'd
rep
orts
in I'
M'',
Cou
nty
1991
Aitk
in22
Ano
ka40
1
Bec
ker
71
Bel
tram
i90
Ben
ton
32
Big
Sto
ne13
Blu
e E
arth
188
Bro
wn
3'C
arlto
n34
Car
ver
56
Cas
s90
Chi
ppew
a41
Chi
sago
65
Chi
\10
1
(. le
arw
ater
13
Coo
kI;
Cot
tonw
ood
57
Cro
w W
ing
206
Dak
ota
585
Dod
ge21
Dou
glas
1;5
I arib
atilt
66
1-ill
mor
e30
Fre
ebor
n1(
11
Goo
dhue
85
Gra
nt2
I Ien
nepi
n3,
048
lious
ton
14
1 lu
bbar
d62
Isan
ti13
Itast
.124
lacl
o.on
12
Kan
abec
9
Kan
diyo
hi77
Kitt
son
1
Koo
chic
hing
25
I.ac
Qui
Pod
('1
1 ak
e12
1992
1993
*
1750
490
517
5310
9
109
131
3848
31 _
213
286
3235
1426
6480
8311
4
5266
4751
126
1IS
II
16
76
4327
275
260
576
588
3755
114
106
5741
3531
111)
86
8610
9
145
3,69
23,
983
3641
(th
(1i
1136
14lo
21S
1112
9270
55
1817
S'
2321
Bet
ter
Tha
nW
orse
Tha
n
Min
neso
ta 1
.6.1
s(
lose
r I
, iok
.\
22-
1..1
21-
663
kids
=M
k
toU
nty
1991
1992
1993
Lak
e of
the
Woo
ds1
198
LeS
ueur
4434
6')
Lin
coln
814
18
Lyo
n__
41..
37...
__ .
86
M.c
4f94
,11
313
2.1
29M
ahno
men
2911
23
Mar
shal
l12
1146
Mar
tin18
48
Mee
ker
1113
19
Milk
Lac
s84
7951
Mor
riso
n45
5140
Mow
er54
5458
Mur
ray
819
13
Nic
ol le
t24
914
711
8
Nob
les
4943
44
Nor
man
1013
Olm
sted
138
188
I 7
Otte
r T
ail
137
115
114
Penn
ingt
on8
.
67
Pine
1110
17
Pipe
ston
e24
65
Polk
147
150
158
Pope
2557
38
RaI
IIN
ey1.
211
1,35
91,
377
Red
1 a
ke3
"1
Red
woo
d13
1;
Ren
ville
2827
45
Ric
e23
7398
Roc
k11
7.4
41
Ros
eau
1612
17
St. 1
oui
s;r
151
I46
8
Scot
t14
0l'i
s11
8
Sher
buri
.41
48
Sibl
ey;7
4173
Stea
rns
106
126
137
Stee
le10
013
971
Stev
ens
512
5
Swif
t28
1833
Orr
kith woo
ls
Bet
ter
Tha
nW
orse
Tha
nA
vg. C
ty.
Avg
. Cty
.A
vg. C
ty.
..
..
.
r
MO
NO
Sta
tew
ide
Sta
tistic
s19
9119
9219
93
Chi
ldre
n A
buse
d an
d N
egle
cted
10,2
2411
,217
11,0
58(r
epor
ts s
ubst
antia
ted
by c
ount
y ag
enci
es)
Chi
ldre
n of
Col
or (
incl
udes
His
pani
c)3,
318
not a
vaila
ble
3,81
6
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an1,
768
2,27
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mer
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nd c
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chi
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sosu
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lifel
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disa
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like-
ly to
live
in im
pove
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deat
h an
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sabi
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corp
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year
s. H
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rate
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arr
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vio
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dat
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whi
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anke
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dren
in p
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1991
1992
1993
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Chi
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pov
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199
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& H
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f Tro
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oppi
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f sc
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com
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smal
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pop
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of $
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as th
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low
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n th
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est i
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in 1
993
wer
e se
rvic
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cal a
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tate
gov
ernm
ent,
and
reta
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urab
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man
ufac
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ng w
as th
e fa
stes
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win
g in
dust
ry, i
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ing
by 1
2% b
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and
199
3.
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ount
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ng b
ette
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an th
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erag
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unty
with
the
;lum
ber
of c
hild
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drop
ping
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of
scho
ol. T
his
coun
ty a
lso
saw
a d
ra-
mat
ic d
rop
in th
e pe
rcen
tage
of
child
ren
com
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es. A
non
goin
g tr
end
is th
e ab
ove
aver
age
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
as w
ell a
s th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
im, f
ree/
red
uced
-pri
ce s
choo
llu
nche
s. C
hild
ren
in A
itkin
Cou
nty
wer
e m
ore
likel
y to
live
in p
over
tyac
cord
ing
to th
e 19
90 c
ensu
s.
1991
1992
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in A
itkin
Cou
nty
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
763
26.2
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hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
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os e
rts
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ceiv
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(
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,,o1
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nche
.-:
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
ce-
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
506
55.2
%54
056
.5%
leen
\Iii
her,
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
32.
6%4
3.1%
Chi
ldrn
bor
n to
teen
age
mot
hers
I oss
Birt
hs. e
ight
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t6
5,"1
",2
1 .5
%
s ho
ol
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
9351
..7%
VI,
+le
nt(
rime
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
\Ste
.e. N
egle
rC
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol(s
choo
l yea
rs 1
,491
-92,
92-
93, 9
3-94
)19
2. 1
",,
141.
4%
Vio
len)
I )e
alli
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e2
50M
"3
21.4
%
M.(
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
seC
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
2217
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
1
TvO
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
1993
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
12.4
%
500
10.9
%12
5,26
010
.7%
1,08
346
.6%
224,
860
27.6
%
64.
5%1,
958
3.05
.
64
.5%
3,32
05.
1%
27,1
72
1312
,387
3.4%
214
.3",
1,76
725
.9%
5(1
11,8
71
120
4
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ren'
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tree
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20
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ds
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kaD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
245,
609
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
74,5
28
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an75
5
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n77
1
Asi
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ther
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pani
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Chi
ldre
n un
der
6C
hild
ren
in s
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rent
hom
esM
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
I 4.
9%$4
2,93
1
Mea
surin
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e W
ell-B
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of C
hild
ren
in A
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nty
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tv 1(.."
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Mot
her,
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kids
Bet
ter
Ave
rdqc
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Ano
ka C
ount
y is
par
t of
the
nort
hern
sec
tion
of th
e M
inne
apol
is-
St. P
aul M
etro
polit
an S
tatis
tical
Are
a. T
his
coun
ty is
the
four
th la
rges
t in
Min
neso
ta. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in th
e co
unty
wer
e du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng, s
ervi
ces,
and
sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
nmen
t. C
onst
ruct
ion
was
the
fast
est g
row
ing
indu
stry
in 1
993,
incr
easi
ng b
y 13
%. A
noka
had
a pe
r ca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
18,5
56, t
he tw
elft
hhi
ghes
t in
the
stat
e.
Ano
ka C
ount
y ex
peri
.:nce
d a
slig
ht d
ecre
ase
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
low
wei
ght b
irth
s as
wel
l as
the
num
ber
of te
enag
e bi
rths
. Ano
ka C
ount
yre
mai
ns ju
st b
elow
the
stat
e av
erag
es in
mos
t ind
icat
ors
exce
pt f
or c
hil-
dren
com
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es. T
he r
ate
of v
iole
nt c
rim
es c
omm
itted
by
child
ren
rem
ains
sig
nifi
cant
ly h
ighe
r th
an th
e st
ate
aver
age.
1991
1992
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
1993
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)5,
324
7.3%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C4,
528
6.1"
,,4,
963
6.7%
3,11
26.
9",;,
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)8,
416
15.8
".,,
9,39
717
.1'!i
,10
,599
18.9
"..
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
104
2 -I
".92
2.2"
;.96
2.2%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t20
84.
8"0
198
4.8"
..18
74.
3".
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
21,
793
3 7"
"
Sig
ns id
Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)59
32.
6".,
714
3.0M
,79
3.3
.2%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e10
439
.7"
113
39.6
%10
438
.4%
,
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed40
149
051
7
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
713
12
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
12.4
%
125,
260
10.7
%
224,
860
27.6
".
1,95
8.3
.0%
3,32
05.
1%
27,1
7239
.3%
12,3
87.3
.4%
1,76
725
.9%
11,8
71 204
Poen
., I
mid
ol
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11<
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551
111;
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1,1
21
76M
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Kid
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ser
Loo
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77
29
m3
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
a
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n27
,977
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
8,08
3A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
0
Anw
rica
n In
dian
789
Asi
an18
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erH
ispa
nic
49C
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ren
unde
r 6
2,51
8C
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ren
in s
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rent
hom
esM
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$24,
994
Mea
surin
g th
e W
e/I-
Bei
ng o
f Chi
ldre
nin
Bec
ker
Cou
nty
In P
o vr
tv
AM
(
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hoot
Lun
t he,
et.n
Mot
her.
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., V
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ath
Bet
tr.r
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Bec
ker
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
nor
thw
este
rn M
inne
sota
and
is th
etw
enty
-thi
rd la
rges
t cou
nty
in th
e st
ate.
A p
ortio
n of
the
Whi
te E
arth
Indi
an R
eser
vatio
n is
loca
ted
in th
e co
unty
. In
1993
, Bec
ker
had
a pe
rca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
14,3
85, w
hich
was
the
seve
ntee
nth
low
est i
nth
ele
cker
Cou
nty'
s la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993
wer
e se
rvic
es, s
tate
and
loc.
over
nmen
t, an
d re
tail.
Dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
in-
crea
sed
.:nos
t 23%
bet
wee
n 19
92 a
nd 1
993
and
was
the
fast
est g
row
ing
indu
stry
.
Bec
ker
Cou
nty
boas
ts r
ates
wel
l und
er th
e st
ate
aver
ages
in b
oth
child
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol a
nd c
hild
ren
com
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es.
The
per
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g fr
ee/r
educ
ed-p
rice
sch
ool l
unch
rem
aine
d w
ell a
bove
ave
rage
. The
chi
ldre
n in
Bec
ker
Cou
nty
wer
e al
som
ore
likel
y to
live
in p
over
ty a
ccor
ding
to th
e 19
90 c
ensu
s.
1991
1,82
72.
3.0%
1992
Fam
ily. E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C1,
189
14.7
%1,
201
14.9
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)2,
004
39.3
%2,
108
41.8
%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n ho
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
1918
5.1%
Chi
ldre
n ho
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t17
4.1%
174.
8%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edag
e 2
(199
2-93
)15
538
5%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vitd
ent c
rim
e
31
212
.5%
401.
8%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed71
53
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
2
1993
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
12.4
%
1,11
61.
3.8%
125,
260
10.7
%
2,10
541
.5",
224,
860
27.6
%
195.
4%1,
958
3.0,
,
185.
1%3,
320
5.1%
27,1
72.3
9.3%
321.
4%12
,387
3.4%
211
.8%
1,76
725
.9%
I 09
11,8
71 204
30M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
kC
hild
ren'
s Pe
tens
e Fu
nd o
f M
N, 5
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Ric
e St
reet
, Sui
te 2
05, S
t Pau
l, M
N 5
;103
: 612
/227
.612
1
'19
Bel
tram
iD
emog
raph
ics
(199
01T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
34,5
54N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n10
,227
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an56
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n2,
484
Asi
an70
Oth
erH
ispa
nic
116
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
506
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
12.7
%
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e81
5,13
3
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in B
eltr
ami C
ount
y
In l'
oxer
tv
110,
711
1.1I
lt
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thr.
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. Iin
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,..1,
7 7,
1100
1
toin
r cr
im,
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717.
1111
1c.1
111
kids
131.
.trr.
iA
ver
,rtje
Wor
st.
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Bel
tram
i Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
nor
th c
entr
al M
inne
sota
. The
Red
Lak
e In
dian
Res
erva
tion
is lo
cate
d in
the
coun
ty. I
n 19
93, B
eltr
ami h
ad a
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$14
,198
, the
twel
fth
low
est i
n M
inne
sota
.St
ate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
serv
ices
, and
ret
ail w
ere
the
larg
est i
ndus
-tr
ies.
The
fas
test
gro
win
g in
dust
ry w
as d
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
turi
ng,
whi
ch in
crea
sed
by a
lmos
t 15%
bet
wee
n 19
92 a
nd 1
993.
The
rat
e of
vio
lent
cri
mes
and
the
rate
of
child
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol r
emai
n be
low
the
stat
e av
erag
e. T
he in
crea
sed
num
ber
of c
hil-
dren
rec
eivi
ng A
FDC
and
fre
e or
red
uced
-pri
ce s
choo
l lun
ches
is in
dica
-tiv
e of
the
extr
emel
y hi
gh r
ate
of c
hild
ren
in p
over
ty in
the
coun
ty. O
fgr
eat c
once
rn f
or B
eltr
ami C
ount
y is
the
incr
ease
in r
epor
ted
case
s of
child
abu
se a
nd n
egle
ct.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)2,
791
28.2
",14
2,20
212
.4%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C2,
455
24.0
",2,
657
26.0
".2,
716
26.6
",,
125,
260
10.7
",,
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
ce1,
942
36.3
0,3,
229
38.6
",3,
572
42.1
"22
4,86
027
.6%
,:cho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
22.3
.5"
325.
5"22
4.2"
,1,
958
.3.0
%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t23
3.6%
284.
9".
346.
4"3.
320
5.1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1993
)23
644
.6".
27,1
72.3
9.3"
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng O
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
.3-9
4)74
2.3%
113
.3.2
",.
752.
0"0
12 3
873.
4%
Chi
ldre
n ar
resw
d fo
r vi
olen
t cri
me
12.3
0.0"
1015
2%
1120
8"
1,76
725
q"
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed10
913
111
,871
Chi
ld d
ying
vio
lent
ly2
220
4
1111
111
01\
'777
110
:17'
7. S
I Pan
t. M
N 5
5111
1, 6
12 /
227
6121
-31
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
'11
Ben
ton
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n30
,307
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
9,07
8A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
64A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
87A
sian
59O
ther
5
His
pani
c36
Chi
ldre
n un
der
63,
115
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
14.2
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$31,
942
Ben
ton
Cou
nty
is a
mod
erat
e-si
zed
coun
ty in
cen
tral
Min
neso
ta. I
tis
par
t of
the
St. C
loud
Met
ropo
litan
Sta
tistic
al A
rea.
Its
per
cap
ita p
er-
sona
l inc
ome
of $
15,9
15 is
clo
se to
The
sta
te a
vera
ge a
nd in
crea
sed
alm
ost 4
% f
rom
199
2 to
199
3. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993
in B
ento
nC
ount
y w
ere
non-
dura
ble
good
s m
anuf
actu
ring
, ser
vice
s, r
etai
l, an
ddu
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng, w
hich
incr
ease
d ov
er 1
6% f
rom
199
2.
The
teen
age
birt
h ra
te in
Ben
ton
Cou
nty
is w
ell b
elow
the
stat
eav
erag
e. T
he m
ajor
ity o
f ch
ildre
n in
Ben
ton
Cou
nty
stay
in s
choo
l.A
lthou
gh th
e sc
hool
dro
pout
rat
e w
as s
till b
elow
the
stat
e av
erag
e, th
ein
crea
se o
ver
the
past
two
year
s is
sig
nifi
cant
. In
addi
tion,
the
num
ber
ofvi
olen
t cri
mes
com
mitt
ed b
y ch
ildre
n co
ntin
ued
to in
crea
se.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Sta
te
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in B
ento
n C
ount
yF
amily
Eco
nom
ics
940
10.5
"14
2,20
212
.4".
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hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
In R
es e
rty
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C64
77.
1%66
67.
3%68
27.
5%12
5,26
010
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C
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I u
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Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)1,
182
23.4
".1,
245
22.9
".1,
326
23.8
".22
4,86
027
.6%
leen
\aet
her'.
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
4R
S"
121,
958
3.0"
I,I
ow B
irth
s. e
ight
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t25
4.8"
.26
5. I
",.
316.
b"
033
205.
1%Im
inun
uatto
n,C
hild
ren
who
wer
e no
t ful
ly im
mun
i/ed
by a
ge 2
(19
92-9
3)16
429
.5".
27,1
7239
3%
I C
all'
St'h
oOl
\ lid
era
I. 1
1111
CS
igns
of T
roub
le
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut.1
sch
ool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)7
180.
8".
130.
(,",
,12
,387
3.4%
\ ',f
lew
Iat
liC
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
212
5"9
50.0
",,
844
.4".
1,76
725
.9%
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
seC
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
5238
4811
,871
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ld d
ying
vio
lent
ly3
01
2114
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neso
ta K
ids:
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lose
r L
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8 41
Chi
ldre
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se I
kin
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Ric
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N 5
5103
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+12
1
83
Mir
kids
Big
Sto
neD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
6,31
1
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
1,64
2
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an0
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n15
Asi
an15
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er0
His
pani
c17
Chi
ldre
n un
der
651
6
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$2
3,89
3
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in B
ig S
tone
Cou
nty
In P
o%(T
R IX.
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ooi I
umhe
-.
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ight
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um/M
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IV
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ent C
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t
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111
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tli
Mir
kids
IMM
O
fiettc
rA
vera
geW
orse
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Big
Sto
ne C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in w
est c
entr
al M
inne
sota
on
the
Sout
hD
akot
a bo
rder
. It i
s th
e se
vent
h sm
alle
st c
ount
y in
the
stat
e. I
n 19
93, B
igSt
one
had
a pe
r ca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
14,3
36. T
his
inco
me
rank
edfo
urte
enth
low
est i
n th
e st
ate,
and
dro
pped
ove
r 11
% b
etw
een
1992
and
1993
. The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
stat
e an
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t,se
rvic
es, a
nd r
etai
l tra
de.
Ove
rall,
chi
ldre
n ap
pear
to b
e do
ing
wel
l in
Big
Sto
ne C
ount
y. B
igSt
one
Cou
nty
had
no c
hild
ren
com
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es f
or a
ll th
ree
year
s. I
n 19
92, v
irtu
ally
all
the
child
ren
in B
ig S
tone
Cou
nty
wer
e up
toda
te o
n im
mun
izat
ions
. How
ever
, 18.
6% o
f th
e ch
nk;r
en li
ved
in p
over
tyac
cord
ing
to th
e 19
90 c
ensu
s, w
hich
is a
bove
the
stat
e av
erag
e of
12,
4"...
The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
incr
ease
d in
199
3.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)29
318
.b".
.14
2,20
212
.4"0
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C10
76.
5",,
102
o.2"
..12
17.
4%12
5,26
010
.7%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)61
146
.6".
657
49.3
",,
662
224,
860
27.b
"...
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
I1.
7".
1,95
8.3
.0",
,
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t3
4.3"
03,
320
.5.1
",,
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
mit
fully
imm
uni/e
dby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
SI
38.3
",,
27,1
7239
..3",
,
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
5",,
40.
7".
12,3
87.3
.4",
,
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e0
00
1,76
725
.9";
,
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed13
'11
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Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
00
204
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74,1
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A
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Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
33
Blu
e E
arth
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n54
,570
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
12,3
75A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
33
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n25
Asi
an20
1
Oth
er12
0
His
pani
c20
2
Chi
ldre
n un
der
64,
213
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
15.2
",.
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
eS3
2,55
0
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in B
lue
Ear
th C
ount
y
In l'
o% e
rn.
Scho
ol L
UE
liht..
.
I Y
en N
loth
yi.
1 ow
Bir
thw
eigh
t
Imm
uni/a
tion.
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hool
Vio
lent
Cnn
w
\ vgl
el t
lole
nt I
/ea
ill
Bet
ty,
Avv
rago
Nor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
1111
1Fri
n'n
esot
aK
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
Blu
e E
arth
Cou
nty,
the
twel
fth
larg
est c
ount
y in
Min
neso
ta, i
slo
cate
d in
sou
th c
entr
al M
inne
sota
. Its
per
cap
ita p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$17,
517
was
the
nine
teen
th h
ighe
st in
the
stat
e. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in19
93 w
ere
serv
ices
sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, an
d re
tail
trad
e. T
heco
nstr
uctio
n in
dust
ry w
as th
e fa
stes
t gro
win
g in
dust
ry, i
ncre
asin
g by
13"/
o be
twee
n 19
92 a
nd 1
993.
Blu
e E
arth
Cou
nty
cont
inue
d to
hav
e be
low
-ave
rage
pro
blem
s on
econ
omic
and
hea
lth in
dica
tors
. Are
as o
f co
ncer
n in
clud
e a
shar
pin
crea
se in
the
num
ber
of v
iole
nt c
rim
es c
omm
itted
by
child
ren.
The
rew
ere
also
alm
ost 1
00 a
dditi
onal
rep
orte
d ca
ses
of a
buse
and
neg
lect
in19
93, a
s co
mpa
red
to 1
991.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)1,
793
14.8
".14
2,20
212
.4%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C1,
114
9.0"
.1,
194
9.6"
.1,
129
9.1%
125,
260
10.7
%
Chi
ldre
,i re
ceiv
ing
free
/ red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)2,
361
22.6
%2,
522
23.9
"2,
612
23.
224,
860
27.6
%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
142.
3%7
1.2%
142.
2%1,
958
3.0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t19
3.1"
.19
3.2"
233.
7"3,
320
5.1"
!,,
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
e.g
e 2
(199
2-93
)18
721
.0%
27,1
7239
.3%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)10
42.
5"12
89"
127
2.7%
12,3
873.
4"
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e2
4.2"
..8
9"15
27 8
%1,
767
25.9
"
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed18
821
528
611
.871
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
15
204
Chi
ldre
n', D
elen
i.e F
und
ol M
N, S
CO
Ric
eai
te 2
05, S
t Pau
l. M
N 5
5101
; 612
/227
-612
1
87
Bro
wn
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n27
,120
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
7,43
9
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an4
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n11
Asi
an76
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erH
ispa
nic
93
Chi
ldre
n un
der
6C
hild
ren
in s
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e pa
rent
hom
esM
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
530,
681
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in B
row
n C
ount
y
In N
s cr
ls
hool
1 u
nt
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low
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tlItt.
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Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Bro
wn
Cou
nty
is a
mod
erat
e-si
zed
coun
ty lo
cate
d al
ong
the
Min
neso
ta R
iver
in th
e so
uthw
este
rn p
ortio
n of
the
stat
e. B
row
n C
ount
yha
d a
1993
per
cap
ita p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$17
,377
, whi
ch r
anke
d tw
enti-
eth
in th
e st
ate.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s w
ere
serv
ices
, non
-dur
able
goo
dsm
anuf
actu
ring
, and
dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
. Tra
nspo
rtat
ion
and
publ
ic u
tiliti
es w
ere
the
fast
est g
row
ing
indu
stri
es a
nd in
crea
sed
by 1
3%be
twee
n 19
92 a
nd 1
993.
Bro
wn
Cou
nty
repo
rts
one
of th
e lo
wes
t pov
erty
rat
es in
the
stat
e.T
he n
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C r
emai
ned
cons
iste
ntly
low
ove
rth
e re
port
ed th
ree-
year
per
iod.
The
199
3 pe
rcen
tage
of
child
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t has
bee
n re
duce
d by
alm
ost 5
0% a
nd is
now
belo
w th
e st
ate
aver
age.
Ove
rall,
tren
ds in
Bro
wn
Cou
nty
rem
aine
dst
eady
.
1991
1992
Fam
ily E
cono
mid
s
1993
1993
Stat
e
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)63
08.
5".
142,
202
12.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C30
74.
1%33
84.
8".
360
4.8%
125,
260
10.7
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)1,
305
21.8
%1.
354
22.3
".,
1,43
42.
3.2"
.22
4,86
027
.6"
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n ho
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
82
3".
41.
2".
61.
7"1,
938
3.0"
,
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t23
144.
1",,
12.3
.4",
3,32
05
I%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho W
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
l)92
-93)
133
29.0
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,172
39.3
"
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
year
; 199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)29
I1"
..26
I.3
'!,.
3112
,387
3.4"
,
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed to
r vi
olen
t cri
me
211
3".
17.
1".
1,7o
725
9".
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed12
3211
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ldre
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Tot
al p
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rent
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n fa
mily
inco
me
29,3
388,
245 10
494 61 3 16
1,46
318
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$30,
208
Car
lton
Cou
nty
is a
mid
-siz
ed c
ount
y lo
cate
d in
nor
thw
este
rnM
inne
sota
on
the
shor
e of
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e Su
peri
or. I
t inc
lude
s pa
rt o
f th
e Fo
nd d
u L
acIn
dian
Res
erva
tion.
In
1993
, Car
lton
had
a pe
r ca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of$1
5,84
5, w
hich
ran
ked
fort
y-se
vent
h am
ong
Min
neso
ta c
ount
ies.
Inc
ome
incr
ease
d by
4%
fro
m 1
992
to 1
993.
Non
-dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
, sta
tean
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, an
d se
rvic
es w
ere
the
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s rh
e fa
stes
tgr
owin
g in
dust
ry w
as c
onst
ruct
ion,
whi
ch in
crea
sed
by 6
5% b
etw
een
1992
and
1993
.
The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
in C
arlto
n C
ount
y re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C d
ecre
ased
slig
htly
. Car
lton
Cou
nty
repo
rted
a s
igni
fica
nt d
ecre
ase
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
child
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol, r
each
ing
a le
vel w
ell b
elow
the
stat
e av
er-
age.
Con
cern
s in
clud
e an
incr
ease
d nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
aged
mot
hers
, as
wel
l as
an in
crea
se in
the
perc
enta
ge o
f ch
ildre
n bo
rn w
ith lo
wbi
rth
wei
ghts
.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in C
arlto
n C
ount
y
In I
'pv
ertv
S,ho
ol I
It
Tee
n \
I t+
1,.
1111
11m
m/d
1 Io
w.
Ica
t ,11
144
Crim
e
:Mum
.
loIc
nt I
leat
h
Vel
Avc
r,ig
eW
orce
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
121:
11=
7111
1111
1111
1111
1111
111
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)1,
225
15.7
%14
2,20
212
.4"b
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C87
510
.6",
918
11.1
%86
510
.5%
125,
260
10.7
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)2,
029
.30.
8",
2,06
530
_7%
,2,
090
30.8
%22
4,86
027
.6%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
di H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
92.
6"0
174.
0"..
171,
958
3.0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t10
2.9"
193.
2%17
5.2%
3,32
05.
1";,
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uni/e
dby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
216
41.2
%27
,172
.39.
3%
-,S
Igns
of T
roub
le
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)10
13.
4%74
2.4%
"33
1.7%
12,3
873.
4"0
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed to
r vi
olen
t cri
me
520
.0%
1244
.4"0
1,76
725
.9%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
inle
cted
3414
2611
,871
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
31
220
4
36M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
k
3 o
al41
=1.
.
I.hu
ldre
n",1
)ete
n,e
Fund
ot M
N, 5
c0 f
Zuc
e cq
reet
, 'm
ine
205.
S1
Paul
. MN
s';1
0"3:
b12
/227
-612
1
9
NW
.kW (C
ount
Car
ver
Dem
ogra
phic
s )1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n48
,116
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
14,4
98
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an30
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n34
Asi
an16
8
'40t
her
20H
ispa
nic
75
Chi
ldre
n un
der
63,
362
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
9.8%
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$4
3,35
4
Car
ver
Cou
nty,
the
elev
enth
larg
est c
ount
y in
the
stat
e, is
loca
ted
on th
e w
este
rn e
dge
of th
e M
inne
apol
is-S
t. Pa
ul M
etro
polit
an S
tatis
tical
Are
a. I
n 19
93, C
arve
r ha
d th
e si
xth
high
est p
er c
apita
per
sona
l inc
ome
inth
e st
ate:
$22
,218
. The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
dura
ble
good
sm
anuf
actu
ring
, non
-dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
, and
ser
vice
s. T
hese
rvic
es in
dust
ry w
as th
e fa
stes
t gro
win
g, in
crea
sing
by
22%
fro
m 1
992
to 1
993. C
hild
ren
livin
g in
Car
ver
Cou
nty
wer
e le
ast l
ikel
y to
live
in p
over
-ty
of
any
child
ren
in th
e st
ate.
The
cou
nty
had
a po
vert
y ra
te w
ell b
elow
the
stat
e av
erag
e. O
nly
13%
of
the
child
ren
rece
ived
a f
ree
or r
educ
ed-
pric
e lu
nch
in 1
993.
The
num
ber
of te
enag
e bi
rths
dro
pped
bv
alm
ost
50%
fro
m 1
991
to 1
993.
An
area
of
conc
ern
is th
e in
crea
se in
chi
ldre
nco
mm
ittin
g vi
olen
t cri
mes
.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
sunn
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in C
arve
r C
ount
y
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
699
4 9"
142,
202
12.4
"i,
hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
In I
.t vr
tyC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
373
2. b
"41
42.
9".
384
2.6"
.12
5,26
010
.7%
1 pc
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
,' re
duce
d-pr
ice
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
1.02
';11
.6"
1,23
312
.9%
1,27
711
.9%
224,
860
27.6
",
Scht
to; 1
otic
he:
wre
n C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
It..e
n
ott.
litrt
hsvv
ight
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
14L
b".
80.
9',
80.
9".
1,95
83.
0"
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t33
3.7"
tt38
4..3
"34
3 0"
3.32
0
Imm
tmlia
ttott,
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imnu
mile
dby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
273
.34
27,1
7239
.3".
I ea
t t/1
0,1
\-10
1,..n
t II
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
tC
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol22
76.
5"..
177
4 7"
411.
0%12
,387
3.4"
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
310
.3".
,21
/2.9
%17
,30
.0%
1,76
726
q%
Bet
ter
Ave
r.tq
cW
orst
.C
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
8011
,871
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
vil d
vn t
ly20
4
Wrr
kids
....1
1.1
.1,
(on
'ttl)
ot n
-el L
ind
of \P
s. S
50 k
m' `
,tler
t. 51
.ntt
2i1,
tit
Paul
, \ I
N r
a,do
l; 01
2, 2
27.0
1-21
92
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
37
Cas
sD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
21,8
80N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n5,
954
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an18
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n1,
073
Asi
an37
Oth
er7
His
pani
c44
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
920
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$2
2,02
2
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in C
ass
Cou
nty
\ ,.,,
11.
Is.
rW
or s
l
Cor
opar
ed to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Cas
s C
ount
y is
a m
oder
ate-
size
d co
unty
loca
ted
in n
orth
cen
tral
Min
neso
ta. P
art o
f th
e L
eech
Lak
e In
dian
Res
erva
tion
is w
ithin
the
coun
-ty
's b
orde
rs. C
ass
Cou
nty'
s pe
r ca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
14,6
55 w
asth
e ei
ghte
enth
low
est i
n th
e st
ate.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
serv
ices
, sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, an
d re
tail.
The
fas
test
gro
win
g w
asse
rvic
es, w
hich
incr
ease
d by
30"
k fr
om 1
992.
The
num
ber
of te
enag
e bi
rths
in C
ass
Cou
nty
impr
oved
to a
rat
eju
st s
light
ly a
bove
the
stat
e av
erag
e. T
he c
ount
y ha
d a
decr
ease
in th
enu
mbe
r of
vio
lent
cri
mes
com
mitt
ed b
y ch
ildre
n. C
ass
Cou
nty
had
one
of th
e hi
ghes
t rat
es o
f ch
ildre
n liv
ing
in p
over
ty in
the
stat
e of
Min
neso
ta. O
ne o
ut o
f ev
ery
thre
e ch
ildre
n is
poo
r ac
cord
ing
to th
e 19
90ce
nsus
. AFD
C r
ates
rem
aine
d tw
ice
as h
igh
as th
e st
ate
aver
age.
1991
1,72
119
.5%
1.10
019
5
1992
116
210
5",
,
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(10
90 c
ensu
s)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
: red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-42
, 92-
03, 9
3-04
)2.
401
53.3
",1;
0151
.5%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t
10 lii
310
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not h
illy
imm
uni/e
dby
age
2 1
1092
-93)
154
41 3
".
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
19(
41.0
2, 5
12-0
3. 0
5-04
)
hild
ren
arre
sted
tor
N. i
olun
t cri
me
IllS
/- .1
110
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed91
)55
Chi
ldre
n L
ivin
g vi
ol(n
tly
1993
1.10
420
1"
2,71
(13e
.e".
.
103.
5"..
Ise
128
e
I2
1".
114 4
1993
Stat
e
142.
202
12.4
"i,
125,
26(1
10.7
".
224.
860
27. 0
".,
1,93
83.
0"
3.32
03.
1".,.
27,1
7239
.3%
Nlin
nuso
ta K
iLk:
A C
lose
r L
ook
9 e
12.3
57
1.70
725
q"
11.5
71 204
I1,
11,1
iN
i:-.1
1,.,
I:-
.111
1011
\ \-.
1111
. 612
22:
- 4,
121
9t)
Wrr
kids
min
nese
le
Chi
ppew
aD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
13,3
16N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n3,
576
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an17
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n16
Asi
an11
Oth
er11
His
pani
c47
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
087
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
12.3
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$27,
361
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in C
hipp
ewa
Cou
nty
In P
ot e
rt,
Ai-p
c
Cch
ool I
und
k,
Tee
n M
otlw
r,
I ow
Ihrt
hwog
ht
Inun
uniz
atto
n.
I.ea%
e s
choo
l
Vio
lent
C r
une
Abu
,e 'N
egIe
t t
Vio
lent
Dea
th
F3et
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
te
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ppew
a C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in w
est c
entr
al M
inne
sota
alo
ng th
eM
inne
sota
Riv
er. I
t is
rank
ed s
ixtie
th in
pop
ulat
ion
amon
g co
untie
s. D
urin
gth
e su
mm
er m
onth
s, th
e co
unty
's p
opul
atio
n in
clud
es m
igra
nt f
arm
wor
kers
and
thei
r ch
ildre
n. I
n 19
93, C
hipp
ewa
had
a pe
r ca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of$1
6,06
3, c
lose
to th
e av
erag
e M
inne
sota
cou
nty.
Thi
s w
as a
n al
mos
t 6%
decr
ease
fro
m 1
q92.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s w
ere
dura
ble
good
s m
anuf
actu
r-in
g, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
and
serv
ices
. Dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
was
the
fast
est g
row
ing
indu
stry
, inc
reas
ing
by a
lmos
t 22%
fro
m 1
992
to19
93.
Chi
ppew
a C
ount
y re
port
ed n
o vi
olen
t cri
mes
bei
ng c
omm
itted
by
child
ren
in 1
993
as w
ell a
s no
chi
ld d
eath
s in
199
3. T
his
coun
ty c
ontin
ued
atr
end
of b
ette
r th
an th
e st
ate
aver
age
for
man
y in
dica
tors
. Are
as o
f co
ncer
nin
clud
e th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
and
an
incr
ease
dnu
mbe
r of
rep
orte
d ca
ses
of c
hild
abu
se a
nd n
egle
ct.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)53
615
.1%
142,
202
12.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C22
36.
2%24
97.
0%25
27.
0PA
i12
5,26
010
.7%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/ red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)69
328
.3%
734
29.3
%73
929
.5%
224,
860
27.6
%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
02
1.2%
,3
2.0%
1,95
83.
0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t5
3.4%
84.
9".;.
5.3
.3%
3,32
05.
1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
5738
.8%
27,1
7239
.3%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)19
Lb%
302.
4%34
2.7%
12,3
873.
4'!i
.
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e1
14.3
%0
(11,
767
25.9
".
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed41
5266
11,8
71
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
020
4
De1
ense
Iun
d ot
\IN
, ;50
Kke
Str
eet.
Sui
te2(
0, (
4. P
aul,
SIN
Yi1
03, 6
12/2
27-6
121
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
39
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n30
,628
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
9,42
8A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
23A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
60A
sian
48O
ther
His
pani
c58
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
062
Chi
ldro
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
12.I
",,
Nle
dian
fam
ily in
com
e$3
5,11
9
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in C
hisa
go C
ount
y
fic.,.
!A
vcr
i,ji
Wor
s()
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
sago
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
eas
t cen
tral
Min
neso
ta o
n th
eW
isco
nsin
bor
der
and
is p
art o
f th
e no
rthe
rn e
dge
of th
e M
inne
apol
is-S
t.Pa
ul M
etro
polit
an S
tatis
tical
Are
a. I
ts p
opul
atio
n ra
nked
twen
ty-f
ourt
hin
the
stat
e. I
n 19
93, C
hisa
go h
ad a
per
cap
ita p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$16
,802
whi
ch w
as th
e tw
enty
-six
th h
ighe
st in
the
stat
e. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
inth
e co
unty
wer
e se
rvic
es, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
and
reta
il, w
hich
incr
ease
d al
mos
t 23%
fro
m 1
992
to 1
993.
Chi
sago
Cou
nty.
decr
ease
d th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
fsc
hool
ove
r th
e pa
st th
ree
year
s to
a le
vel w
ell b
elow
the
stat
e av
erag
e.C
hild
ren
in th
is c
ount
s' a
re le
ss li
kely
to li
ve in
pov
erty
than
the
aver
age
coun
ty. O
ne p
robl
em is
the
sign
ific
ant i
ncre
ase
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
vio
lent
crim
es c
omm
itted
by
child
ren.
Ano
ther
are
a fo
r co
ncer
n is
the
num
ber
of c
hild
dea
ths.
1991
1992
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
( 1
990
cen
sus)
87,9
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C57
9
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93. 9
3-94
)
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
1371
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
10
(.hi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t21
hild
ren
who
wer
e no
t ful
ly im
mun
ized
by a
ge 2
(19
92-9
3)
11=
=11
1111
1111
111/
1111
1111
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
t sch
ool
121
hoe!
yea
rs 1
991-
02, 9
2-91
, 93-
04)
1. h
ildre
n ar
rest
ed to
rio
lent
t ri
mt
1
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
hild
ren
dyin
g vi
olen
tly
40N
lim
b:m
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ids:
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1993
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4.4"
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4.2".
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231
10.5
%
4.3'
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6
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I",
477,
1
4
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
125.
2:-.
0
12.4
".
224,
ti60
1.93
8
3,32
0
27.1
72
2o"
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.,
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39.3
%
12.1
871.
4".
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(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
51,4
02N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n12
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ican
-Am
eric
an34
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eric
an I
ndia
n27
9A
sian
107
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er35
7H
ispa
nic
507
Chi
ldre
n un
der
64,
285
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
15.8
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mily
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me
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kids
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ter
Ave
r,iri
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Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Cla
y C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in n
orth
wes
tern
Min
neso
ta o
n th
e N
orth
Dak
ota
bord
er. I
t is
part
of
the
Farg
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ead
Met
ropo
litan
Sta
tistic
alA
rea
and
is th
e fo
urte
enth
larg
est c
ount
y in
Min
neso
ta. C
lay
Cou
nty'
s po
pu-
latio
n du
ring
the
sum
mer
mon
ths
incl
udes
mig
rant
far
mw
orke
rs a
nd th
eir
child
ren.
In
1993
, Cla
v C
ount
y ha
d a
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$15
,280
,w
hich
ran
ked
fift
y-se
vent
h am
ong
Min
neso
ta c
ount
ies.
The
larg
est i
ndus
-tr
ies
wer
e st
ate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
serv
ices
, and
ret
ail.
Who
lesa
le tr
ade
incr
ease
d by
alm
ost 2
0% b
etw
een
1992
and
199
3.
Cla
y C
ount
y ex
peri
ence
d a
low
er n
umbe
r of
chi
ld d
eath
s in
199
3 th
anin
199
1. O
vera
ll, th
e co
unty
rem
ains
clo
se to
the
stat
e av
erag
e fo
r al
l ind
ica-
tors
with
the
exce
ptio
n of
imm
uniz
atio
ns. A
lmos
t 52%
of
child
ren
wer
e no
tfu
lly im
mun
ized
by
age
two,
a r
ate
sign
ific
antly
hig
her
than
the
stat
e av
er-
age.
Ano
ther
are
a of
con
cern
is th
e nu
mbe
r of
vio
lent
cri
mes
com
mitt
ed b
ych
ildre
n. B
etw
een
1991
and
199
2, th
is n
umbe
r do
uble
d. 1991
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
1,80
814
.5".
1,76
513
.9",
2,41
318
.1",
,
233.
5"i,
304.
b".
48 5W
q"
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
9(1
cens
us)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
; red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uni z
e d
by a
ge 2
(19
92-9
3)
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
eaN
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
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ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or \
iole
nt c
iiM
C
child
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
101
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
2
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
124"
.,
1,94
615
.4".
2,11
01b
.7".
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5,26
010
.7%
2,53
329
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2,67
630
.2".
224,
860
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0
182.
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,,1.
958
3.0"
.,
353.
2%,
395.
9".
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371
51.9
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387
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270
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ter
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se
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the
Ave
rage
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nty
1993
1011
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sota
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s: A
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k
Cle
arw
ater
Cou
nty,
in n
orth
wes
tern
Min
neso
ta, i
s th
e tw
elft
h sm
alle
stco
unty
in th
e st
ate.
Por
tions
of
the
Red
Lak
e In
dian
Res
erva
tion
are
loca
ted
with
-in
the
coun
ty. T
he c
ount
y's
1993
per
cap
ita p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$12
,850
was
the
thir
d lo
wes
t in
Min
neso
ta. S
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
serv
ices
, and
con
stru
ctio
nw
ere
the
coun
ty's
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3. T
he f
aste
st g
row
ing
indu
stry
was
dura
ble
good
s m
anuf
actu
ring
, whi
ch in
crea
sed
23%
fro
m 1
992
to 1
993.
Thi
s co
unty
ach
ieve
d a
dram
atic
dec
reas
e in
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
drop
-pi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
. A d
rop
from
3.4
% in
199
1 to
.7%
in 1
993
puts
them
wel
l bel
owth
e st
ate
aver
age
and
is o
ne o
f th
e lo
wes
t dro
pout
rat
es in
the
stat
e. A
noth
er p
os-
itive
indi
cato
r is
the
low
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
com
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es. A
reas
of
conc
ern
incl
ude
the
fact
that
one
out
of
thre
e ch
ildre
n in
Cle
arw
ater
Cou
nty
lived
in p
over
ty a
ccor
ding
to th
e 19
90 c
ensu
s. H
owev
er, t
he c
ount
y ex
peri
ence
d a
redu
ctio
n in
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
bet
wee
n 19
91 a
nd 1
993.
Ano
ther
are
a fo
r co
ncer
n is
the
high
rat
e of
chi
ldre
n w
ho a
re n
ot im
mun
ized
by
age
two.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)71
730
.0%
142,
202
12.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C41
016
.9%
419
17.3
%35
414
.6%
125,
260
10.7
%,
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)82
445
.2%
858
47.0
%91
149
.9%
224,
860
27.6
%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
44
4.7%
44.
05..
1,95
83.
0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t5
4.1%
,1
66.
0%3,
320
5.1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
19)2
-93)
7048
.6",
,27
,172
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
('hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol(s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-)3
, 93-
94)
283.
4%25
3.0%
60
7"..
12,3
873.
4%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e0
111
.1%
1,76
725
.9%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed13
1 I
1611
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ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
21
204
102
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ldre
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121
103
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kids
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raph
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(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
3,87
3N
umbe
r of
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ldre
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ian
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ily in
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9
Coo
k C
ount
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cou
nty
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inne
sota
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s lo
cate
d in
the
Arr
owhe
ad R
egio
n of
nor
thea
ster
n M
inne
sota
bor
deri
ng C
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rior
. The
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nd P
orta
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ndia
n R
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vatio
n is
loca
ted
inth
e co
unty
. Its
per
cap
ita p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$18
,911
is th
e ni
nth
high
est
in M
inne
sota
. The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
serv
ices
, sta
te a
ndlo
cal g
over
nmen
t, an
d re
tail
trad
e. T
he f
aste
st g
row
ing
was
con
stru
c-tio
n, w
hich
incr
ease
d 19
% b
etw
een
1992
and
199
3.
Coo
k C
ount
y re
port
ed z
ero
viol
ent c
rim
es c
omm
itted
by
child
ren
in 1
993,
a r
epea
t of
sim
ilar
good
new
s fr
om 1
991.
Thi
s co
unty
als
o ha
dze
ro c
hild
dea
ths.
The
rat
e of
chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
fro
m th
e 19
90 c
ensu
sw
as s
light
ly h
ighe
r th
an th
e st
ate
aver
age.
How
ever
, the
num
ber
of c
hil-
dren
rec
eivi
ng A
FDC
dec
reas
ed f
rom
199
1 to
199
3.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in C
ook
Cou
nty
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
135
15.1
'!..
142,
202
12.4
%C
hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
In 1
'o%
,rti
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C40
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026
2.ti"
025
2.7"
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5,26
010
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n,
leen
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her,
.
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ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
i re
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ice
scho
ol lu
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s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
108
101
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4,86
027
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Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
02
4.3"
,,1,
958
3.0%
1 ot
%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t1
2.2"
,.2
3.7"
.3
0.4"
,,3,
320
5.1%
,Im
mun
izat
ion:
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
1027
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le
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ren
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ping
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l yea
rs I
991
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ren
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r vi
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ldre
n ab
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lect
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e A
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phic
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nty
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r,ig
eW
orst
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Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Cot
tonw
ood
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
sou
thw
este
rn M
inne
sota
.C
otto
nwoo
d C
ount
y's
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$14
,955
ran
ked
sixt
y-si
xth
in th
e st
ate
and
decr
ease
d 7%
fro
m 1
992
to 1
993.
The
larg
est
indu
stri
es in
199
3 w
ere
serv
ices
, dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
, and
sta
tean
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t. T
he f
aste
st g
row
ing
indu
stry
was
dur
able
goo
dsm
anuf
actu
ring
, whi
ch in
crea
sed
43%
.
Cot
tonw
ood
Cou
nty
has
a dr
opou
t rat
e w
ell b
elow
the
stat
e av
er-
age.
The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
not i
mm
uniz
ed b
y ag
e tw
o is
the
sam
e as
the
stat
e av
erag
e. T
he n
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n co
mm
ittin
g vi
olen
t cri
mes
incr
ease
d sl
ight
ly f
rom
199
1 to
199
3. T
he c
ount
y re
mai
ns a
bove
the
stat
eav
erag
e in
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
livin
g in
pov
erty
. Are
as o
f co
ncer
nin
clud
e th
e in
crea
sed
num
ber
of te
enag
e bi
rths
and
the
incr
ease
d nu
m-
ber
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)58
117
.9"0
142,
702
17.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C22
1ti.
7",,
275
305
9.2%
125,
260
70.7
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)74
931
.2",
,82
534
.1%
870
34 .3
4022
4.86
027
.b%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
2.2%
4.1%
1,95
83.
0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t5
in%
3.32
05.
1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
7439
.4".
.27
,172
.39.
3'%
,
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)9
0 8"
,.20
1.8%
0.5"
12,3
873.
4",,
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
eI
5 b"
..41
.7%
1,76
725
.9%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
nu
-!ec
ted
3743
2711
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htld
ren
dyin
g vi
olen
tly20
4
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
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r L
ook
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ense
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115.
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551
03; 6
12/2
27-6
121
1Oi
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n44
,462
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
11,9
49A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
24A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
202
Asi
an47
Oth
er33
His
pani
c13
4
Chi
ldre
n un
der
63,
861
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
18.7
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$27,
274
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in C
row
Win
g C
ount
y
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over
ty
Sch
ool I
unc
ho,
leen
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her-
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nt 1
hea
th
Orr
kids
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Cro
w W
ing
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
the
nort
h ce
ntra
l por
tion
ofM
inne
sota
and
is th
e ei
ghte
enth
larg
est c
ount
y in
the
stat
e. T
he la
rges
tin
dust
ries
in 1
993
wer
e se
rvic
es, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
and
reta
iltr
ade.
Dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
incr
ease
d by
38%
fro
m 1
992
to19
93, m
akin
g it
the
fast
est g
row
ing
indu
stry
. In
1993
, Cro
w W
ing
Cou
nty
had
a pe
r ca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
16,6
91, a
n in
crea
se o
f 4%
sinc
e 19
92 a
nd th
e tw
enty
-nin
th la
rges
t in
the
stat
e.
Cro
w W
ing
Cou
nty
rem
ains
with
in th
e st
ate
aver
age
in th
e nu
m-
ber
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t. T
hey
rem
ain
just
slig
htly
abov
e av
erag
e in
the
perc
enta
ge o
f te
enag
e bi
rths
. Con
cern
s fo
r C
row
Win
g C
ount
y in
clud
e a
tren
d to
war
d in
crea
sed
num
bers
of
child
ren
com
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es a
nd a
n in
crea
se in
chi
ld d
eath
s.
Fam
ily E
cofm
ics
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AF
DC
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/ red
uced
-pric
esc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
Birt
h C
ircem
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
birt
h w
eigh
t
Chi
ldre
n is
how
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
CI,i
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sch
ool
(who
ol y
ears
19(
11-9
2,93
-94)
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed fo
r vi
olen
t crim
e
Chi
ldre
n ab
uwd
and
twgk
eted
Chi
ldre
n dy
irf; v
iolo
ntly
kild
ren.
% I
7e1e
iew
end
ot M
N. 5
50 R
ice
Str
eet,
Sui
te 2
05, S
t. P
aul,
MN
551
113;
612
/227
-612
1
1.Jb
1991
1992
1993
1993
Sta
te
2,14
118
.4%
142,
202
12.4
%
1,51
012
.6'!;
,1,
484
12.4
%1,
481
12.4
%12
5,26
010
.7%
2984
33.7
'!(,
3,03
432
.4",
.3,
172
33.1
%22
4,86
027
.6%
213.
3",
253.
9`,,
294.
8%,
1,95
83.
0%
294.
6%23
3.6%
294.
8%3,
320
5.1%
300
39.9
%27
,172
39.3
%
180
4.4%
225
5.2%
216
4.8%
12,3
873.
4%
20.
5";.
715
.2%
612
.0%
1,76
725
.9%
206
225
260
11,8
71
50
720
4
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
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lose
r L
ook
45
109
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n27
8,99
3N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n82
,352
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an1,
161
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n16
2A
sian
2,35
3O
ther
560
His
pani
c1,
623
Chi
ldre
n un
der
630
,679
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
13.9
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$47,
136
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in D
akot
a C
ount
y
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tv
AFI
X:
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ol I
sim
ile.
Tee
n M
othe
r.
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v B
irth
svei
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uni/o
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,
1.01
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nl
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le n
t 1)e
a h
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Dak
ota
Cou
nty
is th
e th
ird
larg
est c
ount
y in
the
stat
e an
d is
loca
t-ed
in th
e so
uthe
aste
rn p
ortio
n of
the
Min
neap
olis
-St.
Paul
Met
ropo
litan
Stat
istic
al A
rea.
In
1993
, Dak
ota
had
a pe
r ca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of$2
3,12
0, th
e th
ird
high
est i
n M
inne
sota
. The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3w
ere
serv
ices
, non
-dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
, dur
able
goo
ds m
anu-
fact
urin
g, a
nd w
hole
sale
trad
e. F
inan
ce, i
nsur
ance
and
rea
l est
ate
wer
eth
e fa
stes
t gro
win
g in
dust
ries
, inc
reas
ing
by 1
9% f
rom
199
2 to
199
3.
Dak
ota
Cou
nty
has
one
of th
e lo
wes
t rat
es f
or c
hild
ren
in p
over
tyin
the
stat
e. T
he p
erce
ntag
e of
teen
age
birt
hs r
emai
ned
at a
rat
e w
ell
belo
w th
e st
ate
aver
age
duri
ng th
e re
port
ed y
ears
. On
the
dow
n si
de,
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
com
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es d
oubl
ed b
etw
een
1991
and
199
3. T
his
coun
ty a
lso
saw
a s
light
incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
child
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)4,
364
142,
202
12.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C3,
893
4.7%
4,12
55.
00.
4,35
15.
3%12
5,26
010
.7%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)6,
292
11.2
%7,
141
12.4
"..
7,71
712
.5".
224,
860
27.6
%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
661.
3%80
1.6"
.78
1 .5
".,
1,95
8.3
.0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t22
14.
4".
241
4.8"
,,2c
65.
11%
3.32
03.
1".i.
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
unite
dby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
1,95
337
.3".
.27
,172
39..3
%
Sig
ns o
f Yro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)68
12.
9".
847
3.2"
869
3.1"
..12
,387
.3 4
"..
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
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nt c
rim
e42
23.V
090
27.8
"..
8833
.5%
1,76
725
.9%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed38
557
6=
,88
11,8
71
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
513
1420
4
Min
neso
taA
Clo
ser
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khi
ldre
n'c
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ence
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MN
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e Sl
reet
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121
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kids
Dod
geD
emog
raph
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(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
15,8
95N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n4,
920
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an6
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n13
Asi
an56
Oth
er46
His
pani
c76
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
624
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
9.2%
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$3
3,58
2
Dod
ge C
ount
y is
a m
oder
ate-
size
d co
unty
in s
outh
east
ern
Min
neso
ta. T
he c
ount
y's
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e w
as $
1.6,
373
in 1
993,
whi
ch r
anke
d th
irty
-sec
ond
in th
e st
ate.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3w
ere
dura
ble
good
s m
anuf
actu
ring
, sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, an
dco
nstr
uctio
n. D
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
turi
ng w
as th
e fa
stes
t gro
win
gin
dust
ry, i
ncre
asin
g by
32%
.
Dod
ge C
ount
y ha
d a
smal
l dec
reas
e in
the
num
ber
of te
enag
ebi
rths
sin
ce 1
991.
Ove
rall,
chi
ldre
n in
Dod
ge C
ount
y w
ere
less
like
ly to
live
in p
over
ty th
an in
the
aver
age
Min
neso
ta c
ount
y. I
n 19
93 th
ere
wer
eno
rep
orts
of
viol
ent c
rim
es c
omm
itted
by
child
ren.
The
num
ber
of c
hil-
dren
dro
ppin
g ou
t of
scho
ol in
crea
sed
slig
htly
, but
rem
aine
d w
ell b
elow
the
stat
e av
erag
e. O
ne a
rea
of c
once
rn is
a h
ighe
r-th
an-a
vera
ge n
umbe
rof
chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
ed b
y ag
e tw
o.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in D
odge
Cou
nty
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
358
7.4%
142,
202
12.4
%C
hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
199(
1 ce
nsus
)
Vtly
tTly
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C19
3.3
.9".
210
4.3%
260
5.3%
125,
260
10.7
.
s,ho
ol
leen
hith
er,
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)76
7 8
20.4
°
.3.1
".
843
21.7
".
1.2"
.
863 4
22.3
%
1.8%
224,
860
1,95
8
27.6
"..
3.(r
birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
1 on
flir
t hsv
eigh
tC
hild
ren
born
at l
ow b
irth
wei
ght
104.
0";,
104.
4%3,
320
5.1"
,,
Imin
uni/a
tion,
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
123
45.1
",,
27,1
7239
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,
Lea
ve S
choo
l
Vio
lent
I. n
ine
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
btp.
.e N
este
, tC
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol(s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
110.
7"13
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.19
1.1"
,,12
,387
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".
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em D
eath
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
eI
.3.3
.3"
320
..1";
,0
1,76
725
.9%
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
seC
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
2137
5511
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pare
d to
the
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rage
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nty
t 993
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ld r
en d
vin
g vi
olen
tly3
20
204
fr kids
Chi
ldre
n''.
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etT
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ind
ot M
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ice
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205
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neso
ta K
ids:
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lose
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ook
1
ID
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
28,7
89N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n7,
793
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an14
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n30
Asi
an60
Oth
er4
His
pani
c37
Chi
ldre
n un
der
62,
478
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
11.9
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$26,
886
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in D
ougl
as C
ount
y
In P
nver
ty
1FD
C
1.un
chc,
leen
N
tnt I
iirth
wel
e,ht
Inun
tinua
tion,
1 C
OV
eho
ol
Vio
lent
I. r
une
11,1
1,0
Ncg
let t
Vio
lent
Pea
llt
Bet
ter
Ave
rdije
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
II:1
1M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
k
Dou
glas
Cou
nty,
loca
ted
in w
est c
entr
al M
inne
sota
, is
the
thir
ty-
seco
nd la
rges
t in
the
stat
e. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993
wer
e se
rvic
es,
stat
e an
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, an
d re
tail
trad
e. T
he f
aste
st g
row
ing
sinc
e19
92 w
as tr
ansp
orta
tion
and
publ
ic u
tiliti
es, w
hich
incr
ease
d 20
%.
Dou
glas
Cou
nty
had
a pe
r ca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
15,8
81, c
lose
toav
erag
e fo
r M
inne
sota
cou
ntie
s.
The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t was
sig
nifi
-ca
ntly
red
uced
. A lo
wer
-tha
n-av
erag
e pe
rcen
tage
of
teen
age
birt
hs w
asm
aint
aine
d ov
er th
e th
ree-
year
per
iod.
Thi
s co
unty
pos
ted
a sh
arp
incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
to a
per
cent
-ag
e w
ell a
bove
the
stat
e av
erag
e.
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)1,
018
1.3.
2%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C47
06.
0%47
36.
1%44
45.
7%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)1,
757
78.5
%1,
860
30.2
".1,
826
29.4
%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
1:%
143.
7".,
92.
7%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t21
6.1%
133.
3"i,
113.
31'.
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
160
33.8
".
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)40
1.0%
55'if
".13
84.
9%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e2
11 1
%5
21.7
%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed15
511
410
6
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
40
142,
202
12.4
%
125,
260
10.7
%
224,
860
27.6
%
1,95
83.
0%
3,32
05.
1%
27,1
7239
.3%
12,3
873.
4%
1,76
725
.9%
1I
,871 204
114
Chi
ldre
n's
Def
ense
Fun
dof
MN
, ;50
Riw
Str
eet,
Sui
te 2
05, S
t. P
aul,
N1N
511
01; h
i?. /
227-
6121
BE
ST C
OPY
AV
AII
AB
LE
1 15
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n17
,170
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
4,52
3A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
13
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n13
Asi
an73
Oth
er60
His
pani
c1
I b
Chi
ldre
n un
der
o1,
331
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
12.6
".M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
C27
,b06
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in F
arib
ault
Cou
nty
In P
o,:r
n
..11
Pt.
Shoo
l 1 u
m. h
e.
loth
vr.
Low Im
mun
w,I
non,
I ea
%
Or
kids
Fou
lA
ve.r
.sjr
voC
ompa
red
to th
e A
vera
ge C
ount
y 19
93
Fari
baul
t Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
sou
ther
n M
inne
sota
on
the
Iow
abo
rder
and
ran
ks f
ifty
-sec
ond
in s
ize
amon
g M
inne
sota
cou
ntie
s. T
hela
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993
wer
e st
ate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
serv
ices
,du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng, a
nd r
etai
l tra
de. T
he f
aste
st g
row
ing
indu
stry
Was
con
stru
ctio
n, w
hich
incr
ease
d al
mos
t 18%
sin
ce 1
992.
The
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
Far
ibau
lt C
ount
y w
as $
16,1
17, w
hich
rank
ed f
ortie
th in
the
stat
e.
Fari
baul
t Cou
nty
had
a lo
w r
ate
of c
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol. T
here
wer
e no
rep
orts
of
viol
ent c
rim
es c
omm
itted
by
child
ren
in19
93. T
he n
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n liv
ing
in p
over
ty in
Far
ibau
lt is
slig
htly
high
er th
an a
vera
ge f
or th
e st
ate.
Thi
s co
unty
had
an
incr
ease
in 1
993
inth
e nu
mbe
r of
bir
ths
to te
enag
ers.
1991
o82
/5.2
%
888
1104
27 0
"..
1992
811
7.0"
.
t.183
1"
1993
820
475
1993
Stat
e
142.
202
72 4
"..
123.
2b0
10.7
".
224,
860
27 o
",,
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s,
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C (
Fari
baul
t !M
artin
)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
'red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
109
1-92
. 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n ho
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
42
I.1"
..1,
938
3 0"
.,
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t13
7 3"
,,4
0".
84.
5%3.
320
5.7"
,,
Chi
ldre
n w
ho %
. ere
not
ful
ly im
mun
ized
by a
ge 2
(19
92-9
1)0(
4-N
317
,172
39.3
".
Sig
nson
Vou
ble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
t sch
ool
(sch
ool y
ears
190
1-92
. 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
child
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
15 1
1I"
..9 4
400"
.
21
0
1'3
"..
12.3
87
1.76
7
3.4"
..
21o"
..
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
edO
h41
11.871
Chi
ldre
n d
ing
viol
ently
01
204
( III
I,11.
11I )
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t. I m
id\ I
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v 20
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2 22
7.1.
1:1
116
BE
ST C
OPY
AV
AII
AB
LE
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
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lose
r I.
00k
117
49
Fillm
ore
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n20
,839
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
5,78
4A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n17
Asi
an19
Oth
er11
His
pani
c15
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
820
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
10.4
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$17,
151
Fillm
ore
Cou
nty
is a
mod
erat
e-si
zed
coun
ty lo
cate
d al
ong
the
Iow
abo
rder
in s
outh
east
ern
Min
neso
ta. I
n 19
93, F
illm
ore
had
a pe
r ca
pita
per
-so
nal i
ncom
e of
$15
,037
, whi
ch r
anke
d si
xty-
four
th in
the
stat
e. F
illm
ore
Cou
nty'
s la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
wer
e se
rvic
es, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
reta
il, a
nd d
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
turi
ng. T
he in
dust
ry e
xper
ienc
ing
the
larg
est g
row
th b
etw
een
1992
and
199
3 w
as c
onst
ruct
ion,
whi
ch r
ose
by
Unl
ike
the
stat
e as
a w
hole
, Fill
mor
e C
ount
y ha
s no
t see
n an
incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
sub
stan
tiate
d re
port
s of
chi
ld a
buse
and
neg
lect
. No
chil-
dren
com
mitt
ed v
iole
nt c
rim
es, a
nd a
bet
ter-
than
-ave
rage
num
ber
of tw
o-ye
ar-o
lds
wer
e fu
lly im
mun
ized
. Are
as o
f co
ncer
n fo
r Fi
llmor
e C
ount
yin
clud
e th
e pe
rcen
tage
of
child
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t, w
hich
has
incr
ease
d to
hig
her
than
the
aver
age
coun
ty. T
he n
umbe
r of
teen
bir
ths
has
also
incr
ease
d sl
ight
ly b
etw
een
1991
and
199
3.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in F
illm
ore
Cou
nty
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
1,12
119
.6",
142,
202
12.4
%C
hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
In l'
over
tvC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
224
3.9%
264
4.6%
269
4.7%
125,
260
10.7
%
All
X:"
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
199
128
.30;
,1,
010
28.9
%1,
047
30.1
",;,
224,
860
27.6
%
Scho
ol I
undl
e,
een
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
93.
2""
20.
7%11
4.1%
1,95
83.
0%I o
w Ii
irthw
eitth
tC
hild
ren
born
at l
ow b
irth
wei
ght
93.
2"0
134.
8%16
6.0%
3,32
05.
/%Im
mun
uatio
n,
e,ne
St h
oot
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
135
.34.
8%27
,172
Vio
lent
I. r
ime
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Abu
., N
egle
, tC
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol(s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
201.
2",,,
171.
181.
1%12
,387
3.4"
,,
Vio
lon
I /ea
thC
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
00
01,
767
25.9
%
Hot
ter
Ave
roqe
Wor
seC
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
3038
11,8
71
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
00
204
50M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
('lo
ser
Loo
khi
ldre
if, I
)ele
nk.e
I.un
d of
MN
550
Hite
Str
eet,
Sui
te 2
0. S
t. P
aul.
MN
;CIII
3; 6
12 2
27-6
121
119
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n34
,156
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
8,64
8A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n15
Asi
an57
Oth
er31
6H
ispa
nic
502
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
678
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
14.2
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
S29,
604
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in F
reeb
orn
Cou
nty
In V
ON
ert
% tX
!-,h
ool
whi
le.,
I elm
Mot
her.
Low
Ittr
thtt
eigh
t
Itnni
tint/a
tton,
I eat
": "
st h
oot
\ tot
em
110e
t
iole
nt I
I, ai
l
fkr
kids
But
ter
Avc
r.1t
3t.
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Free
born
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
sou
thea
ster
n M
inne
sota
alo
ng th
eIo
wa
bord
er. I
t is
the
twen
ty-s
even
th la
rges
t cou
nty
in th
e st
ate.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
serv
ices
, non
-dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
r-in
g, a
nd d
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
turi
ng. F
reeb
orn'
s pe
r ca
pita
per
sona
lin
com
e w
as $
16,1
94, s
light
ly h
ighe
r th
an th
e av
erag
e M
inne
sota
cou
nty.
Free
born
Cou
nty
had
a re
duct
ion
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n bo
rnw
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght f
rom
199
1 to
199
3, a
lthou
gh th
e pe
rcen
tage
is s
till
abov
e th
e av
erag
e co
untv
. It a
lso
saw
a r
educ
tion
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
sub
-st
antia
ted
, Tor
ts o
f ch
ild a
buse
and
neg
lect
. Are
as o
f co
ncer
n in
clud
ean
incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r an
d pe
rcen
t of
birt
hs to
teen
s. I
n ad
ditio
n,al
mos
t hal
f of
the
two-
vear
-old
s in
Fre
ebor
n C
ount
y vv
ere
not i
mm
u-ni
red,
a r
ate
high
er th
an th
e st
ate
as a
who
le.
Fan
illy
Eco
nom
ics
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesd
iool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool w
ars
1991
-92,
92-
93, 9
3-94
)
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uni/e
dby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
91, 9
3-94
)
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed
Chi
ldre
n dY
ing
viol
ently
l.hild
rvi
I kle
n,e
I und
ot N
1N. 5
30 IL
0e*-
Ate
et. 5
utte
20.
St. P
aul,
N1N
551
03, 6
12!2
27 M
21
;?,
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
1,04
412
.4""
142,
202
12.4
",,
771
8.9"
,.84
19.
7"..
819
9.3"
,,12
3,26
010
7"0
1,21
824
.2",
.1.
284
25.7
".1,
423
28.5
"22
4,86
027
.0%
13.3
.8",
82.
2",,
215.
3",,
1,95
83.
0",,
1227
7.3"
..25
6.4"
,,3,
320
3.1"
o
197
48 5
",,
27,1
7239
.3"
108
4.2%
110
4 7"
,,10
04.
1",,
12,3
87
419
0",
,11
25 0
",,
102.
3 8"
..1,
767
25.9
",.
101
110
8011
,871
120
4
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
Cl
Goo
dhue
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n40
,874
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
11,5
14A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
51
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n13
6A
sian
100
Oth
er35
His
pani
cC
hild
ren
unde
r 6
1,7 1
)33
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
11.4
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$35,
151
Goo
dhue
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
sou
thea
ster
n M
inne
sota
alo
ng th
eM
issi
ssip
pi R
iver
and
the
Wis
cons
in b
orde
r. I
t is
the
twen
tieth
larg
est
coun
ty in
Min
neso
ta. T
he P
rair
ie I
slan
d In
dian
Res
erva
tion
lies
with
inits
bor
ders
. The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
the
coun
ty w
ere
serv
ices
, non
-du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng, a
nd tr
ansp
orta
tion
and
publ
ic u
tiliti
es.
The
cou
nty
expe
rien
ced
a 13
% in
crea
se in
dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
from
199
2 to
199
3.
Goo
dhue
Cou
nty
had
a ve
ry lo
w p
erce
ntag
e of
chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
poor
in th
e 19
90 c
ensu
s. C
hild
ren
in G
oodh
ue C
ount
y w
ere
also
less
likel
y to
rec
eive
AFD
C a
nd f
ree
or r
educ
ed-p
rice
sch
ool l
unch
. Tee
nbi
rths
dec
reas
ed in
199
3, a
lthou
gh m
ore
child
ren
wer
e bo
rn a
t low
bir
thw
eigh
t. A
reas
of
conc
ern
incl
ude
a si
gnif
ican
t inc
reas
e in
chi
ldre
n co
m-
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es a
nd in
sub
stan
tiate
d re
port
s of
chi
ld a
buse
and
negl
ect.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in G
oodh
ue C
ount
yF
amily
Eco
nom
ics
911
142,
202
12.4
%C
hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
In P
over
tyC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
581
5.0"
,,50
34.
4%43
93.
8",
125,
260
10.7
%
AM
R.
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)1,
320
16.5
%1,
457
16.2
"..
1,49
916
.7%
224,
860
27.6
%
Sch
ool L
unt h
e!,
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
I cot
loth
ee.
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
101.
8%16
.3.1
'!r,
81.
6".
1,95
8.3
.0%
.
Low
Bo
thtv
eigh
tC
hild
ren
born
at l
ow b
irth
wei
ght
-)1
.3.8
%27
5.2"
,,28
5.6"
03,
320
5.1%
Imm
o ni
/atio
noC
hild
ren
who
wer
e no
t ful
ly im
mun
ized
by a
ge 2
(19
92-9
3)23
7.3
7.0%
27,1
7239
.3%
I cav
e si
hoo
l
Vio
lent
C11
1110
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
:Moo
t. N
eglv
t tC
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol(s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
702.
2%98
2.5%
842.
11"0
12,3
873.
4",,,
Vio
lent
Pea
thC
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
1S
. 3"
10
22.2".
1224
.5"
1,76
725
.90
Bet
te,
Ave
rage
Wor
sehi
ldre
n ab
u,..e
d an
d ne
glec
ted
8586
109
11,8
71
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
30
220
4
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
Chi
ldre
n's
Dct
ense
Fun
d ot
MN
, 560
Ric
e S
tree
t Sui
te 2
05, S
t Pau
l. \IN
551
01; 6
12 /2
27 6
121
123
fkr
kids
mM
nwto
m
Gra
ntD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
6,24
8N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n1,
625
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an8
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n9
Asi
an10
Oth
er0
His
pani
cC
hild
ren
unde
r 6
48(1
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$2
4,61
6
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in G
rant
Cou
nty
In P
over
ty
,11:
1)C
Sch
ool I
Und
ies
cen
Mot
her,
I ow
Birt
hwei
ght
Imm
uni/a
tions
em
Vio
lent
(rim
e
hte-
e N
egle
ct
Vio
lent
Dea
th
Orr
kids
Eri
ZE
E=
ME
MIN
M
Gra
nt C
ount
y is
a s
mal
l cou
nty
loca
ted
in w
est c
entr
al M
inne
sota
.T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993
wer
e se
rvic
es, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
and
farm
ing.
In
1993
, Gra
nt h
ad a
per
cap
ita p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$17
,234
.T
his
rank
ed tw
enty
-fir
st in
the
stat
e, a
nd d
eclin
ed b
y 7%
bet
wee
n 19
92an
d 19
93, l
arge
ly d
ue to
a 7
0% d
ecre
ase
in f
arm
inco
me.
Gra
nt C
ount
y's
child
ren
are
doin
g w
ell o
n m
ost i
ndic
ator
s.A
lthou
gh th
e ch
ild p
over
ty r
ate
was
slig
htly
abo
ve th
e st
ate
aver
age
inth
e 19
90 c
ensu
s, f
ewer
chi
ldre
n th
an a
vera
ge a
re r
ecei
ving
AFD
C o
r fr
eean
d re
duce
d-pr
ice
scho
ol lu
nche
s in
Gra
nt C
ount
y. W
hile
the
num
ber
ofch
ildre
n bo
rn w
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght,
child
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol,
and
child
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
all
incr
ease
d in
199
2, th
ese
indi
cato
rsde
crea
sed
in 1
993.
1991
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)25
716
.0%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C12
87.
9`!"
Chi
Id
ren
rece
ivin
g fr
ee/ r
educ
ed-p
rice
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
463
32.7
%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
0
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t1
1.8%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
11.1
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e0
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed2
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
0
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
12,1
'S.
136
8.4'
S.12
37.
6%12
5,26
070
.7%
462
33.3
%44
3.3
2.5%
224,
860
27.6
%
11.
6",,,
11.
5%1,
958
3.0%
34.
9%0
3,32
05.
1%
1736
.2%
27,1
7239
.35.
71.
0's,
10.
1%12
,387
.3.4
%
125
0",.
125
.05,
1,76
725
.9%
145
11,8
71
I0
204
Chi
ldre
n's
Det
enN
e F
und
of M
N. ;
SO
Rit
e S
tree
t. S
uite
2O
. St P
aul,
MN
=,q
l03;
n12
/227
+12
1
)-i
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
Hen
nepi
nD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
1,04
4,90
1N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n23
8,54
4A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
23,2
06A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
5,86
0A
sian
11,6
98O
ther
I ,9
801
lispa
nic
4,66
7C
hild
ren
unde
r 6
91,7
72C
hild
ren
in s
i1
ng.e
par
ent h
omes
21.0
".M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$44,
189
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in H
enne
pin
Cou
nty
!vei
l \ lo
ther
.
I ow
Iiirt
Im e
ight
Imm
unw
atio
n.
1 ,.,
1%.
it
\\
\ iol
vut
Bet
h.:
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
N.li
nnes
ota
kids
: A (
'lose
r 1
ook
Hen
nepi
n C
ount
y, w
hich
con
tain
s th
e ci
ty o
f M
inne
apol
is a
nd is
par
t of
the
Min
neap
olis
-St.
Paul
Met
ropo
litan
Sta
tistic
al A
rea,
is th
e la
rges
t cou
nty
inth
e st
ate.
Hen
nepi
n C
ount
y is
eth
nica
lly a
nd r
acia
lly d
iver
se, i
nclu
ding
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an, A
mer
ican
Ind
ian,
Asi
an a
nd C
hica
no/L
atin
o ch
ildre
n an
dfa
mili
es. I
n 19
93, H
enne
pin
Cou
nty
as a
who
le h
ad a
per
cap
ita p
erso
nal
inco
me
of $
28,2
66, t
he h
ighe
st in
the
stat
e. T
he c
ount
y's
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
1993
wer
e se
rvic
es; f
inan
ce, i
nsur
ance
, and
rea
l est
ate;
and
dur
able
goo
ds m
an-
ufac
turi
ng.
The
num
ber
of te
en b
irth
s de
crea
sed
slig
htly
in H
enne
pin
Cou
nty
from
1992
to 1
993.
The
per
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t has
als
ohe
ld s
tead
y fr
om 1
991
to 1
993.
The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
inH
enne
pin
Cou
nty
cont
inue
s to
incr
ease
and
is s
igni
fica
ntly
hig
her
than
in th
eav
erag
e M
inne
sota
cou
nty.
The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
for
who
m a
buse
and
negl
ect i
s su
bsta
ntia
ted
also
con
tinue
d to
ris
e, a
s di
d th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
nco
mm
ittin
g vi
olen
t cri
mes
.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
nin
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)30
,918
13.2
"014
2,20
2/2
.4"-
,,
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AF
DC
34,3
4914
.4",
,36
,965
15.3
".37
,948
15.9
",,
125,
260
10 7
";.
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
redu
ced-
pric
e36
,828
39,2
3428
.3".
48,2
2033
.4",
,22
4,86
027
.6";
,,;c
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
557
577
3.0%
558
3.5"
,.1,
918
.3.0
",,
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t96
75.
8".,
915
5.6"
.91
15.
8".
3,32
05.
1'!;,
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-91)
5,96
942
.1".
,17
,172
19.3
",,
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)3,
364
6.0"
,,4,
086
7.1%
3,15
43.
11".
.12
,387
3.4"
.,
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
orio
lent
cri
me
569
24 2
".60
224
3".
640
12.0
".I .
7n7
C. h
ildre
n ab
used
and
ileg
lect
ed1,
0-18
3,69
23,
983
11,8
71
1.hi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
1;32
204
,..lo
n,..1
1111
,1.,1
'mill
,. 20
s.1%
101.
\61
,2:2
27 6
121
126
-) 7
-)
kids
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n18
,544
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
5,32
8A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n34
Asi
an5"
)
Oth
er5
His
pani
c22
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
753
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
9'!.
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$3
0,93
7
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in H
oust
on C
ount
y
In P
over
ty
\
5,. 1
1001
1 un
che,
Tee
n M
othe
r,
Low
Bir
thw
eigh
t
Imm
uniz
atio
n,
I ea
se '7
,110
,11
Vio
lent
Cri
me
Not
tlt,
Vio
lent
I te
ath
!kr
kids
I3et
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Hou
ston
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
the
sout
heas
tern
cor
ner
of M
inne
sota
on
the
Iow
a an
d W
isco
nsin
bor
ders
. It i
s co
nsid
ered
par
t of
the
LaC
ross
e,W
isco
nsin
, Met
ropo
litan
Sta
tistic
al A
rea.
In
1993
, Hou
ston
Cou
nty
had
a pe
rca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
16,6
41 w
hich
ran
ked
thir
ty-f
irst
in th
e st
ate.
Serv
ices
, sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
nmen
t and
tran
spor
tatio
n an
d pu
blic
util
ities
com
pris
ed th
e la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies.
The
fas
test
gro
win
g w
as tr
ansp
orta
tion
and
publ
ic u
tiliti
es, w
hich
incr
ease
d 21
% s
ince
199
2.
Chi
ldre
n in
Hou
ston
Cou
nty
are
less
like
ly to
live
in p
over
ty th
an a
rech
ildre
n in
oth
er c
ount
ies.
Thi
s co
unty
low
ered
the
num
ber
of te
enag
e bi
rths
sinc
e 19
91. A
fter
an
incr
ease
in 1
992,
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
birt
h w
eigh
t has
ret
urne
d to
a le
vel b
ette
r th
an th
e st
ate
aver
age.
On
the
dow
n si
de, a
hig
her-
than
-ave
rage
per
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
wer
e no
t ful
lyim
mun
ized
by
age
two.
Ano
ther
are
a of
con
cern
is th
e sh
arp
incr
ease
in th
enu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
.
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/ red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
Chi
ldvm
arr
este
d fo
r vi
olen
t cri
me
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
poem
, und
f;S
O R
ice
Stre
el, '
suite
207
,, St
0I2/
227
-012
1
.;
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
515
9.8%
142,
202
12.4
%
227
244
4.6%
276
5.7'
012
5,26
010
.7%
774
20.2
%84
921
.5";
,83
621
.4%
224,
860
27.0
%
72.
6%3
1.1'
;,3
1.2%
1,95
83.
0%
51.
9%19
7.1%
2.0%
3,32
05.
1%
132
43.6
%27
,172
39.3
%
90.
6%14
0.9%
191.
1%12
,387
3.4%
220
.0"
225
.0%
4.3
0.8%
1,76
725
.9%
1436
4111
,871
020
4
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
55
12t4
Hub
bard
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n14
,971
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
4,08
8A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n11
8
Asi
anO
ther
4
His
pani
c13
Chi
ld r
en u
nder
61,
271
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
13.2
",M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$24,
127
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in H
ubba
rd C
ount
y
hil'o
iort
i
FI
!-,1
1,ol
1 (
nich
e,
\10t
11,.r
.
1Ih
rthi
sol:4
111
Inin
iunw
atio
n.
caii.
S..1
1.01
Vhd
i.11:
Ci I
mo
\I.io
li.lit
Heu
er&
mul
eV
ic
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
111:
1117
7,,
Hub
bard
Cou
nty
is a
mid
-siz
ed c
ount
y lo
cate
d in
the
nort
h ce
ntra
lpo
rtio
n of
the
stat
e. I
n 19
93, H
ubba
rd C
ount
y ha
d a
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal
inco
me
of $
14,1
65, t
he e
leve
nth
low
est i
n th
e st
ate.
It i
ncre
ased
4%
sin
ce19
92. I
ts la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
wer
e se
rvic
es, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
and
reta
il. D
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
turi
ng w
as th
e fa
stes
t gro
win
g in
dust
ry in
1993
, inc
reas
ing
by 2
8%.
Hub
bard
Cou
nty
has
succ
essf
ully
red
uced
its
scho
ol d
rop-
out r
ate
from
199
1 to
199
3. S
ubst
antia
ted
repo
rts
of c
hild
abu
se a
nd n
egle
ct a
lso
held
ste
ady
in c
ontr
ast t
o st
atew
ide
incr
ease
s. H
ubba
rd C
ount
y ha
d a
high
er-t
han-
aver
age
child
pov
erty
rat
e in
the
1990
cen
sus.
The
num
ber
ofch
ildre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C h
as d
ecre
ased
fro
m 1
991
to 1
993.
On
the
othe
rha
nd, t
he n
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n ap
prov
ed f
or f
ree
and
redu
ced-
pric
e sc
hool
lunc
h is
sig
nifi
cant
ly h
ighe
r th
an th
e av
erag
e co
unty
, sug
gest
ing
a co
ntin
-ue
d pr
oble
m w
ith c
hild
pov
erty
.
1991
859
21.4
%
1992
FaM
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C49
912
.2%
474
11.0
",,
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)1,
073
.39.
4"..
1,18
342
.2%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
3.2%
84.
8%hi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
I'hild
ren
born
at l
ow b
irth
wei
ght
712
7.2%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho W
ere
not f
ully
imm
unite
dby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
8849
2%
Sig
ns o
f-T
roub
le
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(m:h
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
91, 9
3-94
)34
1:3
73
(1".
,
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed lo
r vi
okm
t cri
me
(14
.26.
7".
Chi
ldre
n ab
ii,..e
d an
d ne
glec
ted
6266
hild
ren
dyin
g vi
olen
tly0
1993
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
12.4
%
424
10.4
%12
5,26
010
.7%
1,32
347
.0%
224,
860
27.6
%
63.
6%1,
958
3.0%
116.
5%3.
320
5.1%
27,1
7239
.3"
201.
5".,
12,3
87.3
.4".
.
422
2%
1,76
725
.9",
,
11,8
71
121
14
130
hild
ielf,
, I /e
tt.ii,
e 1
mid
oi M
Rhe
Sui
te 2
05,
\ 1 \
612
22-
12I
1 31
Fiff
rki
ds11
2111
k
Isan
tiD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
26,0
26N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n8,
107
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an29
Am
eric
an I
ndia
nA
sian
32
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er8
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pani
cC
hild
ren
unde
r 6
2,51
0C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
esM
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
533,
154
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in Is
anti
Cou
nty
In I
'ovv
rt
tallo
ol I
und
h.,
I ve
illo
ther
'.
Low
eigh
t
Inun
tim/o
tion,
I ia
%c
hooI
tole
nt I
. nnw
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1111
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kids
ME
M
13ea
crA
ver.
itv\f
inite
,
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Isan
ti C
ount
y is
a m
oder
ate-
size
d co
unty
loca
ted
in e
ast c
entr
alM
inne
sota
on
the
nort
hern
edg
e of
the
Min
neap
olis
-St.
Paul
Met
ropo
litan
Sta
tistic
al A
rea.
Ser
vice
s, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent a
nddu
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng w
ere
the
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3. T
hefa
stes
t gro
win
g in
dust
ry w
as n
on-d
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
turi
ng, w
hich
incr
ease
d by
alm
ost 2
6%. l
sant
i Cou
nty'
s pe
r ca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of$1
6,35
4 ra
nked
thir
ty-t
hird
in th
e st
ate.
Few
er c
hild
ren
are
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
and
fre
e an
d re
duce
d-pr
ice
scho
ol lu
nch
in I
sant
i Cou
nty
than
in th
e av
erag
e co
unty
. Tee
n bi
rths
rose
in 1
992
but d
ropp
ed a
gain
in 1
993.
Isa
nti C
ount
y ha
d an
incr
easi
ngdr
opou
t rat
e w
hich
is h
ighe
r th
an th
e av
erag
e co
unty
. The
cou
nty
also
saw
an
incr
ease
in c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t, al
thou
gh it
isst
ill b
elow
the
aver
age
coun
ty o
n th
is in
dica
tor.
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C
Chi
ldre
nre
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
Eill
=11
1111
11I
C'h
ildre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, (
13-9
4)
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
leck
.d
('hild
ren
dyin
g vi
olen
tly
1991
795
10.1
",,
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
142,
2112
12.4
%
663
701
8.6"
,,63
67.
8%12
5,26
010
.7%
1,35
215
.4",
,1,
364
15.0
%1,
606
18.8
%22
4,86
(127
.6"
92.
6",,
144.
1",,
I 2
3. t,
"1,
958
.3.0
7.,
92.
6",,
113.
1",
154.
5%3,
320
5.1"
.
178
47.2
",,
27,1
7239
_3%
101
4 1"
,,1.
1917
16.
.3%
12,3
873.
4".
114
3".
01
10.0
".,
1,76
725
q"
3336
11.8
71
42
204
(1)
efen
e I
Lin
d of
\rs.
-60
Ric
e21
15 `
",l
\55
1111
. 612
22:
612
1
132
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
133
57
Itas
caD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
41,0
52N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n11
,638
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an25
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n33
8A
sian
33O
ther
16H
ispa
nic
101
Chi
ldre
n un
der
63,
343
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
16.7
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$27,
252
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in It
asca
Cou
nty
In P
ovvr
tv
.
hool
I u
m. I
n,
I tv
n11
1,r,
Iiir
ths
eigh
t
Int:n
um/a
non.
kao
hoot
rune
Abu
- \ r
gh, t
\ ii,
nt
B.q
t or
Ave
r,tg
ese
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Itas
ca C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in th
e ce
ntra
l sec
tion
of n
orth
ern
Min
neso
ta.
Port
ion!
: of
Lee
ch L
ake
Indi
an R
eser
vatio
n ar
e lo
cate
d in
the
coun
ty. I
t is
the
nine
teen
th la
rges
t cou
nty
in th
e st
ate.
Its
per
cap
ita p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$15,
050
rank
s in
the
low
er th
ird
of M
inne
sota
cou
ntie
s. T
he la
rges
t ind
us-
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
stat
e an
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, se
rvic
es, a
nd n
on-d
urab
lego
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng. T
he c
ount
y ex
peri
ence
d a
17%
gro
wth
in th
e co
n-st
ruct
ion
indu
stry
in 1
993.
Thi
s co
unty
red
uced
the
num
ber
of te
enag
e bi
rths
as
wel
l as
the
num
-be
r of
chi
ldre
n bo
rn w
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght f
rom
199
1 le
vels
. How
ever
, ahi
gher
-tha
n-av
erag
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n ar
e no
t bei
ng f
ully
imm
uniz
ed b
yag
e tw
o. A
lthou
gh I
tasc
a C
ount
s! h
ad a
hig
her-
than
-ave
rage
pov
erty
rat
e,th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C w
as le
ss th
an 1
992
leve
ls a
nd a
lmos
teq
ual t
o 19
91 le
vels
. One
are
a fo
r co
ncer
n is
the
incr
ease
d am
ount
of
viol
ent
crim
e be
ing
com
mitt
ed b
y ch
ildre
n.
1991
/,392
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
12 4
"..
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C1,
347
1,67
514
.0",
,1,
577
13.o
".12
5,26
010
.7".
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree
; red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)3,
184
37.7
",,
2,90
634
.4%
3,04
235
.3".
.22
4.86
027
.b"-
o
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
224.
7"30
5 8"
011
2.3"
1,93
8.3
.0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t29
163
1",,
-1.9
"3,
320
5.1"
,
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edbv
age
2 (
1992
-93)
249
44.4
";,
27,1
7239
.3"o
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)15
23
9",.
892.
2"11
22.
7%12
,387
3.4"
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e2
/0.0
".53
.o",
,1.
767
25.9
".
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed24
1430
11,8
71
Chi
ldre
n dv
ing
iole
ntiv
33
420
4
58M
inne
sota
kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
k1
3 ,1
Dyk
ri,o
hin
d of
MN
, c",
()'A
revt
.tw
o 20
;.ra
ul. \
IN ;;
Io-i
. m2.
227.
5121
135
Jack
son
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n11
,748
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
3,15
3A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
0A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
0
Asi
an10
5
Oth
er45
His
pani
c47
Chi
ldre
n un
der
697
9C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
es1
1.0%
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
eS2
8,37
0
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in J
acks
on C
ount
y
In r
o%cr
ly
AV
IV
!-ch
ool I
'nul
l,-
ecn
\ lot
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eigh
t
moi
wat
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tolu
ntI.
run
t.
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fit.it
urA
vehi
gt!
01,1
1w
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Jack
son
Cou
nty
is a
sm
all c
ount
y lo
cate
d in
sou
thw
este
rnM
inne
sota
on
the
Iow
a bo
rder
. The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
'199
3 w
ere
stat
ean
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng, a
nd s
ervi
ces.
The
larg
est i
ncre
ase
in in
dust
ry w
as in
dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
whi
chin
crea
sed
by a
ppro
xim
atel
y 20
% b
etw
een
1992
and
199
3. J
acks
onC
ount
y's
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$14
,364
was
the
sixt
eent
h lo
wes
tin
Min
neso
ta a
nd d
eclin
ed b
y 7%
sin
ce 1
992.
Alth
ough
the
1990
cen
sus
show
s a
pove
rty
rate
slig
htly
hig
her
than
ave
rage
, the
chi
ldre
n in
Jac
kson
Cou
nty
wer
e ab
ove
aver
age
onm
ost i
ndic
ator
s. T
he n
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
celu
nche
s in
crea
sed,
and
teen
age
birt
hs r
ose
slig
htly
. The
per
cent
age
ofch
ildre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
in 1
993
decr
ease
d fr
om 1
992-
93, b
utre
mai
ns h
ighe
r th
an th
e 19
91-9
2 le
vel.
1991
1992
103
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)46
515
.0".
142,
202
12.4
".
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C25
58.
1".
260
8.2"
.,24
77.
8".
12"
10.7
".
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/ red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ea: s
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)69
331
.4".
683
32.4
",,
817
.36.
6'!
224,
860
27.0
"
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
10.
8%1
0.8"
.1,
958
3.0"
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t5
3.9"
34.
2".
64.
9".
3,32
05,
/"
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
711
31.9
",,
224,
860
27.6
%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
)3, 9
3-94
)7
08"
II
1.2"
.12
,387
3.4"
.
Clii
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e2
14 3
"I
1I
,767
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
118
11,8
71
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
(I20
4
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a \ I
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(2'2
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121
136
Min
neso
taA
Clo
ser
Loo
k
137
59
Kan
abec
Dem
ogra
phic
s 11
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n12
,872
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
3,86
5A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n18
Asi
an54
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erH
ispa
nic
42C
hild
ren
unde
r 6
1,17
2C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
esM
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$27,
445
Kan
abec
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
eas
t cen
tral
Min
neso
ta a
nd r
anks
fift
y-ni
nth
in s
ize
amon
g M
inne
sota
cou
ntie
s. I
n 19
93, K
anab
ec h
ad a
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$14
,814
, whi
ch r
anks
six
ty-e
ight
h in
the
stat
e.T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in th
e co
unty
wer
e re
tail,
sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
n-m
ent,
and
cons
truc
tion.
The
fas
test
gro
win
g in
dust
ry w
as s
ervi
ces,
whi
ch in
crea
sed
by 1
4%.
The
per
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t dro
pped
dram
atic
ally
ove
r th
e th
ree-
year
per
iod
to w
ell b
elow
the
stat
e av
erag
e.H
owev
er, t
he p
erce
ntag
e of
chi
ldre
n no
t ful
ly im
mun
ized
by
age
two
ishi
gher
than
the
stat
e av
erag
e. T
he p
erce
ntag
es o
f ch
ildre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C a
nd f
ree
and
redu
ced-
pric
e lu
nche
s sa
w li
ttle
chan
ge f
rom
199
1pe
rcen
tage
s. T
he n
umbe
r of
vio
lent
cri
mes
com
mitt
ed b
y ch
ildre
nin
crea
sed
slig
htly
but
rem
aine
d be
low
the
stat
e av
erag
e.
1991
1992
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in K
anab
er C
ount
y'F
amily
Eco
nom
ics
727
I 9. 0
",,
'Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
hIP
over
6C
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
383
9.9"
..41
210
.7".
AF
DC
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)87
634
.2".
886
33.6
".,
'-who
ol I
un,h
,.,
feet
,lo
thcr
'.B
irth
Circ
umst
ance
s &
Hea
lth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
610
Bui
lmei
ght
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t15
10.2
".8
4.7%
1111
11m
m/0
6ml,
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
9(1
47.9
%
\ lol
vnt
rms.
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
bum
. \eg
lc,t
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
4245
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)\ 1
,.1,n
t Pva
thC
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
1I I
I".
Bet
ter
Ave
r.((
geW
orse
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed9
11
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
2
1993
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
12.4
%
420
10.9
",12
5,26
010
.7%
918
14.0
,,22
4,80
027
.0%
127.
5"..
1,95
83.
0%
63.
8",,
3,32
05.
1",,
27,1
7239
.3",
,
473
0"12
,387
.3.4
",,
421
.1".
1,70
725
.9%
1211
,871
020
4
60M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
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ser
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ice
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eet,
'mac
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3, 6
1212
27-6
121
139
'kr
kids
Kan
diyo
hiD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
40,0
12N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n11
,082
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an38
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n12
1A
sian
66O
ther
295
His
pani
c68
9C
hild
ren
unde
r 6
3,69
1C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
esM
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
530,
629
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in k
andi
yohi
Cou
nty
In I
'm k
g-h.
Al P
C
Silo
o1 L
unch
...
I ce
ll N
loth
cr.
I ow
But
1m e
ight
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untla
t um
,
I c,
6e 5
choo
l
Viu
knt C
z m
u:
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', \ c
v,1(
31
loku
t Oca
th
Orr
kids
But
tcr
Ave
r,u3
cW
orse
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Kan
diyo
hi C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in w
est c
entr
alM
inne
sota
and
is th
etw
enty
-thi
rd la
rges
t cou
nty
in th
e st
ate.
Dur
ing
the s
umm
er m
onth
s, th
epo
pula
tion
incl
udes
mig
rant
far
mw
orke
rs a
nd th
eir
child
ren.
In
1993
, the
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
the
coun
tyw
ere
stat
e an
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, se
rvic
es,
and
reta
il tr
ade.
The
fas
test
gro
win
g in
dust
ryw
as d
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
-tu
ring
whi
ch in
crea
sed
by 3
4%. I
n 19
93, K
andi
yohi
Cou
nty
had
a pe
r ca
pita
pers
onal
inco
me
of $
16,7
73, a
mon
g th
eup
per
thir
d of
Min
neso
ta c
ount
ies.
In K
andi
yohi
Cou
nty,
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
thw
eigh
t has
dec
reas
ed b
etw
een
1991
and
199
3.Su
bsta
ntia
ted
repo
rts
of c
hild
abus
e an
d ne
glec
t hav
e al
so d
ecre
ased
in 1
993
afte
r a
one-
year
incr
ease
in19
92. A
reas
of
conc
ern
incl
ude
an in
crea
se in
chi
ldre
n co
mm
ittin
g vi
olen
tcr
imes
and
an
incr
ease
in te
en b
irth
s, b
ring
ing
both
indi
cato
rs a
bove
ave
rage
for
Min
neso
ta c
ount
ies.
The
sch
ool d
ropo
utra
te d
ecre
ased
in 1
993-
94, a
fter
incr
easi
ng s
igni
fica
ntly
fro
m 1
991-
92 to
199
2-93
.
1991
1992
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
1993
1993
Stat
e
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)1,
638
15.1
%14
2,20
212
.4",
,
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C1,
270
11.5
%1,
408
12.7
%1,
429
12.9
%12
3,26
010
.7%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93,
93-9
4)2,
409
32.8
",2,
346
29.6
"2,
548
,30.
5",,
224,
860
27.o
"
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& h
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
4.0"
,.24
4.0"
315.
3"1,
938
3.0"
.,
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t20
3.7"
.26
-1.3
"20
.3.4
'!3.
320
5.1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
unile
dby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
224
.35.
7%27
,172
393"
.
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)13
828
98.
7".
207
6.2"
12,3
873.
4%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e17
34.0
"10
2o.1
"26
38.8
",,
1,76
725
.0%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed77
7011
.871
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viok
ntly
60
120
4
In1d
run'
, Poo
nm. 1
und
ot N
IN. 5
50 R
I,v
',nth
. 205
,A
i\ 55
103;
612
/227
-612
1
140
14M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
ki
61
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n5,
808
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
1,51
1
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an0
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n0
Asi
anO
ther
5
His
pani
c23
Chi
ldre
n un
der
649
2
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
10 1
%
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$2
9,64
3
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in K
ittso
n C
ount
y
III
PO%
Vrt
s
AF
IR:
n ,1
I ti
nt h
i,
col \
low
Ilir
thiv
eigl
It
Itnn
itint
ratio
n,
1 ed
s'..
chtu
st
Vio
lent
Cru
m.
Abu
se X
egl,
t
tole
nt I
)va
th
Bet
te,
Ave
rdge
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Kitt
son
Cou
nty
is in
the
nort
hwes
t cor
ner
of M
inne
sota
, bor
deri
ngN
orth
Dak
ota
and
Can
ada.
It i
s th
e si
xth
smal
lest
cou
nty
in M
inne
sota
.T
he c
ount
y's
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
stat
eand
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
serv
ices
, and
ret
ail.
Kitt
son
Cou
nty'
s pe
rca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of
$16,
157
rank
ed th
irty
-nin
th in
the
stat
e.
The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
inth
e co
unty
dec
reas
ed
from
199
1 to
199
3, a
lthou
gh th
e nu
mbe
rof
chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
or
redu
ced-
pric
e sc
hool
lunc
h w
as s
till a
bove
ave
rage
for
Min
neso
ta c
oun-
ties.
Kitt
son
Cou
nty
also
had
abe
tter-
than
-ave
rage
rat
e of
imm
uniz
atio
nfo
r tw
o ye
ar o
lds,
and
had
no
child
ren
com
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es. S
light
incr
ease
s in
sub
stan
tiate
d ch
ild a
buse
and
negl
ect r
epor
ts, t
een
birt
hs
and
child
ren
born
with
low
bir
thw
eigh
t sho
uld
be m
onito
red.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
9(3
cens
us)
200
13.3
%14
2,20
212
.4%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C62
4 I%
503.
9%56
125,
260
/0.7
%
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
redu
ced-
pric
esc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
385
33.5
%40
8.3
5.2"
..41
7.3
5.6%
224,
860
27.6
0.
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
02
.3.3
%1,
958
.3.0
%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t3
6.1%
5.0%
3,32
05.
1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
2526
.0%
27,1
72.3
9.3"
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
190
1-92
, 02-
93, 9
3-94
)
25
1.0"
30.
/,"12
,387
3.4%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed to
r vi
olen
t cri
me
00
01,
767
25.9
%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed11
,371
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
10
204
62M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
kC
hdilr
en'.1
)ete
nw h
ind
tit M
N, F
AIl
Ric
e St
reet
, Sui
te 2
07,,
St P
aul,
MN
S',1
01; 6
12/2
2741
121
1 3
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n16
,603
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
4,21
9A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
13
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n17
0
Asi
anO
ther
His
pani
c74
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61
"3C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
esM
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
.....
.....
S'S.
211
Koo
chic
hing
Cou
nty
is a
mid
-siz
e co
unty
loca
ted
in n
orth
ern
Min
neso
ta o
n th
e C
anad
ian
bord
er. M
ost o
f th
e N
ett L
ake
Indi
anR
eser
vatio
n lie
s w
ithin
the
coun
ty. I
n 19
93, K
ooch
ichi
ng h
ad a
per
cap
itape
rson
al in
com
e of
$15
,140
, ran
king
six
ty-f
irst
in th
e st
ate.
The
larg
est
indu
stri
es in
199
3 w
ere,
non-
dura
ble
good
s m
anuf
actu
ring
, ser
vice
s, a
ndst
ate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent.
Koo
chic
hing
Cou
nty
saw
a r
educ
tion
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
sub
stan
tiat-
ed r
epor
ts o
f ch
ild a
buse
and
neg
lect
. Are
as o
f co
ncer
n in
clud
e an
incr
ease
in c
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol. T
he n
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n no
tim
mun
ized
by
age
two
was
als
o hi
gher
in K
ooch
ichi
ng C
ount
y th
an in
the
aver
age
coun
ty.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in K
ooch
ichi
ng C
ount
yF
amily
Eco
nom
ics
675
lo14
2.20
2C
hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
InC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
383
402
398
9 4"
..12
5.26
0
\WC
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree
redu
ced-
pric
esc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
91 9
3-94
1nn
32n
9"i
.41
1530
11"
.,67
72t
, 5".
.22
4,86
0
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
\!.t1
,7
4 0"
..1,
958
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
heN
1
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t11
10-+
3.32
0
Chi
ldre
n w
ho %
%or
e no
t ful
l im
mun
i/ed
by a
ge 2
(19
02-9
3179
4i 7
" .
'7.1
72
1
7Irr
,S
igns
of T
roub
le
17,
221
139
12.3
s7C
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol(s
choo
l %ea
rs 1
991-
92. 9
2-93
. 91-
041
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed to
r vi
olen
t cri
me
1n
it1,
767
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed2;
IS17
11.8
71
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n th
ing
viol
ently
120
4
Firr
kids
3 O
"..
5 1"
.
io
14%
23 9
".
t1)
,.I
told
.1 \
\',t
wo
Paul
N.1
\lO
,,12
22-
1,1
21
1 10
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
63
Lac
Qui
Par
leD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
8,94
4N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n2,
354
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an4
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n5
Asi
anIi
Oth
er6
His
pani
c10
Chi
ldre
n un
der
674
8C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
es6.
5%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
525,
987
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in L
ac Q
ui P
ar le
Cou
nty
In l'
w.c
ro.
Lunc
hc,
1 ce
ll M
othe
r.,
.0%
sIi
rtIP
A v
ight
lin m
il nu
atio
n,
1 ak
e ',,
114,
1
rim
e
Abu
,,cg
le. t
\ wle
nt
Hol
erA
vero
w\M
OW
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
1.77
.:AC
:1.-
Loo
k
Lac
Qui
Par
k C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in s
outh
wes
tern
Min
neso
ta o
n th
eSo
uth
Dak
ota
bord
er n
ext t
o th
e M
inne
sota
Riv
er. I
t is
the
thir
teen
thsm
alle
st c
ount
y in
the
stat
e. I
ts 1
993
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$14,
786
decl
ined
by
11%
sin
ce 1
992,
larg
ely
due
to a
n 80
% d
ecre
ase
infa
rm in
com
e. T
he c
ount
y's
larg
est i
ndus
trks
in 1
993
wer
e st
ate
and
loca
lgo
vern
men
t, se
rvic
es, n
on-d
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
turi
ng, a
nd r
etai
l.
In g
ener
al, c
hild
ren
in L
ac Q
ui P
arle
Cou
nty
are
doin
g w
ell o
nth
ese
indi
cato
rs o
f ch
ild w
ell-
bein
g. T
here
has
bee
n a
slig
ht in
crea
se in
child
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t, w
hich
sho
uld
be m
onito
red
in th
efu
ture
. The
re h
as a
lso
been
an
incr
ease
in s
choo
l dro
pout
s, a
lthou
gh th
epe
rcen
tage
is s
till w
ell b
elow
the
aver
age
coun
ty.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)33
114
1",
,14
2,20
212
.4"o
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AF
DC
6063
2 7"
,,65
2.8"
.,12
5,26
010
.7",
,
Chi
ldre
nre
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pric
esd
wol
lunc
hes
(sch
ool Y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)59
931
.9%
638
34.6
%65
635
.5%
224.
860
27.6
"..
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
22.
0",,
22.
7".,
I1.
1"..
1.95
83.
0"..
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
birt
h w
eigh
t1
1.11
"..
22.
7""
3.3
.2".
.3,
320
5.1"
..
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
unii.
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
3634
.3%
17,1
72.3
9.3"
,,
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sch
ool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)I
0 ("
28
(48"
.,12
.187
3 4"
..
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed fo
rio
lent
crim
e0
1,76
725
.9%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed4
11.8
71
Chi
ldre
ndy
ing
viol
ently
00
2(14
116
1111
,11o
f, I k
lune
l.und
oI
IN. 5
7itiR
ice
Str
eet.
Sui
te 2
05, S
t. l'a
u I,
MN
551
01; 6
1212
27-6
121
Lake
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n10
,448
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
2,51
3A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
3
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n23
Asi
anO
ther
0
His
pani
c14
Chi
ldre
n un
der
676
3C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
es13
.8%
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
eS2
8,06
7
Mea
Nur
ing
the
Wel
l-Bei
ng o
f Chi
ldre
nin
Lak
e C
ount
y
In
',.11
001
kin,
Ile
s
I .v
n \ q
hcr.
I ot
sel
ght
Inill
1L11
11/.1
:10r
1,
'.,11
001
\eg
Ic,
Vin
Icnt
I h
..011
'kr
kids
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Woi
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
liele
INI
InI1
1 en
', Ik
leIN
V I
Ind
I \
Rke
SIR
TI.
1
Lak
e C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in n
orth
east
ern
Min
neso
ta o
n th
e N
orth
Shor
e of
Lak
e Su
peri
or. I
t is
the
nine
teen
th s
mal
lest
cou
nty
inM
inne
sota
. Its
per
cap
ita p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$15
,776
incr
ease
d 5%
fro
m19
92 to
199
3. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993
wer
e du
rabl
e go
ods
man
u-fa
ctur
ing,
sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
nmen
t and
ser
vice
s. T
he f
aste
st g
row
ing
indu
stry
was
min
ing,
whi
ch in
crea
sed
20%
bet
wee
n 19
92 a
nd 1
993.
In g
ener
al, c
hild
ren
in L
ake
Cou
nty
are
doin
g w
ell o
n th
ese
indi
ca-
tors
of
child
wel
l-be
ing.
How
ever
, the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of s
choo
l has
incr
ease
d, a
lthou
gh it
is s
till b
elow
ave
rage
for
Min
neso
taco
untie
s. T
here
als
o w
as a
sm
all i
ncre
ase
in 1
993
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
l-dr
en c
omm
ittin
g vi
olen
t cri
mes
.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Bco
nom
ics
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)30
212
.3"
142,
202
12.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
cei%
ing
AFD
C'1
3S.
6"$.
0",,
197
7.8"
,,12
5,26
010
.7",
,
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/ red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)58
626
.8"
721
32.3
",,
729
32.7
"022
4,86
0
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
11
0",,
22.
1",,
1,95
83.
0",.
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t3
4.2"
32.
9".
22.
1".,
3,32
05.
1"
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imnm
ni/e
dby
age
2 (
1992
-91)
27.1
7239
.3"
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)11
1.1"
30
212.
0",,
12,3
873.
4",,
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e0
(I3
25.0
%1,
767
25.9
"
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed12
2321
11,8
71
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
00
204
2(0.
Paul
. \1\
;110
3; 6
12/2
27-6
121
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
65
149
Lake
of t
he W
oods
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n4,
096
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
1,14
3A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
0A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
Asi
an4
Oth
er0
His
pani
cC
hild
ren
unde
r 6
405
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
12.8
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$29,
121
Lak
e of
the
Woo
ds C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in n
orth
ern
Min
neso
ta o
n th
eC
anad
ian
bord
er. I
t is
the
seco
nd s
mal
lest
cou
nty
in M
inne
sota
. Por
tions
of th
e R
ed L
ake
Indi
an R
eser
vatio
n ar
e lo
cate
d in
the
coun
ty. I
n 19
93,
Lak
e of
the
Woo
ds C
ount
y ha
d a
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$15
,468
,w
hich
ran
ked
fift
y-si
xth
in th
e st
ate.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
serv
ices
, sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, an
d no
n-du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
-tu
ring
. The
fas
test
gro
win
g in
dust
ry f
rom
199
2 to
199
3 w
as tr
ansp
orta
-tio
n an
d pu
blic
util
ities
.
Lak
e of
the
Woo
ds C
ount
y is
doi
ng b
ette
r th
an th
e av
erag
e co
unty
on m
ost i
ndic
ator
s. L
ake
Cou
nty
saw
a r
ise
in c
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol, b
ring
ing
the
drop
out r
ate
clos
e to
the
stat
e av
erag
e. S
ubst
anti-
ated
rep
orts
of
child
abu
se a
nd n
egle
ct in
crea
sed
subs
tant
ially
in 1
992,
but d
ecre
ased
in 1
993.
1991
1992
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in L
ake
of th
e W
oods
Cou
nty
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
124
11.0
9C
hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
In P
over
tyC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
5964
5.V
"
All
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)31
641
.4%
341
43.5
%
Iwo]
I u
mhe
s
cvn
Mot
her,
.B
irth
Circ
umst
ance
s S
i Hea
lth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
Ls"
23.
0",
Low
Bir
thi%
eig
ht
lnul
tuni
mlio
n.
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t4
7.0%
0
ea h
ool
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
3756
.9%
Vio
lent
Cri
me
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
\ egl
et t
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
72.
3%3
0.9%
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
)eat
hC
hild
ren
arre
,:41
for
viol
ent c
rim
e0
0
Bet
ter
Atie
r,ig
eW
orse
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed4
19
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
00
1993
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
12.4
%
605.
2%12
5,26
010
.7%
360
44.0
%22
4,86
027
.6%
11.
8".
1,95
8.3
.0%
23.
5%3,
320
5.1%
27,1
7239
.3%
11.3
.2%
12,3
873.
4%
1,76
725
.91
811
,871
020
4
66M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
wr
Loo
k
Liu
Chi
ldre
n'. I
Men
,,t, F
und
of M
N, 5
50 R
ice
Stre
et, S
uite
205
, St.
Paul
MN
551
03; M
2/22
7402
1
151
Mt-
kids
trm
Ek
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n23
,372
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
6,84
5A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
9A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
7A
sian
50O
ther
His
pani
c73
Chi
ldre
n un
der
62,
151
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
eC
31,7
52
Le
Sueu
r C
ount
y in
sou
th c
entr
al M
inne
sota
ran
ks th
irty
-eig
hth
inpo
pula
tion
amon
g M
inne
sota
cou
ntie
s. L
e Su
eur
Cou
nty'
s 19
93 p
er c
api-
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$17
,129
ran
ks tw
enty
-thi
rd in
the
stat
e. T
he la
rges
tin
dust
ries
in th
e co
unty
wer
e du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng, s
ervi
ces,
and
non-
dura
ble
good
s m
anuf
actu
ring
. Ear
ning
s fr
om s
ervi
ces
incr
ease
d by
11%
fro
m 1
992
to 1
993.
Chi
ldre
n in
Le
Sueu
r C
ount
y ar
e le
ss li
kely
to li
ve in
pov
erty
. The
perc
enta
ge o
f ch
ildre
n bo
rn w
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght d
ropp
ed to
wel
lbe
low
the
stat
e av
erag
e. T
his
coun
ty r
epor
ted
no c
hang
e in
the
num
ber
of te
enag
e bi
rths
. The
cou
nty
saw
a m
odes
t inc
reas
e in
the
num
ber
ofch
ild d
eath
s.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in L
e S
ueur
Cou
nty
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
582
142,
202
12.4
%C
hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
InC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
346
376
5.5"
,,36
95.
4%12
5,26
010
.7`!
,,
ArD
CC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g fr
ee/r
educ
ed-p
rice
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
1,02
923
.0%
1,13
022
.8%
1,42
525
.6"o
224,
860
27.6
%
!--.
..hoo
lI
1.11
1,he
,
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
I vei
lM
othe
r-.
low
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
92.
9".
1,95
83.
0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t20
6.2"
..10
3.2%
92.
9%3,
320
5.1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uni/e
dby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
120
38.7
".27
,172
39.3
%
It`
,It'l
1110
1
iole
nt(
nnw t
251.
3%30
1.4%
311.
3%12
,387
3.4"
0
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
V:o
lent
11v
ath
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e20
.0%
216
.7"
112
.5%
1,76
725
.9%
Ben
etA
verd
geW
orse
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed44
1462
11,8
71
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
12
204
IkPr
kids
1121
likC
hild
ren
Doi
en,e
Fun
d ot
MN
Str
evt.
Sui
tt. 2
0. ',
IP
oul,
MN
C11
0; 6
12 2
27.1
,121
1 o2
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
153
67
Linc
oln
Lin
coln
Cou
nty,
the
nint
h sm
alle
st c
ount
y in
the
stat
e, is
loca
ted
inso
uthw
este
rn M
inne
sota
on
the
Sout
h D
akot
a bo
rder
. Its
199
3 pe
r ca
pita
pers
onal
inco
me
of $
13,2
32 is
the
four
th lo
wes
t in
Min
neso
ta. T
he la
rges
tin
dust
ries
in 1
993
wer
e se
rvic
es, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
and
tran
s-po
rtat
ion
and
publ
ic u
tiliti
es. C
onst
ruct
ion
earn
ings
incr
ease
d by
10%
from
199
2 to
199
3.D
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
anA
mer
ican
Ind
ian
Asi
anO
ther
His
pani
cC
hild
ren
unde
r 6
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e
6,89
91,
799 7
11
4 446
78.
6%$2
4,2.
86
Lin
coln
Cou
nty
did
quite
wel
l on
man
y in
dica
tors
of
child
wel
l-be
ing.
The
per
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t inc
reas
edin
199
2 bu
t dec
reas
ed in
199
3 to
a le
vel j
ust a
bove
the
aver
age
coun
ty.
Are
as o
f co
ncer
n in
clud
e a
subs
tant
ial i
ncre
ase
in s
ubst
antia
ted
repo
rts
of c
hild
abu
se a
nd n
egle
ct.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in L
inco
ln C
ount
yF
amily
. Eco
nom
ics
322
18.3
%14
2,20
212
.4%
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
9(1
cens
us)
In P
over
tyC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
(R
egio
n V
III
Nor
th)
633
5.7%
668
6.0%
684
6. i%
125,
260
10.7
%
AFD
CC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g fr
ee/r
educ
ed-p
rice
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
428
38.4
%45
139
.9",
,47
542
.0".
224,
860
27.6
%
Scho
ol h
int:
leen
\1ot
her,
tiv, I
hrth
wei
ght
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
23.
0%I
1.4%
11.
4""
1.95
83.
0%C
hild
ren
born
to te
enag
e m
othe
rs
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t1
57.
1%4
.3. S
'3,
320
5.1'
!,,
Intin
uini
atio
n,
I.ea
t e s
choo
l
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
1631
.4%
27,1
7239
.3",
,
Vio
lent
Cri
me
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
ti.e,
Neg
lect
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)0.
8",
34%
0.7"
,,12
.387
3.4"
,,
Pcat
hC
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
00
1,76
723
.9%
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
seC
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
814
1811
,871
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
00
120
4
68M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
k
154
( hi
ldro
n's
Det
enw
Ino
d of
MN
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O R
i,o
Stre
et, S
uite
203
!st
. Pau
l, M
N S
c11)
3; (
.12/
227-
6121
155
ffrO
wki
ds
Lyon
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n25
,007
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
6,75
0A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n18
Asi
an63
Oth
er10
6
His
pani
c12
9
Chi
ld r
en u
nder
6C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
es13
.8%
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$3
0,58
2
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in L
yon
Cou
nty
In P
Ol v
rtv
AFD
C
scho
ol L
unch
es
l'een
NIo
ther
.
o%, B
irtI
mei
ght
hnill
unw
atio
n,
Scho
ol
Crn
ne
Abu
,. N
egle
,t
iole
nt I
/oat
h
!kr
kids
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Lyo
n C
ount
y is
a m
id-s
ize
coun
ty lo
cate
d in
sou
thw
este
rnM
inne
sota
. In
1993
, Lyo
n C
ount
y ha
d a
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$18,
093,
whi
ch w
as th
e fo
urte
enth
hig
hest
in th
e st
ate.
The
larg
est i
ndus
-tr
ies
in 1
993
wer
e no
n-du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng, s
tate
.and
loca
lgo
vern
men
t, an
d se
rvic
es.
Lyo
n C
ount
y ha
d a
cons
iste
ntly
low
dro
pout
rat
e. A
lthou
gh th
enu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n bo
rn w
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght i
ncre
ased
, it i
s st
ill b
elow
aver
age.
Sub
stan
tiate
d re
port
s of
chi
ld a
buse
and
neg
lect
incr
ease
d si
g-. n
ific
antly
in 1
993.
Lyo
n C
ount
y al
so h
ad a
hig
her-
than
-ave
rage
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
who
wer
e no
t im
mun
ized
by
age
two.
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C (
Reg
ion
VII
I N
orth
)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/ red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
.
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
Chi
ldre
n's
Del
ense
Fun
d of
\IN
, 550
Ric
e St
reet
. Sui
te 2
05, S
t. l'a
ul, M
N 5
310;
612
/ 227
-61
21
j 6
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
750
11.2
";.
142,
202
12.4
",
635
668
6.0"
.68
4C
.1",
,12
5,26
010
.7%
1,31
328
.0%
1,44
027
.0",
,1,
519
2722
4,86
027
.6%
82.
3".
82.
2%9
2.4%
1,95
8.3
.0%
419
5..r
"15
4.0%
3,32
05.
1",
,,
208
48.7
".27
,172
39.3
%
381.
6.41
271.
1%12
,387
.3.4
":,
425
.0".
218
.2%
420
0%
1,76
725
.9%
4137
8(1
11,8
71
22
204
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
69
1 5
McL
eod
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n32
,340
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
9,30
1A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
46A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
41A
sian
45O
ther
60H
ispa
nic
175
Chi
ldre
n un
der
63,
162
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
1
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e93
5,03
3
McL
eod
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
the
sout
h ce
ntra
l por
tion
of th
e st
ate
and
is th
e tw
enty
-fif
th la
rges
t cou
nty.
Dur
ing
the
sum
mer
mon
ths,
the
popu
la-
tion
incl
udes
mig
rant
far
mw
orke
rs a
nd th
eir
child
ren.
The
cou
nty'
s la
rges
tin
dust
ries
in 1
993
wer
e du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng, n
on-d
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
turi
ng a
nd s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent.
Tra
nspo
rtat
ion
and
publ
icut
ilitie
s w
as th
e fa
stes
t gro
win
g in
dust
ry, i
ncre
asin
g by
10%
fro
m 1
992
to19
93. M
cLeo
d C
ount
y's
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e w
as $
18,3
14, t
he th
ir-
teen
th la
rges
t in
the
stat
e.
McL
eod
Cou
nty
had
belo
w-a
vera
ge r
ates
of
child
pov
erty
, chi
ldre
nre
ceiv
ing
AFD
C a
nd c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g fr
ee a
nd r
educ
ed-p
rice
sch
ool l
unch
-es
. Fro
m 1
991-
92 to
199
3-94
, the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
olal
so d
ecre
ased
by
near
ly 5
0%. T
he c
ount
y ha
d an
incr
ease
in c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t, al
thou
gh th
e ra
te is
stil
l slig
htly
bel
ow th
e av
erag
eco
unty
.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in M
cLeo
d C
ount
yF
amily
Eco
nom
ics
664
7.2"
,,14
2,20
212
.4",
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
In r
o,..
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C33
53.
6%40
04.
3%36
03.
9",,
125,
26(1
10.7
",,,
hot')
I
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/ red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)85
777
.3%
1,00
318
.3".
1,09
279
.5%
224,
860
27.6
':
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
I ,cn
\Ant
her,
71.
5%5
1,95
83.
0",
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
IO
WB
irth.
% e
ight
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t13
1.8"
,,19
4.1"
,,20
4.5"
:.3,
320
5.1%
t.,1\
t Sdl
ool
nt (
noc
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
2441
4",
,27
,172
39.3
%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Abl
n.t \
vgi
c.
inIn
t I )
rdth
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
)99
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)77
iti.(
)"34
H"
12,3
873
4",,
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e11
37.9
"I
2S.2
"..
931
1.0"
.1,
767
25.9
"
finny
.A
ve.t.
ign
Wor
seC
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
113
132
2911
,871
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
C h
ildre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
420
4
70M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
I .0
0k
15-8
)eiv
ilm I
nod
\ 1 \
Rh,
.pa
ul. \
I \ ;
110;
612
: 227
-sI 2
1
15-L
1
Mah
nom
enD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
5,06
5N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n1,
574
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an2
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n51
8A
sian
Oth
er0
His
pani
c14
Chi
ldre
n un
der
642
1C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
esM
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
S20,
406
Mah
nom
en C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in n
orth
wes
tern
Min
neso
ta a
nd is
the
fift
h sm
alle
st c
ount
y in
the
stat
e. P
ortio
ns o
f th
e W
hite
Ear
th I
ndia
nR
eser
vatio
n ar
e lo
cate
d in
the
coun
ty. T
he c
ount
y's
1993
per
sona
l per
capi
ta in
com
e w
as $
12,3
44, t
he lo
wes
t in
the
stat
e. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993
wer
e se
rvic
es, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
and
reta
il. T
he s
er-
vice
s in
dust
ry in
crea
sed
39%
..fro
m 1
992
to 1
993.
The
199
0 ce
nsus
rep
orte
d a
child
pov
erty
rat
e of
34.
3%, a
lmos
tth
ree
times
as
high
as
the
stat
e av
erag
e. D
espi
te th
is, t
he n
umbe
r of
chi
l-dr
en r
ecei
ving
AFD
C d
ropp
ed o
ver
the
thre
e-ye
ar r
epor
ting
peri
od.
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn w
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght w
ere
wel
l with
in th
e st
ate
aver
age
as w
ere
child
ren
not f
ully
imm
uniz
ed b
y ag
e tw
o. O
ne a
rea
of c
once
rn is
the
incr
easi
ng n
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Was
urin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in M
ahno
men
Cou
nty
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
527
34.3
"14
2,20
2C
hild
ren
inpo
vert
y (1
990
cens
us)
Posc
rtv
iix
ht W
I I
Unt
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
295
1,10
9
18.7
",,
66.0
"
300
1,10
6
19.1
".
65.3
%
252
1,14
3
le.0
";,
66.4
%
125,
260
224,
860
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
10(.
11 M
othe
r,
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
5b.
2",,
33.
9"1,
958
I o.
Bir
tlw.e
ight
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t3
43
3.7"
,,3
3.9"
.:.3,
320
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
65.3
7.8"
,,"7
,172
Leas
e ,,c
1100
1
lote
ntr1
111t
.S
igns
Of T
roub
le
htt,t
. \t
t!it'
t IC
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol(,
,cho
ol y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)6
0.8%
165.
2"55
7.4"
,,12
,387
VI,
Aun
tC
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
00
01,
767
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
seC
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
29I
I23
11,8
71C
ompa
red
to th
e A
vera
ge C
ount
y 19
93hi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
020
4
Wrr
kids
3.0"
5.1"
39.3
%
.3.4
",.
25.9
",,
hild
ren
Pele
n-t.
hind
itM
N. V
itt g
ice
Str
ect.
s-irl
te 2
05.
tP
aul.
MN
ST
h11;
612
1227
-612
1
160
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
16i
71
Mar
shal
lD
emog
raph
ics
(1 9
90)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n11
055
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
3,18
1
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an4
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n15
Asi
an10
Oth
er15
His
pani
cC
hild
ren
unde
r 6
874
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
10.8
%
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e81
6,13
2
Mea
surin
g th
e W
M-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in M
arsh
all C
ount
y
Iner
tv
%M
C
s,ho
ol I
on,
hv,
loth
cr,
0%, B
irtim
eigh
t
1161
nulw
atio
n,
Ave
wiv
n( (
\ 1,1
1, \
t
0,1,
,n)
/v.it
h
006.
1A
ver.
igt.
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Elli
FiT
ieso
taK
ids:
A C
lose
r I
ook
Mar
shal
l Cou
nty
is a
mod
erat
ely
smal
l cou
nty
loca
ted
alon
g th
eN
orth
Dak
ota
bord
er in
the
nort
hwes
t cor
ner
of th
e st
ate.
Dur
ing
the
sum
mer
mon
ths,
the
popu
latio
n of
Mar
shal
l Cou
nty
incl
udes
mig
rant
farm
wor
kers
and
thei
r ch
ildre
n. M
arsh
all C
ount
y's
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal
inco
me
of $
13,4
70 is
the
sixt
h lo
wes
t in
the
stat
e an
d de
clin
ed 2
2% f
rom
1992
to 1
993.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
the
coun
ty w
ere
stat
e an
d lo
cal
gove
rnm
ent,
serv
ices
, and
ret
ail.
Mar
shal
l Cou
nty
had
a ve
ry lo
w n
umbe
r of
teen
bir
ths
and
chil-
dren
com
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es f
rom
199
1 to
199
3. C
hild
ren
in M
arsh
all
Cou
nts,
wer
e al
so m
ore
likel
y to
be
fully
imm
uniz
ed b
y ag
e tw
o. T
henu
mbe
r of
sub
stan
tiate
d re
port
s of
chi
ld a
buse
and
neg
lect
ros
e co
nsid
-er
ably
in 1
993.
Mar
shal
l Cou
nty
also
saw
an
incr
ease
in s
choo
l dro
pout
sin
199
3, a
lthou
gh th
e ra
te w
as s
till b
elow
the
aver
age
coun
ty.
1991
',Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)47
7H
i".
Chi
ldre
n re
cvi%
',,g
ArL
iC14
64.
6".
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
:red
uced
-pri
ce(4
8740
.S".
choo
l lun
ches
(sc
hool
yea
rs 1
991-
92. 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
21.
1"0
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
-.M
ons
of T
roub
le
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f ,:c
hool
(-A
lio()
) ye
ars
1991
-)2.
92-
91 9
3-94
)
Chi
ldre
n ar
re,..
ted
for
viol
ent c
rim
e
luld
run
abu
sed
and
negl
ecte
d
fuld
ren
dyin
g vi
olen
tly
60
1".
II 12 (1
'199
219
9319
93St
ate
142,
202
12.4
".
170
5.3"
.16
312
5,26
010
.7",
,
930
3S.S
".,
935
38.6
"022
4,86
027
.0".
32
7".
10
c1"
1,95
83.
0".
34.
3"3,
120
5.1"
0
108
31.0
%27
,171
39.3
"
4II
1".
.II
I 3"
12,3
873.
4".
21,
767
21 9
"0
1146
11,8
71 2(14
Chl
h6,1
1D
Ole
n...
t trn
d\I
;+0
RIL
L'
Sulk
, 205
St P
aul,
\1\ 5
5111
3 01
2 22
7 61
21?k
yrki
dsco
unt
rottI
ncie
te
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
a 1
popu
latio
n23
,018
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
6,16
5A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
10
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n34
Asi
an80
Oth
erH
ispa
nic
46C
hild
ren
unde
r 6
1,94
1
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
12.9
",,
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
eS2
9,85
6
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in M
artin
Cou
nty
In P
O%
oil(
',cho
rd I
(ni
che.
leon
Mot
her.
Lot
( lin
thw
eigh
t
hnin
unr/
arro
ll,
I(.
..I(e
',ho
ot
Vro
:rnt
("r
im,
\11,
11-,
Vio
1r-n
rIlo
nh
ffip
kids
min
now
*,
Ilrt
ter
Avi
.r.r
ritW
or
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Mar
tin C
ount
y is
a m
oder
ate-
size
d co
unty
loca
ted
in s
outh
cen
tral
Min
neso
ta o
n th
e Io
wa
bord
er. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in M
artin
Cou
nty
wer
e se
rvic
es, d
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
turi
ng, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ern-
men
t, an
d re
tail.
In
1993
, Mar
tin C
ount
y ha
d a
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal
inco
me
of $
16,7
52, r
anki
ng tw
enty
-eig
hth
amon
g M
inne
sota
cou
ntie
s.
The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
in M
artin
Cou
nty
has
decl
ined
fro
m 1
991
leve
ls, a
lthou
gh it
is s
till s
omew
hat h
ighe
r th
an th
eav
erag
e co
unty
. On
man
y ot
her
indi
cato
rs o
f ch
ild w
ell-
bein
g, M
artin
Cou
nty
child
ren
are
clos
e to
ave
l'age
for
the
stat
e. T
he n
umbe
r of
chi
l-dr
en d
ropp
ing
out o
f sc
hool
incr
ease
d fr
om 1
991-
92 to
199
3-94
, alth
ough
it is
stil
l bel
ow a
vera
ge. T
he n
umbe
r of
sub
stan
tiate
d re
port
s of
chi
ldab
use
and
negl
ect a
lso
incr
ease
d.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)87
114
.4".
,14
2,20
212
.4".
Chi
ld:e
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C (
Fari
baul
t / M
artin
)88
814
.4",
,81
113
2"82
013
.3".
125,
260
10.7
%
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
redu
ced-
pric
esc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)1.
387
.310
,,1,
375
30.4
"1,
452
32.1
".22
4,86
027
.6".
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
124
1".
1.8"
,,3.
3".
1,95
83.
0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t13
4.4"
.15
5.4"
.12
4.4"
.3.
320
5.1"
.
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1cN
2-93
)21
131
5".
27,1
7'39
.3"
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-Q
. 92-
93, 9
3-94
)24
1 2"
.10
111
1+
".11
,357
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed to
r vi
olen
t cri
me
1.3.
8"1,
767
25.9
"
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed28
4811
,871
Chi
kken
dyi
ngio
lent
ly(1
2(1-
1
( 11
11,1
1.ii.
I 'I
t.tri
r.r.
tind
\I
t Ist
evr
Ir 2
11',
16 4
Voi
d\
(112
227
1,1
21M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
I.00
k
166
73
Mee
ker
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n21
,014
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
6,13
7A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
6A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
8A
sian
63O
ther
57H
ispa
nic
101
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
972
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
11.0
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$29,
210
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in M
eeke
r C
ount
y
hier
ty
All
IC
hool
I ti
nt h
e.
I cu
ts N
loth
er,
I ow
Iiir
thw
eigh
t
Intin
urn/
ani
I ed
ve ',
hoot
Vio
lent
1..
rim
,'
Neg
les
Vio
lent
I te
at',
11.1
Bet
ter
Ave
r,ic
ieW
ort(
'
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Mee
ker
Cou
nty
is a
mod
erat
e-si
zed
coun
ty in
cen
tral
Min
neso
ta.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
cons
truc
tion,
sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
n-m
ent,
serv
ices
, and
dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
. The
199
3 pe
r ca
pita
pers
onal
inco
me
in M
eeke
r C
ount
y w
as $
15,6
33, w
hich
is s
light
ly b
elow
the
aver
age
Min
neso
ta c
ount
y.
The
cou
nty
had
no c
hild
ren
com
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es a
nd a
low
er-t
han-
aver
age
rate
of
child
pov
erty
, chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C, a
ndch
ildre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
or
redu
ced-
pric
e sc
hool
lunc
h. T
he c
ount
y ha
d an
incr
ease
in c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t, br
ingi
ng th
e pe
rcen
tage
slig
htly
abo
ve th
e av
erag
e co
unty
. The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
not f
ully
imm
uniz
ed b
y ag
e tw
o al
so w
as h
ighe
r th
an th
e av
erag
e co
unty
.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)74
412
.3%
142,
202
12.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C37
86.
2%37
86.
2's,
382
6.2%
125,
260
10.7
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/ red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)1,
578
27.1
%1,
601
27.8
%1,
731
29.5
%22
4,86
027
.6%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
62.
2%10
4.1%
103.
9%1,
958
3.0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t7
2.6%
83.
.3%
135.
0%3,
320
5.1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
142
41.4
%27
,172
39.3
%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)1
I29
1.1%
281.
0%12
,387
3.4%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e0
00
1,76
725
.0%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
edI
I13
1911
,871
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
34
020
4
74M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
k
166
(hlid
n'll'
s I
)ele
me
l'und
of M
N. 5
i0 R
it.t.
Str
eet,
Sui
te 2
115,
St.
Nut
, MN
591
03, 6
12/2
27-6
121
1 i3
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n18
,776
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
5,43
6A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n25
9A
sian
13
Oth
er14
His
pani
c78
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
730
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
17.7
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
S27,
170
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in M
ille
Lacs
Cou
nty
In P
over
z.
\
',h...
.I I u
nelly
.
I yen
'god
ly',
I 'n%
dirt
Ins
eigh
t
Innn
um/d
uon,
I cav
e `-
choo
l
VI'
dent
Com
,
Aln
y-y
Nyg
Iy,
i'dyn
t I )
yaill
?kr-
kids
ME
M
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
u
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Mill
e L
acs
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
eas
t cen
tral
Min
neso
ta, a
ndin
clud
es th
e M
ille
Lac
s In
dian
Res
erva
tion.
It r
anks
for
ty-s
even
th in
popu
latio
n am
ong
Min
neso
ta c
ount
ies.
Its
per
cap
ita in
com
e of
$14
,911
has
incr
ease
d 5%
sin
ce 1
992.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
serv
ices
,du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng, a
nd s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent.
The
ser
-vi
ce s
ecto
r of
the
econ
omy
incr
ease
d by
21%
fro
m 1
992
to 1
993.
The
num
ber
of s
ubst
antia
ted
repo
rts
of c
hild
abu
se a
nd n
egle
ctde
crea
sed
from
199
1 to
199
3, in
con
tras
t to
the
stat
ewid
e in
crea
se. T
henu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
incr
ease
d, b
ut is
stil
l bel
owth
e av
erag
e co
unty
. Are
as o
f co
ncer
n iii
clud
e th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
nbo
rn w
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght,
whi
ch in
crea
sed
to w
ell a
bove
the
aver
age
coun
ty. T
he r
ate
of c
hild
ren
not i
mm
uniz
ed b
y ag
e tw
o is
als
o hi
gh.
1=Z
1=21
11/
Chd
dren
.,D
efen
solu
nd;."
411Z
ice
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
.msu
s)87
616
.3%
142,
202
12.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
580
10.7
%57
510
6%
575
10.6
%12
5,26
010
.7%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)2,
009
34.6
01,
982
33.8
"2,
237
.36.
3"..
224,
860
27.6
%
B -
Circ
umst
ance
s &
Hea
lth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
145.
6"8
3 1%
83.
0%1,
958
3.0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t11
4.4"
17o.
o"..
218.
0%3,
320
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
232
48.8
%27
,172
.39.
3".
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ngou
tof
sch
ool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)42
1.6%
461.
7%12
,387
3.4%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e5
26 3
",,
317
6"
1,76
725
9"
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed84
7'4
5111
,871
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
N. i
olen
tiv0
(I20
4
paol
;511
)1.1
,12
227
6121
Min
nsot
a K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
7;
169
Mor
rison
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n29
,701
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
9,28
1A
fri
can-
Am
eric
an5
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n6
Asi
an64
Oth
er11
His
pani
c55
Chi
ldre
n un
der
62,
909
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
11.2
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
S16,
784
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in M
orris
on C
ount
y
In P
over
t
AID
(
IN h
oot I
unc
ht.,
teen
Mot
her'.
I os
v B
irth
s, e
tght
Intl-
num
/ow
n,
I ea
.Iw
o]
tole
nt C
rtm
e
Abu
,. N
ee,le
,t
Vio
lent
I /e
ath
Bet
ter
Ave
r.ig
eW
orse
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Chi
nty
1993
Mor
riso
n C
ount
y is
a m
id-s
ized
cou
nty
loca
ted
in c
entr
alM
inne
sota
. Its
199
3 pe
r ca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
was
$13
,873
, the
sev
enth
low
est i
n th
e st
ate
and
a 4%
incr
ease
sin
ce 1
992.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
1993
wer
e se
rvic
es, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
and
reta
il tr
ade.
The
fast
est g
row
ing
indu
stry
was
con
stru
ctio
n, w
hich
incr
ease
d by
17%
betw
een
1992
and
199
3.
Mor
riso
n C
ount
y ha
d a
bette
r-th
an-a
vera
ge r
ate
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t, as
wel
l as
a ve
ry lo
w s
choo
l dro
pout
rat
e.M
orri
son
Cou
nty
had
a re
lativ
ely
high
rat
e of
chi
ld p
over
ty in
the
1990
cens
us a
nd h
ighe
r th
an a
vera
ge p
erce
nt o
f ch
ildre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
or
redu
ced-
pric
e sc
hool
lunc
h. T
een
birt
hs h
ave
incr
ease
d to
a r
ate
high
erth
an th
e av
erag
e co
unty
.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)1,
672
18.2
",,,
142,
202
12.4
",
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C69
17.
4%67
87.
3%65
3T
.0",
,12
5,26
010
.7".
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)3,
063
44.5
".3,
08(1
44.4
",,
3,10
944
.4".
224,
860
27.6
0,
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
814
163.
9%1,
958
3.0"
.,
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t13
2(1
5.4"
,,13
3.2"
,,3,
320
5.1"
:.
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
185
27,1
7239
.3%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
149
1-92
, 92-
93. 9
3-94
)36
451.
4".
270.
8%12
,387
3.4%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
eI
1ti.
7"..
440
.0".
1,76
725
.9".
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed45
4011
,871
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
320
4
76M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
k
1 70
hild
ren'
,1)e
tens
e hi
nd o
f M
N. S
511
Rit
e St
reet
. Sui
te 2
05, S
I Pa
ul. N
1N 5
5101
; 612
/ 22
7-61
21
1 71
kids
Mow
erD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
37,5
97N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n9,
559
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an46
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n14
Asi
an11
5
Oth
erH
ispa
nic
121
Chi
ldre
n un
der
63,
083
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
I 5.
4`!,
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$2
9,l 4
4
Mea
surh
ig th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in M
ower
Cou
nty
In l'
o% e
riv
Al P
(.'
Cch
onl I
um
. liv
.
I on
Mot
her,
Low
Iiirt
im e
ight
1111
mm
-11/
anon
.
ease
SLh
ool
Vto
lent
rime
Abu
,. \ e
glc,
tol(o
t 1)c
.011
!kr
kids
Rct
ter
Ave
r.ig
fW
c)rs
o
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cyt
ty 1
993
Mow
er C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in s
outh
east
ern
Min
neso
ta o
n th
e Io
wa
bord
er. I
t is
the
twen
ty-s
econ
d la
rges
t cou
nty
in th
e st
ate.
Its
199
3 pe
rca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
18,9
29 w
as th
e ei
ghth
hig
hest
in M
inne
sota
.In
Mow
er C
ount
y, th
e la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
wer
e no
n-du
rabl
e go
ods
man
u-fa
ctur
ing,
ser
vice
s, a
nd s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent.
Mow
er C
ount
y ex
peri
ence
d on
ly a
sm
all i
ncre
ase
in th
e pe
rcen
tage
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
and
fr
e / r
educ
ed-p
rice
sch
ool l
unch
. Thi
sco
unty
had
a s
igni
fica
nt r
educ
tion
betw
een
1992
and
199
3 in
chi
ldre
nco
mm
ittin
g vi
olen
t cri
mes
. The
per
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
birt
h w
eigh
t and
the
num
ber
of te
enag
e bi
rths
rem
aine
d st
eady
.
1991
1992
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
1993
1993
Stat
e
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)1,
197
12.8
'!..
142,
202
12.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C89
59A
"..
982
10.3
%94
29.
9%12
5,26
010
.7%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)1,
677
26.5
%1,
752
27.5
'%,
1,68
62$
.0%
224,
860
27.6
%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
265.
0%18
3.8"
,18
4.0%
1,95
83.
0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t26
5.0%
185.
9%24
3,32
05.
1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
180
37.0
%27
,172
39.3
%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
9512
54.
6%11
24.
0".,
12,3
873.
4%(,
..cho
ol y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e3
7.9%
1,76
725
.9%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed54
5458
11,8
71
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
220
4
Chi
l,hon
's D
eten
w 1
Lin
d of
\ 1N
. i'q
)-q
icet
, 'N
ote
211.
Pau
l,51
01, 6
12/2
27 6
121
(
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
I 7
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n9,
675
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
1,63
0A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
0A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
0A
sian
Oth
erH
ispa
nic
3
Chi
ldre
n un
der
6)2
0C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
esM
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
326,
889
Mur
ray
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
the
sout
hwes
tern
cor
ner
ofM
inne
sota
. It i
s th
e fo
urte
enth
sm
alle
st c
ount
y in
the
stat
e. T
he la
rges
tin
dust
ries
in 1
993
wer
e se
rvic
es, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
and
con-
stru
ctio
n. T
he -
rvic
es in
dust
ry in
crea
sed
by 1
0% b
etw
een
1992
and
1993
. Mur
ray
I..
.1ty
had
a p
er c
apita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
14,3
49, w
hich
is a
dec
line
of '
s, s
ince
199
2.
Mur
ray
Cou
nty
had
low
rat
es o
f te
en b
irth
s an
d ch
ildre
n bo
rnw
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght.
The
cou
nty
is a
bout
ave
rage
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
child
ren
fully
imm
uniz
ed b
y ag
e tw
o. S
ubst
antia
ted
repo
rts
of c
hild
abus
e an
d ne
glec
t inc
reas
ed f
rom
199
1 to
199
2 bu
t dro
pped
som
ewha
t in
1993
.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in M
urra
y C
ount
yF
amily
Eco
nom
ics
413
15 0
"14
2,20
212
.4"
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
In P
o% c
mC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
(R
egio
n V
111
Nor
th)
633
5.7"
"60
8b.
0",,
084
b.1"
..12
3.26
010
.7"
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/ re
duce
d-pr
ice
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
413
26.1
".45
327
9"
520
32 5
"22
4,86
027
.6"i
i
I uni
Birt
h C
ircum
sce
s &
Hea
lth1,
en \
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
(15'
.1
0.9%
1.9"
,,1.
958
.3.0
"..
IB
it tin
( Li
ght
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t2
1 5"
,,4
3,32
05.
1",,
Imm
unua
th.n
,C
hild
ren
who
wer
e no
t ful
ly im
mun
ized
by a
ge 2
(19
92-9
3)53
41 1
"27
.172
.39.
3",,
I ea% IA n
t Crim
,
\\ u
gh, ¶
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
o 3"
.1
12.3
873.
4'!.
.C
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol(s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
Vio
h.nt
Pea
tliC
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
0II
ti1.
767
25 9
",,
13et
ter
Ave
r.ic
ieC
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
1913
11.8
71
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
0(1
204
78M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
k(
liddr
otP
eten
w F
und
01 \I
N '-
V;O
RIll
. ',Ir
vel S
uite
. 205
, St
Nei
\IN
551
0.01
2-22
7-61
21O
rrki
ds
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n28
,314
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
7,36
0A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
21
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n17
Asi
an71
Oth
erH
ispa
nic
99C
hild
ren
unde
r 6
2,47
3C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
es10
.7".
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$3
6,32
1
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
o. C
hild
ren
in N
icol
let C
ount
y
In P
over
ty )(.
-,lio
nl u
n
leen
I my
flirt
lm e
ight
vas
e!.-
,11o
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( in
ns.
eglc
,
\ 101
,nl I
IFIr
rki
dsC
OM
finny
rA
ver,
igt.
\forc
e
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Nic
olle
t Cou
nty,
loca
ted
alon
g th
e M
inne
sota
Riv
er in
sou
th c
en-
tral
Min
neso
ta, i
s th
e th
irty
-thi
rd la
rges
t cou
nty
in th
e st
ate.
The
larg
est
indu
stri
es in
199
3 w
ere
non-
dura
ble
good
s m
anuf
actu
ring
, sta
te a
ndlo
cal g
over
nmen
t, an
d du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng. T
he f
aste
st g
row
-in
g in
dust
ry w
as s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
whi
ch in
crea
sed
by 1
0%fr
om 1
992
to 1
993.
Nic
olle
t Cou
nty'
s pe
r ca
pita
inco
me
of $
17,1
21 r
anke
dth
irtie
th in
the
stat
e.
Chi
ldre
n in
Nic
olle
t Cou
nty
did
bette
r th
an th
e av
erag
e co
unty
for
man
y in
dica
tors
of
child
wel
l-be
ing.
Are
as o
f co
ncer
n in
clud
e a
smal
lin
crea
se in
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
com
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es a
nd a
smal
l inc
reas
e in
the
perc
ent o
f ch
ildre
n bo
rn w
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)64
58.
9".
142,
202
12.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C36
14.
9%38
75.
3""
370
5.0%
125,
260
10.7
%
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or tr
ee/ r
educ
ed-p
rice
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
582
23 1
"..
624
23.9
%63
023
.4",
,22
4,86
027
.6%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
6 H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
01.
o".
3(.
8".,
72.
1%1,
958
3.0"
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t18
4.8%
164.
3"0
175.
0%3,
320
5.1"
0
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
inm
iuni
/ed
by a
ge 2
(19
92-9
3)71
33.2
",,
27,1
7239
3",
,
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)20
lIL
)19
1.60
12.1
87.s
4".
,
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e4
2o.7
"05
630
(1"
,,1,
767
25.9
"0
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed24
914
711
811
,871
('hild
ren
dyin
g w
lent
ly1
204
ch.b
., tn
i rci
f-w
t.ct
Pau
lI i
n, 6
12 i2
27-6
121
176
BE
ST C
OPY
AV
AIl
AB
LE
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
17')
Nob
les
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n20
,497
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
5,38
6A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n59
Asi
an99
Oth
er14
1
His
pani
c17
5
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
643
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
10.0
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$28,
427
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in N
oble
s C
ount
y
In I'
m e
rtv
tim
I cen
Mol
licr,
iiirt
hivc
Ight
1111
1111
.111
1/A
ts,n
'.
I ea%
hOld
tolc
n)
bu,.
\ ogI
c, t
101,
nt p
,,n11
But
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Nob
les
Cou
nty
is a
mid
-siz
ed c
ount
y lo
cate
d in
sou
thw
este
rnM
inne
sota
on
the
Iow
a bo
rder
. The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
non-
dura
ble
good
s m
anuf
actu
ring
, sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, an
d se
rvic
es.
Nob
les
Cou
nty'
s pe
r ca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
in 1
993
was
$16
,686
, whi
chra
nked
the
Cou
nty
thir
tieth
in th
e st
ate
on th
is m
easu
re.
Nob
les
Cou
nty
had
a de
crea
se in
sub
stan
tiate
d re
port
s of
chi
ldab
use
and
negl
ect,
in c
ontr
ast t
o th
e A
ate
incr
ease
. It a
lso
did
bette
r th
anav
erag
e on
imm
uniz
atio
n ra
tes.
Nob
les
Cou
nty
had
an in
crea
se in
teen
age
Lir
ths,
ris
ing
abov
e th
e av
erag
e co
unty
on
this
indi
cato
r. A
hig
h-er
than
ave
rage
per
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
wer
e ar
rest
ed f
or c
omm
ittin
g vi
o-le
nt c
rim
es in
199
2 an
d 19
93.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
JFam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)68
313
.0%
142,
202
12.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AF
DC
310
5.8%
359
6.7"
395
712
5,26
010
.7"0
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/ red
uced
-pric
esc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)1,
039
28 .7
",,
1,07
327
.9".
1,13
229
.2".
224,
860
27.6
'!
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
31.
0%14
4.9%
135.
4"1,
958
3.0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
birt
h w
eigh
t13
4.5%
134.
6"14
3.0%
3,32
05.
1"
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
893
'.8".
.27
,172
39.3
"
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
36.3
2",
.24
1.4%
492.
7",,
12,3
873.
4"(h
ildre
n dr
oppi
ngou
t of
scho
ol(s
choo
l yea
rs19
91-9
2, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed fo
r vi
olen
t crim
e10
47 6
"47
.0".
1,76
725
.9%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed49
4544
11,8
71
Chi
ldre
ndy
ing
viol
ently
020
4
80M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
k(
hild
ren'
. 1)e
fenw
Fun
d ol
SIN
, 550
Ric
e S
tree
t. S
uite
205
. St.
SIN
551
03; 6
12 /
227.
6121
.1./9
Nor
man
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
9901
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n8,
059
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
2,17
9A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
4
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n46
Asi
anO
ther
13
His
pani
cC
hild
ren
unde
r b
;79
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
10.2
"4.
M -
Ilan
fam
ily in
com
eS2
6,41
3
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in N
orm
an C
ount
y
In l'
o%cr
tv
11(.
I un
,
It.c
n \1
.thcr
,
I ow
Bir
thv,
t.ic,
ht
Ic
,,hoo
1
\ 04v
nt (
AN
N,.
\I
)t ,i
ti
Orr
kids
coun
tm
lani
muf
t
Ben
t IA
,,vra
geW
ot s
e
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Nor
man
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
nor
thw
este
rn M
inne
sota
alo
ng th
eR
ed R
iver
and
Nor
th D
akot
a bo
rder
. Dur
ing
the
sum
mer
mon
ths,
the
popu
latio
n of
Nor
man
Cou
nty
incl
udes
mig
rant
far
mw
orke
rs a
nd th
eir
child
ren.
Nor
man
is th
e el
even
th s
mal
lest
cou
nty
in M
inne
sota
with
acl
ose
to a
vera
ge p
er c
apita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
15,8
15. T
he p
er c
apita
pers
onal
inco
me
decl
ined
11%
bet
wee
n 19
92 a
nd 1
993,
larg
ely
due
to a
74%
dec
line
in f
arm
inco
me.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
stat
ean
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, se
rvic
es, a
nd f
arm
ing.
Chi
ldre
n in
Nor
man
cou
nty
had
.a v
ery
low
sch
ool d
ropo
ut r
ate.
No
birt
hs to
teen
s w
ere
repo
rted
in 1
993.
Are
as f
or c
once
rn in
clud
e an
incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C a
nd a
hig
lwr-
than
-av
erag
e pe
rcen
t of
child
ren
not f
ully
imm
uniz
ed b
y ag
e tw
o.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pos
ert
y (1
990
cens
us)
351
In 1
"..
142.
202
12.-
ro
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C13
40.
1".
104
718
38.
4%12
5,20
010
.7".
,
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
, red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lupc
hes
(sch
ool y
ear:
199
1-92
. 92-
93, 9
3-94
)39
5",
.65
640
.0",
.0.
1,1
411.
0",,
224,
860
27.0
".
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldrc
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
-11
1 0"
..0
1,93
8
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t5.
9".
3,32
0
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not t
ully
inum
miie
dby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
42-0
.4%
17,1
7239
.3%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
1(1
91-9
2, 9
2-03
, 91-
04 )
00
8".
12,3
873.
4".
C h
i Id
ren
arre
sted
lor
viok
mt c
rim
e0
01,
767
25.0
",,
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed10
1311
,871
I. h
ildre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
()20
4
I.In
klre
nun
d\
V;(
12o
;.N
u], m
;;10
1, h
l222
7-01
21
130
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
181
81
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
AI
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n10
7,31
4N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n29
,484
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an27
9A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
63A
sian
1,28
4O
ther
?9H
ispa
nic
234
Chi
ldre
n un
der
611
,155
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
12.8
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$43,
196
Olr
nste
d C
ount
y in
sou
thea
ster
n M
inne
sota
is th
e ei
ghth
larg
est
coun
ty in
the
stat
e. O
lmst
ed C
ount
y's
popu
latio
n in
clud
es a
sig
nifi
cant
num
ber
of S
outh
east
Asi
an c
hild
ren.
Olm
sted
Cou
nty'
s 19
93 p
er c
apita
inco
me
of $
22,3
47 r
anke
d fi
fth
in th
e st
ate.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
the
coun
ty w
ere
serv
ices
, dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
, and
ret
ail.
Ear
ning
sfr
om th
e re
tail
sect
or in
crea
sed
by a
lmos
t 10%
fro
m 1
992
to 1
993.
In 1
990,
Olm
sted
Cou
nty
repo
rted
one
of
the
low
est p
over
ty r
ates
for
child
ren
in M
inne
sota
. The
cou
nty
saw
a d
eclin
e in
the
num
ber
ofch
ildre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
fro
m 1
991-
92 to
199
3-94
. The
per
cent
age
of te
enag
e bi
rths
rem
aine
d w
ell b
elow
the
stat
e av
erag
e. O
ne a
rea
ofco
ncer
n is
the
incr
ease
d nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n co
mm
ittin
g vi
olen
t cri
mes
.T
he n
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n bo
rn w
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght a
lso
rem
aine
d re
la-
tivel
y hi
gh.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in O
lmst
ed C
ount
yF
amily
Eco
nom
ics
2,13
67.
3%14
2,20
212
.4%
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
In P
over
tyC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
1,72
55.
9%1,
823
6.2%
1,91
06.
5%12
5,26
010
.7%
AFD
CC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g fr
ee/r
educ
ed-p
rice
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
3,38
116
.6°.
3,56
017
.9"0
3,39
917
.8%
224,
860
SLho
ol I
Lin
dh,
Birt
16 C
ircum
stan
ces
eg H
ealth
I ee
n \1
othe
r.
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
2924
1.4%
321.
8%1,
958
3.0%
I.o%
. Hir
t Iva
eig
ht
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t80
4.3%
103
5.9%
108
5.9%
3,32
05.
1%I
nun
uni/a
tion,
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
420
33.5
%27
,172
.39.
3%
.eae
Sch
ool
Vio
lent
(*t
ime
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Abu
w N
ogI,
, tC
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol20
82.
6%21
92.
7%14
91.
8%12
,387
3.4%
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)V
iole
nt I
/eat
!,C
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
rim
elb
25.4
%35
36.5
%37
35.6
"1,
767
25.9
%
Bet
ter
Ave
r,ig
e%
Mom
,C
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
158
188
176
11,8
71C
ompa
red
to th
e A
vera
ge C
ount
y 19
93C
hild
ren
dyin
g vi
olen
tly2
220
4
82M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
kC
hild
ien'
, Def
ense
Fun
d of
MN
, 550
Ric
e St
reet
, Sui
te 2
05, S
t. Pa
ul, M
N 5
103
; 612
/227
-612
1
BE
ST C
OPY
AV
AIL
AB
LE
183
Dem
o T
aphi
cs (
1990
)T
ot;,!
pop
ulat
ion
50,9
20N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n13
,448
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an11
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n88
Asi
an10
8O
ther
52H
ispa
nic
99C
hild
ren
unde
r 6
4,28
1C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
esN
ledi
an f
amily
inco
me
S26,
805
Otte
r T
ail C
ount
y, lo
cate
d in
the
wes
t cen
tral
reg
ion
of M
inne
sota
,is
the
thir
teen
th la
rges
t cou
nty
in th
e st
ate.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3w
ere
serv
ices
, sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, an
d re
tail
trad
e. D
urab
lego
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng in
crea
sed
27%
bet
wee
n 19
92 a
nd 1
993.
Otte
r T
ail
Cou
nty'
s 19
93 p
er c
apita
inco
me
of $
15,7
85 r
anke
d fo
rty-
nint
h am
ong
Min
neso
ta c
ount
ies.
Ove
r th
e th
ree-
year
per
iod,
Otte
r T
ail r
emai
ned
clos
e to
the
stat
eav
erag
e in
all
but t
wo
indi
cato
rs. T
he n
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n co
mm
ittin
gvi
olen
t cri
mes
ros
e in
199
2 bu
t ret
urne
d to
its
prev
ious
low
fig
ure
the
follo
win
g ye
ar. T
he p
erce
ntag
e of
chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
dipp
ed in
199
2 bu
t als
o re
turn
ed to
the
1991
leve
l the
fol
low
ing
year
. Apr
oble
m f
or O
tter
Tai
l Cou
nty
was
the
high
per
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
not
imm
uniz
ed b
y ag
e tw
o. T
he n
umbe
r of
teen
age
birt
hs in
crea
sed
slig
htly
over
the
past
thre
e ye
ars.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in O
tter
Tai
l Cou
nty
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
2,16
916
.4".
142.
202
12.4
",,
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
crt%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C88
5b.
b"i,
1,00
67.
5%99
17.
4"0
125,
260
i0.7
,
AID
(C
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g &
eel r
educ
ed-p
rice
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
2,82
830
.7%
2,90
331
.1"0
2,94
9.3
1.3"
i,22
4,86
027
.6%
..11
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
I vim
Nlo
tlicr
s
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
1116
2.5"
,,20
.3.5
",,
1,95
83.
0°A
,
Low
141
1111
%vi
ght
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t33
5.2"
284
4",,
284.
9"0
3,32
05.
1%
1111
111l
1111
/M11
,11,
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
366
53 4
".,
27,1
7239
..3%
1,1%
c ",
11,4
1
11,1
ellt
I. 11
111t
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igns
of T
roub
le
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Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
113
28"
076
1 8"
..10
62.
4"..
12,3
873.
4%(s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 91-
94)
V1,
1,10
1),
..01)
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e8
17..1
".16
29.6
%7
13.0
%1,
767
25.9
%
Reu
elA
vi.r
,lg(
Wor
seC
hild
ren
abu!
:,ed
and
negl
ectt
113
711
114
11,8
71
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
hild
ren
dyin
g vi
olen
tly1
22
204
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kids
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lieN
ta K
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ook
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emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
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13,4
94N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n3,
632
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an3
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n30
Asi
an27
Oth
er67
His
pani
c92
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
096
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
19.2
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$27,
301
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in P
enni
ngto
n C
ount
y
1111
In l'
o en
v
,,clm
ol I
unc
lk,
leen
Mot
her,
Low
Bir
thw
eIgh
t
Imm
unua
tion.
Lea
ve l-
thoo
l
Vto
lent
cro
ne
Abo
.e N
egle
ct
\ lol
entl)
eath
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Penn
ingt
on C
ount
y is
a m
oder
ate-
size
d co
unty
loca
ted
in n
orth
-w
este
rn M
inne
sota
. The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
serv
ices
, sta
tean
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, an
d du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng, w
hich
incr
ease
d 22
%. I
ts p
er c
apita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
16,2
20 r
anke
d th
irty
-si
xth
in th
e St
ate.
The
199
0 ce
nsus
rep
orte
d a
high
er-t
han-
aver
age
perc
ent o
f ch
il-dr
en li
ving
in p
over
ty in
Pen
ning
ton
Cou
nty.
Con
sist
ent o
ver
time
wer
eth
e pe
rcen
tage
of
child
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
and
chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
or r
educ
ed-p
rice
sch
ool l
unch
. Pen
ning
ton
Cou
nty
saw
a s
igni
fica
ntin
crea
se in
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol b
ut s
till
rem
aine
d w
ell b
elow
the
stat
e av
erag
e. T
he n
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n co
mm
it-tin
g vi
olen
t cri
mes
, whi
le s
mal
l, in
crea
sed
to a
leve
l hig
her
than
the
stat
eav
erag
e.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)67
818
.9",
,14
2,20
212
.4%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C40
911
.3%
418
11.5
%40
811
.2%
125,
260
10.7
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/ red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)92
237
.4°i
.88
136
.2%
872
36.4
%22
4,86
027
.6%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n ho
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
57
3.8"
i,1,
958
.3.0
%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t6
4.0%
7.3
.8"i
,6
3.7%
3,32
05.
1",,
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
7843
.8%
27,1
7239
.3".
.
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)7
0.5"
,.2
0 2"
.,24
1 7"
,,12
.387
3.4"
..
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e1
12.5
"..
28.
7%4
30.4
%1.
767
25.9
".
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed8
611
,871
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
00
220
4
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
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r L
ook
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ldri
..n's
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ense
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d of
MN
, S50
like
Slr
eel,
Suite
205
, St
\ IN
5; I
n ol
212
27-6
121
167
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
9901
/II
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n21
,547
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
5,97
2A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
44A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
119
Asi
an44
Oth
erH
ispa
nic
40C
hild
ren
unde
r 6
1,76
5
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
13.6
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$26,
131
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in P
ine
Cou
nty
In l'
o cr
k
Al P
C
,,,ho
ol I
und
ie.
Tee
n \ (
othe
r,
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, lb
(16%
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ht
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unua
tion.
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nt P
eath
Farr
kids
111
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Pine
Cou
nty
is a
mod
erat
e-si
zed
coun
ty lo
cate
d in
eas
t cen
tral
Min
neso
ta o
n th
e W
isco
nsin
bor
der.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
serv
ices
, sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, an
d re
tail,
whi
ch in
crea
sed
29%
.T
he c
ount
y's
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$14
,084
was
the
nint
h lo
wes
tin
the
stat
e.
The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
dec
lined
slig
htly
ove
r th
eth
ree-
year
per
iod
whi
le th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
or
redu
ced-
pric
ed lu
nch
incr
ease
d sl
ight
ly. P
ine
Cou
nty
did
bette
r th
an th
eav
erag
e co
unty
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
. One
conc
ern
for
Pine
Cou
nty
is th
e hi
gh p
erce
ntag
e of
chi
ldre
n no
t im
mu-
nize
d by
age
two.
1991
1992
Fani
llyE
cono
mic
s
1993
1993
Stat
e
hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
910
15.8
%14
2,20
2
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C72
812
.2".
736
12.3
".68
611
.5",
,12
5,26
0
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)1.
732
38.7
".1,
747
38.8
".1,
829
39.7
%22
4,86
0
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
178
3.0"
,,11
4.2"
.1,
958
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t14
103.
8%20
7.0"
o3,
320
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
143
49 5
",.
27,1
72
sign
s of
Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
echo
ol ,.
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)61
753.
6"..
652.
8".,
12,3
87
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed to
r vi
olen
t cri
me
2H
1,76
7
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed1
11(
117
11,8
71
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
01
204
12.4
".
10.7
".
27.6
",,
3.0"
.
5.1"
.
39..3
""
3.4"
..
25.9
"
Chi
ldie
tt --
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ense
l.und
ot M
N. 5
50 R
ice
Stre
et. S
uite
205
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ul. M
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; 612
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-612
1
1.36
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neso
ta K
ids:
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lose
r L
ook
139
85
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
0
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n10
,529
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
2,90
2A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
12A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
97A
sian
13O
ther
0H
ispa
nic
25C
hild
ren
unde
r 6
924
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
10.6
"ii
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$2
6,99
5
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in P
ipes
tone
Cou
nty
InP
ON
Crt
y
FM
t,t1i
!A
IM h
e,
Iten
Mot
hcr
,
1 ov
.vi
ght
I ea
%
tolt
nt (
nrn
,
.Thu
mN
et;lt
,
tolv
nt 1
)ca
th
1), t
t, r
Ave
r.tq
c
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Pipe
ston
e C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in th
e so
uthw
este
rn c
orne
r of
the
stat
eal
ong
the
Sout
h D
akot
a bo
rder
. It's
the
seve
ntee
nth
smal
lest
cou
nty
inM
inne
sota
. The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
stat
e an
d lo
cal g
over
n-m
ent,
serv
ices
, ret
ail,
and
who
lesa
le tr
ade.
Non
-dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
ac-
turi
ng in
crea
sed
by 4
6% f
rom
199
2 to
199
3. P
ipes
tone
Cou
nty
had
a pe
rca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
15,0
95, r
anki
ng s
ixty
-sec
ond
in th
e st
ate.
Alth
ough
the
1990
pov
erty
rat
e ex
ceed
ed th
e st
ate
aver
age,
Pipe
ston
e C
ount
y sa
w a
dec
reas
e in
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
gA
FDC
fro
m 1
991
to 1
993.
It a
lso
had
a sm
all d
ecre
ase
in c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t. R
epor
ts o
f ch
ild a
buse
and
neg
lect
incr
ease
dfr
om 1
991
to 1
993.
The
per
cent
of
child
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol a
lso
incr
ease
d si
gnif
ican
tly, a
lthou
gh it
rem
aine
d w
ell b
elow
ave
rage
.
1991
480
16.8
%
1992
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C19
36.
7%16
35.
6"
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)81
9.3
0.8%
876
.32.
8%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
47
-1.5
%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t4.
1%7
,1 .3
"
Chi
ldre
n vh
o w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
89.3
8.4"
4.
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f ,..
choo
l0
2"6
If 7
",.
Nih
n(%
l yea
r, i9
q1-9
2, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed24
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
II
1993
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
12.4
%
176
125,
260
10.7
%
847
32 2
%22
4,86
027
.6%
43.
4%1,
958
.3.0
%
43.
4%3,
320
5.1"
n
27,1
72lq
13I
8".
12,1
87
1,76
723
.'1%
4811
,871
020
4
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r 1
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ron'
, I te
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v fu
nd o
f M
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l \ \
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121
131
!kr
kids
ME
M
Polk
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n33
,466
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
9,16
1A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
39A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
135
Asi
an52
Oth
er18
4H
ispa
nic
416
Chi
ldre
n un
der
62,
885
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
15.3
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$28,
373
Polk
Cou
nty
is in
nor
thw
est M
inne
sota
on
the
Nor
th D
akot
a bo
r-de
r an
d th
e R
ed R
iver
. Dur
ing
the
sum
mer
mon
ths,
the
coun
ty's
pop
ula-
tion
incl
udes
mig
rant
far
mw
orke
rs a
nd th
eir
child
ren.
Its
per
cap
itain
com
e of
$16
,041
ran
ked
in th
e m
iddl
e am
ong
Min
neso
ta c
ount
ies.
It
decl
ined
ove
r 7%
fro
m 1
992
to 1
993,
ref
lect
ing
a 72
% d
eclin
e in
far
min
com
e. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in th
e co
unty
wer
e se
rvic
es, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
and
reta
il.
From
199
1 to
199
3, P
olk
Cou
nty
sign
ific
antly
dec
reas
ed th
e nu
m-
ber
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t. A
reas
of
conc
ern
incl
ude
the
drop
out r
ate,
whi
ch h
as in
crea
sed
cons
iste
ntly
fro
m 1
991-
92 to
199
3-94
,an
d an
incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n co
mm
ittin
g vi
olen
t cri
mes
.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in P
olk
Cou
nty
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
1,46
716
.3%
142,
202
12.4
%C
hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
In P
over
tyC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
1,72
218
.8%
1,75
919
.2%
1,72
518
.8%
125,
260
10.7
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/ red
uced
-pri
ce2,
329
35.3
%2,
416
35.8
%2,
466
37.0
%22
4,86
027
.6"
AF
DC
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
Sch
ool I
.unc
hos
leen
Nto
tlicr
,B
irth
Circ
umst
ance
s &
Hea
lth
122.
5%17
3.8%
112.
7%1,
958
3.0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
I .ow
Bn-
th%
. eig
ht
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t23
4.8%
214.
6%12
3.0(
lo3,
320
5.1%
Imm
o ni
ratio
n,C
hild
ren
who
wer
e no
t ful
ly im
mun
ized
by a
ge 2
(19
92-9
3)29
043
.8%
27,1
7239
.3%
I cav
e `-
.( !t
ool
rime
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
AN
c.e
egle
t tC
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol(s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
782.
7",
802.
1,'S
,87
2.8"
.12
,387
3.4%
Vto
lent
Ieat
hC
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
25.
4%4
11.8
".11
19.0
'l(i
1,76
725
.9%
Bet
ter
Ave
rdge
Wor
seC
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
147
150
158
11,8
71C
ompa
red
to th
e A
vera
ge C
ount
y 19
93C
hild
ren
dyin
g vi
olen
tly2
22
204
Orr
kids
/cIe
nw I
(Ind
of N
IN. 5
50 R
ite C
tree
t. S
uite
205
. ct P
aul,
%IN
551
03; 6
12/2
2740
21
192
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
BE
ST C
OPY
MIA
MI
193
Eli
Pope
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n10
,749
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
2,97
1A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
7A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
I I
Asi
anO
ther
His
pani
c. C
hild
ren
unde
r 6
933
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
11.1
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$24,
177
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in P
ope
Cou
nty
In P
0%,..
0%
Anx
:
tven
LO
W 0
1011
;ven
..,ht
Imm
unua
tIO
n,
rnne
\ bus
., \
I
Vio
lvot
Duo
di
Bet
ter
Ave
rdge
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
1111
1117
:7-1
717C
lose
rLoo
k
194
Pope
Cou
nty
is a
mod
erat
ely
smal
l cou
nty
in w
est c
entr
alM
inne
sota
. It r
anks
thir
teen
th lo
wes
t am
ong
Min
neso
ta c
ount
ies
with
$14,
229
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993
wer
ese
rvic
es, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
and
dura
ble
good
s m
anuf
actu
ring
.T
he f
aste
st g
row
ing
indu
stry
was
sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, w
hich
incr
ease
d al
mos
t 10%
.
The
pov
erty
rat
e fo
r ch
ildre
n in
Pop
e C
ount
y w
as w
ell a
bove
the
stat
e av
erag
e. I
n co
ntra
st, t
he p
erce
nt o
f ch
ildre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
Cre
mai
ned
wel
l bel
ow th
e st
ate
aver
age.
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or th
e sc
hool
lunc
h pr
ogra
m in
crea
sed
to m
uch
high
er th
an a
vera
ge. P
ope
Cou
nty
repo
rts
no v
iole
nt c
rim
es c
omm
itted
by
child
ren
in 1
993.
Sub
stan
tiate
dre
port
s of
chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed d
ecre
ased
bet
wee
n 19
92 a
nd19
93 b
ut r
emai
ned
slig
htly
hig
her
than
199
1.
1991
316
17 .3
".
170
503 2 6
I
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
redu
ced-
pric
esc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
113=
1=M
1111
1111
1All
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(-ch
ool y
eaN
199
1-92
, 92-
6, 9
3-94
)
Chi
ldre
n ar
re,.t
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
7"
743
$",
.
25
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
12.4
%
189
6.4"
.21
07.
1%12
5,26
(110
.7",
,
746
40.8
";,
834
43.6
"..
224,
860
27.6
"
10.
9"5
5.2"
.1,
958
3.0"
.
33,
3/0
6244
.9".
27,1
7239
.3%
20.
2".
12,3
87
120
0".
II1,
767
11.q
",,
3811
,871
020
4
hind
of
\.1\,
;CO
Ric
e ',M
.O. s
uite
211
;. S
t\ I
\n1
2:22
74,1
21
195
kids
Ram
sey
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n49
8,22
2N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n11
9,99
7A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
8,71
8A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
1,54
7A
sian
12,3
82O
ther
1,36
9H
ispa
nic
5,44
6C
hild
ren
unde
r 6
46,2
79C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
esM
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$39,
926
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in R
amse
y C
ount
y
In r
o,00
,
'N:1
1001
1 M
k be
,
1 ye
n M
oth,
r
1 o%
, nir
the.
,11:
ht
I ea
,.
101e
nt
\ egl
e, t
3. 1
,1,
ntal
l,
!kr
kids
min
now
s
Ii,tt
crA
, 41,
1qt.
V,'"
rw
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Ram
sey
Cou
nty
is th
e se
cond
larg
est c
ount
y in
Min
neso
ta a
nd is
par
tof
the
Min
neap
olis
-St.
Paul
Met
ropo
litan
Sta
tistic
al A
rea.
Ram
sey
Cou
nty
iset
hnic
ally
and
rac
ially
div
erse
, with
sig
nifi
cant
num
bers
of
Afr
ican
-A
mer
ican
, Am
eric
an I
ndia
n, S
outh
east
Asi
an a
nd C
hica
no/L
atin
o ch
ildre
n.T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993
wer
e se
rvic
es, n
on-d
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
tur-
ing,
and
sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
nmen
t. In
199
3, R
amse
y ha
d a
per
capi
ta p
er-
sona
l inc
ome
of $
23,8
26, t
he s
econ
d hi
ghes
t in
the
stat
e.
Ram
sey
Cou
nty
redu
ced
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
thw
eigh
t fro
m 1
991
to 1
993.
The
per
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
incr
ease
d ov
er th
e th
ree-
year
per
iod
whi
le p
erce
ntag
es o
f ch
ildre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
or
redu
ced-
pric
e sc
hool
lunc
h re
mai
ned
the
sam
e. T
he n
umbe
r of
teen
age
birt
hs in
crea
sed
slig
htly
sin
ce 1
991,
as
did
arre
sts
for
viol
ent c
rim
e.T
he n
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n no
t im
mun
ized
by
age
two
also
was
wel
l abo
ve th
est
ate
aver
age.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)20
,329
17.2
",.
142,
202
12.4
".
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C20
.705
17.3
",.
11,Q
7119
.1",
,24
,509
20.4
"..
125.
260
10.7
",.
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)26
,707
35.7
"25
,950
.33.
0%28
,421
35.3
%22
4,86
027
.0",
,
Bir
th C
ircu
mst
ance
s &
Hea
lth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
320
.3 9
"33
04.
2"35
04.
3",.
1,95
83.
0"..
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t Im
n bi
rth
wei
ght
485
5.9"
.38
94.
9",,
428
5.5"
,,3.
320
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uni/e
db,
t age
2 (
1992
-931
3,80
54o
..3",
.27
,172
.331
.3".
Sign
s of
Tro
uble
Chi
ld r
en d
ropp
ing
out o
f ',h
oof
(sch
ool y
ears
199
I m
i. 02
-01
03-9
41
hild
rel
., ar
rest
ed f
orio
lvnt
cri
me
1,84
4
321
(3.4
"..
213
5"
2,46
4
181
S ("
,.
.32
2".
2,37
6
3314
7 4"
..
11 o
"
12.3
87
1 .7
o7
rei 1
abu
sed
and
negl
ecte
d1,
133
1,31
91.
377
11,8
71
( hi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
1-3
2020
4
),.1
,11.
, I ti
nd\ \
541v
et. ,
Int..
20;
1%11
31 \
\61
2 22
: 12i
196
Niii
a.m
.pla
Kid
s: A
Clo
wr
Loo
k89
Red
Lak
eD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
4,59
2N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n1,
354
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an0
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n1
Asi
anO
ther
36H
ispa
nic
43C
hild
ren
unde
r 6
396
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$2
5,14
1
Red
Lak
e C
ount
y is
the
four
th s
mal
lest
cou
nty
in th
e st
ate
and
islo
cate
d in
nor
thw
este
rn M
inne
sota
. Its
per
cap
ita in
com
e of
$12
,681
was
the
seco
nd lo
wes
t in
the
stat
e an
d de
clin
ed o
ver
10%
fro
m 1
992.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
stat
e an
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, se
rvic
es, a
ndtr
ansp
orta
tion
and
publ
ic u
tiliti
es. D
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
turi
ngin
crea
sed
by a
ppro
xim
atel
y 60
% b
etw
een
1992
and
199
3.
Red
Lak
e C
ount
y di
d no
t exp
erie
nce
sign
ific
ant d
ecre
ases
in c
hild
wel
l-be
ing
for
mos
t of
the
indi
cato
rs. T
he c
ount
y di
d ve
ry w
ell o
n th
epe
rcen
t of
child
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol. A
n in
crea
se in
teen
bir
ths
in19
93 s
houl
d be
mon
itore
d, a
s w
ell a
s an
incr
ease
in c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in R
ed L
ake
Cou
nty
FaM
ily E
cono
mic
s
213
15.8
%14
2,20
212
.4"6
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
In P
rner
tvC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
6990
b"..
775.
7'0
125,
260
10.7
%
AFD
CC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g fr
ee/ r
educ
ed-p
ric,
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
507
45.0
"55
249
.2%
531
47.1
%22
4,86
027
.6%
..N.h
eol I
unc
hes
Birt
h C
ircum
itanc
es &
Hea
lth"F
een
Mot
hers
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
12.
2%0
47.
7%1,
958
3.0%
Lew
llio
lose
ight
linm
unw
hons
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t3
0.7"
;,3
5.2"
,,4
7.7"
,,3,
320
5.1%
vah0
01
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
1323
.1%
17,1
7239
.3%
Vie
lent
rrin
eS
igns
of T
roub
le
Abu
se N
egle
ctC
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol0.
9%1
0.2%
I0.
2%12
,387
3.4%
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)V
iole
nt I
/ear
l)C
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
00
(11,
767
25.9
%
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
seC
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
33
611
,871
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
00
204
90M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
wr
look
Chi
ldre
n s
Det
ense
Fun
d ot
MN
. 55t
I R
ice
Stre
et, S
uite
205
, St P
aul.
MN
scu
rt. 6
12/2
27-6
121
1 99
?kr
kids
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n17
,299
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
4,85
6A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
4A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
133
Asi
an18
Oth
er4
His
pani
c20
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
582
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
10.7
0'10
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$2
7,10
2
Red
woo
d C
ount
y is
a m
oder
ate-
size
d co
unty
loca
ted
in s
outh
-w
este
rn M
inne
sota
alo
ng th
e M
inne
sota
Riv
er. T
he L
ower
Sio
ux I
ndia
nR
eser
vatio
n lie
s on
its
bord
er. I
ts p
er c
apita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
16,6
00ra
nked
for
ty-t
hird
in th
e st
ate.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
dura
ble
good
s m
anuf
actu
ring
, sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, an
d re
tail.
Red
woo
d C
ount
y ha
d a
bette
r-th
an-a
vera
ge r
ate
of im
mun
izat
ion
by a
ge tw
o. A
reas
of
conc
ern
incl
ude
a sh
arp
incr
ease
in 1
993
in s
ubst
an-
tiate
d re
port
s of
chi
ld a
buse
and
neg
lect
. The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
com
-m
ittin
g vi
olen
t cri
mes
als
o in
crea
sed,
as
did
the
perc
enta
ge o
f ch
ildre
nbo
rn w
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in R
edw
ood
Cou
nty
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
704
14.6
"014
2,20
212
.4%
Chi
Fire
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
In P
over
t( )(_
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
/ red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
177
895
3.6%
26.7
".
156
967
3.2"
.,
28.5
%
189
I ,0
07)
3.9%
20.9
%
125,
26(1
224,
860
10.7
%
27.6
%
St.h
ool 1
.unt
.he,
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Tee
n M
othe
i,.
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
20.
9%6
2.7"
.3
2.3%
1,95
83.
0%1.
0W B
Irth
i,ei
ght
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t2.
2%6
2.7%
1(1
4 6"
..3,
320
5. (
"Im
mun
i/ano
n,
ea%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1q92
-93)
8429
.0"
27,1
72.3
9.3%
Vio
lent
( n
ine
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Ake
, \ e
glec
)C
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol13
1.0"
171.
1".
60.
4".
12,3
873.
4%(s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92. 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
\1
te.it
h(
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
4/5
4".
71,
767
2,.0
",,
Bet
ter
Ao.
r.M
UM
'(_
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
2313
6811
,871
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
hild
ren
(kin
gio
lent
ly()
204
?kr
kids
( hi
ldre
n ,ll
e)en
,I
nod
.0 N
. 1 \
Rite
',tr
ee(
"st
\1\ v
,10)
, 612
2.2
7 61
21M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
,,er
Loo
k91
=M
IL20
920
1
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n17
,913
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
4,94
3A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
0A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
25A
sian
32O
ther
87H
ispa
nic
155
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
593
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
10 4
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$28,
109
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in R
envi
lle C
ount
y
In P
over
ty
scho
ol L
unch
es
leen
N1o
ther
,
I ow
Ihr
th,a
eigh
t
Imm
uniz
atio
n,
I.ea
ve S
choo
l
Vs
aeni
I. r
une
egle
,
Vio
lent
Dea
th
Bet
tor
Ave
rage
Worse
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Ren
ville
Cou
nty
is a
mod
erat
e-si
zed
coun
ty in
sou
th c
entr
alM
inne
sota
. The
Upp
er S
ioux
Ind
ian
Res
erva
tion
lies
alon
g its
bor
der.
Dur
ing
the
sum
mer
mon
ths,
the
popu
latio
n in
clud
es m
igra
nt f
arm
wor
k-er
s an
d th
eir
child
ren.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
serv
ices
, sta
tean
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, an
d no
n-du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng. T
heco
unty
's p
er c
apita
inco
me
of $
15,6
42 d
eclin
ed a
lmos
t 12%
sin
ce 1
992.
Ren
ville
Cou
nty
had
a lo
w h
igh
scho
ol d
ropo
ut r
ate,
and
a lo
wer
-th
an-a
vera
ge p
erce
ntag
e of
chi
ldre
n bo
rn w
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght.
The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
incr
ease
d su
bsta
ntia
lly f
rom
199
1 to
1993
. Sub
stan
tiate
d re
port
s of
chi
ld a
buse
and
neg
lect
als
o in
crea
sed
over
thos
e ye
ars.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)85
717
.5%
142,
202
12.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C27
75.
6%39
68.
0%50
210
.2%
125,
260
10.7
%
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le to
r fr
ee/r
educ
ed-p
rice
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
901
26.8
%96
829
.8%
1,00
830
.7%
224,
860
27.6
%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n ho
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
52.
4",,
73
.3".
,3.
S",
,1,
958
3.0%
Chi
ldre
n ho
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t3
8.3
.8%
2.7%
3,32
05
1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
.2 (
1992
-93)
9332
.2",
27,1
7239
.3%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)13
0.9"
023
1.8%
151.
1%12
,387
3.4%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e0
00
1,76
725
.9%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed28
27
4511
,871
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
20
3204
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
202
MV
O
Chi
ldre
n'%
Det
ence
Fun
d of
MN
, 550
Ric
e St
riN
t, Su
ite 2
05, S
i. Pa
ul, M
N 5
5103
; 612
/ 227
-612
1N
OP
kids
Ric
eD
emog
raph
ics
1199
01T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
49,5
05N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n12
,900
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an34
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n63
Asi
an14
1
Oth
er47
His
pani
c14
4
Chi
ldre
n un
der
64,
176
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
12.9
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$35,
587
Ric
e C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in th
e so
uthe
ast r
egio
n of
Min
neso
ta.
Dur
ing
the
sum
mer
mon
ths,
the
popu
latio
n of
Ric
e C
ount
y in
clud
esm
igra
nt f
arm
wor
kers
and
thei
r ch
ildre
n. I
t is
the
fift
eent
h la
rges
t cou
nty
in th
e st
ate
and
is r
anke
d tw
enty
-fif
th w
ith it
s 19
93 p
er c
apita
inco
me
of$1
6,84
7. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993
wer
e se
rvic
es, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
-er
nmen
t, an
d du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng. N
on-d
urab
le g
oods
man
u-fa
ctur
ing
was
the
fast
est g
row
ing
indu
stry
, inc
reas
ing
by 1
6%.
The
199
0 ce
nsus
rep
orte
d on
e of
the
low
est p
over
ty r
ates
for
chi
l-dr
en in
the
stat
e. U
nlik
e m
any
othe
r co
untie
s, R
ice
Cou
nty
had
few
erch
ildre
n re
ceiv
ing
free
or
redu
ced-
pric
e sc
hool
lunc
h w
hile
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
ros
e sl
ight
ly f
rom
199
1 to
199
3. T
he p
erce
nt-
age
of c
hild
ren
com
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es in
crea
sed
dram
atic
ally
fro
m19
91 to
199
3. T
eena
ge b
irth
s al
so in
crea
sed
stea
dily
ove
r th
e sa
me
peri
-od
.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in R
ice
Cou
nty
981
7.8%
142,
202
12.4
%C
hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
In P
over
tyC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
688
5.3"
;i78
46.
1%78
96.
1%12
5,26
010
.7%
AFI
Y:
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
redu
ced-
pric
esc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)2,
154
25.2
%2,
055
2.3.
6%1,
898
21.5
9,22
4,86
027
.6%
!Sch
ool L
unt h
e,
l'een
!oth
er,.
Birt
h 'C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
182.
8%21
.3.5
%27
4.6%
1,95
83.
0%L
ow I
iirth
wei
ght
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t26
4.0%
325.
3%32
5.4%
3,32
05.
1%
Imm
unvo
tion.
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
238
34.9
%27
,172
.39.
.3%
.
I C
ave
St li
tud
Vio
lent
C'ri
tne
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Abt
ie N
egle
ctC
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol12
6.3
.6%
134
3.7%
132
3.2%
12,3
87.3
.4"0
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
Vio
lent
Oca
titC
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
625
.0%
1441
.2%
1741
.5%
1,76
725
.9%
I3et
ter
Ave
rtrj
eW
orse
Chi
ldre
n ab
uwd
and
negl
ecte
d23
7398
11,8
71
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldrt
dyi
ng v
iole
ntly
31
120
4
'kr
kids
INIP
MP
IMIN
IM
Chi
ldre
n'',
Def
eo,e
Fun
d of
MN
, ri;f
1 R
ice
Str
eet,
'mite
201
. Si P
aul,
MN
c5I0
3; 6
12/2
27-6
121
204
,Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
20 5
93
Roc
kD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
9,82
6N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n2,
803
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an6
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n24
Asi
an18
Oth
erH
ispa
nic
9
Chi
ldre
n un
der
685
9C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
es9.
00M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
528,
811
Roc
k C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in th
e so
uthw
est c
orne
r of
Min
neso
ta, b
or-
deri
ng S
outh
Dak
ota
and
Iow
a. I
t is
the
fift
eent
h sm
alle
st c
ount
y in
the
stat
e. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993
wer
e se
rvic
es; s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ern-
men
t; no
n-du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng; a
nd f
inan
ce, i
nsur
ance
, and
real
est
ate.
The
per
cap
ita in
com
e of
$16
,162
ref
lect
ed a
6%
dec
line
from
1992
to 1
993,
larg
ely
a re
sult
of a
76%
dec
reas
e in
far
m in
com
e.
The
199
0 ce
nsus
rep
orte
d a
pove
rty
rate
for
chi
ldre
n in
Roc
kC
ount
s, th
at w
as a
bove
the
stat
e av
erag
e. H
owev
er, t
he r
ate
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
dec
lined
ste
adily
fro
m 1
991
to 1
993
and
was
low
er th
anth
e st
ate
aver
age.
Lik
e m
uch
of th
e st
ate,
this
cou
nty
saw
a d
ram
atic
incr
ease
in s
ubst
antia
ted
repo
rts
of c
hild
abu
se a
nd n
egle
ct.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in R
ock
Cou
nty
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
427
15.3
",14
2,20
212
.4%
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
I 11
Bo%
vrt
%C
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
144
125
4.5%
124
4.4%
125,
260
10.7
4
AF
I)(:
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
redu
ced-
pric
esc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)48
526
.2""
513
27. 3
".,
526
27.6
%22
4,86
027
.6%
S, h
oot I
.un,
he,
feen
Nlo
ther
sB
irth
Circ
umst
ance
s &
Hea
lth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
32.
5%2
/(1
.8%
1,95
83.
0%I o
w Ih
rthw
eigh
tC
hild
ren
born
at l
ow b
irth
wei
ght
21.
7%4
.3.2
%5.
7%3,
320
5.1%
Imm
tuul
atio
n,C
hild
ren
who
wer
e no
t ful
ly im
mun
ized
by a
ge 2
(19
92-9
3)43
32 .1
%27
,172
.39.
3%
I .ea
ve
SLh
ool
C n
ewS
igns
of T
roub
le
Abu
,. N
egIe
. tC
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol10
1 .2
"0.
7"0
iR
e".
12,3
873.
4%(s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
Vio
lent
I )
cath
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e0
01,
767
25.9
%
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Woi
se
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed11
2441
11,8
71C
ompa
red
to th
e A
vera
ge C
ount
y 19
93C
hild
ren
dyin
g vi
olen
tly0
120
4
94M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
k
206
Chi
ldre
n's
Def
ense
Fun
d of
MN
, 550
Ric
e S
tree
t, S
uite
205
, St.
Pau
l MN
551
03; 6
12/2
27-6
121
BE
ST C
OPY
AV
AIL
AB
LE
207
Ros
eau
Dem
ogra
phic
s /1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n15
,042
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
4,65
8A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
2
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n68
Asi
an39
Oth
er6
His
pank
10
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
702
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
12.8
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$30,
251
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in R
osea
u C
ount
y
ln P
over
ty
Ft )
('
Sc
Ts.
.en
Mot
her,
Los
v B
irth
svci
ght
I.ca
sc S
choo
l
Vio
lent
(..
rim
e
Abs
ee N
cgle
t t
iole
nt I
)ea
th
Orr
--ki
ds
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Ros
eau
Cou
nty,
in n
orth
ern
Min
neso
ta, i
s th
e 56
th la
rges
t cou
nty
in th
e st
ate.
Its
199
3 pe
r ca
pita
inco
me
of $
15,5
56 r
efle
cted
an
alm
ost 6
%de
clin
e fr
om 1
992.
Its
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s w
ere
dura
ble
good
s m
anuf
actu
r-in
g, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
and
serv
ices
. The
ser
vice
s in
dust
ryin
crea
sed
by 9
% f
rom
199
2 to
199
3.
Ros
eau
Cou
nty
had
a si
gnif
ican
t red
uctio
n in
the
num
ber
of c
hil-
dren
bor
n w
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght f
rom
199
1 to
199
3. T
he p
erce
nt o
f ch
il-dr
en r
ecei
ving
AFD
C w
as m
uch
low
er th
an th
e av
erag
e co
unty
,al
thou
gh th
e pr
opor
tion
rece
ivin
g fr
ee o
r re
duce
d-pr
ice
scho
ol lu
nch
was
nea
r av
erag
e. T
he c
ount
y ha
d a
high
er-t
han-
aver
age
perc
enta
ge o
fch
ildre
n no
t ful
ly im
mun
ized
bv
age
two.
1991
1992
1993
1.
_
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)54
411
.8%
142,
202
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C14
7.3
.2%
153
3.3"
153
3.3%
125,
260
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)99
779
.3%
1,06
931
.2%
1,09
932
.4%
224,
860
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
52.
'%7
2.8%
67.
5%1,
958
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t11
4.8'
%,
145.
6%4
1.7%
3,32
0
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
137
27,1
72
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)12
0.8%
110.
79,,
100
7%12
,387
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e0
I7.
1%1,
767
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed16
1217
11,8
71
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
31
220
4
12.4
%
10.7
%
27.6
%
3.0%
5.1%
39.3
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3.4%
25.9
%
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Com
pare
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Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
St. L
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nty
is lo
cate
d on
the
Nor
th S
hore
of
Lak
e Su
peri
or in
nort
heas
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neso
ta a
nd is
par
t of
the
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uth-
Supe
rior
Met
ropo
litan
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istic
al A
rea.
It i
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e fi
fth
larg
est c
ount
y in
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neso
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fbo
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vatio
ns a
re lo
cate
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coun
ty. T
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rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993
wer
e se
rvic
es, s
tate
and
loca
lgo
vern
men
t, an
d re
tail.
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per
cap
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erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$17
,872
ran
ked
seve
ntee
nth
in th
e st
ate.
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cou
nty
had
1993
dec
lines
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ld d
eath
s an
d in
the
num
ber
of s
ubst
antia
ted
repo
rts
of c
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
.T
he p
erce
ntag
e of
chi
ldre
n no
t im
mun
ized
by
age
two
was
bet
ter
than
the
stat
e av
erag
e. C
once
rns
mcl
ude
an in
crea
sed
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
com
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es. T
he n
umbe
r of
teen
age
birt
hs h
as a
lso
rise
nst
eadi
ly e
ach
year
.
1991
7,41
715
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1992
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C7,
547
1.5.
6%6,
922
14..3
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Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
redu
ced-
pric
esc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
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135
28.0
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122
28.0
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Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
.3.1
".71
3.0"
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t10
64.
8".
112
4.8%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
425
34.0
".
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)67
34
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539
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e53
27 .5
" 0
SO30
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Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
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Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
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1993
1993
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142,
202
12.4
%
6,57
613
.o%
125,
260
10.7
%
9,31
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83.
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108
5.1"
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320
5.1%
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wer
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rges
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ustr
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in S
cott
Cou
nty
in 1
993.
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ser
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dust
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ince
199
2.
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ordi
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the
1990
cen
sus,
chi
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Sco
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ount
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e le
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likel
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live
in p
over
ty. T
he c
ount
y ha
d on
e of
the
low
est r
ates
of
chil-
dren
dro
ppin
g ou
t of
scho
ol a
nd d
id w
ell o
n m
ost o
ther
indi
cato
rs o
fch
ild w
ell-
bein
g. T
he n
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n co
mm
ittin
g vi
olen
t cri
mes
was
high
er th
an th
e av
erag
e co
unty
in th
e st
ate.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
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of C
hild
ren
in S
cott
Cou
nty
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
770
4.3%
142,
202
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
In P
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tyC
hild
ren
rece
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g A
FDC
592
3.3"
,,70
53.
9".
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3.7%
125,
260
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
redu
ced-
pric
e1,
313
12.5
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1.34
012
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1,41
012
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224,
860
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s (s
choo
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rs 1
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94)
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wer
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mun
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199
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140
158
138
11,8
71
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d to
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rage
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nty
1993
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viol
ently
32
204
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rage
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1993
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loca
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sota
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the
nort
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edge
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ropo
litan
Sta
tistic
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rea.
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s th
ese
vent
eent
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rges
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nty
in M
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and
had
a p
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3. I
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tran
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util
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tate
and
loca
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ernm
ent,
and
serv
ices
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ser
vice
s se
ctor
of
the
econ
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the
fast
est i
n 19
93, i
ncre
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g by
13%
.
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ordi
ng to
the
1990
cen
sus,
7%
of
the
child
ren
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Cou
nty
lived
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ty. S
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Cou
nty
repo
rted
one
of
the
low
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perc
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of c
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r re
duce
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the
num
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port
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993.
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ter
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crea
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from
199
1 to
199
3.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
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s
Chi
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pov
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67.
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2,20
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94)
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1,33
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1,58
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224,
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192.
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199
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ustr
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in 1
993
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ices
, ret
ail a
nd c
onst
ruct
ion.
Who
lesa
le tr
ade
incr
ease
d by
20%
fro
m 1
992
to 1
993.
Sibl
ey C
ount
y ha
d a
bette
r-th
an-a
vera
ge r
ate
of f
ully
imm
uniz
edch
ildre
n, a
nd a
low
per
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol. A
reas
of c
once
rn in
clud
e an
incr
ease
in s
ubst
antia
ted
repo
rts
of c
hild
abu
sean
d ne
glec
t 'ro
rn 1
991
to 1
993.
The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
incr
ease
d si
bnif
ican
tly s
ince
199
1, a
s di
d th
e pe
rcen
tage
of
stud
ents
rece
ivin
g fr
ee o
r re
duce
d-pr
ice
scho
ol lu
nch.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)52
012
.8%
142,
202
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C15
43.
8%16
03.
9%21
25.
2%12
5,26
0
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)52
822
.4".
664
24.4
%73
228
.3%
224,
860
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
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5%4
2.3"
o4
2.5"
.1,
958
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t4.
5%10
85.
0'..i
,3,
320
Ch;
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
882
.35.
4%27
,172
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)26
2.3"
.11
(1 c
r,21
1.7"
.12
,387
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e(1
01
14.3
"..
1,76
7
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed37
4173
11,8
71
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
0(1
420
4
12.4
%
10.7
%
27.6
%
3.4%
25.9
%
Inkl
ren'
,11.
.tunw
I u
ndN
1N,
550
R14
.1'",
tree
l,N
1N 'A
IM;
hi 2
/ 227
-612
2 ,
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
217
99
Dem
ogra
phic
s 11
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n11
9,26
8N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n33
,430
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an20
5A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
178
Asi
an17
6O
ther
65H
ispa
nic
103
Chi
ldre
n un
der
610
,985
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
12.7
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$32.
949
Stea
rns
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
cen
tral
Min
neso
ta a
nd is
par
t of
the
St.
Clo
ud M
etro
polit
an S
tatis
tical
Are
a. I
t is
the
seve
nth
larg
est c
ount
y in
Min
neso
ta. I
ts la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993
wer
e se
rvic
es, r
etai
l, an
d st
ate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent.
Who
lesa
le tr
ade
incr
ease
d 16
% f
rom
199
2 to
199
3.St
earn
s C
ount
y's
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$16
,335
was
the
thir
ty-
four
th h
ighe
st in
the
stat
e.
Bot
h th
e nu
mbe
r an
d pe
rcen
t of
child
ren
born
with
low
bir
thw
eigh
t dec
reas
ed in
Ste
rns
Cou
nty
betw
een
1991
and
199
3. T
he c
ount
yal
so h
ad a
bet
ter-
than
-ave
rage
rat
e of
imm
uniz
atio
n by
age
two.
The
perc
ent o
f vi
olen
t cri
mes
com
mitt
ed b
y ch
ildre
n, w
hile
hig
her
than
the
aver
age
coun
ty, r
emai
ned
stea
dy f
rom
199
1 to
199
3. B
irth
s to
teen
sin
crea
sed
in S
tear
ns C
ount
y, a
lthou
gh th
e ra
te r
emai
ned
belo
w a
vera
ge.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in S
tear
ns C
ount
yF
amily
Eco
nom
ics
3,25
09.
9%14
2,20
212
.4%
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)
In P
over
tyC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
1,69
75.
1%1,
771
5.3%
1,75
55.
2%12
5,26
010
.7%
Al-
DC
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)6,
862
25.6
%6,
990
25.5
5,7,
037
25.2
5,22
4,86
027
.6%
Scho
ol I
.unc
h,
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Tee
n N
lotlw
r,
Chi
ldre
n ho
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
281.
7%23
1.4%
362.
2%1,
958
3.0%
I ow
Bir
thw
eigh
tC
hild
ren
horn
at l
ow b
irth
wei
ght
945.
6%64
3.8%
593.
7%3,
320
5.1%
Imm
o ni
ialio
nsC
hild
ren
who
wer
e no
t ful
ly im
mun
ized
by a
ge 2
(19
92-9
3)56
730
.7%
27,1
7239
.3%
I.ea
ve S
hoot
Vio
lent
(ri
me
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Abu
,e,'N
eg le
,IC
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of
scho
ol(s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
135
1.25
,74
0.6%
120
1.0u
s,12
,387
.3.4
5,
Vio
lent
I)e
ath
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e33
26.2
%30
22.1
%31
23.1
%1,
767
25.9
%
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
seC
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
106
126
137
11,8
71
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
75
204
1 co
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
21.6
Chi
ldre
n's
Def
ense
Fun
d of
MN
, 550
Ric
e St
reet
, Sui
te 2
05, S
t. Pa
ul, M
N 5
5103
; 612
1227
-612
1
2 9
Stee
leD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
31,3
55N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n8,
769
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an50
Am
eric
an I
ndia
nA
sian
130
Oth
er14
1
His
pani
c25
1C
hild
ren
unde
r 6
2,97
2C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
es10
.3%
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$3
6,15
8
Stee
le C
ount
y, in
sou
thea
st M
inne
sota
, is
the
twen
ty-n
inth
larg
est
coun
ty in
the
stat
e. D
urin
g th
e su
mm
er m
onth
s, th
e po
pula
tion
of S
teel
eC
ount
y in
clud
es m
igra
nt f
arm
wor
kers
and
thei
r ch
ildre
n. S
teel
eC
ount
y's
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$18
,744
was
the
tent
h hi
ghes
t in
the
stat
e. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
wer
e du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng; s
er-
vice
s; a
nd f
inan
ce, i
nsur
ance
and
rea
l est
ate.
Dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
r-in
g in
crea
sed
11%
fro
m 1
992
to 1
993.
In S
teel
e C
ount
y, s
ubst
antia
ted
repo
rts
of c
hild
abu
se a
nd n
egle
ctde
crea
sed
from
199
1 to
199
3. T
he p
erce
nt o
f bi
rths
to te
ens
also
rem
aine
d qu
ite lo
w f
or th
ose
year
s. A
reas
of
conc
ern
incl
ude
an in
crea
sein
the
scho
ol d
ropo
ut r
ate
from
199
1-92
to 1
993-
94.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
eil-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in S
teel
e C
ount
yF
amily
Eco
nom
ics
669
7.7%
142,
202
12.4
%C
hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
In P
otw
tvC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FD
C39
94.
6%41
14
7%38
34.
4",,
125,
260
107%
AF
DC
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le fo
r fr
ee/ r
educ
ed-p
rice
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
1,18
118
.3%
L394
21.0
%1,
478
22.2
%22
4,86
027
.6%
Sch
ool I
.unc
he,
Birt
h C
ircum
itanc
es &
Hea
lthT
een
Mot
her,
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
51.
2%9
2.1%
71.
6%1,
958
3.0%
Low
Birt
hl, e
ight
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
birt
h w
eigh
t18
4.4%
317.
2%22
3,32
05.
1%
1111
=11
1/al
low
.C
hild
ren
who
wer
e no
t ful
ly im
mun
ized
by a
ge 2
(19
92-9
3)18
233
.9"
27,1
7239
.3%
Lea%
e S
choo
l
tole
nt (
rim
eS
igns
of T
roub
le
Abu
se N
glec
tC
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of s
choo
l54
1.9%
571.
9%66
12,3
873.
4%(s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
Vw
leut
Dea
thC
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
viol
ent c
rime
637
,5"
316
.7%
36.7".
1,76
725
.9'1
,,
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
seC
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
cted
100
139
7111
,871
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
21
220
4
ffiv
r-ki
ds(
Def
ense
I tin
d ot
MN
550
Rite
titr
eet S
uite
2(1
5.M
N 5
5105
; fil
2/ 2
27-6
121
22,0
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
221
101
Stev
ens
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n10
,714
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
1,51
6A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
34A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
16
Asi
an'V
S
Oth
erI
S
His
pani
c36
Chi
ldre
n un
der
677
7C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
es1
l
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
ec2
9,34
3
Mea
suri
ng th
e W
ell-
Bei
ng o
f C
hild
ren
in S
teve
ns C
ount
y
erty
\IPC
hooI
I L
int h
i,
Vee
n \ !
othe
r.
I ow
IIi
rthi
eig
ht
In(i
nunu
atio
ns
Io
\ tok
.nI
on,.
\ \ iol
cnt I
13ct
trt
Ave
.r,tq
cW
orse
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Stev
ens
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
wes
t cen
tral
Min
neso
ta a
nd is
the
six-
teen
th s
mal
lest
cou
nty
in th
e st
ate.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s.in
199
3 w
ere
stat
e an
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, se
rvic
es, a
nd r
etai
l. A
79%
dec
line
in f
arm
earn
ings
fro
,n 1
992
to 1
993
cont
ribu
ted
to a
dro
p in
per
cap
ita p
erso
nal
inco
me
to $
15,1
56.
Chi
ldre
n in
Ste
vens
Cou
nty
gene
rally
are
doi
ng w
ell o
n in
dica
tors
of c
hild
wel
l-be
ing.
No
teen
ager
s ga
ve b
irth
in S
teve
ns C
ount
y in
199
2an
d 19
93. T
here
was
a s
mal
l inc
reas
e in
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
drop
-pi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
fro
m 1
991-
92 to
199
3-94
.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)37
715
.2",
,14
2,20
212
.4%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C14
413
45.
3%1"
4.8"
'.12
3,26
010
.7%
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)49
926
.1""
478
24.7
".31
926
.3%
224,
860
27.6
'10
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
32.
8%0
1,95
83.
0".
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t3
44.
7".
3.3
.0%
3,32
05.
1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho %
vere
not
ful
ly im
mun
ized
by a
ge 2
(19
92-9
3)33
.31.
0".
27,1
7239
.3%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
1991
-92,
92-
93, 9
3-94
)I
40.
4".
;0.
3%12
,387
3.4%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed to
r vi
olen
t cri
me
01
33 3
",.
2l
1,76
725
.9",
,
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed12
11.871
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
020
4
102
Xlin
neso
ta k
ids:
A C
lose
r I
ook
')./
hIld
ron
I hi
en...
. I u
nit o
t MN
560
1,c
o St
reet
. 'm
ite 2
0S. S
t'.i
ni. \
;;103
: 012
227
(.1
21
2t.)
firr
kids
GO
MM
Sw
iftD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
10,7
84N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n2,
797
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an0
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n2
Asi
an19
Oth
er7
His
pani
c39
Chi
ldre
n un
der
684
3C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
es9.
9%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$24,
434
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in S
wift
Cou
nty
In r
over
ty
AF
DC
Sch
ool L
unth
e;
Tee
n N
loth
er;
Loss
Birt
hs, e
ight
Imm
uniz
atio
n-.
Leav
e S
choo
l
\ iol
ent I
. rim
e
Abu
m..
Neg
lect
Vio
lent
Dea
th
!kr
kids
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Swif
t Cou
nty,
loca
ted
in w
est c
entr
al M
inne
sota
, is
a m
oder
atel
ysm
all c
ount
y. T
he 1
993
per
capi
ta p
erso
nal i
ncom
e w
as $
15,2
26. T
hela
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
wer
e st
ate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
dura
ble
good
s m
an-
ufac
turi
ng, a
nd s
ervi
ces.
Dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
incr
ease
d by
55.2
% f
rom
199
2 to
199
3.
Swif
t Cou
nty
had
belo
w-a
vera
ge r
ates
of
teen
age
birt
hs, c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t, an
d ch
ildre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
.Im
mun
izat
ion
rate
s w
ere
also
bel
ow a
vera
ge. T
here
was
littl
e ch
ange
over
tim
e fo
r m
ost o
f th
e in
dica
tors
. Sub
stan
tiate
d re
port
s of
chi
ld a
buse
and
negl
ect i
ncre
ased
in S
wif
t Cou
nty
betw
een
1991
and
199
3.
1991
1992
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
1993
1993
Stat
e
Chi
ldre
nin
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)43
015
.5%
142,
202
12.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AF
DC
209
7.5%
212
7.6%
198
7.74
125,
260
10.7
%
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le fo
r fr
ee/r
educ
ed-p
rice
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs19
91-9
2, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
755
34.8
%75
734
.2%
769
36.0
%22
4,86
027
.6%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
10.
7%3
2.3%
10.
8%1,
958
3.0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
birt
h w
eigh
t3
2.1%
02
1.6%
3,32
05.
1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
6641
.5%
27,1
7239
.3%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
ndr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sch
ool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
1-94
)10
1.2%
,16
1.8%
111.
2%12
,387
3.4%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed fo
r vi
olen
t crim
e0
00
1,76
725
.9%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed28
1833
11,8
71
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
21
204
( hi
ldre
n/e
ten,
e F
und
ol M
N, 5
50 R
ice
Str
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te 2
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neso
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otal
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ulat
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umbe
r of
chi
ldre
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153
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ican
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eric
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er4
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pani
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ren
unde
r 6
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
10.7
%
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e52
3,46
2
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in T
odd
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nty
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ls h
t.,
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uni/a
tions
BcI
ter
Avt
.mqe
,r
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Tod
d C
ount
y is
a m
oder
ate-
size
d co
unty
in th
e ce
ntra
l por
tion
ofM
inne
sota
. Its
199
3 pe
r ca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
13,3
38 w
as o
ne o
f th
elo
wes
t in
Min
neso
ta. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
wer
e no
n-du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
and
serv
ices
.
Tod
d C
ount
y ha
d a
decr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
teen
bir
ths
from
1991
to 1
993.
Sub
stan
tiate
d re
port
s of
chi
ld a
buse
and
neg
lect
als
ode
crea
sed,
in c
ontr
ast w
ith th
e st
ate
tren
d. T
he p
erce
nt o
f ch
ildre
n bo
rnw
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght e
xcee
ded
the
stat
e av
erag
e in
199
1 an
d 19
93, a
ndth
e ra
te o
f te
enag
e bi
rths
was
slig
htly
hig
her
than
ave
rage
.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)1,
44 q
20.5
%14
2,20
2(2
.40,
,
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C34
47
0%56
27.
9".
564
7.9"
.12
5,26
0/0
.7".
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree;
red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)2.
250
47.1
"..
2,26
345
2,20
344
.9",
.22
4,86
027
.6%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
134.
0%I
13.
0%10
1,43
53
0"..
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t20
0.2.
...9
3.1"
253,
3/0
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uni/e
dby
age
2 (
1902
-93)
138
.30
2"27
,172
34.3
"
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
109
1-02
. 02-
93, 9
3-94
)4)
)/ 6
".29
1.2'
.12
.357
3 4"
,,
( hi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iokn
t cri
me
214
01.
71,7
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed35
1111
,571
( hi
ldre
n dy
ing
viok
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204
104
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27-1
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firr
kids
mem
ento
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
9901
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n4,
475
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
1,17
9A
fric
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ican
0A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
44A
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0
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pani
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ldre
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der
636
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hild
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in s
ingl
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rent
hom
es8.
9%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$24,
830
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in T
rave
rse
Cou
nty
In I'
mer
tv
Am
c
Sch
ool L
unch
e,
leen
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ther
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1hr
thw
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ht
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um/a
tton,
1 co
% e
\ egI
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ent
te.it
h
!Orr
kids
F3e
tter
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Tra
vers
e C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in th
e w
est c
entr
al p
art o
f th
e st
ate
onth
e So
uth
Dak
ota
bord
er. I
t is
the
thir
d sm
alle
st c
ount
y in
Min
neso
ta.
The
cou
nty'
s pe
r ca
pita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of $
17,2
32 w
as in
'the
top
four
thfo
r th
e st
ate.
It d
ecre
ased
ove
r 20
% f
rom
199
2, p
rim
arily
due
to a
dec
line
in f
arm
inco
me.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
stat
e an
d lo
cal g
ov-
ernm
ent,
serv
ices
, and
ret
ail.
The
199
0 po
vert
y ra
te f
or c
hild
ren
in T
rave
rse
Cou
nty
was
abo
veth
e st
ate
aver
age.
How
ever
, the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
was
belo
w a
vera
ge f
rom
199
1 to
199
3, w
hile
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
gfr
ee o
r re
duce
d-pr
ice
scho
ol lu
nch
was
als
o ab
ove
aver
age.
Sub
stan
ti-at
ed r
epor
ts o
f ch
ild a
buse
and
neg
lect
incr
ease
d in
199
2, b
ut r
etur
ned
topr
evio
us le
vels
in 1
993.
Ilikl
icn
IIe
lvlim
I\ I
\R
ite s
tree
t stin
t. 2n
:
2)8
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)23
720
.2".
142,
202
12.4
".
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C84
7.1"
.93
7 9"
,,85
7.2"
.12
5,26
010
.7".
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
redu
ced-
pric
esc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)31
338
.5".
340
40.2
".33
440
.0".
224,
860
27.e
%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
02
4.4"
tt1,
958
3 (1
".,
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t3
5.7"
.I
2.2"
..o.
7%3,
320
5.1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uni/e
dby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
720
.2".
17,1
71.1
9.3"
tt
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool v
eaN
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)(1
20.
3%1
II3"
12,3
873.
4%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e0
1,7(
17
hild
ren
abus
ed a
nd n
egle
t. le
d10
2713
11.8
71
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ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
00
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ta K
ids:
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Wab
asha
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
9901
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n19
,793
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
5,69
2A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
2A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
Asi
an20
Oth
er0
His
pani
c32
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
902
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
12.1
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$32,
023
Mea
suri
ng th
e W
ell-
Bei
ng o
f C
hild
ren
in W
abas
ha C
ount
y
in P
over
ty
AFD
C
Scho
ol L
u oc
he,
leen
Mot
her,
lane
Bir
thw
eigh
t
Imm
uniz
atio
n.,
I ea
% e
Sch
ool
viek
,nt c
zunt
.
bu, N
egt
tole
nt P
eath
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Ww
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Wab
asha
Cou
nty
is a
mid
-siz
ed c
ount
y lo
cate
d in
sou
thea
stM
inne
sota
alo
ng th
e M
issi
ssip
pi R
iver
. The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3w
ere
stat
e an
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t, re
tail
trad
e, d
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
-tu
ring
, and
ret
ail.
Dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
incr
ease
d by
alm
ost
23%
fro
m 1
992.
The
cou
nty'
s pe
r ca
pita
inco
me
of $
17,6
35 p
lace
d it
inth
e to
p fo
urth
of
coun
ties
in M
inne
sota
.
Wab
asha
Cou
nty
had
a ve
ry lo
w r
ate
of te
enag
e bi
rths
, whi
chde
crea
sed
betw
een
1991
and
199
3. A
reas
for
con
cern
incl
ude
an in
crea
sein
chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
, alth
ough
the
rate
rem
aine
d be
low
aver
age.
Sub
stan
tiate
d re
port
s of
chi
ld a
buse
and
neg
lect
als
o in
crea
sed
betw
een
1992
and
199
3.
1991
1992
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)52
59.
3";,
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C26
94.
7",,
277
4.9%
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
redu
ced-
pric
e,sc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)89
819
.6%
842
20.S
%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
62.
1%5
2.1%
,
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t8
2.8%
156.
3%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
141
.38.
2%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)12
0.6%
191.
0",,,
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e2
33.3
%0
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed36
31
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
02
1993
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
12.4
%
232
4.1%
125,
260
10.7
%
861
20.9
%22
4,86
027
.6%
20.
8%1,
958
3.0%
135.
4%3,
320
5.1%
27,1
7239
.3%
201.
0%12
,387
3.4%
01,
767
25.9
%
5411
,871
(120
4
106
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
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lose
r L
ook
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hild
ren'
s D
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se F
und
of M
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ice
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et, S
u20
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t. Pa
ul, M
N 5
51(1
3; 6
12/2
27-6
121
231
Orr
kids
Wad
ena
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n13
,171
Num
ber
of c
laild
ren
3,73
3A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
0
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n34
Asi
an14
Oth
er0
His
pani
c4
Chi
ldre
n un
der
61,
188
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
17.4
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$22,
872
Wad
ena
Cou
nty
is a
mod
erat
ely
smal
l cou
nty
in th
e no
rth
cent
ral
port
ion
of th
e st
ate.
Wad
ena
Cou
nty
had
one
of th
e lo
wes
t per
cap
itape
rson
al in
com
es in
the
stat
e in
199
3: $
13,6
86. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
wer
e st
ate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
serv
ices
, and
dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
ac-
turi
ng. T
he f
aste
st g
row
ing
segm
ent o
f th
e ec
onom
y w
as d
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
turi
ng, w
hich
incr
ease
d by
32%
.
Wad
ena
Cou
nty
had
a de
crea
se in
sub
stan
tiate
d re
port
s of
chi
ldab
use
and
negl
ect f
rom
199
1 to
199
3. T
he c
ount
y ha
d a
rela
tivel
y hi
ghpo
vert
y ra
te a
nd h
ighe
r-th
an-a
vera
ge n
umbe
rs o
f ch
ildre
n re
ceiv
edA
FDC
and
fre
e or
red
uced
-pri
ce s
choo
l lun
ch. A
reas
of
conc
ern
incl
ude
a be
low
-ave
rage
rat
e of
imm
uniz
atio
n an
d an
incr
ease
in th
e sc
hool
drop
out r
ate.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in W
aden
a C
ount
yF
amily
Eco
nom
ics
840
2.3.
1M,
142,
202
12.4
%C
hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
In l'
aser
ty
AI D
C
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AF
DC
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le fo
r fr
ee/r
educ
ed-p
rice
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
,93
-94)
411
1,47
4
11.0
",,
46.6
%
451
1,44
0
12.1
%
45.9
%
421
1,52
8
11.3
%
46.8
%
I26
0
224,
860
10.7
%
27.6
%
!-K
-hoo
l 1..u
nkhe
.
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Fee
n M
othe
r,
513
8.2%
'1,
958
.3.0
%C
hild
ren
born
to te
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e m
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ldre
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rn a
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ren
who
wer
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ly im
mun
i7ed
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(199
2-93
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352
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27,1
7239
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Vio
lent
( ti
me
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Abu
,. N
egle
,tC
hild
ren
drop
ping
out
of s
choo
l13
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2129
1.8%
12,3
87.3
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(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
\ mie
n, I
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liC
hild
ren
arre
sted
for
viol
ent c
rime
321
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311
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21,
767
25.9
%
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erA
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orse
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed43
4411
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pare
d to
the
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rage
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nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
320
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Dem
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990)
Tot
al p
opul
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,226
Num
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of c
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5,21
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61
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61,
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ter
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Com
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the
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rage
Cou
nty
1993
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Cou
nty
is a
mod
erat
e-si
zed
coun
ty lo
cate
d in
the
sout
h-ea
st p
ortio
n of
Min
neso
ta. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993
wer
e no
n-du
rabl
e go
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng, d
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
turi
ng, a
ndse
rvic
es. T
he s
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ces
sect
or w
as th
e fa
stes
t gro
win
g. T
he p
er c
apita
per
-so
nal i
ncom
e of
$15
,616
ran
ked
fift
y-fo
urth
in th
e st
ate.
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eca
Cou
nty
had
abov
e-av
erag
e im
mun
izat
ion
rate
s an
d ha
d a
decr
ease
in s
ubst
antia
ted
repo
rts
of c
hild
abu
se a
nd n
egle
ct f
rom
199
1 to
1993
. Was
eca
Cou
nty
had
an in
crea
se in
the
perc
enta
ge o
f ch
ildre
n bo
rnw
ith lo
w b
irth
wei
ght.
It a
lso
reco
rded
a s
mal
l inc
reas
e in
the
num
ber
ofbi
rths
to te
ens.
1991
1992
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
.4
1993
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)58
211
.3%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C28
65.
5",,
303
5di%
309
5.9%
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
redu
ced-
pric
esc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)94
523
.4%
1,00
624
.8%
1,08
126
.2%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
41.
7".
52.
2%6
2.6%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
tI
14.
659
3.9%
156.
4%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
9335
.1%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)27
281.
5%25
1.3:
.
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ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e0
125
.0"
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed38
2225
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
10
1
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
12.4
%
125,
260
10.7
%
224,
860
27.6
5.
1,95
83.
0%
3,32
05.
1%
27,1
7239
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12,3
873.
4%
1,76
725
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11,8
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108
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Was
hing
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Dem
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phic
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990)
Tot
al p
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atio
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,335
Afr
ican
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e W
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ren
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ount
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Al D
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ter
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Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Was
hing
ton
Cou
nty
is in
the
east
ern
part
of
the
Min
neap
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ropo
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s W
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. Was
hing
ton
Cou
nty
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e si
xth
larg
est c
ount
y in
Min
neso
ta. I
ts p
er c
apita
inco
me
of $
22,3
94 is
the
four
th h
ighe
st in
the
stat
e. D
urab
le g
oods
man
ufac
turi
ng, s
ervi
ces,
and
stat
e an
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t wer
e th
e la
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in 1
993.
The
fast
est g
row
ing
indu
stry
was
con
stru
ctio
n, w
hich
incr
ease
d by
alm
ost
17%
.
Was
hing
ton
Cou
nty
has
a be
low
-ave
rage
rat
e of
teen
bir
ths
and
decr
ease
d th
is r
ate
betw
een
1991
and
199
3. I
t als
o ha
d a
bette
r-th
an-
aver
age
rate
of
imm
uniz
atio
n by
age
two.
Are
as o
f co
ncer
n in
clud
e an
incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r an
d pe
rcen
tage
of
child
ren
born
with
low
bir
thw
eigh
t. W
hile
mor
e ch
ildre
n w
ere
arre
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
mes
inW
ashi
ngto
n C
ount
y th
an in
the
aver
age
coun
ty, t
his
num
ber
held
ste
ady
from
199
1 to
199
3.
1991
1992
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
1993
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)2,
394
5.5%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C1,
856
4.2%
2,01
34.
5%2,
010
4.5%
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
redu
ced-
pric
esc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)3,
185
11.3
%3,
424
11.7
%3,
579
11.8
%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
452.
0%32
1.4%
401.
6%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t10
44.
5%11
34.
6'i,
127
5.2%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
808
32.7
%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
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scho
ol(s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
501
3.9%
347
372
2.7%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e64
29.9
"68
39.3
%62
32.0
%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed21
922
620
0
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
80
1993
Stat
e
142,
202
12.4
%
125,
260
10.7
%
224,
860
27.6
%
1,95
83.
0%
3,32
05.
1%
27,1
72.3
9.3%
12,3
873.
4%
1,76
725
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11,8
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109
Dem
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phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n12
,336
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
3,26
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ican
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ily in
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nty
110
Ho
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roy.
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te
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pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Wat
onw
an C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in th
e so
uth
cent
ral p
ortio
n of
Min
neso
ta, n
ear
the
Iow
a bo
rder
. The
larg
est i
ndus
try
was
non
-dur
able
good
s m
anuf
actu
ring
, fol
low
ed b
y se
rvic
es a
nd s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ern-
men
t. Fr
om 1
992
to 1
993,
ther
e w
as a
n 11
% in
crea
se in
the
serv
ices
indu
stry
. The
$15
,885
per
cap
ita p
erso
nal i
ncom
e in
Wat
onw
an C
ount
yra
nked
nea
r th
e m
iddl
e of
the
stat
e's
coun
ties.
The
per
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
incr
ease
d si
gnif
ican
tlyfr
om 1
991
to 1
993,
but
rem
aine
d w
ell b
elow
the
stat
e av
erag
e. T
he c
oun-
ty e
xper
ienc
ed tw
ice
as m
any
teen
age
birt
hs in
199
3 as
in 1
991.
Mor
eth
an h
alf
of th
e ch
ildre
n in
Wat
onw
an C
ount
y w
ere
not f
ully
imm
u-ni
zed
by a
ge tw
o, w
hich
was
muc
h hi
gher
than
the
aver
age
coun
ty.
1991
'10
10.0
%
0",,
727
33 8
"..
2 S
"..
11 10Ii.
'..
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ily E
cono
mic
s
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1dt-
en in
pov
erty
19q
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w.u
s)--
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ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C
hild
ren
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ible
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ta.e
; red
uced
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hool
lunc
hi--
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uiol
year
s 1(
)91-
42, 9
2-43
, 43-
44)
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hCirc
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ance
s &
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lth
( hi
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en b
orn
to te
enag
e m
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rs
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ldre
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wn
at lo
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rth
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ren
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e no
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mm
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442.
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1993
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ren
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ty
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ve S
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lent
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me
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lect
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lent
Dea
th
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kids
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Wilk
in C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in w
est c
entr
al M
inne
sota
on
the
Nor
thD
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a bo
rder
. It i
s on
e of
the
ten
smal
lest
cou
ntie
s in
the
stat
e. D
urin
gth
e su
mm
er m
onth
s, th
e po
pula
tion
of W
ilkin
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nty
incl
udes
mig
rant
farm
wor
kers
and
thei
r ch
ildre
n. I
ts p
er c
apita
per
sona
l inc
ome
of$1
5,69
3 de
clin
ed f
rom
199
2-19
93. T
he la
rges
t ind
ustr
y w
as n
on-d
urab
lego
ods
man
ufac
turi
ng, f
ollo
wed
by
serv
ices
and
sta
te a
nd lo
cal g
over
n-m
ent.
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199
0 po
vert
y ra
te f
or c
hild
ren
in W
ilkin
Cou
nty
was
equ
al to
the
stat
e av
erag
e. T
he c
ount
y re
port
s fi
gure
s be
low
the
stat
e av
erag
e on
all b
ut tw
o in
dica
tors
. The
per
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
thw
eigh
t ros
e si
gnif
ican
tly. I
n ad
ditio
n, a
bout
one
hal
f of
the
child
ren
inW
ilkin
Cou
nty
are
not f
ully
imm
uniz
ed b
y ag
e tw
o.
1
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)25
572
.4%
142,
202
12.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C21
510
.2%
231
10.9
%23
311
.0%
125,
260
10.7
%
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93. 9
3-94
)56
235
.2%
578
34.7
%59
535
.7%
224,
860
27.6
%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n ho
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
44.
3%2
2.6%
32.
9%1,
958
3.0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t5
5.4%
45.
2%11
10.7
%3,
320
5.1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
6050
.8%
27,1
7239
.3%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)8
1.2%
40.
6%14
1.9%
12,3
873.
4%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e0
3W
O%
01,
767
25.9
%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed35
1715
11,8
71
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
10
120
4
Chi
ldre
n', D
efen
se F
und
of M
N, 5
50 R
ice
Stre
et, S
uite
205
, St.
Paul
, MN
551
03;1
,12/
227-
H21
240
241
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
Win
ona
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n48
,184
Num
ber
of c
hild
ren
11 7
64A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
45A
mer
ican
Ind
ian
7
Asi
an19
0O
ther
11
His
pani
c98
Chi
ldre
n un
der
63,
895
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
12.7
%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$32,
454
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in W
inon
a C
ount
y
In P
over
ty
All
X:
Sch
ool I
unL
Tee
n M
othe
r,.
Low
Bi r
th w
eigh
t
Imm
uniz
atio
n,
Lea%
eho
ol
Vio
lent
( r
uise
Abu
i.e
Vio
lent
I 'le
ath
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Win
ona
Cou
nty
is lo
cate
d in
the
sout
heas
tern
are
a of
Min
neso
ta,
bord
erin
g th
e M
issi
ssip
pi R
iver
. The
per
cap
ita p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
Win
ona
Cou
nty
was
$17
,757
in 1
993,
ran
king
six
teen
th in
the
stat
e. T
hela
rges
t ind
ustr
ies
in W
inon
a C
ount
y w
ere
dura
ble
good
s m
anuf
actu
r-in
g, s
ervi
ces,
and
non
-dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
. The
fas
test
gro
w-
ing
indu
stry
was
dur
able
goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
, whi
ch in
crea
sed
13%
.
Ove
rall,
indi
cato
rs o
f ch
ild w
ell-
bein
g in
Win
ona
Cou
nty
are
sim
i-la
r to
or
bette
r th
an th
e av
erag
e M
inne
sota
cou
nty.
Alth
ough
the
per-
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t sho
wed
an
incr
ease
fro
m19
92 to
199
3, th
e ra
tes
drop
ped
slig
htly
fro
m 1
991.
The
rat
es o
f te
enag
ebi
rths
als
o fo
llow
ed th
is p
atte
rn.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)1,
218
10.5
%14
2,20
212
.4".
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AF
DC
750
6.4"
,80
66.
9".
769
6.5%
125,
2611
10.7
%
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le fo
r fr
ee/ r
educ
ed-p
rice
scho
ol lu
nche
s (s
choo
l yea
rs 1
991-
92, 9
2-93
, 93-
94)
1,85
523
.1%
1,81
723
.3",
,1,
910
24.3
%22
4,86
027
.6%
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
& H
ealth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
2112
2.1%
2.9"
,,1,
958
3.0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
birt
h w
eigh
t38
203.
6",,
315.
6".
3,32
05.
1".
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
217
33.9
",.
27,1
7239
.3%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sch
ool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)11
49;
1.1"
097
3.1%
12,3
873.
4%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed fo
r vi
olen
t crim
e8
14.0
",,
1,76
725
.9%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
wgl
ecte
d69
121
8611
,871
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
11
204
112
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r Ls
ok
212
Chi
ldre
n', !
Hen
ce L
und
of M
N. 1
50 R
ice
Str
eet.
Sui
te 2
05. S
I. P
aul.
MN
5;1
(13;
612
/227
-612
1
243
Dem
ogra
phic
s (1
990)
Tot
al p
opul
atio
n68
,970
Ni'm
ber
of c
hild
ren
22,4
69A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
38
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n97
Asi
an16
8
Oth
erH
ispa
nic
134
Chi
ldre
n un
der
67,
546
Chi
ldre
n in
sin
gle
pare
nt h
omes
Med
ian
fam
ily in
com
e$3
6,98
1
Wri
ght C
ount
y is
loca
ted
in th
e w
este
rn p
ortio
n of
the
Min
ne-
apol
is-S
t. Pa
ul M
etro
polit
an A
rea.
It i
s on
e of
the
ten
larg
est c
ount
ies
inM
inne
sota
, and
its
larg
est i
ndus
trie
s in
199
3 w
ere
serv
ices
, sta
te a
ndlo
cal g
over
nmen
t, re
tail,
and
dur
able
.goo
ds m
anuf
actu
ring
. Dur
able
good
s m
anuf
actu
ring
was
the
fast
est g
row
ing
segm
ent o
f th
e ec
onom
y,in
crea
sing
by
13%
. Wri
ght C
ount
y ha
d a
per
capi
ta in
com
e of
$17
,631
,ra
nkin
g ei
ghte
enth
in th
e st
ate.
Subs
tant
iate
d re
port
s of
chi
ld a
buse
and
neg
lect
in 1
993
rose
slig
htly
fro
m 1
992
but s
how
a d
eclin
e fr
om 1
991.
Wri
ght C
ount
y di
d be
t-te
r th
an th
e st
ate
aver
age
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
fsc
hool
. One
are
a of
con
cern
is a
sha
rp in
crea
se in
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
com
mitt
ing
viol
ent c
rim
es b
etw
een
1991
and
199
3. T
he c
ount
y al
so h
ada
slig
ht in
crea
se in
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
born
with
low
bir
th w
eigh
t.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in W
right
Cou
nty
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
1,69
014
2,20
2C
hild
ren
in p
over
ty (
1990
cen
sus)
In P
over
tyC
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
FDC
1,08
14.
8%1,
181
3.3"
1,24
05.
5"12
5,26
0
A 1
1 )C
hool
I.u
nt h
e.
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
red
uced
-pri
cesc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)2,
591
17.4
%2,
887
18.9
%2,
826
18.1
%22
4.86
0
een
Mot
her,
Birt
h C
ircum
stan
ces
6 H
ealth
242.
0%27
2.3%
171.
4%1,
958
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
Low
Bir
thw
eigh
tC
hild
ren
born
at l
ow b
irth
wei
ght
514.
2%40
3.4%
695.
9".
3,32
0
!min
im/a
non,
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
573
40.7
"27
,172
I ea
t t.
Vio
lent
Cri
me
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Abu
,. N
:egl
et. t
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
118
124
1.8%
132
1.8%
12,3
87
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)
Vio
lent
I )
eath
Clu
ldre
n a
rre,
sted
for
vio
lent
cri
me
23.
0"24
27.0
".,
2231
.0"
1,76
7
Heu
erA
vera
geW
orse
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed11
974
8211
,871
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
43
204
'kr
kids
rasa
12.4
%
10.7
%
27.6
%
3.0%
5. 1
"4
39.3
"
3.4"
,,
25.9
"0
hild
reM
, !M
en,.
Fund
tu;F
,tI R
ice
Stre
et. S
uite
205
. St P
aul.
SIN
551
03, 6
12; 2
274,
12
244
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook
245
113
Yel
low
Med
icin
eD
emog
raph
ics
(199
0)T
otal
pop
ulat
ion
11,7
48N
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n3,
150
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an0
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n38
Asi
an19
Oth
er20
His
pani
c35
Chi
ldre
n un
der
696
0C
hild
ren
in s
ingl
e pa
rent
hom
es7.
3%M
edia
n fa
mily
inco
me
$17,
079
Mea
surin
g th
e W
ell-B
eing
of C
hild
ren
in Y
ello
w M
edic
ine
Cou
nty
In P
oven
v
Scho
ol I
unc
hes
leen
(oth
ers
.otv
Ihr
thtv
eigh
t
Int m
uni;m
tions
Lea
% e
Sch
ool
Vio
lent
Cri
me
Abu
se/ N
egle
ct
Vio
lent
1),
,u11
Bet
ter
Ave
rage
Wor
se
Com
pare
d to
the
Ave
rage
Cou
nty
1993
Yel
low
Med
icin
e C
ount
y is
loca
ted
on th
e So
uth
Dak
ota
bord
er in
the
sout
hwes
tern
por
tion
of M
inne
sota
. Its
per
cap
ita p
erso
nal i
ncom
e of
$15,
231
rank
ed f
ifty
-eig
hth
in th
e st
ate.
The
larg
est i
ndus
trie
sw
ere
ser-
vice
s, s
tate
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
and
reta
il tr
ade.
Fro
m 1
992
to 1
993,
the
serv
ices
indu
stry
incr
ease
d by
31%
.
The
rat
e of
chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C r
emai
ned
belo
w th
e st
ate
aver
age,
whi
le th
e pe
rcen
tage
of
child
ren
rece
ivin
g fr
ee o
r re
duce
d-pr
ice
scho
ol lu
nch
cont
inue
s to
be
high
er th
an th
e st
ate
aver
age.
Ver
y fe
wch
ildre
n dr
oppe
d ou
t of
scho
ol a
nd e
ven
few
er c
hild
ren
com
mitt
ed v
io-
lent
cri
mes
. Con
cern
s in
clud
e th
e pe
rcen
tage
of
child
ren
not i
mm
uniz
edby
age
two
and
an in
crea
se in
sub
stan
tiate
d re
port
s of
chi
ld a
buse
and
r-.
1991
1992
1993
1993
Stat
e
Fam
ily E
cono
mic
s
Chi
ldre
n in
pov
erty
(19
90 c
ensu
s)48
815
.6%
142,
202
12.4
%
Chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C19
46.
2%20
36.
45.
206
6.5%
125,
260
10.7
%
Chi
ldre
n el
igib
le f
or f
ree/
redu
ced-
pric
esc
hool
lunc
hes
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)88
837
.1%
974
39.8
%96
939
.4%
.22
4,86
027
.6%
Elir
thoC
ircum
stan
ces
'51.
Hea
lth
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn to
teen
age
mot
hers
43.
2%5
3.7%
42.
7%1,
958
3.0%
Chi
ldre
n bo
rn a
t low
bir
th w
eigh
t4
3.2%
43.
0%7
4.8%
3,32
05.
1%
Chi
ldre
n w
ho w
ere
not f
ully
imm
uniz
edby
age
2 (
1992
-93)
6741
.6%
27,1
7239
.3%
Sig
ns o
f Tro
uble
Chi
ldre
n dr
oppi
ng o
ut o
f sc
hool
(sch
ool y
ears
199
1-92
, 92-
93, 9
3-94
)10
1.0%
100.
95,
110.
9%12
,387
3.4%
Chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
eI
12.5
%1
20.0
%2
10.0
%1,
767
25.9
%
Chi
ldre
n ab
used
and
neg
lect
ed21
3344
11,8
71
Chi
ldre
n dy
ing
viol
ently
02
204
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook 2
4
Chi
ldre
n's
Def
enw
Fun
d of
MN
, 550
Ric
e S
tree
t, S
uite
205
, St.
l'aul
, MN
551
03; (
.12
/227
4021
2 sr
>
Dat
a S
ourc
es
Dem
ogra
phic
Inf
orm
atio
n. 1
990
popu
latio
n an
d in
com
e da
ta a
re f
rom
Tab
le P
13 o
f th
e U
.S. C
ensu
s pr
o-vi
ded
by th
e U
nive
rsity
of
Min
neso
ta M
achi
ne R
eada
ble
Dat
a C
ente
r.
Dat
a A
bout
Chi
ldre
n O
f C
olor
. Dat
a ab
out c
hild
ren
of c
olor
is c
olle
cted
usi
ng m
any
diff
eren
t met
hods
.l'a
rent
s m
ight
iden
tify
thei
r ra
ce o
r th
e ra
ce o
f th
eir
child
ren,
rac
e m
ay b
e de
term
ined
by
othe
rs b
ased
on
avi
sual
det
erm
inat
ion,
or
a co
mbi
natio
n of
thes
e m
etho
ds m
ay b
e us
ed. F
urth
erm
ore,
dif
fere
nt c
ateg
orie
s ar
eus
ed to
cla
ssif
y ch
ildre
n by
rac
e. S
ome
indi
cato
rs tr
eat "
His
pani
c" a
s a
sepa
rate
eth
nic
desi
gnat
ion
rath
erth
an a
rac
e, w
hile
oth
ers
do n
ot. K
IDS
CO
UN
T h
as a
ttem
pted
to id
entif
y w
heth
er o
r no
t "ch
ildre
n of
col
or"
incl
udes
Chi
cano
/Lat
ino
child
ren
for
a pa
rtic
ular
indi
cato
r.
Acc
epte
d na
mes
for
var
ious
rac
ial a
nd e
thni
c gr
oups
are
con
stan
tly in
flu
x an
d on
ce a
gain
, ind
icat
ors
diff
erin
thei
r te
rmin
olog
y. K
IDS
CO
UN
T h
as tr
ied
to u
se w
idel
y ac
cept
ed te
rms
that
gen
eral
ly m
atch
the
cate
-go
ries
in w
hich
mos
t of
the
data
is c
olle
cted
.
Fina
lly, c
hild
ren
of c
olor
are
oft
en u
nder
coun
ted
and
unm
easu
red.
Fam
ilies
may
be
mis
trus
tful
of
prov
id-
ing
info
rmat
ion
to th
e go
vern
men
t. C
hild
ren
of m
igra
nt f
arm
wor
kers
may
not
be
adeq
uate
ly r
epre
sent
edbe
caus
e th
ey a
re o
nly
in M
inne
sota
par
t of
the
year
. Dat
a co
llect
ors
may
not
be
flue
rKin
the
pare
nts'
lan-
guag
e or
may
det
erm
ine
race
for
a c
hild
inco
rrec
tly. T
hus,
dat
a ab
out c
hild
ren
of c
olor
in M
inne
sota
sho
uld
be in
terp
rete
d w
ith c
autio
n.
Chi
ldre
n in
Pov
erty
is th
e nu
mbe
r an
d pe
rcen
tage
of
rela
ted
child
ren
unde
r ag
e 18
who
live
in f
amili
esw
ith in
com
es b
elow
the
pove
rty
line.
Pov
erty
rat
es b
y ra
ce f
or 1
989
are
from
Tab
le P
119
of th
e 19
90 c
ensu
s.
Chi
ldre
n R
ecei
ving
AFD
C is
the
mon
thly
ave
rage
of
all c
hild
ren
rece
ivin
g A
id to
Fam
ilies
With
Dep
ende
nt C
hild
ren
paym
ents
bet
wee
n Ju
ly I
and
Jun
e 30
of
the
sele
cted
fis
cal y
ears
. It i
s pr
ovid
ed b
y th
eM
inne
sota
Dep
artm
ent o
f H
uman
Ser
vice
s. T
he p
erce
ntag
e of
chi
ldre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C is
the
num
ber
ofch
ildre
n re
ceiv
ing
AFD
C d
ivid
ed b
y th
e to
tal n
umbe
r of
chi
ldre
n re
cord
ed in
the
1990
cen
sus.
Chi
ldre
n A
ppro
ved
for
Free
/Red
uced
-Pri
ce S
choo
l Lun
ches
is th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n w
ho h
ave
been
app
rove
d to
rec
eive
thes
e m
eals
in O
ctob
er o
f ea
ch s
choo
l yea
r. I
t is
prov
ided
by
the
Min
neso
taD
epar
tmen
t of
Chi
ldre
n, F
amili
es a
nd L
earn
ing.
Pub
lic s
choo
ls a
nd m
any
priv
ate
scho
ols
are
repr
esen
ted.
Not
all
elig
ible
chi
ldre
n pa
rtic
ipat
e in
this
pro
gram
. The
per
cent
of
child
ren
elig
ible
is th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
l-dr
en a
ppro
ved
for
mea
ls d
ivid
ed b
y th
e to
tal s
choo
l enr
ollm
ent.
Chi
ldre
n B
orn
to T
eena
ge M
othe
rs is
the
num
ber
of in
fant
s bo
rn to
wom
en w
ho w
ere
iess
than
age
18
at th
e tim
e of
the
child
's b
irth
. It i
s pr
ovid
ed b
y T
he C
ente
r fo
r H
ealth
Sta
tistic
s of
the
Min
neso
ta H
ealth
Dep
artm
ent,
base
d on
info
rmat
ion
colle
cted
fro
m b
irth
cer
tific
ates
. The
per
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
born
tote
enag
e m
othe
rs is
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
born
to te
enag
e m
othe
rs d
ivid
ed b
y th
e to
tal n
umbe
r of
bir
ths.
Chi
ldre
n B
orn
at L
ow B
irth
Wei
ght i
s th
e nu
mbe
r of
bab
ies
wei
ghin
g le
ss th
an 2
500
gram
s (5
.5po
unds
) at
bir
th. I
t is
prov
ided
by
The
Cen
ter
for
Hea
lth S
tatis
tics
of th
e M
inne
sota
Hea
lth D
epar
tmen
t,
(con
tinue
d on
pag
e 11
6)
Chi
ldre
n', D
efen
,e F
und
of M
N,
Rio
: Str
eet,
Sui
tt, 2
05, S
t.M
N 5
5103
; H2/
2274
,121
24M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
k
24 9
base
d on
info
rmat
ion
colle
cted
fro
m b
irth
cer
tific
ates
. The
per
cent
of
child
ren
born
at l
ow b
irth
wei
ght i
sth
e nu
mbe
r of
low
bir
th w
eigh
t chi
ldre
n di
vide
d by
the
tota
l num
ber
of b
irth
s.
Chi
ldre
n W
ho W
ere
Not
Ful
ly I
mm
uniz
ed B
y A
ge 2
is th
e nu
mbe
r of
kin
derg
arte
n st
uden
ts in
the
1992
-93
scho
ol y
ear
who
had
not
bee
n im
mun
ized
, acc
ordi
ng to
a r
etro
spec
tive
surv
ey b
y th
e M
inne
sota
Dep
artm
ent o
f H
ealth
. The
per
cent
age
of c
hild
ren
not f
ully
imm
uniz
ed is
the
num
ber
of u
n-im
mun
ized
child
ren
divi
ded
by th
e to
tal n
umbe
r of
kin
derg
arte
n st
uden
ts.
Chi
ldre
n D
ropp
ing
Out
of
Scho
ol is
the
num
ber
of s
tude
nts
who
wer
e en
rolle
d in
sch
ool d
urin
g th
epr
evio
us s
choo
l yea
r an
d w
ere
not e
nrol
led
by O
ctob
er 1
of
the
curr
ent s
choo
l yea
r. I
t is
prov
ided
by
the
Min
neso
ta D
epar
tmen
t of
Chi
ldre
n, F
amili
es a
nd L
earn
ing.
Thi
s de
fini
tion
vas
new
as
of th
e 19
93-9
4 sc
hool
year
; pre
viou
sly
a st
uden
t was
cou
nted
as
"dro
ppin
g ou
t" if
they
wer
e no
t enr
olle
d by
the
begi
nnin
g of
the
next
sch
ool y
ear.
The
per
cent
age
of s
tude
nts
drop
ping
out
is th
e nu
mbe
r of
stu
dent
s dr
oppi
ng o
ut d
ivid
edby
the
tota
l enr
ollm
ent o
f gr
ades
7-1
2.
Chi
ldre
n A
rres
ted
for
Vio
lent
Cri
me
is th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or m
urde
r, n
eglig
ent
man
slau
ghte
r, r
ape,
rob
bery
and
agg
rava
ted
assa
ult.
It is
pro
vide
d by
the
Cri
min
al J
ustic
e C
ente
r at
Min
neso
ta P
lann
ing
from
sta
tistic
s co
llect
ed b
y th
e M
inne
sota
Bur
eau
of C
rim
inal
App
rehe
nsio
n. T
hepe
r-ce
ntag
e of
chi
ldre
n ar
rest
ed f
or v
iole
nt c
rim
e is
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
arre
sted
div
ided
by
the
tota
l num
-be
r of
arr
ests
for
vio
lent
cri
me.
Chi
ldre
n A
buse
d an
d N
egle
cted
is th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n fo
r w
hom
a r
epor
t of
child
abu
seor
neg
lect
was
sub
stan
tiate
d by
a c
ount
y ch
ild p
rote
ctio
n w
orke
r. I
t is
prov
ided
by
the
Min
neso
ta D
epar
tmen
t of
Hum
an S
ervi
ces
from
sta
tistic
s co
llect
ed b
y co
untie
s. S
ubst
antia
ted
abus
e m
eans
that
the
loca
l soc
ial s
ervi
ceag
ency
has
con
duct
ed a
n as
sess
men
t in
resp
onse
to a
rep
ort a
nd h
as f
ound
that
mal
trea
tmen
t occ
urre
d.
Cld
ren
Dyi
ng V
iole
ntly
is th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n dy
ing
from
mur
der,
sui
cide
and
oth
er in
juri
es s
uch
as m
otor
veh
icle
cra
shes
, dro
wni
ng a
nd f
alls
. It i
s pr
ovid
ed b
y th
e C
ente
r fo
r H
ealth
Sta
tistic
s at
the
Min
neso
ta D
epar
tmen
t of
Hea
ld, u
sing
info
rmat
ion
on d
eath
cer
tific
ates
.
Abo
ut th
e G
raph
s fo
r In
dica
tors
and
Cou
ntie
s
The
Ind
icat
or G
raph
s al
low
com
pari
sons
of
diff
eren
t sco
res
for
the
sam
e in
dica
tor
(i.e
. low
bir
th w
eigh
t)am
ong
coun
ties.
The
cou
nty
grap
hs a
llow
com
pari
son
of m
ultip
le in
dica
tors
with
in a
cou
nty.
At a
gla
nce,
you
are
also
abl
e to
see
how
a c
ount
y co
mpa
res
to th
e st
ate
aver
age
for
each
indi
cato
r. T
he "
Min
neso
taA
vera
ge"
is th
e m
ean
of a
ll th
e co
unty
dat
a po
ints
. Eac
h th
inne
r lin
e re
pres
ents
one
sta
ndar
d de
viat
ion
abov
e or
bel
ow th
e av
erag
e.
Com
pari
ng d
istr
ibut
ions
that
are
exp
ress
ed in
dif
fere
nt u
nits
is a
ccom
plis
hed
by u
sing
sta
ndar
dsc
ores
als
okn
own
as z
-sco
res.
Sta
ndar
d sc
ores
are
gen
erat
ed f
or e
ach
indi
cato
r by
com
putin
g th
e di
ffer
ence
bet
wee
nea
ch d
ata
poin
t and
the
mea
n (t
he s
um o
f al
l cou
nts'
val
ues
divi
ded
by th
e nu
mbe
r of
cou
ntie
s) a
nd d
ivid
-in
g it
by th
e st
anda
rd d
evia
tion
(a m
easu
re o
f th
e de
gree
to w
hich
the
scor
es c
lust
er a
roun
d th
e m
ean.
) T
here
sulti
ng z
-sco
re h
as a
mea
n of
0 a
nd a
sta
ndar
d de
viat
ion
of o
ne.
116
Min
neso
ta K
ids:
A C
lose
r L
ook 2
5C
hild
ren'
s D
efen
se h
und
tf M
N. 5
50 R
ice
Str
e S
oh! 2
05, S
t. l'a
ul, M
N 5
5103
; (12
/227
4,12
1t..
)
Oth
er R
esou
rces
Loca
lE
xten
sion
Sta
ff, U
nive
rsity
of
Min
neso
taC
all f
or th
e co
ntac
t in
your
cou
nty:
612/
625-
1915
Fam
ily S
ervi
ce C
olla
bora
tives
Cal
l for
the
cont
act i
n yo
ur c
ount
y:61
2/29
6-97
29M
inne
sota
Stu
dent
Sur
vey
For
Cou
nty
info
rmat
ion
call:
Min
neso
taPr
even
tion
Res
ourc
e C
ente
r 80
0/ 2
47-1
303
For
loca
l sch
ool d
istr
ict i
nfor
mat
ion
call
your
loca
l Sup
erin
tend
ent's
off
ice
Subs
tanc
e A
buse
Mon
itori
ng S
yste
mC
all f
or in
form
atio
n ab
out y
our
coun
ty:
612/
296-
2311
Sta
teC
hild
ren'
s D
efen
se F
und-
MN
: 612
-227
-612
1C
ongr
egat
ions
Con
cern
ed f
or C
hild
ren,
Gre
ater
Min
neap
olis
Cou
ncil
of C
hurc
hes:
612/
870-
3660
Join
t Rel
igio
us L
egis
lativ
e C
oalit
ion:
612
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0
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neso
ta O
rgan
izat
ion
on A
dole
scen
tPr
egna
ncy
Prev
entio
n: 6
12-7
71-5
040;
800/
657-
3697
Min
neso
ta L
egis
latu
re:
Hou
se: 6
12/2
96-2
146;
Sena
te: 6
12/2
96-0
504
Sear
ch I
nstit
ute:
612
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pher
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note
sPa
ge v
iC
ente
r on
Bud
get a
nd P
olk-
% P
rion
ties
Hie
111
10h
I M
eral
.4ot
teon
I o
o In
totth
Int
erna
l:- '4
.,pte
nthe
r19
84
Page
4C
hild
ren'
. I /e
tens
e I
und
Arm
s I
Ow
e. B
osto
n. B
eaco
nPr
ess.
199
4
Page
8eg
isla
twe
Com
me.
sion
on
the
Fcon
Onl
ii St
atus
of
Wom
en. P
ubht
A.,,
vdan
tt so
Alp
ine-
obi I
at I
s ab
out P
rogt
am, a
nd R
e. o
nent
sla
nuar
% 1
995
Page
10
run,
uni
veN
ity S
choo
l of
Nut
ritio
nlit
,I
1,1k
ih'ti
etN
utt-
thou
and
CoN
nitw
e D
evel
opm
ent s
ti C
luld
rot,
Page
14
)av
id a
nd L
ucile
Pac
kard
Fou
ndat
ion.
Ebc
I u
ture
of
Chi
ldre
n: L
owth
Wei
ght.
Vol
. 5:1
, Spr
ing
1995
.
Page
16
Chi
ldre
n'. I
)el
ense
Fun
d-M
inne
sota
and
Med
ica
Foun
datio
n Sh
ots
ter
1 el
s. B
est
Rep
Ort
, Apr
il 19
94.
Page
18
Nat
iona
l Cen
ter
for
Edu
catio
n St
atis
tics.
Pro
pout
Rat
es in
the
Unt
ied
5f,t,
',I
9'r2
. (N
CE
S 93
-414
k W
ashi
ngto
n, D
C: L
'S D
epar
tmen
tot
Edu
catio
n, G
over
nmen
t l'ri
ntin
g O
ffke
. 199
3.W
agne
i, N
I , D
'Anu
co, R
., M
arde
r, C
., N
ewm
an. F
., &
Sla
ckro
bv,
Wha
t hap
pens
ner
t7 T
rend
: tn
post
choo
t out
onne
% o
fyou
thdt
..abt
litte
, Wa,
hing
ton.
DC
: L'S
Dep
artm
ent o
f E
duca
tion,
Otti
ce o
t Spe
cial
Edu
catio
n Pr
ogra
ms,
199
2.Pa
ge 2
0M
inne
sota
Dep
artm
ent o
f Pu
blic
Saf
ety.
Ube
Rep
ot I
of
the
Vhd
ente
Prer
entto
n A
dvis
ory
Tie
d. F
ero.
, Jan
uary
, I'M
',
L'.S
. Dep
artm
ent o
f Ju
stic
e. V
iole
nt I
am
ities
and
You
th l'
uole
nte.
OPD
PFa
ct S
heet
#21
, 1)e
cem
ber
1994
.O
ffic
e ot
Juv
enile
Jus
tice
and
Del
inqu
ency
l're
vent
ion.
Juv
enile
Off
etuh
.rs
and
netim
s: A
Nat
iona
l Rep
ot I
. Pitt
sbur
gh, l
'A:
Nat
iona
l Cen
ter
for
Juve
nile
Jus
tice,
199
5.
Page
22
Nat
iona
l Cen
ter
on C
hild
Abu
se a
nd N
egle
ct, 1
992.
Am
eric
an I
lum
ane
Ass
ocia
tion.
Chi
ld P
rote
ctio
n L
eade
r, O
ctob
er19
95.
Nhn
neso
ta D
epar
tmen
t of
Publ
ic S
afet
y. T
he R
epot
t of
the
I 'io
lime
Prer
entio
n tI
thlto
ry r
a,1,
I o
we.
St.
Paul
, MN
: Jan
uary
, 104
.1.
Page
24
Fact
s pr
ovid
ed b
y M
inne
sota
Saf
ety
Cou
ncil,
199
5, a
nd th
eM
inne
sota
Dep
artm
ent o
f Pu
blic
Saf
ety
Chi
ldre
n's
Def
ense
Fun
d of
MN
, 550
Rite
Str
eet S
uite
2(1
5, S
t. Pa
ul, M
N 5
5103
; ol2
122
74)1
21M
inne
sota
Kid
s: A
Clo
ser
Loo
k
253
117
Add
endu
m: 1
993
Sub
stan
tiate
d R
epor
ts o
f Chi
ld A
buse
and
Neg
lect
As
this
boo
k w
ent t
o pr
ess,
we
rece
ived
upd
ated
199
3 fi
gure
s fo
r th
is in
dica
tor
from
the
Min
neso
ta D
epar
tmen
t of
Hum
an S
ervi
ces.
The
se f
ig-
ures
sho
uld
repl
ace
the
coun
ty n
umbe
rs f
ound
on
page
s 22
and
23
as w
ell a
s th
e nu
mbe
rs u
sed
onea
ch c
ount
y pa
ge f
or 1
993.
Sta
te to
tals
for
1993
are
cor
rect
on
page
s 23
and
27.
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in47
Itas
ca36
Pope
28
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ka50
3Ja
ckso
n8
Ram
sey
1,34
8
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ker
105
Kan
abec
12R
ed L
ake
6
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tram
i10
5K
andi
yohi
69R
edw
ood
58
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ton
48K
ittso
n5
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ville
45
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