Poverty status of school-age children and children served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Chapter 1, from non-NAEP sources: By state, 2001 and school years 1990–91 through 2000–01
Poverty status of 5- to 17-year-olds: 2001
Children
(birth to age 21) served under IDEA and Chapter 1 of the Education
Consolidation and Improvement Act, State Operated Programs
Number in poverty
Percent
Number of children:
2000–01 school year
Percent change:
(in thousands)
in
poverty
1990–91 to 2000–01
Nation
7,891
15.1
6,292,930
32.2
Alabama
174
21.1
99,828
5.1
Alaska
14
10.3
17,691
20.0
Arizona
214
20.1
96,442
68.5
Arkansas
124
25.0
62,222
30.1
California
1,101
15.4
645,287
37.5
Colorado
90
10.5
78,806
38.0
Connecticut
58
9.6
73,886
14.4
Delaware
13
8.5
16,760
17.3
Florida
499
17.5
367,335
55.6
Georgia
301
18.4
171,292
67.9
Hawaii
32
14.6
23,951
81.9
Idaho
36
13.1
29,174
32.5
Illinois
342
15.3
297,316
24.3
Indiana
105
9.6
156,320
36.4
Iowa
32
6.1
72,461
19.4
Kansas
58
12.3
61,267
35.5
Kentucky
108
15.5
94,572
19.1
Louisiana
188
21.3
97,938
33.0
Maine
22
11.2
35,633
27.3
Maryland
73
6.8
112,077
22.8
Massachusetts
110
11.3
162,216
4.9
Michigan
206
11.6
221,456
32.7
Minnesota
70
8.1
109,955
35.9
Mississippi
131
24.0
62,281
2.2
Missouri
108
10.7
137,381
34.7
Montana
22
13.7
19,129
11.6
Nebraska
39
12.5
42,793
30.6
Nevada
37
8.9
38,160
106.9
New
Hampshire
16
7.1
30,077
53.0
New
Jersey
124
8.9
221,715
22.3
New
Mexico
85
24.1
52,256
45.0
New
York
624
19.0
438,465
42.6
North
Carolina
216
14.7
173,067
40.6
North
Dakota
16
16.7
13,652
9.2
Ohio
294
15.0
237,643
15.7
Oklahoma
113
18.0
85,577
30.3
Oregon
87
13.8
75,204
36.4
Pennsylvania
257
12.7
242,655
10.6
Rhode
Island
16
9.1
30,727
45.8
South Carolina
169
22.2
105,922
36.2
South
Dakota
9
6.9
16,825
12.3
Tennessee
169
17.3
125,863
20.0
Texas
897
20.4
491,642
40.2
Utah
54
10.8
53,921
12.9
Vermont
9
9.9
13,623
11.1
Virginia
99
7.4
162,212
42.3
Washington
134
12.1
118,851
39.2
West Virginia
56
20.5
50,333
16.7
Wisconsin
111
12.1
125,358
44.2
Wyoming
7
8.9
13,154
17.4
Other Jurisdictions
District of Columbia
24
30.9
10,559
67.9
— Not available.
IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institue of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 2002 (NCES 2003–060), tables 20 and 55 (pp. 27, 68), 2003.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Decennial Census, Minority Economic Profiles, unpublished data; Current Population Reports, Series P-60, "Poverty in the United States," "Money Income of Households, Families, and Persons in the United States," and "Income, Poverty, and Valuation of Noncash Benefits," various years, and "Money Income in the U.S.: 2001," P60-218.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Annual Report to Congress on the implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, various years; and unpublished tabulations.
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