Where does Tennessee rank
in comparison with other states?
According to U.S. KIDS COUNT data (Annie E. Casey Foundation) Tennessee ranks
- 42nd overall indicators of child well-being
- 47th infant mortality
- 45th low birthweight babies
- 41st teen birth rate
- 36th child death rate
- 45th high school dropouts
- 42nd teens not attending school and not working
- 29th percent of children with parents without full-time year-round employment
- 37th children living in single parent families
- 36th percent of children living in poverty
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