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KWIC County Reports

Child Well-being: Onondaga County

The Child Well-being Report provides a snapshot of the overall health, education and well-being of children, youth and families. This is the default profile.

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Economic Security: Onondaga County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Children and Youth Living Below Poverty, number and percent children/youth ages birth-17 years (2020;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	18,680	19.6	17,964	18.9	18.6
Children and Youth Receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits, number and percent children/youth ages birth-17 years (2018;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	25,193	25.7	24,536	24.7	22.8
Children and Youth Receiving Public Assistance, number and percent children/youth ages birth-17 years (2018;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	7,383	7.5	4,552	4.6	5.6
Children and Youth Receiving Supplemental Security Income, number and percent children/youth ages birth-17 years (2018;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	2,723	2.8	2,165	2.2	1.8
Children Receiving Free or Reduced-price School Lunch - Public Schools , number and percent children in grades K-12 (2014/15;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	29,138	41.9	32,908	52.0	N/A

Physical and Emotional Health: Onondaga County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Asthma - Hospitalizations 0-4 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/10,000 children ages birth-4 years (2012-2014;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	51	18.9	67	25.6	27.4
Self-Inflicted Injuries - Hospitalizations 10-14 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth ages 10-14 years (2016-2018;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	29	104.0	41	151.4	40.9
Self-Inflicted Injuries - Hospitalizations 15-19 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth ages 15-19 years (2016-2018;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	70	210.7	69	215.5	111.8
Self-Inflicted Injuries - Suicide Mortality (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth ages 10-19 years (2014-2016;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*1	*1.6	*2	*3.9	3.5
Infant Mortality (Three-Year Average), number and rate/1,000 live births (2014-2016;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	35	6.7	26	5.1	4.2
STD - Reported Cases of Gonorrhea (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth ages 15-19 years (2014-2016;2016-2018) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	169	495.9	175	528.3	372.0
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Males 15-19 yrs, number and rate/100,000 males ages 15-19 years (2009-2011;2014-2016) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	200	1128.8	168	991.9	922.5
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Males - all ages, number and rate/100,000 males all ages (2009-2011;2012-2014) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	742	332.7	799	353.9	338.9
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Females 15-19 yrs, number and rate/100,000 females ages 15-19 years (2013-2015;2019-2021) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	589	3398.6	562	3407.6	2981.1
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Females - all ages, number and rate/100,000 females all ages (2015-2017;2019-2021) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	1,717	1878.8	1,682	1835.8	1553.6
Mortality by Age - Children 1-4 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 children ages 1-4 years (2014-2016;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*4	*17.1	*4	*17.4	16.5
Mortality by Age - Children 5-9 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 children ages 5-9 years (2014-2016;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*3	*12.1	*4	*15.9	10.3
Mortality by Age - Adolescents 10-14 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth ages 10-14 years (2014-2016;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*4	*13.9	*4	*13.4	12.5
Mortality by Age - Adolescents 15-19 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth ages 15-19 years (2014-2016;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*15	*43.9	*14	*43.9	30.9
Motor Vehicle Crashes - Hospitalizations (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth/young adults ages 15-24 years (2009-2011;2013-2015) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	41	58.6	*6	*4.8	5.4

Education: Onondaga County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Student Math Performance - Gr. 8 - All students, number and percent at or above Level 3 (2015/16;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	347	13.8	1,007	19.5	19.8
Student ELA Performance - Gr. 3 - All students, number and percent at or above Level 3 (2015/16;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	1,454	31.8	1,572	33.1	38.8
Student ELA Performance - Gr. 4 - All students, number and percent at or above Level 3 (2015/16;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	1,405	32.6	1,642	34.6	41.4
4-Year Cohort HS Graduation Rate - All students, number and percent students in freshman cohort (2015/16;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	4,491	81.3	4,320	85.2	86.4
4-Year Cohort HS Dropout Rate - All students, number and percent students in freshman cohort (2015/16;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	378	6.8	260	5.1	4.9
Chronic absence rate (elementary and middle schools), number and percent public school students chronically absent (2017/18;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	7,164	17.3	10,904	27.1	26.4

Civic Engagement: Onondaga County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Hospitalizations Resulting from Assault (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth ages 10-19 years (2009-2011;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	28	41.9	20	34.4	26.0

Family: Onondaga County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Foster Care Children In Care - Children/Youth 0-21 years, number and rate/1,000 children/youth ages birth-21 years (2016;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	355	2.6	531	4.1	2.7
Foster Care Admissions - Children/Youth Admitted to Foster Care, number and rate/1,000 children/youth ages 0-21 years (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	264	1.9	292	2.3	1.2
Foster Care Discharges - Children/Youth Discharged from Foster Care, number and percent children/youth in foster care (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	254	41.1	263	33.1	32.9
Child Abuse/Maltreatment - Children/Youth in Indicated Reports of Abuse/Maltreatment, number and rate/1,000 children/youth ages 0-17 years (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	1,830	17.5	1,771	17.7	12.4
Foster Care Adoption Milestone - Children/Youth Discharged to Adoption, number and percent children/youth in foster care with goal and status of free for adoption (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	53	50.5	52	39.7	44.8

Community: Onondaga County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Crimes Known to the Police - Violent Index Crimes - General Population, number and rate/10,000 persons in general population (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	1,500	32.1	1,723	37.7	43.8
Unemployment - Resident Civilian, number and rate persons 16 years of age and older in the labor force and not employed (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	11,000	4.9	7,400	3.3	4.3
High School Diploma - Adults 25 Years of Age and Older, number and percent persons age 25+ in general population (2016;2024) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	68,722	21.6	67,533	20.8	21.1
Poverty - Population in Poverty - General Population (5-Yr), number and percent persons in general population (2010-2014;2018-2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	68,554	14.5	N/A	N/A	N/A

Created May 17, 2025 2:07 PM EST

Notes:

N/A: Data not available.
* Rates are not stable when the number is less than 20.

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