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KWIC County Reports

Child Well-being: Queens 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: Queens 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 (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	91,614	19.6	69,821	16.1	18.6
Children and Youth Receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits, number and percent children/youth ages birth-17 years (2015;2021) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	21.7
Children and Youth Receiving Public Assistance, number and percent children/youth ages birth-17 years (2015;2021) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.0
Children and Youth Receiving Supplemental Security Income, number and percent children/youth ages birth-17 years (2010;2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	7,366	1.6	6,196	1.4	1.9
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	194,227	71.0	181,884	74.0	N/A

Physical and Emotional Health: Queens 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	681	47.8	381	27.0	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	*14	*11.4	24	20.6	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	86	73.9	80	71.1	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	*2	*0.9	*6	*2.6	3.5
Infant Mortality (Three-Year Average), number and rate/1,000 live births (2014-2016;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	117	3.9	100	3.8	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	343	280.2	398	342.2	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	1,057	1536.7	702	1120.5	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	4,001	364.5	4,147	372.1	338.9
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Females 15-19 yrs, number and rate/100,000 females ages 15-19 years (2009-2011;2014-2016) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	2,443	3754.5	1,781	2973.9	3147.6
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Females - all ages, number and rate/100,000 females all ages (2009-2011;2014-2016) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	7,756	666.2	7,227	1461.2	1577.4
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	*16	*13.7	*11	*10.4	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	*10	*7.8	*12	*9.7	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	*10	*8.3	*14	*12.1	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	33	26.7	34	30.0	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	278	96.4	21	4.0	5.4

Education: Queens 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;2020/21) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	4,605	29.9	722	32.1	19.9
Student ELA Performance - Gr. 3 - All students, number and percent at or above Level 3 (2015/16;2020/21) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	10,174	45.4	4,374	66.8	60.4
Student ELA Performance - Gr. 4 - All students, number and percent at or above Level 3 (2015/16;2020/21) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	10,076	47.2	4,658	69.4	61.8
4-Year Cohort HS Graduation Rate - All students, number and percent students in freshman cohort (2015/16;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	14,115	72.6	16,481	86.3	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	1,497	7.7	739	3.9	4.9
Chronic absence rate, number and percent public school students chronically absent (2017/18;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	27,453	15.8	46,199	28.2	26.4

Civic Engagement: Queens 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	199	77.4	69	30.2	26.0

Family: Queens 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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	44.8

Community: Queens 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	9,854	42.1	11,847	52.7	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	58,400	5.0	59,600	5.2	4.3
High School Diploma - Adults 25 Years of Age and Older, number and percent persons age 25+ in general population (2016;2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	383,174	23.0	392,797	22.6	20.8
Poverty - Population in Poverty - General Population, number and percent persons in general population (2010-2014;2021) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	344,920	14.7	276,446	12.1	13.7

Created October 9, 2024 11:33 PM EST

Notes:

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

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