Knowing how our children are faring is essential to understanding the strength of future. But that information has been complex and hard to come by… until now.
Here you'll find a starting point to accessing census data related to Michigan children. Click "Getting Started" for a broad overview of the data or jump right into a topic and start exploring.
- Education and Child Care
- Employment
- Families and Households
- Geography
- Group Quarters
- Health and Health Insurance
- Housing
The is designed to give you quick answers to questions you have about the well-being of kids. Click on the icons below to see outcomes data for children at different points in their lives.
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Access to Prenatal Care
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Access to Childcare
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School Enrollment Numbers
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Chronic Absenteeism
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Third Grade Reading Proficiency
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Eighth Grade Math Proficiency
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SAT Scores
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High School Graudation Rate
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College Readiness
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College Enrollment
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Young Adult Employment & Careers
Data Driven Detroit and The Skillman Foundation have partnered to bring open, user-friendly access to the information that matters most to ensuring Michigan is a place that cares for children.
The goal of the platform is to provide reliable, timely data to improve the well-being of kids by driving informed decision making and advocacy at every level, from community leaders, policymakers, and nonprofit organizations to individuals and families.
The data tool offers:
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A comprehensive view of the conditions Michigan children experience
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Data from the granular (census tract and zip code) to the large-scale (city and congressional district) for anywhere in the state of Michigan
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Information displayed through interactive visualizations that make the data easy to understand
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Hope Starts Here
Childhood data and research intended to inform efforts to improve Detroit's early childhood ecosystem; Hope Starts Here is a community partnership led by the W.K. Kellogg and Kresge Foundations
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Parent Dashboard for School Transparency
A dashboard that provides performance data for all public schools, including charters, in the state of Michigan; created by the Michigan Department of Education
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KIDS COUNT Data Center
Child well-being data and trend analysis from trusted national resources; complied by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
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Kids Count in Michigan
State and local-level child well-being data and analysis; led by the Michigan League for Public Policy as part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s national KIDS COUNT effort
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The Community Opportunity Map
An interactive map that highlights the aspects of communities that are associated with safe children and strong families; created by Casey Family Programs.