KIDS COUNT contain hundreds of indicators of children's well-being. To find the indicator you would like, you can use our search fuction (at the top of each page) or examine the following chart to see whether an indicator is available at North Dakota's state and county-levels (ACROSS COUNTIES) or only at the national and state-levels (BETWEEN STATES).

Components of Well-Being:
Indicators
(Organized by Components of Well-Being)		 Available in "Across Counties" Data Available in "Between States" Data
Demographics
Total population Yes Yes
Total births Yes
Rate of children Yes Yes
Births to all teens Yes Yes (in Health)
Age of children Yes Yes
Gender in children Yes
Children in immigrant families Yes
Children in family-based child care Yes

Indicators
(Organized by Components of Well-Being)		 Available in "Across Counties" Data Available in "Between States" Data
Economic Well-Being
Employment of mothers by age of child Yes
Median income of families with children Yes Yes
TANF Recipients Yes
Free or reduced price lunch recipients Yes
Food Stamp recipients Yes
Child Care Assistance recipients Yes
Children in poverty Yes Yes
Families below poverty with children Yes
Employment patterns of parents Yes
Children in low-income households Yes
Female-headed families receiving child support Yes
Unemployed Teens Yes
Children living in crowded housing Yes
Children in families with high housing costs Yes
Children without a vehicle at home Yes
Children without a telephone at home Yes

Indicators
(Organized by Components of Well-Being)		 Available in "Across Counties" Data Available in "Between States" Data
Education & Early Care
Special education enrollment Yes
Child care providers Yes
Child care capacity Yes
Head Start enrollment Yes
Average expenditure per student Yes
Average daily membership of schools Yes
High school drop-outs Yes Yes
ACT scores Yes
College readiness Yes
Children enrolled in nursery school, preschool, kindergarden Yes
Young adults enrolled in or complete college Yes
Young adults who have completed a bachelor's degree Yes
Test score of 4th graders Yes
Test score of 8th graders Yes
Educational attainment of household, by children in households Yes
Children without a computer at home Yes
Children without internet connection Yes
Children that speak a language other than English at home Yes
Children who have difficulty speaking English Yes

Indicators
(Organized by Components of Well-Being)		 Available in "Across Counties" Data Available in "Between States" Data
Family & Community
Total Families Yes
Total households Yes
Children in single-parent families Yes Yes
Children living with grandparents Yes Yes
Birth to unmarried teens Yes
Birth to all unmarried women Yes Yes (in Health)
Children in foster care Yes Yes (in Safety & Risky Behaviors)
Children living with cohabiting domestic partners Yes
Children living with neither parent Yes
Children in immigrant families by family type Yes

Indicators
(Organized by Components of Well-Being)		 Available in "Across Counties" Data Available in "Between States" Data
Health
Uninsured children Yes Yes
Low-weight births Yes Yes
Birth to mothers with inadequate prenatal care Yes Yes
Infant deaths Yes Yes
Child and teen deaths Yes Yes
Medicaid Recipients Yes
Children enrolled in Healthy Steps Yes
WIC recipients Yes
Teen births Yes (in Demographics) Yes
Birth by race Yes
Births to unmarried women Yes (in Family and Community) Yes
Birth to mothers with less than 12 years of education Yes
Birth to mothers who smoked during pregnancy Yes
Preterm births Yes
Birth to foreign-born mothers Yes
Birth by mother's age Yes
2-year old who were immunized Yes
Overweight or obese children and teens by gender Yes
Children and teen not exercising regularly Yes
Children with special health care needs Yes
Children with asthma problems Yes

Indicators
(Organized by Components of Well-Being)		 Available in "Across Counties" Data Available in "Between States" Data
Safety & Risky Behaviors
Child abuse and neglect Yes
Children impacted by domestic violence Yes
Juvenile court referrals Yes
Youth not in school, not working, and not high school graduates Yes Yes (in Education)
Children residing in detention and correctional facilities Yes
Children in foster care Yes (in Families & Community) Yes
Binge drinking Yes
Cigarette use Yes
Illicit drug use Yes