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Statistics on Children
• There are 132,025 children under 18 in Wyoming
• Children Living in Poverty (2008) - 15,000
• Children Living with a Single Mother (2008) - 24,377
• Children Not Covered by Health Insurance at Any Time (2008) - 11,000
• Share of Medicaid-enrolled children not getting dental care (2007) - 63%
• Additional Children Covered by Expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program - 5,700
• Total number of child abuse and neglect reports (2008) -5,173
• Child Abuse Victims (2008) - 772
• Child Abuse Deaths (2001-2008) - 22
• 3-4 Year Olds Not Enrolled in a nursery school, pre-school, or pre-kindergarten education program (2007) - 8,314 (57.5%)
• % of 4th Graders Scoring below Basic Reading Levels (2009) - 27%
• Home Foreclosures (2008-2009) - 1,394
• Kids Count Overall Rank (2009) - 32
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