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Table 1. Overall Child Vulnerability
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  Top States     Bottom States
1 Vermont   50 Louisiana
2 New Hampshire   49 Mississippi
3 Massachusetts   48 New Mexico
4 Connecticut   47 Arkansas
5 Maine
   46 Alabama
6 Minnesota   45 South Carolina
7 Washington   44 Oklahoma
8 Hawaii   43 Texas
9 Iowa   42 Tennessee
10 Rhode Island   41 West Virginia
11 Wisconsin   40 Georgia
12 New Jersey   39 Nevada
13 North Dakota   38 South Dakota
14 New York   37 Kentucky
15 Utah
   36 Arizona
16 California
   35 Florida
17 Kansas   34 Delaware
18 Virginia   33 North Carolina
19 Oregon   32 Alaska
20 Pennsylvania   31 Colorado
21 Michigan
   30 Indiana
22 Idaho   29 Missouri
23 Nebraska   28 Wyoming
24 Illinois   27 Montana
25 Maryland   26 Ohio

Source - The Every Child Matters Education Fund. Click here for a detailed description of the methodology and calculations for this measure.

Click here to see the data and ranking for each measure.
Where the States Rank
Special Taxes v. Overall Child Well-Being

1 . Overall Vulnerability Rank
2 . Uninsured Children
3 . Low Birth Weight
4 . Prenatal Care
5 . Infant Mortality Rates
6 . Child Deaths
7 . Teen Deaths
8 . Child Welfare Spending
9 . Child Fatalities 2004
10. Crime Rates
11. Incarceration Rates
12. Juvenile Incarceration
13. Teen Births
14. Child Poverty

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