State Level Statistics

State Level Statistics
State Statistical Resources Bibliography

Cornell University. "Linking Economic Development and Child Care 50 State Database." http://government.cce.cornell.edu/doc/reports/childcare/50state.asp

"This database provides an overview of all current, national sources of comparative data on the early care and education sector including: child care economic data, demographic data, and early care and education program (policy) data. Thirty one sources are profiled. These include federal census and administrative data, federal survey data, and national organizations that collect or maintain comparative data on children and families or early care and education more generally. The Description of Data Sources provides information on each data source, variables collected, and hotlinks to each organization's web site to access the raw data. We also provide hotlinks to the relevant section in the Cornell Methodology Guide that discusses the issues to consider when using such data in a regional analysis of the economic importance of child care."

Mississippi State University Early Childhood Institute. "Early Childhood Atlas." http://www.earlychildhood.msstate.edu/atlas/

"The Early Childhood Atlas, developed by the National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives at the Early Childhood Institute of Mississippi State University and the Rural Policy Research Institute, offers a set of easy-to-use online tools to access early childhood data across the 50 states, and counties and municipalities within states. This is one initiative of the Early Childhood Institute, which provides training, technical assistance, and applied research for improved quality and accessibility of early care and education."

National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE). "State Profiles." http://www.nasbe.org/educational_issues/state_statistics.htm (accessed 5/1, 2006) NASBE is non-profit organization founded to strengthen state leadership in educational policymaking, statistics for each state are listed.

National Center for Education Statistics. "State Education Data Profiles." http://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles/

"Search for statewide information in elementary/secondary education characteristics and finance, postsecondary education, public libraries, assessments, and selected demographics for all states."

National Education Association. "Rankings & Estimates: Rankings of the States 2004 and Estimates of School Statistics 2005." http://www.nea.org/takenote/rankingstats05.html.

United States Department of Health and Human Services. "Administration for Children and Families Child Care Bureau Datasets and Reports." http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ccb/research/index.htm

Child Care and Development Fund Statistics, Child Care and Development Fund Expenditure Data, and related government programs.

United States Department of Health and Human Services. "National Child Care Information Center State Datasets." http://nccic.org/statedata/index.html

"Find data summaries and contact information for each State. Data include demographic information about the children, licensing requirements for family and center child care, as well as contact information for different State agencies involved in child care."

Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates by State, Income, and race/ethnicity, 1988-2018. Directed by Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, and College Entrance Examination Board. Boulder CO: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2003.