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

1. Infant Mortality Rates
2. Child Deaths
3. Teen Deaths
4. Teen Births
5. Prenatal Care
6. Child Poverty
7. Uninsured Children
8. Juvenile Incarceration
9. Child Abuse Fatalities
10. Child Welfare Spending
11. Overall Vulnerability Rank
12. Relationship of the Tax Burden to Overall Child Well-Being

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