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KWIC County Reports

Child Well-being: Erie County

The Child Well-being Report provides a snapshot of the overall health, education and well-being of children, youth and families. This is the default profile.

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Economic Security: Erie County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Children and Youth Living Below Poverty, number and percent Children/youth ages birth-17 years (2015;2024) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	45,547	24.3	29,740	16.0	17.9
Children and Youth Receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits, number and percent Children/youth ages birth-17 years (2015;2024) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	56,381	29.7	49,793	26.0	23.3
Children and Youth Receiving Public Assistance, number and percent Children/youth ages birth-17 years (2015;2024) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	17,687	9.3	9,227	4.8	6.6
Children and Youth Receiving Supplemental Security Income, number and percent Children/youth ages birth-17 years (2015;2024) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	4,854	2.6	3,653	1.9	1.8
Children Receiving Free or Reduced-price School Lunch - Public Schools , number and percent children in grades K-12 (2015/16;2023/24) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	53,322	43.6	60,526	52.0	N/A

Physical and Emotional Health: Erie County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Asthma - Hospitalizations 0-4 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/10,000 Children ages birth-4 years (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	82	16.3	156	32.1	34.3
Self-Inflicted Injuries - Hospitalizations 10-14 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 Youth ages 10-14 years (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	32	60.9	42	76.7	56.3
Self-Inflicted Injuries - Hospitalizations 15-19 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 Youth ages 15-19 years (2012-2014;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	67	109.7	80	137.1	113.2
Self-Inflicted Injuries - Suicide Mortality (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 Youth ages 10-19 years (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*4	*3.6	*4	*3.3	3.1
Infant Mortality (Three-Year Average), number and rate/1,000 Live births (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	62	6.5	53	5.8	4.2
STD - Reported Cases of Gonorrhea (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 Youth ages 15-19 years (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	413	708.5	400	686.2	379.6
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Males 15-19 yrs, number and rate/100,000 Males ages 15-19 years (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	337	1137.5	327	1105.6	894.8
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Males - all ages, number and rate/100,000 Males all ages (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	1,659	921.0	1,529	829.6	1054.4
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Females 15-19 yrs, number and rate/100,000 Females ages 15-19 years (2014-2016;2020-2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	1,221	4132.3	924	3216.9	2626.2
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Females - all ages, number and rate/100,000 Females all ages (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	3,120	1741.5	2,736	1479.1	1469.6
Mortality by Age - Children 1-4 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 Children ages 1-4 years (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*10	*24.7	*13	*33.2	19.4
Mortality by Age - Children 5-9 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 Children ages 5-9 years (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*4	*7.1	*8	*14.2	11.0
Mortality by Age - Adolescents 10-14 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 Youth ages 10-14 years (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*4	*8.2	*6	*11.1	12.5
Mortality by Age - Adolescents 15-19 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 Youth ages 15-19 years (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	20	34.9	21	36.1	34.3
Motor Vehicle Crashes - Hospitalizations (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth/young adults ages 15-24 years (2009-2011;2013-2015) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	86	65.1	22	10.0	5.4

Education: Erie County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Student Math Performance - Gr. 8 - All students, number and percent at or above Level 3 (2015/16;2023/24) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	708	16.8	1,711	32.2	40.7
Student ELA Performance - Gr. 3 - All students, number and percent at or above Level 3 (2015/16;2023/24) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	2,740	39.0	3,130	38.0	42.6
Student ELA Performance - Gr. 4 - All students, number and percent at or above Level 3 (2015/16;2023/24) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	2,345	35.6	3,431	42.2	47.1
4-Year Cohort HS Graduation Rate - All students, number and percent students in freshman cohort (2015/16;2023/24) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	8,234	82.4	8,003	87.0	86.3
4-Year Cohort HS Dropout Rate - All students, number and percent students in freshman cohort (2015/16;2023/24) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	674	6.7	541	5.9	4.5
Chronic absence rate (elementary and middle schools), number and percent public school students chronically absent (2017/18;2024/25) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	11,589	16.5	22,890	30.2	24.6

Civic Engagement: Erie County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Hospitalizations Resulting from Assault (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 Youth ages 10-19 years (2009-2011;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	52	42.2	20	18.8	26.0

Family: Erie County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Foster Care Children In Care - Children/Youth 0-21 years, number and rate/1,000 children/youth ages birth-21 years (2016;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	937	3.9	670	2.8	2.7
Foster Care Admissions - Children/Youth Admitted to Foster Care, number and rate/1,000 children/youth ages 0-21 years (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	617	2.5	296	1.2	1.2
Foster Care Discharges - Children/Youth Discharged from Foster Care, number and percent children/youth in foster care (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	569	39.2	302	31.1	32.9
Child Abuse/Maltreatment - Children/Youth in Indicated Reports of Abuse/Maltreatment, number and rate/1,000 children/youth ages 0-17 years (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	4,638	23.9	3,247	16.9	12.4
Foster Care Adoption Milestone - Children/Youth Discharged to Adoption, number and percent children/youth in foster care with goal and status of free for adoption (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	105	41.5	102	36.3	44.8

Community: Erie County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Crimes Known to the Police - Violent Index Crimes - General Population, number and rate/10,000 Persons in general population (2022;2024) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	3,227	33.8	3,061	31.7	40.5
Unemployment - Resident Civilian, number and rate Persons 16 years of age and older in the labor force and not employed (2023;2025) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	16,400	3.5	18,500	4.0	4.3
High School Diploma - Adults 25 Years of Age and Older, number and percent persons age 25+ in general population (2016;2025) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	150,516	23.5	145,133	21.4	20.5
Poverty - Population in Poverty - General Population (5-Yr), number and percent persons in general population (2010-2014;2019-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	131,644	14.3	130,011	13.7	13.2

Created September 7, 2026 8:29 AM EST

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N/A: Data not available.
* Rates are not stable when the number is less than 20.

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