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KWIC County Reports

Child Well-being: Essex 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: Essex 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 (2021;2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	923	16.2	882	16.5	18.6
Children and Youth Receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits, number and percent Children/youth ages birth-17 years (2021;2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	938	15.5	844	14.4	22.7
Children and Youth Receiving Public Assistance, number and percent Children/youth ages birth-17 years (2021;2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	66	1.1	94	1.6	5.9
Children and Youth Receiving Supplemental Security Income, number and percent Children/youth ages birth-17 years (2018;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	114	1.9	89	1.5	1.8
Children Receiving Free or Reduced-price School Lunch - Public Schools , number and percent children in grades K-12 (2014/15;2023/24) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	1,821	49.5	1,579	47.0	N/A

Physical and Emotional Health: Essex 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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	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	*5	*202.0	*3	*160.0	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	*0	*0.0	*0	†*9.4	3.1
Infant Mortality (Three-Year Average), number and rate/1,000 Live births (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*1	*4.7	*1	*5.4	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	*0	*0.0	*0	†*17.8	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	*2	*223.6	*2	*190.5	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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	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	*11	*1093.4	N/A	N/A	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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	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	*1	*56.4	*0	†*29.7	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	*0	†*20.8	*0	*0.0	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	*0	*0.0	*0	*0.0	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	*0	†*17.5	*1	*71.3	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	N/A	N/A	*0	*0.0	5.4

Education: Essex 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	30	18.5	55	27.8	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	95	40.6	101	41.9	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	74	31.4	94	38.1	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	272	88.6	251	89.0	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	21	6.8	*15	*5.3	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	317	14.0	467	22.3	24.6

Civic Engagement: Essex 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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	26.0

Family: Essex 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	36	4.1	43	6.0	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	26	3.0	*19	*2.7	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	*8	*17.4	23	34.8	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	153	21.1	158	26.8	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	*0	*0.0	*6	*35.3	44.8

Community: Essex 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	51	14.1	36	10.0	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	600	3.5	600	3.6	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	7,859	26.7	7,304	25.8	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	4,159	10.6	4,143	11.2	13.2

Created July 13, 2026 5:59 PM EST

Notes:

N/A: Data not available.
† The number displayed for this three-year average is 0 yet the rate displayed is greater than 0. This occurs when very few cases are reported during a three year period. Due to rounding, the number is presented as 0 and the rate, while very small, is greater than 0.
* Rates are not stable when the number is less than 20.

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