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KWIC County Reports

Child Well-being: Rensselaer 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: Rensselaer 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	5,096	16.9	4,736	16.3	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	5,782	18.4	5,798	18.8	22.7
Children and Youth Receiving Public Assistance, number and percent Children/youth ages birth-17 years (2021;2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	1,092	3.5	965	3.1	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	783	2.5	695	2.3	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	8,151	40.9	8,650	47.0	N/A

Physical and Emotional Health: Rensselaer 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	*13	*16.5	*18	*23.8	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	*10	*110.5	*8	*90.4	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	*15	*135.3	*13	*116.1	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	*1	*3.4	*0	†*1.7	3.1
Infant Mortality (Three-Year Average), number and rate/1,000 Live births (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*6	*3.6	*6	*4.2	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	55	513.3	37	339.1	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	29	505.1	30	491.6	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	187	573.4	167	503.0	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	130	2603.5	118	2432.8	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	433	1407.6	356	1142.8	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	*15.3	*1	*10.6	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	*1	*15.6	*1	*8.1	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	*1	*15.2	*1	*11.3	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	*3	*31.3	*4	*39.9	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	22	92.3	*1	*2.7	5.4

Education: Rensselaer 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	171	23.2	432	47.9	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	624	46.6	527	42.0	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	544	44.1	664	48.5	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	1,330	86.6	1,301	88.9	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	88	5.7	80	5.5	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	2,003	16.3	2,795	23.9	24.6

Civic Engagement: Rensselaer 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	*4	*21.0	26.0

Family: Rensselaer 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	88	2.0	60	1.5	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	74	1.7	33	0.8	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	92	43.8	37	38.1	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	902	26.5	759	24.7	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	*15	*48.4	*7	*36.8	44.8

Community: Rensselaer 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	458	28.5	335	20.6	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	2,600	3.2	2,900	3.5	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	27,373	24.7	23,194	20.8	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	19,979	12.4	18,177	11.5	13.2

Created July 13, 2026 5:12 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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