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KWIC County Reports

Child Well-being: Rockland 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: Rockland 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;2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	20,508	23.0	23,099	23.1	18.6
Children and Youth Receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits, number and percent Children/youth ages birth-17 years (2015;2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	26,775	29.7	27,411	27.5	22.7
Children and Youth Receiving Public Assistance, number and percent Children/youth ages birth-17 years (2015;2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	1,529	1.7	545	0.5	5.9
Children and Youth Receiving Supplemental Security Income, number and percent Children/youth ages birth-17 years (2015;2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	639	0.7	684	0.7	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	14,067	35.8	18,620	48.0	N/A

Physical and Emotional Health: Rockland 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	28	10.2	42	13.8	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	*8	*29.4	*9	*34.1	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	30	124.3	20	76.2	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	*2.6	*1	*2.5	3.1
Infant Mortality (Three-Year Average), number and rate/1,000 Live births (2019-2021;2021-2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*18	*3.1	*19	*3.0	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	*16	*66.0	*15	*59.4	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	60	478.6	51	383.4	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	349	565.2	340	529.4	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	150	1283.0	153	1267.9	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	652	1099.7	621	1009.8	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	*3	*15.5	*5	*19.9	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	*2	*6.6	*4	*13.4	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	*3	*11.5	*4	*14.7	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	*9	*35.8	*11	*41.4	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	34	79.0	*3	*2.7	5.4

Education: Rockland 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	213	19.7	435	25.1	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	965	44.8	853	33.6	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	907	44.1	967	38.4	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	2,868	85.8	2,827	88.6	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	147	4.4	148	4.6	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	2,368	9.7	4,713	19.3	24.6

Civic Engagement: Rockland 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	*2	*4.7	26.0

Family: Rockland 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	60	0.6	64	0.5	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	37	0.3	32	0.3	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	41	38.7	27	29.7	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	278	3.1	433	4.4	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	*11	*100.0	*0	*0.0	44.8

Community: Rockland 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	451	13.2	507	14.5	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	4,900	3.0	5,300	3.2	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	40,928	19.8	40,030	18.8	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	44,190	13.6	51,969	15.2	13.2

Created August 8, 2026 12:27 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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