In the 2023 Alabama Kids Count Data Book, Baldwin County ranks as the seventh-best county for the overall health of children in Alabama, slipping from the previous year's ranking at fourth place.
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In the 2023 Alabama Kids Count Data Book, Baldwin County ranks as the seventh-best county for the overall health of children in Alabama, slipping from the previous year's ranking at fourth place.
It's important to highlight that with the transition to the ACAP Summative Tests, comparisons of overall rankings should not be made with those from years prior to 2021, which used the Scantron assessment tool, according to the 2023 Data Book.
However, though Baldwin County scored within the top 10, the state itself ranked 45th out of 50 in overall child well-being.
Below are key findings for Baldwin County.
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN BALDWIN COUNTY
Total number of children in county 2021: 55,680
2022: 56,157
Under age 5 in 2021: 12,252
2022: 12,470
Ages 5 - 9 in 2021: 13,858
Ages 10 - 14 in 2021: 15,252
2022: 15,210
Ages 15 - 19 in 2021: 14,318
2022: 14,501
HEALTH
Infant mortality rate, 2021 (per 1,000): 6.8
Adequate prenatal health care, 2021: 79.%
Children without health insurance 2017-21: 5.9%
Pre-term births, 2021: 11.0%
Low birth weight, 2021: 8.5%
Ratio of mental health providers to population: 957:1
EDUCATION
Total child care center capacity for county as of August 2023: 4,255 (4,055 day care and 200 night care)
Number of licensed facilities as of August 2023: 72
Total number of facilities as of August 2023: 109
Number of Early Head Start and Head Start classrooms 2023: 213
Children participating in First Class Pre-K, 2022 - 2023: 933
First grade retention, 2016-2017: .3 %
2021-2022: 4.8%
Ninth grade retention, 2016-2017: 0%
2020 - 2021: 0.3%
Graduation rate, 2021-2022: 86.6%
Dropout rate, 2021-2022: 6.9%
Homeless students, 2021-2022: .4%
Teachers teaching out of field, 2021-2022: 7.4%
SAFETY
Children abused or neglected, 2011 (per 1,000): 5.1
FY2022 (per 1,000): 9.1
Child death rate, 2011 (per 100,000): 17
Preventable teen death rate, 2011 (per 100,000): 8.6
2021 (per 100,000): 48.9
Teens not attending school or working 2000: 689
2020: 627
Children in foster care, 2015: 158
2023: 190
Children adopted, 2015: 9
2023: 19
Children in protective services as of March, 2023: 160
ECONOMIC SECURITY
Children living in poverty, 2000: 13.4%
2017-21: 11.3%
Children in extreme poverty, 2000: 5.3%
2017-2021: 5.5%
Single-parent homes, 2000: 6,944
2020: 8,613
SNAP eligible, ages 0-20, 2018: 10,524
2023: 10,654
