If the Upper Peninsula was a village of 100 children, in any given year...

90 would be White
7 would be Native American
1 would belong to another race or ethnicity
3 would be multi-racial
71 would live in a married couple family
17 would live in a single mother family
6 would live in a single father family

33 would have been born to an unmarried mother
8 would not have had paternity established at birth
10 would have been born to a teenage mother
6 would have been born at low birthweight
22 would have been born receiving less than adequate prenatal care
11 would have been born to a mother without a high school diploma
1 would die before their first birthday

For those ages 1-2...
28 would have been tested for lead poisoning
fewer than one would have been lead poisoned

Among all children under age 18...
6 would live in a family investigated for child abuse or neglect
1 would be a confirmed victim of abuse or neglect
6 would have been placed in out-of-home care

73 would live in families where all parents were working
6 would live in families where no parents were working
14 would live in poverty
40 of school-age would receive subsidized school meals

Among teenagers...
2 would have dropped out of high school
3 would have begun a new family by having a baby themselves

Among adults, including parents...
15 would have less than a high school diploma
17 would have at least a bachelor's degree

2006 Data

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