Fitness &

Share of Families Number of

STATE Recreational Sports
with Young Children Attractions
Centers per Capita

North Carolina results 42.36% 146.33 11.2

North Carolina ranks 25 19 25
South Carolina results 39.38% 141.00 9.1
South Carolina ranks 43 21 37
 Share of Children
Aged 0 to 17 Years
Who Live in Share of Uninsured Pediatricians per
Neighborhoods with Children Capita
a Park or
Playground

58.1% 5.27% 8.56

44 29 21
55.2% 5.19% 5.52
48 27 39
 Number of
Children’s Hospitals Quality of Public Infant-Mortality
per Total Number of Hospitals Rate
Children

3.50 73.06% 7.20

32 20 39
3.68 73.50% 6.99
30 18 38
 Number of Climate
Disasters Causing
Life Expectancy at
$1 Billion+ in Air Pollution
Birth
Damages in Past
Decades

77.86 75
38 49 22
76.89 63
42 39 22
 Violent Crimes per Property Crimes per
Water Quality
Capita Capita

3.00% 3.64 25.45

16 27 29
8.80% 5.06 31.96
38 41 47
 Share of Children
Aged 0 to 17 Years
Share of Children Living with Parents
Share of Children
Aged 0 to 17 Years Who Have Someone
Aged 6 to 17 Years
Who Live in to Turn to for Day-
Who Go to Safe
Supportive to-Day Emotional
Schools
Neighborhoods Support with
Parenting or Raising
Children
68.4% 55.3% 78.5%
49 35 30
76.1% 57.1% 78.1%
28 29 31
Quality of Public Public High School Child Day-Care
Schools Graduation Rate Services per Capita

85.9% 25.89
32 22 18
82.6% 18.51
40 33 45
Day-Care Quality Child-Care Costs Parental Leave

11.21%
19 32 20
7.76%
43 3 37
 Share of Children
Share of Children
Aged 6 to 17 Years
Number of Childcare Aged 6 to 17 Years
Who Participate in
Workers per Total Who Participate in
School
Number of Children Community Service
Extracurricular
or Volunteer Work
Activities

7.98 75.5% 49.2%

24 41 7
6.31 79.6% 43.9%
38 31 29
 Housing Median Mortgage
Median Credit Score
Affordability Debt

. 675 346.86%
23 36 30
. 662 338.28%
24 47 27
 Share of Children
Aged 0 to 17 Years
Share of People Whose Family Had
Median Non- Who Save Money for Problems Paying for
Mortgage Debt their Children’s Their Children’s
College Education Medical or Health
Care Bills During
the Past 12 Months
. 35.74% 12.5%
44 37 37
. 35.56% 11.5%
47 38 30
 Retirement Access Median Annual
Paid Family Leave
& Participation Family Income

0. $67,530
5 35 31
0. $62,583
5 38 41
 Average Annual
Separation & Median Duration of
Family Health
Divorce Rate Current Marriage
Insurance Premium

$1,861 21.68% 19.2

33 30 32
$1,548 22.62% 20.5
21 37 17
Share of Two-Parent Share of Families
Wealth Gap
Families Living in Poverty

73.19% 11.8%
33 33 37
71.19% 12.3%
43 34 39
Share of Families
Underemployment
Receiving Food Unemployment Rate
Rate
Stamps

14.61% 4.6% 8.2%

36 31 26
15.28% 4.3% 7.8%
38 26 20
 Job Satisfaction
Job Security Job Opportunities
Score

2.36% -2.42% 5.52

11 28 25
1.58% -2.23% 4.56
18 26 39
 Overall Overall
Foreclosure Rate
Score Rank

0.0356%
44.45 38
32
0.0553%
39.32 43
42