{Kentucky}...According to the latest data for child well-being, Kentucky ranks 41st in the nation in the 2011 Kids Count Data Book. Kentucky ranked 40th in the 2010 report, up from 41st the previous two years. According to the data, more children in Kentucky are living in poverty, with 26 percent in 2009 living beneath the federal poverty line of $21, 756 for a family of four. Kentucky also saw more single-parent families and babies with low birth rates, and Kentucky has one of the highest rates in the nation of children with at least one unemployed parent. The report did show improvement on the percentage of teens who are not in school and not high school graduates. That number dropped by 30 percent.
