State Poverty Rate4…………….……21.5% Poverty Rate, Children Under 185……30.7% Poverty Rate, Children Ages 5–176…..28.6% Poverty Rate, Children Under 57…..35.8%

• In 2011, New Mexico had 31,932 total referrals for child abuse and neglect. Of those, 16,992 reports were referred for investigation.8 • In 2011, 5,601 children were victims of abuse or neglect in New Mexico, a rate of 10.8 per 1,000 children, representing