State Poverty Rate4…………….……11.9% Poverty Rate, Children Under 185……15.4% Poverty Rate, Children Ages 5–176…..13.7% Poverty Rate, Children Under 57…..18.4%

• In 2011, Minnesota had 58,185 total referrals for child abuse and neglect. Of those, 18,186 reports were referred for investigation.8 • In 2011, 4,342 children were victims of abuse or neglect in Minnesota, a rate of 3.4 per 1,000 children, representing