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US Counties With the Highest Children in the Mobility Cohort

3,135 US counties ranked by children in the mobility cohort, from highest to lowest. First are Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK (503.54), Sharkey County, MS (472.38) and Quitman County, MS (461.88). The middle one of the 3,135 has 124.60.

What this measures

The number of children the upward-mobility figures are based on. Source: Opportunity Atlas.

This is a count, so it is ranked per 1,000 residents. Ranked by the raw total, it would just list the biggest counties.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 highest counties

RankCountyPer 1,000 residents
1Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK503.54
2Sharkey County, MS472.38
3Quitman County, MS461.88
4Phillips County, AR425.50
5Issaquena County, MS421.64
6Humphreys County, MS414.20
7Culberson County, TX389.77
8Cochran County, TX378.19
9Coahoma County, MS376.84
10Zavala County, TX371.62
11Madison Parish, LA371.59
12Perry County, AL371.36
13Presidio County, TX368.19
14Ziebach County, SD359.77
15Edwards County, TX356.72
16Holmes County, MS356.04
17Blaine County, NE355.97
18Tensas Parish, LA354.53
19Todd County, SD353.52
20East Carroll Parish, LA351.58
21Washington County, MS347.60
22Lowndes County, AL346.90
23Alexander County, IL345.91
24Dewey County, SD345.16
25Harding County, SD343.38
26Clark County, ID342.86
27Dimmit County, TX338.50
28Sioux County, ND338.45
29Corson County, SD334.34
30Jefferson County, MS333.46
31Monroe County, AR329.46
32Allendale County, SC328.41
33Floyd County, TX328.07
34Buffalo County, SD326.78
35Greene County, AL325.71
36Hidalgo County, NM324.41
37Leflore County, MS324.16
38Lee County, AR316.23
39Tallahatchie County, MS315.50
40Crockett County, TX312.53
41Sunflower County, MS312.35
42Duval County, TX312.16
43Crosby County, TX311.55
44Noxubee County, MS309.81
45Bennett County, SD309.21
46Sumter County, AL309.09
47Benson County, ND307.51
48Brooks County, TX307.13
49Rolette County, ND304.38
50Chicot County, AR302.10
51Glasscock County, TX301.76
52Foard County, TX301.47
53Jackson County, SD301.14
54Baker County, GA300.71
55Mellette County, SD300.46
56Hall County, TX299.29
57Wilcox County, AL296.47
58Menominee County, WI291.85
59Claiborne County, MS289.23
60Mora County, NM288.43
61Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK287.88
62Hudspeth County, TX286.90
63Randolph County, GA286.43
64Red River Parish, LA286.27
65Woodruff County, AR285.51
66Cottle County, TX284.65
67Pemiscot County, MO284.55
68Loup County, NE282.55
69Desha County, AR281.57
70Harmon County, OK281.19
71Jefferson Davis County, MS280.56
72Williamsburg County, SC280.49
73Bolivar County, MS280.19
74Castro County, TX279.12
75McPherson County, NE278.55
76Bethel Census Area, AK277.51
77Terrell County, GA276.45
78Banner County, NE276.23
79Cimarron County, OK273.89
80Starr County, TX273.61
81Boyd County, NE273.28
82Northwest Arctic Borough, AK273.14
83Wheatland County, MT272.34
84McMullen County, TX272.15
85Willacy County, TX270.78
86Thurston County, NE270.78
87Conejos County, CO270.74
88Dillingham Census Area, AK269.46
89St. Francis County, AR268.85
90Apache County, AZ268.79
91Mississippi County, AR268.41
92Jim Hogg County, TX267.90
93Tillman County, OK267.30
94Tunica County, MS267.17
95Chattahoochee County, GA266.33
96Hale County, AL266.27
97Wheeler County, NE265.35
98Maverick County, TX265.07
99Marion County, SC262.71
100Macon County, AL262.47

More on children in the mobility cohort

A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.