US Counties With the Lowest Children in the Mobility Cohort

3,135 US counties ranked by children in the mobility cohort, from lowest to highest. First are Douglas County, CO (21.07), Kendall County, IL (22.09) and Loudoun County, VA (25.03). 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 lowest counties

Rank	County	Per 1,000 residents
1	Douglas County, CO	21.07
2	Kendall County, IL	22.09
3	Loudoun County, VA	25.03
4	Hamilton County, IN	25.67
5	Denali Borough, AK	25.78
6	Summit County, CO	27.04
7	Williamson County, TN	27.87
8	Los Alamos County, NM	29.57
9	Forsyth County, GA	29.85
10	Hunterdon County, NJ	30.06
11	Delaware County, OH	30.75
12	Lincoln County, SD	31.07
13	Rockwall County, TX	31.32
14	Waukesha County, WI	31.33
15	Collin County, TX	31.55
16	Dallas County, IA	31.76
17	Ozaukee County, WI	33.42
18	Teton County, WY	33.53
19	Hendricks County, IN	33.99
20	St. Johns County, FL	34.31
21	Falls Church city, VA	34.95
22	Washington County, MN	35.46
23	Nantucket County, MA	35.47
24	Johnson County, IA	35.50
25	Flagler County, FL	36.29
26	Scott County, MN	36.85
27	Story County, IA	36.96
28	Fayette County, GA	37.39
29	Broomfield County, CO	37.46
30	Johnson County, KS	37.69
31	Williamson County, TX	38.33
32	Morris County, NJ	38.73
33	Williamsburg city, VA	38.73
34	Denton County, TX	38.80
35	Livingston County, MI	39.21
36	Sumter County, FL	39.33
37	Oldham County, KY	39.43
38	St. Croix County, WI	39.73
39	Carver County, MN	39.77
40	Washington County, WI	39.82
41	Hays County, TX	40.05
42	Stafford County, VA	40.18
43	Shelby County, AL	40.54
44	Hancock County, IN	40.59
45	St. Charles County, MO	40.64
46	Lexington city, VA	40.68
47	Dane County, WI	41.38
48	Grundy County, IL	41.43
49	Pitkin County, CO	41.54
50	Howard County, MD	42.12
51	Wake County, NC	42.38
52	Morgan County, UT	42.46
53	Monroe County, IL	43.02
54	New Kent County, VA	43.06
55	James City County, VA	43.23
56	Platte County, MO	43.28
57	Placer County, CA	43.47
58	Dakota County, MN	44.13
59	Chester County, PA	44.46
60	Columbia County, GA	44.85
61	Somerset County, NJ	44.88
62	Goochland County, VA	44.99
63	Sherburne County, MN	45.51
64	Norfolk County, MA	45.52
65	Porter County, IN	45.54
66	McHenry County, IL	45.63
67	Summit County, UT	45.99
68	Cherokee County, GA	46.01
69	Boone County, IN	46.29
70	Cass County, ND	46.44
71	Washtenaw County, MI	47.23
72	Montgomery County, PA	47.29
73	Wasatch County, UT	47.46
74	Benton County, OR	47.48
75	Elbert County, CO	47.89
76	Radford city, VA	47.97
77	Boone County, KY	47.97
78	Comal County, TX	48.03
79	Larimer County, CO	48.47
80	Frederick County, MD	48.52
81	Kendall County, TX	48.61
82	Montgomery County, TX	48.87
83	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT	49.05
84	Warren County, OH	49.07
85	Orange County, NC	49.08
86	Olmsted County, MN	49.30
87	DuPage County, IL	49.38
88	Tippecanoe County, IN	49.48
89	Wright County, MN	49.51
90	Marin County, CA	49.61
91	Henry County, GA	49.69
92	Putnam County, NY	49.82
93	Hanover County, VA	49.88
94	Woodford County, IL	49.90
95	Routt County, CO	49.96
96	Fauquier County, VA	49.97
97	Calumet County, WI	50.04
98	Albemarle County, VA	50.04
99	Chambers County, TX	50.05
100	Cumberland County, PA	50.08

More on children in the mobility cohort

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