What It Would Cost: By State, By City

A State Perspective
A City Perspective
States School-Age Population (6-17 yrs. old) Annual Cost of Youth Development (,000,000) Cities School-Age Population (6-17 yrs. old) Annual Cost of Youth Development (,000,000)


Alabama 796,211 $2,436 Albuquerque, NM 79,765 $244


Alaska 123,947 $379 Atlanta, GA 65,535 201


Arizona 826,085 $2,528 Austin, TX 93,826 $287


Arkansas 471,143 $1442 Baltimore, MD 105,915 $324


California 5,594,626 $17,120 Boston, MA 67,670 $207


Colorado 700,477 $2,143 Buffalo, NY 47,630 $146


Connecticut 496,985 $1,521 Charlotte, NC 75,249 $230


Delaware 121,176 $371 Chicago, IL 461,572 $1,412


District of Columbia 66,842 $205 Cincinnati, OH 61,292 $188


Florida 2,206,101 $6,751 Cleveland, OH 80,315 $246


Georgia 1,383,379 $4,233 Columbus, OH 111,808 $342


Hawaii 203,243 $622 Dallas, TX 181,462 $555


Idaho 264,079 $808 Denver, CO 79,132 $242


Illinois 2,106,369 $6,445 Detroit, MI 194,457 $595


Indiana 1,084,369 $3,320 El Paso, TX 139,413 $427


Iowa 518,548 $1,587 Fort Worth, TX 87,667 $268


Kansas 474,251 $1,451 Fresno, CA 80,882 $247


Kentucky 724,997 $2,218 Honolulu, HI 52,085 $159


Louisiana 888,304 $2,718 Houston, TX 345,841 $1,058


Maine 215,897 $661 Indianapolis, IN 129,754 $397


Maryland 822,447 $2,517 Jacksonville, FL 120,420 $368


Massachusetts 913,843 $2,796 Kansas City, MO 74,066 $227


Michigan 1,784,539 $5,461 Long Beach, CA 72,508 $222


Minnesota 863,972 $2,943 Los Angeles, CA 582,414 $1,782


Mississippi 564,514 $1,727 Memphis 117,335 $359


Missouri 961,782 $2,943 Miami, FL 62,771 $192


Montana 174,664 $534 Milwaukee, WI 100,887 $309


Nebraska 313,876 $960 Minneapolis, MN 47,206 $144


Nevada 278,130 $851 Nashville, TN 85,066 $260


New Hampshire 198,306 $607 New Orleans, LA 87,682 $268


New Jersey 1,267,781 $3,879 New York, NY 1,149,524 $3,518


New Mexico 353,295 $1,081 Oakland, CA 57,291 $175


New York 2,911,622 $8,910 Oklahoma City, OK 87,682 $261


North Carolina 1,248,673 $3,821 Omaha, NE 64,485 $197


North Dakota 123,711 $379 Philadelphia, PA 237,157 $726


Ohio 2,008,464 $6,146 Phoenix, AZ 212,937 $652


Oklahoma 621,966 $1,903 Pittsburgh, PA 47, 323 $145


Oregon 578,590 $1,770 Portland, OR 75,957 $232


Pennsylvania 1,951,549 $5,972 Sacramento, CA 67, 893 $208


Rhode Island 149,760 $458 San Antonio, TX 213,113 $652


South Carolina 690,247 $2,112 San Diego, CA 192,854 $590


South Dakota 146,075 $447 San Francisco, CA 80,884 $248


Tennessee 946,741 $2,897 San Jose, CA 138,717 $424


Texas 3,836,373 $11,739 Seattle, WA 66,248 $203


Utah 531,475 $1,626 St. Louis, MO 58,813 $180


Vermont 102,222 $313 Toledo, OH 57,306 $175


Virginia 1,121,226 $3,431 Tuscon, AZ 80,871 $247


Washington 995,430 $3,046 Tulsa, OK 64,865 $198


West Virginia 329,498 $1,008 Virginia Beach, VA 79, 363 $243


Wisconsin 947,285 $2,899 Washington, D.C. 66,842 $205


Wyoming 101,546 $311      


1,200 hours per year at $2.55 per hour = $3,060 per year per youth
Source for population: The Right Site–Easy Analytic Software, Inc. (EASI)

AED/The Center for Youth Development and Policy Research