Map of the United States with Child Opportunity Scores for the 100 biggest metro areas from the Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy's Child Opportunity Index. Scores for Albany, New York; Columbus, Ohio; Chicago; Kansas City, Missouri; Austin, Texas; and Tampa, Florida, are highlighted in purple circles.
| Metro area |
Child Opportunity Score
|
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 56 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 56 |
| Columbia, SC | 54 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 54 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 54 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 54 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 65 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 65 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 65 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 65 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 65 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 45 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 45 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 45 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 66 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 66 |
| Richmond, VA | 66 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 66 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 44 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 67 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 67 |
| Rochester, NY | 67 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 43 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 68 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 68 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 42 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 42 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 42 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 69 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 69 |
| Jackson, MS | 41 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 40 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 71 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 72 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 72 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 38 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 38 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 73 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 37 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 37 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 74 |
| Raleigh, NC | 74 |
| Tucson, AZ | 36 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 57 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 53 |
| Dayton, OH | 53 |
| North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | 53 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 53 |
| Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA | 53 |
| Springfield, MA | 53 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 75 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 75 |
| El Paso, TX | 34 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 34 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 78 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 79 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 31 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 80 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 80 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 81 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 81 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 82 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 28 |
| Madison, WI | 83 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | 27 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 58 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA | 52 |
| Toledo, OH | 52 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 23 |
| Fresno, CA | 21 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 20 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 59 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 59 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 51 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 60 |
| Syracuse, NY | 60 |
| Boise City, ID | 61 |
| Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 61 |
| Wichita, KS | 61 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 49 |
| Knoxville, TN | 49 |
| Tulsa, OK | 49 |
| Akron, OH | 62 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 48 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 48 |
| Columbus, OH | 63 |
| New Haven-Milford, CT | 63 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 47 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 47 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 47 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 64 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 64 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 64 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 64 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 46 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 46 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 55 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 55 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC | 55 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 55 |