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Child Maltreatment 2001
Table 3-1 Children Subjects of a CPS Investigation by Disposition, 2001

The word bold before a number indicates an estimate or a total.

State Substantiated Indicated Alternative Response Victim Alternative Response Nonvictim Unsubstantiated Intentionally False Closed Without A Finding Other Unknown Total Dispositions
Alabama 9,229 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19,194 Blank Cell 1,488 Blank Cell Blank Cell 29,911
Alaska 7,782 8,165 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,114 Blank Cell 361 Blank Cell Blank Cell 18,422
Arizona 5,377 12 Blank Cell Blank Cell 33,686 Blank Cell Blank Cell 15,091 Blank Cell 54,166
Arkansas 6,927 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 17,922 Blank Cell 804 2 Blank Cell 25,655
California 128,251 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 357,660 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 485,911
Colorado 4,837 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 15,794 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,603 7,749 30,983
Connecticut 12,120 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 35,140 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 118 47,378
Delaware 1,666 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 6,261 Blank Cell 497 Blank Cell 13 8,437
District of Columbia 2,908 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,985 Blank Cell 439 Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,332
Florida 42,747 81,387 Blank Cell Blank Cell 139,691 397 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,280 266,502
Georgia 36,744 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 77,909 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 114,653
Hawaii 3,930 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,252 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 28 7,210
Idaho 966 2,591 Blank Cell Blank Cell 6,292 Blank Cell 110 Blank Cell Blank Cell 9,959
Illinois 27,557 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 71,210 Blank Cell Blank Cell 44,200 Blank Cell 142,967
Indiana 21,128 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 31,929 Blank Cell 80 Blank Cell 366 53,503
Iowa 12,792 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 24,912 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 37,704
Kansas 7,308 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Kentucky 15,826 Blank Cell 718 4,251 34,138 Blank Cell 1,545 Blank Cell Blank Cell 56,478
Louisiana 10,905 253 Blank Cell 12 25,804 Blank Cell 1,015 82 14 38,085
Maine 4,355 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,735 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 73 9,163
Maryland 9,585 10,165 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Massachusetts 33,218 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 28,109 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 2 61,329
Michigan 28,475 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 130,702 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 13,104 172,281
Minnesota 9,840 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 11,561 Blank Cell 2 Blank Cell 2,439 23,842
Mississippi 4,556 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 26,530 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 31,086
Missouri 9,237 Blank Cell Blank Cell 51,234 16,634 Blank Cell 1,576 15 2,047 80,743
Montana 1,533 402 Blank Cell Blank Cell 11,606 Blank Cell 1,442 Blank Cell 49 15,032
Nebraska 3,314 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,103 Blank Cell 274 Blank Cell 16 10,707
Nevada 4,939 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 16,805 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 785 22,529
New Hampshire 1,102 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 10,066 Blank Cell 953 Blank Cell 11 12,132
New Jersey 8,514 Blank Cell Blank Cell 49,396 12,823 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 70,733
New Mexico 6,929 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 15,826 Blank Cell 370 1 118 23,314
New York 77,860 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 173,304 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 251,164
North Carolina 36,601 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 85,753 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 122,354
North Dakota Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,359 5,604 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 6,963
Ohio 26,812 16,804 7,415 7,374 50,947 Blank Cell 1,268 Blank Cell 3,100 113,720
Oklahoma 13,698 Blank Cell Blank Cell 13,086 32,970 Blank Cell 3,761 5 Blank Cell 63,520
Oregon 9,011 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 9,554 Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,053 Blank Cell 25,618
Pennsylvania 4,784 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 18,228 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 23,012
Rhode Island 3,319 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,707 Blank Cell 241 Blank Cell 102 11,369
South Carolina 11,199 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 23,532 Blank Cell 160 Blank Cell 1,945 36,836
South Dakota 1,683 2,024 Blank Cell 2,935 2,679 Blank Cell 657 6 Blank Cell 9,984
Tennessee 9,571 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 28,938 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 12,361 50,870
Texas 44,623 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 120,232 Blank Cell 10,894 21,948 141 197,838
Utah 10,200 Blank Cell Blank Cell 181 17,326 Blank Cell 762 Blank Cell 16 28,485
Vermont 1,139 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,327 74 7 Blank Cell 11 3,558
Virginia 9,873 Blank Cell Blank Cell 33 23,947 518 Blank Cell 14 3,603 37,988
Washington 6,007 Blank Cell 3 Blank Cell 17,172 Blank Cell Blank Cell 11,552 757 35,491
West Virginia 7,907 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 16,650 Blank Cell 1,913 Blank Cell 342 26,812
Wisconsin 11,917 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 24,486 Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,813 Blank Cell 40,216
Wyoming 990 Blank Cell Blank Cell 944 2,213 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 37 4,184
Total bold771,791 bold121,803 bold9,495 bold135,050 bold1,857,358 bold989 bold30,619 bold106,385 bold51,697 bold3,058,129
Number Reporting bold50 bold9 bold4 bold11 bold48 bold3 bold24 bold14 bold28 bold49

Total dispositions for Kansas and Maryland were not reported as the count of children associated with "Unsubstantiated" allegations could not be provided.

This table lists the number of children that were a part of different types of investigations according to NCANDS classifications. It first lists the name of each State and is followed by the number of children that were part of a Substantiated, Indicated, Alternative Response Victim, Alternative Response Nonvictim, Unsubstantiated, Intentionally False, Closed Without a Finding, Other, and Unknown investigation. The chart has a final column that lists the total number of dispositions. For all of the States combined, the total number of dispositions was 3,077,879.

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