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Child Maltreatment 2001
Table 4-2 Perpetrator Relationship to Victim, 2001 (Child File)

State Parent Nonparent Perpetrator Unknown
or Missing
Total
Perpetrators
Other
Relative
Foster
Parent
Residential
Facility
Staff
Child
Day Care
Provider
Unmarried
Partner
of Parent
Legal
Guardian
Other
Alabama Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Alaska Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Arizona 5,707 499 9 24 Blank Cell 219 35 8 5 6,506
Arkansas 5,378 895 20 Blank Cell 48 54 18 20 2,057 8,490
California 115,095 7,972 702 Blank Cell Blank Cell 93 641 6,466 7,548 138,517
Colorado Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Connecticut Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Delaware 1,559 138 10 Blank Cell Blank Cell 148 Blank Cell 16 75 1,946
District of Columbia 2,667 206 18 Blank Cell 3 Blank Cell Blank Cell 153 325 3,372
Florida 32,619 2,915 240 64 710 3,090 158 2,444 183 42,423
Georgia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Hawaii 4,714 301 89 48 Blank Cell Blank Cell 33 368 56 5,609
Idaho 3,561 210 9 2 9 81 14 37 193 4,116
Illinois 34,900 6,992 401 55 1,253 3,569 Blank Cell 2,346 244 49,760
Indiana 20,877 2,189 74 38 47 1,499 39 2,943 1,479 29,185
Iowa 12,336 645 47 77 702 696 Blank Cell 694 1,227 16,424
Kansas 6,784 699 59 1 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,829 9,372
Kentucky 16,210 1,026 107 Blank Cell 46 1,009 1 668 485 19,552
Louisiana 10,716 1,605 47 61 22 22 7 891 713 14,084
Maine 5,494 432 23 6 6 492 10 37 1,250 7,750
Maryland Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Massachusetts 36,621 1,744 161 129 75 3,271 219 920 461 43,601
Michigan 33,494 1,080 138 4 33 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,097 495 37,341
Minnesota 9,677 835 53 14 101 691 19 241 899 12,530
Mississippi Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Missouri 7,637 729 65 119 106 703 Blank Cell 838 637 10,834
Montana 2,070 198 5 1 9 93 1 98 149 2,624
Nebraska 3,053 277 12 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 861 4,203
Nevada Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
New Hampshire Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
New Jersey 7,681 560 105 119 94 428 Blank Cell 173 214 9,374
New Mexico 7,766 854 1 1 1 374 24 321 6 9,348
New York 95,126 5,667 858 72 789 Blank Cell 232 1,919 71 104,734
North Carolina 33,020 1,628 88 131 332 Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,402 Blank Cell 36,601
North Dakota Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Ohio 36,510 3,921 Blank Cell 83 319 2,433 Blank Cell 4,504 1,369 49,139
Oklahoma 17,585 1,073 331 Blank Cell 154 24 153 1,219 238 20,777
Oregon Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Pennsylvania 2,949 640 48 60 614 425 45 541 Blank Cell 5,322
Rhode Island 3,302 196 36 45 32 Blank Cell Blank Cell 412 25 4,048
South Carolina 13,380 789 29 20 55 618 29 363 10 15,293
South Dakota Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Tennessee Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Texas 45,055 6,432 92 35 322 3,021 Blank Cell 2,034 178 57,169
Utah 9,544 1,145 22 15 45 686 36 1,508 551 13,552
Vermont 740 114 1 7 3 Blank Cell Blank Cell 337 35 1,237
Virginia 8,649 763 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 1 Blank Cell 275 1,960 11,648
Washington 6,693 Blank Cell 330 Blank Cell 309 44 8 487 266 8,137
West Virginia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Wisconsin Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Wyoming 947 57 9 10 17 19 7 73 7 1,146
Total bold660,116 bold55,426 bold4,239 bold1,241 bold6,256 bold23,803 bold1,729 bold36,853 bold26,101 bold815,764
Percent bold80.9 bold6.8 bold0.5 bold0.2 bold0.8 bold2.9 bold0.2 bold4.5 bold3.2 bold100.0
Number Reporting bold36 bold35 bold34 bold27 bold29 bold27 bold21 bold34 bold34 bold36

This table categorizes the perpetrators by their relationship to the victim. It lists, in the first column, the name of every State. The next eight columns list the relationships in the following order: Parent, Other Relative, Foster Parent, Residential Facility Staff, Child Care Provider, Unmarried Partner of Parent, Other, and Unknown or Missing. The last column lists the total perpetrators in each State for a grand total of 815,764 among 36 reporting States.

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