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Child Maltreatment 2002
Table 2-5     Investigations by Disposition, 2002

State	Substantiated	Indicated	Alternative Response Victim	Alternative Response Nonvictim	Unsubstantiated	Intentionally False	Closed with No Finding	Other	Unknown or Missing	Total Investigations
Alabama	6,873	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	12,364	Blank Cell	1,307	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	20,544
Alaska	4,275	3,675	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	1,857	Blank Cell	194	Blank Cell	1	10,002
Arizona	3,565	9	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	24,184	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	5,393	Blank Cell	33,151
Arkansas	5,711	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	12,387	Blank Cell	564	5	30	18,697
California	73,476	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	187,434	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	14	260,924
Colorado	5,843	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	18,478	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	3,568	Blank Cell	27,889
Connecticut	9,787	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	24,726	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	34,513
Delaware	840	2	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	3,851	Blank Cell	437	Blank Cell	33	5,163
District of Columbia	1,852	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	2,914	Blank Cell	281	2	Blank Cell	5,049
Florida	27,514	42,565	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	71,115	192	Blank Cell	536	625	142,547
Georgia	24,425	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	44,683	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	69,108
Hawaii	1,982	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	1,637	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	3,619
Idaho	933	385	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	5,151	Blank Cell	6	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	6,475
Illinois	16,035	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	38,897	3,772	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	58,704
Indiana	14,589	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	18,650	Blank Cell	95	Blank Cell	2	33,336
Iowa	8,286	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	14,929	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	23,215
Kansas	4,394	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	13,110	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	17,504
Kentucky	9,472	Blank Cell	1,420	9,339	19,243	Blank Cell	1,744	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	41,218
Louisiana	6,714	199	Blank Cell	11	15,945	Blank Cell	569	55	Blank Cell	23,493
Maine	2,086	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	2,388	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	4,474
Maryland	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Massachusetts	21,014	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	17,292	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	38,306
Michigan	16,844	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	56,155	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	72,999
Minnesota	6,598	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	3,866	7,306	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	17,770
Mississippi	2,765	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	8,905	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	11,670
Missouri	6,882	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	32,876	11,583	Blank Cell	1,770	1	4	53,116
Montana	935	291	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	7,374	Blank Cell	1,735	Blank Cell	1	10,336
Nebraska	2,472	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	4,796	Blank Cell	195	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	7,463
Nevada	2,875	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	10,037	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	283	13,195
New Hampshire	669	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	6,303	11	526	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	7,509
New Jersey	5,814	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	26,516	6,818	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	39,148
New Mexico	4,047	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	9,948	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	13,995
New York	47,819	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	107,859	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	155,678
North Carolina	18,865	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	44,787	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	95	Blank Cell	63,747
North Dakota	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	782	3,327	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell		Blank Cell	4,109
Ohio	19,649	13,022	23	86	35,003	Blank Cell	362	Blank Cell	91	68,236
Oklahoma	7,959	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	8,036	21,140	Blank Cell	2,457	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	39,592
Oregon	5,862	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	7,010	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	4,891	Blank Cell	17,763
Pennsylvania	5,057	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	19,273	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	24,330
Rhode Island	2,185	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	4,864	Blank Cell	162	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	7,211
South Carolina	6,446	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	11,275	Blank Cell	828	Blank Cell	30	18,579
South Dakota	1,470	2,491	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	3,596	Blank Cell	841	13	Blank Cell	8,411
Tennessee	6,370	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	21,978	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	28,348
Texas	32,010	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	70,947	Blank Cell	6,770	20,229	Blank Cell	129,956
Utah	6,914	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	11,349	36	665	Blank Cell	1	18,965
Vermont	1,155	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	1,992	32	11	Blank Cell	4	3,194
Virginia	5,265	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	8,244	Blank Cell	7,110	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	20,619
Washington	3,158	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	8,473	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	6,304	488	18,423
West Virginia	4,444	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	9,213	Blank Cell	1,337	Blank Cell	58	15,052
Wisconsin	11,628	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	26,326	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	4,133	Blank Cell	42,087
Wyoming	465	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	1,109	829	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	2,403
Total	486,288	62,639	2,225	85,166	1,094,618	4,043	29,966	45,225	1,665	1,811,835
Percent	26.8	3.5	0.1	4.7	60.4	0.2	1.7	2.5	0.1	100.0
Number Reporting	49	9	3	9	49	5	23	13	15	50

This table breaks the total number of investigations into various NCANDS classifications-substantiated, indicated, alternative response victim, alternative response nonvictim, unsubstantiated, intentionally false, closed with no finding, other, and unknown or missing. More than one-quarter of investigations or assessments resulted in a disposition of substantiated (26.8%), indicated (3.5%), or alternative response victim (0.1%) meaning that at least one child involved in the investigation was found to be a victim.

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