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Child Maltreatment 2002
Table 3-1     Children Subjects of a CPS Investigation or Assessment by Disposition, 2002

State Child Population Substantiated Indicated Alternative Response Victim Alternative Response Nonvictim Unsubstantiated Intentionally False Closed With No Finding Other Unknown or Missing Total Children Who Were Subject of an Investigation or Assessment Child Disposition Rate
Alabama 1,107,108 9,903 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 20,850 Blank Cell 1,929 Blank Cell Blank Cell 32,682 29.5
Alaska 192,428 4,275 3,675 Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,857 Blank Cell 194 Blank Cell 1 10,002 52.0
Arizona 1,476,856 5,099 15 Blank Cell Blank Cell 37,862 Blank Cell Blank Cell 9,312 Blank Cell 52,288 35.4
Arkansas 677,522 7,302 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 18,194 Blank Cell 739 1 1 26,237 38.7
California 9,452,391 132,181 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 380,682 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 17 512,880 54.3
Colorado 1,151,118 7,570 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,128 27,411 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,483 960 40,552 35.2
Connecticut 872,853 12,818 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 40,478 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 118 53,414 61.2
Delaware 189,698 1,304 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 6,014 Blank Cell 651 Blank Cell 73 8,042 42.4
District of Columbia 112,126 3,032 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,783 Blank Cell 425 3 Blank Cell 8,243 73.5
Florida 3,882,271 47,998 74,133 Blank Cell Blank Cell 130,566 378 Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,781 254,856 65.6
Georgia 2,268,477 41,206 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 85,471 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 126,677 55.8
Hawaii 295,514 3,744 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,552 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 22 7,318 24.8
Idaho 370,439 1,399 548 Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,456 Blank Cell 9 Blank Cell Blank Cell 9,412 25.4
Illinois 3,254,523 28,160 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 60,861 7,110 Blank Cell 41,190 Blank Cell 137,321 42.2
Indiana 1,594,857 20,416 Blank Cell Blank Cell 29,406 29,406 Blank Cell 107 Blank Cell 234 50,163 31.5
Iowa 698,045 12,202 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 22,591 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 34,793 49.8
Kansas 696,519 6,425 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 20,271 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 26,696 38.3
Kentucky 931,588 14,713 Blank Cell 2,232 14,535 28,573 Blank Cell 2,685 Blank Cell Blank Cell 62,738 67.3
Louisiana 1,185,674 10,709 262 Blank Cell 17 25,815 Blank Cell 923 87 12 37,825 31.9
Maine 279,058 3,746 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,310 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 65 8,121 29.1
Maryland Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Massachusetts 1,463,340 33,396 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 28,890 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell lank Cell 62,286 42.6
Michigan 2,570,264 28,830 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 147,698 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 13,636 190,164 74.0
Minnesota 1,252,125 9,982 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 11,042 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 5,320 26,344 21.0
Mississippi 760,747 4,003 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 14,006 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 18,009 23.7
Missouri 1,397,461 9,810 Blank Cell Blank Cell 51,397 16,742 Blank Cell 2,695 1 8 80,653 57.7
Montana 216,320 1,542 453 Blank Cell Blank Cell 12,383 Blank Cell 2,673 Blank Cell 27 17,078 78.9
Nebraska 439,393 3,909 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,984 Blank Cell 349 Blank Cell 20 12,262 27.9
Nevada 572,590 5,008 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 17,483 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 22,491 39.3
New Hampshire 308,371 962 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 8,905 Blank Cell 696 Blank Cell 1 10,564 34.3
New Jersey 2,127,391 8,103 Blank Cell Blank Cell 49,470 13,213 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 70,786 33.3
New Mexico 500,506 6,273 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 16,585 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 139 22,997 45.9
New York 4,613,251 79,049 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 183,588 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 6 262,643 56.9
North Carolina 2,068,840 35,521 Blank Cell 2 Blank Cell 92,003 Blank Cell Blank Cell 176 Blank Cell 127,702 61.7
North Dakota 146,812 Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,493 5,596 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,089 48.3
Ohio 2,879,927 30,758 19,382 1 97 56,419 Blank Cell 576 Blank Cell 3,262 110,495 38.4
Oklahoma 873,560 13,721 Blank Cell Blank Cell 13,971 36,954 Blank Cell 4,325 Blank Cell Blank Cell 68,971 79.0
Oregon 855,107 9,228 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 11,006 Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,679 Blank Cell 27,913 32.6
Pennsylvania 2,863,452 5,057 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19,273 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 24,330 8.5
Rhode Island 239,248 3,247 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,247 Blank Cell 213 Blank Cell 65 10,772 45.0
South Carolina 979,163 10,738 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 20,050 Blank Cell 14 Blank Cell 135 30,937 31.6
South Dakota 195,625 1,470 2,491 Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,596 Blank Cell 841 13 Blank Cell 8,411 43.0
Tennessee 1,404,661 8,494 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 29,031 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 37,525 26.7
Texas 6,102,316 48,808 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 125,114 Blank Cell 11,006 25,263 184 210,375 34.5
Utah 713,012 10,282 Blank Cell Blank Cell 1 18,520 61 970 Blank Cell 2 29,836 41.8
Vermont 139,662 1,447 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,495 38 14 Blank Cell 6 4,000 28.6
Virginia 1,779,408 7,571 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 11,894 313 1 19,493 1,280 40,552 22.8
Washington 1,513,360 4,671 Blank Cell 2 Blank Cell 14,118 Blank Cell Blank Cell 9,097 830 28,718 19.0
West Virginia 389,171 6,635 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 15,286 Blank Cell 2,074 Blank Cell 94 24,089 61.9
Wisconsin 1,338,064 11,628 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 26,326 Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,133 Blank Cell 42,087 31.5
Wyoming 122,344 692 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,527 1,136 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,355 35.6
Total 71,514,558 775,037 100,959 3,730 139,739 1,925,990 7,900 34,109 118,931 28,299 3,134,694 Blank Cell
Percent Blank Cell 24.7 3.2 0.1 4.5 61.4 0.3 1.1 3.8 0.9 100.0 Blank Cell
Rate1 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 43.8
Number Reporting 50 49 8 5 10 49 5 23 14 28 50 50

Data source: Child File and SDC.

A national estimate of 3,193,000 children who were the subjects of an investigation or assessment was calculated by multiplying the child disposition rate (43.8) by the national population (72,894,483) and dividing by 1,000. The total was rounded to the nearest 1,000.

1 The national child disposition rate was computed by dividing the total count of children who were the subjects of an investigation (3,134,694) by the child population for the 50 States that reported this data (71,514,558) and multiplying by 1,000. back

This table lists the number of children who were the subjects of an investigation or assessment by disposition type. The first column list each State and is followed by columns listing the number of children who were part of a substantiated, indicated, alternative response victim, alternative response nonvictim, unsubstantiated, intentionally false, closed without a finding, other, or unknown investigation or assessment. The table has a column that lists the total number of dispositions. For all of the States combined, the total number of dispositions was 3,134,694. The child disposition rate is the final column on the table. The national disposition rate was 43.8.

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