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Child Maltreatment 2002
Table 3-10 Victimization Rates by Race and Ethnicity, 2002

State	African-American Only			American Indian or Alaska Native Only			Asian-Pacific Islander Only			White Only			Multiple Race			Hispanic			Total
	Population	Victims	Rate	Population	Victims	Rate	Population	Victims	Rate	Population	Victims	Rate	Population	Victims	Rate	Population	Victims	Rate	Population	Victims	Rate
Alabama	353,043	3,001	8.5	5,137	13	2.5	8,638	32	3.7	698,404	5,399	7.7	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	27,371	204	7.5	1,107,108	9,903	8.9
Alaska	7,734	470	60.8	38,164	3,813	99.9	8,611	194	22.5	114,067	3,019	26.5	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	10,933	158	14.5	192,428	7,950	41.3
Arizona	51,837	364	7.0	96,368	189	2.0	26,871	39	1.5	719,497	2,343	3.3	30,504	153	5.0	551,779	1,840	3.3	1,476,856	5,114	3.5
Arkansas	141,292	1,549	11.0	4,548	11	2.4	6,289	19	3.0	479,610	5,063	10.6	11,773	288	24.5	34,010	336	9.9	677,522	7,302	10.8
California	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell
Colorado	52,469	658	12.5	8,286	79	9.5	28,493	77	2.7	750,551	3,865	5.1	30,228	137	4.5	281,091	2,600	9.2	1,151,118	7,570	6.6
Connecticut	100,463	3,117	31.0	2,119	13	6.1	25,227	82	3.3	603,169	5,583	9.3	18,734	390	20.8	123,141	3,336	27.1	872,853	12,818	14.7
Delaware	44,640	629	14.1	535	0	0.0	4,566	3	0.7	121,470	558	4.6	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	14,047	111	7.9	189,698	1,304	6.9
District of Columbia	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell
Florida	829,860	37,139	44.8	10,730	152	14.2	73,145	404	5.5	2,106,708	73,396	34.8	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	790,425	9,976	12.6	3,882,271	122,131	31.5
Georgia	762,322	17,323	22.7	4,532	29	6.4	49,366	151	3.1	1,252,852	20,712	16.5	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	163,242	1,551	9.5	2,268,477	41,206	18.2
Hawaii	6,757	50	7.4	666	5	7.5	126,331	1,574	12.5	52,153	409	7.8	72,642	1,023	14.1	36,965	59	1.6	295,514	3,744	12.7
Idaho	2,078	16	7.7	5,235	84	16.0	3,916	3	0.8	306,225	4,454	4.7	7,500	12	1.6	45,485	286	6.3	370,439	1,947	5.3
Illinois	599,009	10,208	17.0	4,860	15	3.1	108,899	97	0.9	1,896,685	14,363	7.6	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	588,674	2,617	4.4	3,254,523	28,160	8.7
Indiana	167,713	3,590	21.4	3,441	32	9.3	16,638	67	4.0	1,294,342	15,081	11.7	30,560	614	20.1	82,163	885	10.8	1,594,857	20,416	12.8
Iowa	22,563	1,019	45.2	2,726	86	31.5	11,610	81	7.0	614,720	8,745	14.2	13,220	31	2.3	33,206	550	16.6	698,045	12,202	17.5
Kansas	50,134	915	18.3	6,520	56	8.6	14,050	22	1.6	530,370	4,785	9.0	18,975	113	6.0	76,470	122	1.6	696,519	6,425	9.2
Kentucky	85,916	2,011	23.4	1,666	13	7.8	8,149	20	2.5	800,354	12,653	15.8	16,246	283	17.4	19,257	39	2.0	931,588	16,945	18.2
Louisiana	472,827	5,243	11.1	7,039	31	4.4	15,387	39	2.5	644,213	5,374	8.3	15,128	68	4.5	31,080	102	3.3	1,185,674	10,971	9.3
Maine	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell
Maryland	437,562	7,978	18.2	3,549	15	4.2	54,828	107	2.0	772,650	6,245	8.1	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	77,677	626	8.1	1,379,925	15,843	11.5
Massachusetts	108,804	4,642	42.7	3,215	46	14.3	63,904	554	8.7	1,095,187	15,605	14.2	30,540	614	20.1	161,690	6,432	39.8	1,463,340	33,396	22.8
Michigan	450,817	10,320	22.9	15,729	215	13.7	53,652	113	2.1	1,858,824	16,701	9.0	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	126,833	848	6.7	2,570,264	28,830	11.2
Minnesota	68,871	2,493	36.2	18,972	621	32.7	53,647	323	6.0	1,017,010	4,936	4.9	35,815	580	16.2	57,810	840	14.5	1,252,125	9,982	8.0
Mississippi	340,167	1,676	4.9	3,608	4	1.1	5,571	16	2.9	391,534	1,554	4.0	7,533	18	2.4	12,334	43	3.5	760,747	4,003	5.3
Missouri	203,682	1,837	9.0	5,805	36	6.2	17,632	25	1.4	1,097,836	7,554	6.9	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	42,839	222	5.2	1,397,461	9,810	7.0
Montana	1,053	26	24.7	20,790	435	20.9	1,558	4	2.6	180,726	1,050	5.8	5,251	49	9.3	6,942	69	9.9	216,320	1,995	9.2
Nebraska	24,441	414	16.9	5,348	233	43.6	6,906	22	3.2	354,660	2,624	7.4	8,993	18	2.0	39,045	314	8.0	439,393	3,909	8.9
Nevada	45,153	936	20.7	6,766	87	12.9	25,076	49	2.0	306,262	3,507	11.5	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	169,373	232	1.4	572,590	5,008	8.7
New Hamsphire	3,152	22	7.0	670	3	4.5	4,625	3	0.6	287,033	857	3.0	4,895	8	1.6	7,996	35	4.4	308,371	962	3.1
New Jersey	338,617	3,621	10.7	3,197	21	6.6	133,626	83	0.6	1,246,434	2,848	2.3	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	366,490	379	1.0	2,127,391	8,103	3.8
New Mexico	9,417	193	20.5	59,701	585	9.8	5,244	16	3.1	163,438	1,779	10.9	8,092	117	14.5	254,614	2,959	11.6	500,506	6,273	12.5
New York	840,367	22,931	27.3	16,157	324	20.1	260,439	664	2.5	2,483,732	32,579	13.1	90,061	1,700	18.9	922,495	14,970	16.2	4,613,251	79,049	17.1
North Carolina	536,338	12,062	22.5	29,492	588	19.9	37,148	307	8.3	1,286,991	19,092	14.8	34,605	307	8.9	144,266	2,981	20.7	2,068,840	35,523	17.2
North Dakota	1,519	57	37.5	11,890	288	24.2	1,209	10	8.3	126,610	1,093	8.6	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	2,887	45	15.6	146,812	1,493	10.2
Ohio	418,959	14,763	35.2	5,467	97	17.7	37,708	111	2.9	2,271,324	31,160	13.7	65,705	500	7.6	80,764	579	7.2	2,879,927	50,141	17.4
Oklahoma	84,564	1,840	21.8	89,302	2,061	23.1	13,241	94	7.1	568,652	8,101	14.2	47,548	291	6.1	70,253	1,237	17.6	873,560	13,721	15.7
Oregon	18,675	449	24.0	11,858	545	46.0	31,348	129	4.1	644,017	5,946	9.2	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	117,466	1,076	9.2	855,107	9,228	10.8
Pennsylvania	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell
Rhode Island	15,590	473	30.3	1,486	30	20.2	7,076	67	9.5	173,921	1,974	11.2	6,022	80	13.3	35,153	574	16.3	239,248	3,247	13.6
South Carolina	353,594	4,401	12.4	3,259	17	5.2	9,757	21	2.2	568,329	5,469	9.6	13,570	274	20.2	30,654	306	10.0	979,163	10,738	11.0
South Dakota	2,023	0	0.0	26,809	1,642	61.2	1,611	0	0.0	156,455	1,780	11.4	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	4,496	0	0.0	195,625	3,961	20.2
Tennessee	297,583	2,359	7.9	3,073	13	4.2	17,006	22	1.3	1,021,559	5,099	5.0	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	43,065	207	4.8	1,404,661	8,494	6.0
Texas	745,628	9,107	12.2	16,995	86	5.1	157,454	215	1.4	2,541,696	18,292	7.2	81,973	1,170	14.3	2,558,570	19,195	7.5	6,102,316	48,808	8.0
Utah	6,576	346	52.6	10,484	247	23.6	18,163	243	13.4	579,625	7,007	12.1	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	82,471	2,035	24.7	713,012	10,282	14.4
Vermont	1,150	8	7.0	555	2	3.6	1,669	3	1.8	132,036	1,381	10.5	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	1,721	10	5.8	139,662	1,447	10.4
Virginia	410,432	2,792	6.8	4,368	2	0.5	69,308	68	1.0	1,134,281	3,622	3.2	46,811	328	7.0	114,208	465	4.1	1,779,408	7,571	4.3
Washington	62,768	443	7.1	27,430	344	12.5	92,414	85	0.9	1,070,560	3,088	2.9	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	186,278	546	2.9	1,513,360	4,673	3.1
West Virginia	15,459	223	14.4	646	0	0.0	2,400	13	5.4	361,407	5,537	15.3	5,798	240	41.4	3,461	52	15.0	389,171	6,635	17.0
Wisconsin	115,591	2,193	19.0	15,229	378	24.8	36,395	213	5.9	1,066,542	7,856	7.4	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	76,837	526	6.8	1,338,064	11,628	8.7
Wyoming	1,175	17	14.5	3,651	21	5.8	815	2	2.5	103,016	566	5.5	2,279	1	0.4	11,408	41	3.6	122,344	692	5.7
Total	9,710,384	195,924	blank cell	628,073	13,607	blank cell	1,757,616	6,486	blank cell	38,047,737	407,677	blank cell	761,001	9,407	blank cell	8,719,435	82,616	blank cell	60,187,454	751,553	blank cell
Percent	blank cell	blank cell	20.2	blank cell	blank cell	21.7	blank cell	blank cell	3.7	blank cell	blank cell	10.7	blank cell	blank cell	12.4	blank cell	blank cell	9.5	blank cell	blank cell	12.5
Number Reporting	47	47	blank cell	47	47	blank cell	47	47	blank cell	47	47	blank cell	28	28	blank cell	47	47	blank cell	47	47	blank cell

Data source: Child File and SDC.

Counts associated with specific racial groups, including population, do not include Hispanic children who were reported separately.

Rates were computed by dividing the victim count by the population count and multiplying by 1,000. States for which more than 25 percent of records were missing race or ethnicity were excluded.

This table breaks down the child victims by race. In the first column, it first lists the name of each State. The following columns each list race classifications as follows: African-American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian-Pacific Islander, White, multiple race, and Hispanic. All except multiple race and Hispanic are exclusionary categories. Under each race or ethnicity category the population, number of victims, and victimization rate are listed. The final section list the total across all races or ethnicities, total victims and total rate of victimization. American Indian or Alaska Native children and African-American children had the highest rates of victimization at 21.7 and 20.2 per 1,000 children of the same race or ethnicity, respectively.

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