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Child Maltreatment 2002
Table 3-7     Maltreatment Victimization by Sex, 2002

State	Child Population	Boy				Girl
		Population	Victims	Rate	Percent	Population	Victims	Rate	Percent
Alabama	1,107,108	569,108	4,092	7.2	41.4	541,712	5,784	10.7	58.6
Alaska	192,428	97,594	3,864	39.6	48.6	92,352	4,086	44.2	51.4
Arizona	1,476,856	727,107	2,565	3.5	50.2	690,344	2,546	3.7	49.8
Arkansas	677,522	349,321	3,046	8.7	41.7	331,250	4,255	12.8	58.3
California	9,452,391	4,770,324	62,877	13.2	47.6	4,531,167	69,160	15.3	52.4
Colorado	1,151,118	579,222	3,639	6.3	48.1	548,050	3,931	7.2	51.9
Connecticut	872,853	439,209	6,357	14.5	49.8	418,444	6,397	15.3	50.2
Delaware	189,698	97,622	649	6.6	49.8	92,553	655	7.1	50.2
District of Columbia	112,128	55,237	1,523	27.6	50.3	54,442	1,507	27.7	49.7
Florida	3,882,271	1,931,535	60,209	31.2	49.4	1,833,445	61,640	33.6	50.6
Georgia	2,268,477	1,126,440	20,126	17.9	48.8	1,072,112	21,080	19.7	51.2
Hawaii	295,514	150,040	1,829	12.2	49.0	141,520	1,901	13.4	51.0
Idaho	370,439	191,037	941	4.9	48.3	180,604	1,006	5.6	51.7
Illinois	3,254,523	1,655,196	13,481	8.1	48.2	1,576,609	14,468	9.2	51.8
Indiana	1,594,857	813,481	9,302	11.4	45.7	772,398	11,048	14.3	54.3
Iowa	698,045	367,591	6,065	16.5	49.7	348,395	6,134	17.6	50.3
Kansas	696,519	361,253	3,094	8.6	48.2	342,061	3,330	9.7	51.8
Kentucky	931,588	491,627	8,109	16.5	48.2	464,963	8,706	18.7	51.8
Louisiana	1,185,674	613,483	5,314	8.7	48.4	587,702	5,657	9.6	51.6
Maine	279,058	148,881	1,819	12.2	48.9	141,331	1,903	13.5	51.1
Maryland	1,379,925	695,607	7,448	10.7	47.3	664,558	8,297	12.5	52.7
Massachusetts	1,463,340	752,350	16,070	21.4	49.5	715,174	16,375	22.9	50.5
Michigan	2,570,264	1,321,233	14,112	10.7	48.9	1,254,444	14,718	11.7	51.1
Minnesota	1,252,125	652,748	4,879	7.5	48.9	619,756	5,103	8.2	51.1
Mississippi	760,747	389,399	1,756	4.5	43.9	373,709	2,247	6.0	56.1
Missouri	1,397,461	722,313	4,386	6.1	44.7	687,425	5,422	7.9	55.3
Montana	216,320	114,921	916	8.0	47.5	108,709	1,011	9.3	52.5
Nebraska	439,393	227,186	1,866	8.2	48.3	216,865	1,999	9.2	51.7
Nevada	572,590	279,370	2,491	8.9	49.8	264,002	2,514	9.5	50.2
New Hampshire	308,371	158,659	486	3.1	50.6	150,965	475	3.1	49.4
New Jersey	2,127,391	1,073,948	3,915	3.6	48.6	1,022,648	4,146	4.1	51.4
New Mexico	500,506	256,059	2,912	11.4	47.5	246,328	3,218	13.1	52.5
New York	4,613,251	2,365,702	38,675	16.3	49.5	2,252,893	39,508	17.5	50.5
North Carolina	2,068,840	1,025,633	17,890	17.4	50.4	976,780	17,633	18.1	49.6
North Dakota	146,812	78,945	762	9.7	51.3	74,865	722	9.6	48.7
Ohio	2,879,927	1,470,951	23,820	16.2	47.7	1,404,269	26,092	18.6	52.3
Oklahoma	873,560	451,655	6,728	14.9	49.0	429,188	6,992	16.3	51.0
Oregon	855,107	438,431	4,477	10.2	48.5	416,595	4,750	11.4	51.5
Pennsylvania	2,863,452	1,486,065	1,895	1.3	37.5	1,410,272	3,162	2.2	62.5
Rhode Island	239,248	124,991	1,690	13.5	52.1	118,554	1,551	13.1	47.9
South Carolina	979,163	503,230	5,156	10.2	48.6	480,594	5,456	11.4	51.4
South Dakota	195,625	102,337	1,954	19.1	49.8	97,180	1,967	20.2	50.2
Tennessee	1,404,661	714,989	3,704	5.2	43.6	676,843	4,790	7.1	56.4
Texas	6,102,316	3,060,584	22,594	7.4	46.5	2,916,714	26,030	8.9	53.5
Utah	713,012	365,779	4,611	12.6	45.0	345,218	5,643	16.3	55.0
Vermont	139,662	73,759	561	7.6	38.8	69,948	886	12.7	61.2
Virginia	1,779,408	894,468	3,578	4.0	47.3	854,534	3,983	4.7	52.7
Washington	1,513,360	776,302	2,362	3.0	50.6	736,294	2,308	3.1	49.4
West Virginia	389,171	205,081	3,268	15.9	49.5	194,059	3,340	17.2	50.5
Wisconsin	1,338,064	697,942	4,652	6.7	40.2	663,687	6,933	10.4	59.8
Wyoming	122,344	64,863	300	4.6	43.4	61,364	391	6.4	56.6
Total	72,894,483	37,080,808	428,815	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	35,265,888	462,856	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Rate	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	11.6	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	13.1	Blank Cell
Percent	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	48.1	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	51.9
Number Reporting	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51

Data Source: Child File and SDC

Rates were based on the number of boy or girl victims divided by the boy or girl population respectively and multiplied by 1,000.

This table first lists the States followed by the total child population. Next the population, number of victims, rate, and percentage of boys are provided. Then the population, number of victims, rate and percentage of girls are provided. As listed on the table, 48.1 percent of child victims were boys and 51.9 percent of child victims were girls.

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