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Table 3-1     Children Subjects of a CPS Investigation or Assessment by Disposition, 2003
Child Maltreatment 2003

State Child
Population		 Substantiated Indicated Alternative
Response
Victim		 Alternative
Response
Nonvictim		 Unsubstantiated Intentionally
False		 Closed With
No Finding		 No Alleged
Maltreatment		 Other Unknown or
Missing		 Total Children
Who Were
Subject of an
Investigation
or Assessment		 Child
Disposition
Rate
Alabama 1,107,973 9,290 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 18,759 Blank Cell 1,630 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 29,679 26.8
Alaska 189,289 4,260 3,736 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,344 Blank Cell 235 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 10,575 55.9
Arizona 1,519,312 4,723 115 Blank Cell Blank Cell 38,293 Blank Cell Blank Cell 23,855 9,283 Blank Cell 76,269 50.2
Arkansas 682,013 7,232 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19,816 Blank Cell 864 16,748 6 Blank Cell 44,666 65.5
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
Colorado 1,152,751 8,137 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,113 30,575 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,022 370 43,217 37.5
Connecticut 835,375 12,256 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 37,746 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 113 50,115 60.0
Delaware 198,842 1,236 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 10,015 Blank Cell Blank Cell 912 Blank Cell 334 12,497 62.8
District of Columbia 108,403 2,518 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,819 Blank Cell 343 3,318 2 Blank Cell 11,000 101.5
Florida 3,924,123 58,102 80,397 Blank Cell Blank Cell 139,883 273 Blank Cell 71,424 Blank Cell 1,420 351,499 89.6
Georgia 2,296,759 43,923 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 77,346 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 121,269 52.8
Hawaii 297,142 4,046 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,158 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 26 8,230 27.7
Idaho 372,027 1,527 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,931 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 9,458 25.4
Illinois 3,230,606 28,344 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 61,350 7,467 Blank Cell Blank Cell 37,758 Blank Cell 134,919 41.8
Indiana 1,603,901 21,205 Blank Cell Blank Cell 29,406 30,301 Blank Cell Blank Cell 688 Blank Cell 1 52,195 32.5
Iowa 693,428 13,303 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 22,761 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 480 36,544 52.7
Kansas 695,081 5,682 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 18,568 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 24,250 34.9
Kentucky 994,182 15,582 Blank Cell 2,596 17,268 29,883 Blank Cell 2,948 Blank Cell 924 Blank Cell 69,201 69.6
Louisiana 1,177,555 11,432 Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,677 27,550 Blank Cell 988 Blank Cell 72 7 41,726 35.4
Maine 286,746 4,719 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,522 Blank Cell Blank Cell 184 Blank Cell Blank Cell 9,425 32.9
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 Blank Cell
Massachusetts 1,487,118 36,558 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 29,481 Blank Cell Blank Cell 17,231 Blank Cell lank Cell 83,270 56.0
Michigan 2,538,920 28,690 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 152,274 Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,059 Blank Cell 13,560 195,583 77.0
Minnesota 1,248,770 9,230 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 9,916 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 6,732 25,878 20.7
Mississippi 761,268 5,940 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 18,563 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 25,503 32.2
Missouri 1,407,342 10,183 Blank Cell Blank Cell 55,373 16,039 Blank Cell 2,774 Blank Cell 2 12 84,383 60.0
Montana 215,774 1,678 273 Blank Cell Blank Cell 11,074 Blank Cell 1,926 Blank Cell Blank Cell 15 14,966 69.4
Nebraska 440,840 3,875 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,557 Blank Cell 281 3,029 Blank Cell 25 14,767 33.5
Nevada 581,397 4,578 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 16,164 Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,406 Blank Cell Blank Cell 28,148 48.4
New Hampshire 306,231 1,043 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 8,044 Blank Cell 441 Blank Cell Blank Cell 169 9,697 31.73
New Jersey 2,131,617 8,123 Blank Cell Blank Cell 54,883 14,909 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 77,915 36.6
New Mexico 502,034 6,238 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 18,908 Blank Cell 1 Blank Cell Blank Cell 112 25,259 50.3
New York 4,532,748 75,784 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 175,082 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,973 Blank Cell 27 253,866 56.0
North Carolina 2,087,443 32,847 Blank Cell Blank Cell 3 87,186 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 158 Blank Cell 120,194 57.6
North Dakota 146,827 1,494 Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,406 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 5,900 40.2
Ohio 2,815,289 28,774 18,670 Blank Cell Blank Cell 56,907 Blank Cell 2,030 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,435 108,816 38.7
Oklahoma 878,243 12,529 Blank Cell Blank Cell 13,715 33,990 Blank Cell 3,701 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 63,935 72.8
Oregon 849,172 10,368 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 13,540 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 8,786 Blank Cell 32,694 38.5
Pennsylvania 2,830,694 4,571 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19,030 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 23,601 8.3
Rhode Island 244,049 3,290 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 6,854 Blank Cell 218 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 10,362 42.5
South Carolina 1,023,504 11,143 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19,690 Blank Cell Blank Cell 8,563 Blank Cell Blank Cell 39,396 38.5
South Dakota 195,426 1,564 2,782 Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,754 Blank Cell 796 Blank Cell Blank Cell 29 9,925 50.8
Tennessee 1,394,479 8,732 689 Blank Cell Blank Cell 32,915 2 4,184 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 46,522 33.4
Texas 6,240,162 50,522 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 127,702 Blank Cell 10,431 Blank Cell 26,827 120 215,602 34.6
Utah 742,927 12,366 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 18,017 44 1,098 154 Blank Cell Blank Cell 31,679 42.6
Vermont 137,446 1,233 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,299 51 40 Blank Cell Blank Cell 9 3,632 26.4
Virginia 1,798,767 6,485 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,955 113 Blank Cell 7,530 11,999 833 31,915 17.7
Washington 1,496,581 6,020 Blank Cell Blank Cell 6,120 20,500 Blank Cell 1,275 Blank Cell 13,798 Blank Cell 47,713 31.9
West Virginia 390,901 8,875 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 20,015 Blank Cell 2,765 11,632 Blank Cell 236 43,523 111.3
Wisconsin 1,332,894 10,174 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 25,842 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 5,316 Blank Cell 41,377 31.0
Wyoming 121,073 786 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,752 989 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 2 4,529 37.4
Total 62,245,444 661,210 106,662 2,596 158,310 1,559,816 7,950 38,969 176,706 116,998 27,067 2,856,284 Blank Cell
Weighted Percent Blank Cell 23.1 3.7 0.1 5.5 54.6 0.3 1.4 6.2 4.1 0.9 100.0 Blank Cell
Weighted Rate Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 45.9
Number Reporting 49 49 7 1 10 48 6 21 16 14 23 49 49


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 2,856284. The child disposition rate is the final column on the table. The national disposition rate was 45.9.



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