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Table 3-7     Maltreatment Victimization by Sex, 2003
Child Maltreatment 2003

State Child Population Boy Girl
Population Victims Rate Percent Population Victims Rate Percent
Alabama 1,107,973 567,461 3,881 6.8 41.9 540,512 5,386 10.0 58.1
Alaska 189,289 97,310 3,913 40.2 48.9 91,979 4,083 44.4 51.1
Arizona 1,519,312 777,541 2,340 3.0 48.4 741,771 2,491 3.4 51.6
Arkansas 682,013 349,240 3,065 8.8 42.4 332,773 4,162 12.5 57.6
California 9,419,970 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Colorado 1,152,751 590,876 3,935 6.7 48.4 561,875 4,202 7.5 51.6
Connecticut 835,375 427,245 5,919 13.9 48.5 408,130 6,279 15.4 51.5
Delaware 198,842 101,931 574 5.6 46.4 96,911 662 6.8 53.6
District of Columbia 108,403 54,737 1,206 22.0 47.9 53,666 1,310 24.4 52.1
Florida 3,924,123 2,009,619 68,292 34.0 49.4 1,914,504 69,969 36.5 50.6
Georgia 2,296,759 1,174,405 21,633 18.4 49.3 1,122,354 22,288 19.9 50.7
Hawaii 297,142 152,610 2,007 13.2 49.9 144,532 2,018 14.0 50.1
Idaho 372,027 190,856 734 3.8 48.1 181,171 793 4.4 51.9
Illinois 3,230,606 1,651,357 13,729 8.3 48.7 1,579,249 14,453 9.2 51.3
Indiana 1,603,901 821,577 9,626 11.7 45.5 782,324 11,519 14.7 54.5
Iowa 693,428 355,571 6,603 18.6 49.7 337,857 6,692 19.8 50.3
Kansas 695,081 357,865 2,730 7.6 48.0 337,216 2,952 8.8 52.0
Kentucky 994,182 510,234 8,726 17.0 48.3 483,948 9,340 19.3 51.7
Louisiana 1,177,555 601,705 5,495 9.1 48.1 575,850 5,937 10.3 51.9
Maine 286,746 147,103 2,306 15.7 49.1 139,643 2,388 17.1 50.9
Maryland 1,378,092 704,098 7,888 11.2 47.6 673,994 8,699 12.9 52.5
Massachusetts 1,487,118 761,840 17,846 23.4 50.1 725,278 17,753 24.5 49.9
Michigan 2,538,920 1,301,076 14,152 10.9 49.3 1,237,844 14,537 11.7 50.7
Minnesota 1,248,770 640,426 4,464 7.0 48.4 608,344 4,766 7.8 51.6
Mississippi 761,268 388,688 2,657 6.8 44.7 372,580 3,282 8.8 55.3
Missouri 1,407,342 720,603 4,546 6.3 44.7 686,739 5,634 8.2 55.3
Montana 215,774 111,066 884 8.0 47.4 104,708 982 9.4 52.6
Nebraska 440,840 225,526 1,838 8.1 47.8 215,314 2,008 9.3 52.2
Nevada 581,397 298,549 2,315 7.8 50.6 282,848 2,258 8.0 49.4
New Hampshire 306,231 156,934 474 3.0 45.5 149,297 568 3.8 54.5
New Jersey 2,131,617 1,090,174 3,916 3.6 48.5 1,041,443 4,153 4.0 51.5
New Mexico 502,034 255,220 2,969 11.6 48.7 246,814 3,129 12.7 51.3
New York 4,532,748 2,318,874 37,330 16.1 49.6 2,213,874 37,885 17.1 50.4
North Carolina 2,087,443 1,066,896 16,383 15.4 49.9 1,020,547 16,464 16.1 50.1
North Dakota 146,827 78,945 762 9.7 51.3 71,313 755 10.6 50.7
Ohio 2,815,289 1,439,142 22,369 15.5 47.3 1,376,147 24,900 18.1 52.7
Oklahoma 878,243 450,303 6,159 13.7 49.2 427,940 6,366 14.9 50.8
Oregon 849,172 434,973 4,927 11.3 47.5 414,199 5,441 13.1 52.5
Pennsylvania 2,830,694 1,449,824 1,667 1.1 36.5 1,380,870 2,904 2.1 63.5
Rhode Island 244,049 124,958 1,674 13.4 50.9 119,091 1,612 13.5 49.1
South Carolina 1,023,504 523,322 5,329 10.2 48.2 500,182 5,726 11.4 51.8
South Dakota 195,426 100,272 2,157 21.5 49.9 95,154 2,164 22.7 50.1
Tennessee 1,394,479 715,358 4,247 5.9 45.2 679,121 5,155 7.6 54.8
Texas 6,240,162 3,188,824 23,791 7.5 47.3 3,051,338 26,536 8.7 52.7
Utah 742,927 382,023 5,628 14.7 45.6 360,904 6,713 18.6 54.4
Vermont 137,446 70,724 511 7.2 41.5 66,722 721 1.8 58.5
Virginia 1,798,767 918,885 3,019 3.3 46.6 879,882 3,466 3.9 53.4
Washington 1,496,581 767,208 2,994 3.9 49.7 729,373 3,026 4.1 50.3
West Virginia 390,901 200,194 4,351 21.7 49.2 190,707 4,500 23.6 50.8
Wisconsin 1,332,894 682,873 4,105 6.0 40.5 650,021 6,029 9.3 59.5
Wyoming 121,073 62,374 337 5.4 42.9 58,699 449 7.6 57.1
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Total 73,043,506 32,565,984 378,374 Blank Cell Blank Cell 31,057,552 405,505 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 48.3 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 51.7
Number Reporting 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50


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, 48.3 percent of child victims were boys and 51.7 percent of child victims were girls.



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