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Table 2-2   Report Sources, 2004
Child Maltreatment 2004

State Educational
Personnel		 Legal, Law Enforcement,
Criminal Justice Personnel		 Social Services
Personnel		 Medical
Personnel 		Mental Health Personnel Child Daycare Providers Foster Care Providers Anonymous Sources Other Other Relatives Parents Friend(s) or Neighbor(s) Unknown or Missing Alleged Victims Alleged Perpetrators Total Reports
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Alabama 2,797 14.5 4,337 22.5 1,740 9.0 1,664 8.6 684 3.5 156 0.8 65 0.3 1,140 5.9 1,112 5.8 2,200 11.4 1,787 9.3 1,367 7.1     219 1.1 18 0.1 19,286 100.9
Alaska                                                                
Arizona 7,235 20.3 5,952 16.7 2,127 6.0 4,107 11.5 1,575 4.4 523 1.5     2,786 7.8 1,791 5.0 3,276 9.2 2,911 8.2 2,968 8.3 68 0.2 304 0.9     35,623 100.0
Arkansas 3,377 16.8 2,150 10.7 1,613 8.0 1,399 7.0 1,118 5.6 249 1.2     2,894 14.4 1,747 8.7 2,283 11.4 1,618 8.1 1,435 7.1 32 0.2 161 0.8     20,076 100.0
California 42,251 17.4 36,302 14.9 14,629 6.0 16,204 6.7 23,749 9.8 1,261 0.5 369 0.2 28,510 11.7 35,209 14.5 16,592 6.8     7,290 3.0 19,973 8.2 751 0.3     243,090 103.6
Colorado 5,495 18.6 6,127 20.7 2,172 7.4 2,799 9.5 2,054 7.0 385 1.3 617 2.1 1,085 3.7 2,918 9.9 2,621 8.9 1,618 5.5 1,435 4.9     212 0.7 2 0.0 29,540 100.0
Connecticut 7,163 22.3 6,624 20.6 2,471 7.7 3,132 9.8 2,109 6.6 417 1.3 258 0.8 4,164 13.0 1,509 4.7 1,254 3.9 2,039 6.4 549 1.7 229 0.7 157 0.5 22 0.1 32,097 100.0
Delaware 952 18.0 1,354 25.7 241 4.6 469 8.9 184 3.5 88 1.7 20 0.4 518 9.8 400 7.6 363 6.9 420 8.0 197 3.7     48 0.9 22 0.4 5,276 100.0
District of Columbia 548 11.0 792 15.9 1,342 27.0 217 4.4 224 4.5 42 0.8 39 0.8 649 13.0 221 4.4 433 8.7 230 4.6 214 4.3     18 0.4 8 0.2 4,977 100.0
Florida 19,063 13.1 34,925 24.0 16,176 11.1 10,144 7.0 4,269 2.9 1,306 0.9     11,166 7.7 10,086 6.9 12,136 8.3 13,047 9.0 9,807 6.7     2,436 1.7 832 0.6 145,393 100.0
Georgia 19,702 23.0 12,837 15.0 13,553 15.8 7,220 8.4     794 0.9     8,533 9.9 2,630 3.1 7,580 8.8 7,238 8.4 5,394 6.3     276 0.3 60 0.1 85,817 100.0
Hawaii 506 14.0 677 18.8 461 12.8 627 17.4 89 2.5 8 0.2 26 0.7 306 8.5 198 5.5 280 7.8 147 4.1 160 4.4 109 3.0 13 0.4 1 0.0 3,608 100.0
Idaho 1,168 18.0 1,399 21.5 172 2.6 603 9.3 33 0.5 102 1.6 32 0.5 230 3.5 681 10.5 575 8.8 549 8.4 829 12.7 42 0.6 87 1.3     6,502 100.0
Illinois 11,852 18.3 11,918 18.4 8,633 13.3 8,711 13.4 766 1.2 236 0.4 606 0.9 7,295 11.3 2,265 3.5 4,332 6.7 4,610 7.1 2,796 4.3 511 0.8 192 0.3 61 0.1 64,784 100.0
Indiana 6,866 19.2 6,771 18.9 2,677 7.5 582 1.6 1,435 4.0 517 1.4 251 0.7 3,253 9.1 1,469 4.1 2,633 7.4 3,511 9.8 2,320 6.5 3,242 9.1 226 0.6 64 0.2 35,817 100.0
Iowa 3,273 13.4 3,526 14.5 3,655 15.0 1,597 6.6 663 2.7 349 1.4 331 1.4     6,141 25.2             4,787 19.6     44 0.2 24,366 100.0
Kansas 3,270 20.8 1,535 9.8 2,418 15.4 982 6.2 159 1.0 198 1.3 447 2.8 1,997 12.7 882 5.6 1,204 7.7 1,630 10.4 923 5.9 32 0.2 53 0.3     15,730 100.0
Kentucky 3,091 6.6 3,449 7.3 1,176 2.5 978 2.1 756 1.6     183 0.4 5,280 11.2 8,152 17.4 3,479 7.4 4,307 9.2 7,326 15.6 8,306 17.7 468 1.0     46,951 100.0
Louisiana 4,526 19.0 3,181 13.3 1,940 8.1 2,340 9.8 571 2.4 124 0.5 43 0.2 1,793 7.5 1,976 8.3 3,135 13.1 2,232 9.4 1,827 7.7     128 0.5 27 0.1 23,843 100.0
Maine 800 14.9 706 13.2 722 13.5 446 8.3 529 9.9 81 1.5 16 0.3 398 7.4 372 6.9 545 10.2 337 6.3 370 6.9 8 0.1 28 0.5     5,358 100.0
Maryland                                                                
Massachusetts 4,099 10.5 7,501 19.3 2,132 5.5 3,728 9.6     368 0.9 91 0.2 4,141 10.6 2,634 6.8 820 2.1 1,009 2.6     12,097 31.1 98 0.3 224 0.6 38,942 100.0
Michigan 12,794 17.2 10,624 14.3 9,935 13.4 7,904 10.6 738 1.0 432 0.6     7,586 10.2 6,278 8.4 6,041 8.1 6,606 8.9 4,636 6.2 480 0.6 279 0.4     74,333 100.0
Minnesota 4,112 23.5 4,461 25.5 1,929 11.0 1,384 7.9 638 3.7 237 1.4 304 1.7 517 3.0 775 4.4 1,012 5.8 1,027 5.9 949 5.4 19 0.1 97 0.6 10 0.1 17,471 100.0
Mississippi 2,841 18.0 2,090 13.2 563 3.6 1,689 10.7 570 3.6 149 0.9 97 0.6 2,558 16.2 513 3.2 2,049 13.0 1,464 9.3 985 6.2 12 0.1 221 1.4     15,801 100.0
Missouri 6,216 11.5 7,021 13.0 6,427 11.9 3,700 6.8 3,919 7.2 605 1.1 173 0.3     1,906 3.5             24,249 44.7         54,216 100.0
Montana 1,097 14.7 1,305 17.5 1,256 16.9 391 5.2 223 3.0 69 0.9 76 1.0 184 2.5 910 12.2 620 8.3 508 6.8 739 9.9 58 0.8 14 0.2     7,450 100.0
Nebraska 1,357 12.4 1,993 18.2 839 7.7 857 7.8 423 3.9 199 1.8 85 0.8 1,118 10.2 370 3.4 1,089 9.9 58 0.5 1,122 10.2 482 4.4 959 8.7 11 0.1 10,962 100.0
Nevada 2,559 19.6 3,072 23.5 1,004 7.7 1,197 9.2 342 2.6 170 1.3 31 0.2 1,637 12.5 356 2.7 933 7.1 947 7.3 764 5.8 2 0.0 46 0.4 2 0.0 13,062 100.0
New Hampshire 1,349 21.1 985 15.4 412 6.4 695 10.9 360 5.6 74 1.2 27 0.4     796 12.4 577 9.0 300 4.7 778 12.2 27 0.4 20 0.3     6,400 100.0
New Jersey 9,950 22.5 7,167 16.2 2,180 4.9 5,503 12.5         851 1.9 5,879 13.3 3,588 8.1 2,649 6.0 3,735 8.5 2,113 4.8     512 1.2     44,127 100.0
New Mexico 2,797 17.5 2,301 14.4 904 5.6 1,329 8.3 488 3.0 64 0.4 72 0.4 4,077 25.5 1,529 9.6 1,144 7.1 990 6.2 228 1.4 15 0.1 67 0.4     16,005 100.0
New York 25,230 17.0 17,652 11.9 26,994 18.2 9,800 6.6 4,738 3.2 614 0.4 1,652 1.1 23,556 15.9 14,186 9.6 7,704 5.2 11,268 7.6 4,850 3.3             148,244 100.0
North Carolina 9,036 16.8 5,586 10.4 8,483 15.8 4,370 8.1     776 1.4     7,590 14.1     6,486 12.1 4,324 8.1 6,608 12.3     409 0.8     53,668 100.0
North Dakota 823 21.0 912 23.3 361 9.2 236 6.0 121 3.1 91 2.3 8 0.2 139 3.6 375 9.6 289 7.4 313 8.0 223 5.7 8 0.2 10 0.3 3 0.1 3,912 100.0
Ohio 9,113 13.0 12,680 18.0 11,838 16.8 3,449 4.9 2,537 3.6 815 1.2 476 0.7 7,391 10.5 6,143 8.7 10,671 15.2     4,569 6.5     598 0.9     70,280 100.0
Oklahoma 3,720 10.3 4,503 12.5 5,858 16.2 2,826 7.8 2,140 5.9 722 2.0 157 0.4 744 2.1 4,959 13.7 5,358 14.9 2,433 6.7 2,117 5.9 260 0.7 220 0.6 53 0.1 36,070 100.0
Oregon 3,774 16.0 5,233 22.2 3,093 13.1 2,389 10.2 310 1.3 297 1.3 192 0.8 910 3.9 3,308 14.1 1,591 6.8 631 2.7 1,294 5.5     507 2.2     23,529 100.0
Pennsylvania 5,757 24.1 1,870 7.8 3,418 14.3 3,308 13.9 1,247 5.2 428 1.8 1,415 5.9 972 4.1 1,213 5.1 1,036 4.3 2,065 8.7 682 2.9     414 1.7 37 0.2 23,862 100.0
Rhode Island 1,487 22.2 973 14.5 634 9.5 827 12.3 229 3.4 159 2.4     528 7.9 234 3.5 399 5.9 470 7.0 416 6.2 276 4.1 75 1.1     6,707 100.0
South Carolina 3,552 20.7 2,796 16.3 1,539 9.0 2,066 12.0 466 2.7 110 0.6 84 0.5 1,957 11.4 566 3.3 1,585 9.2 1,245 7.2 1,079 6.3     92 0.5 49 0.3 17,186 100.0
South Dakota 839 18.2 957 20.7 105 2.3 338 7.3 221 4.8 102 2.2 20 0.4 404 8.7 733 15.9 380 8.2 329 7.1 165 3.6 10 0.2 13 0.3 4 0.1 4,620 100.0
Tennessee 1,401 2.9 2,716 5.6 2,048 4.2 1,201 2.5 431 0.9 299 0.6 96 0.2     247 0.5 1,749 3.6 1,647 3.4 2,028 4.2 34,661 71.3 72 0.1 26 0.1 48,622 100.0
Texas 27,022 19.3 18,734 13.4 6,383 4.6 16,057 11.5 3,692 2.6 1,563 1.1 132 0.1 10,927 7.8 13,156 9.4 15,199 10.9 14,304 10.2 9,446 6.7 2,968 2.1 455 0.3     140,038 100.0
Utah 2,075 9.8 6,142 29.1 2,727 12.9 1,072 5.1 721 3.4 207 1.0 211 1.0     916 4.3 3,162 15.0 1,072 5.1 1,518 7.2 1,164 5.5 120 0.6 25 0.1 21,132 100.0
Vermont 637 23.7 429 15.9 225 8.4 224 8.3 237 8.8 68 2.5 36 1.3 82 3.0 117 4.3 180 6.7 280 10.4 85 3.2 42 1.6 34 1.3 14 0.5 2,690 100.0
Virginia 5,457 19.4 4,602 16.4 1,835 6.5 2,081 7.4 1,867 6.6 344 1.2 33 0.1 3,402 12.1 1,917 6.8 2,672 9.5 2,022 7.2 1,479 5.3 199 0.7 161 0.6 34 0.1 28,105 100.0
Washington 5,419 16.8 3,814 11.8 5,947 18.4 2,684 8.3 1,776 5.5 885 2.7 245 0.8 1,180 3.7 1,350 4.2 2,785 8.6 2,568 7.9 3,459 10.7     189 0.6 13 0.0 32,314 100.0
West Virginia 2,426 13.1 1,128 6.1 2,513 13.6 881 4.8 82 0.4 134 0.7 149 0.8 4,078 22.0 1,869 10.1 1,923 10.4 2,008 10.8 1,090 5.9 57 0.3 146 0.8 24 0.1 18,508 100.0
Wisconsin 7,034 15.9 7,164 16.2 7,657 17.3 1,892 4.3 2,142 4.8 531 1.2 76 0.2 1,999 4.5 6,664 15.0 3,201 7.2 3,235 7.3 2,423 5.5     233 0.5 49 0.1 44,300 110.2
Wyoming 381 18.9 407 20.2 173 8.6 140 6.9 77 3.8     31 1.5 95 4.7 119 5.9 168 8.3 245 12.1 151 7.5 2 0.1 26 1.3 3 0.1 2,018 100.0
Total 308,289   291,380   197,330   148,439   71,702   17,348   10,123   175,648   157,486   148,393   115,334   103,203   114,427   11,864   1,742   1,872,708  
Weighted Percent   16.5   15.6   10.5   7.9   3.8   0.9   0.5   9.4   8.4   7.9   6.2   5.5   6.1   0.6   0.1   100.0
Number Reporting 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 45 45 46 46 42 42 44 44 48 48 47 47 45 45 46 46 33 33 46 46 29 29 49 49

Data source: CAF.

Report by Source, 2004
This table lists the source of referrals by State. The first column lists the name of each State and the following columns list the number and percentage of referrals reported by the source indicated at the top of the column. These columns include social services personnel; mental health personnel; medical personnel; legal, law enforcement, criminal justice personnel; educational personnel; child daycare provider(s); foster care providers; alleged victims; parent(s); other relatives; friend(s) or neighbor(s); unknown or missing, alleged victims, alleged perpetrators; anonymous sources; and other. The last column of the table lists the total number of reports per State. The total number of reports among all of the States combined, for 2004, was 1,872,708.

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