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Table 3-1
Dispositions of Children Who Were Subjects of a CPS Investigation, 2004
Child Maltreatment 2004

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
Subjects of an
Investigation
or Assessment
Child
Disposition
Rate
Alabama 1,094,533 9,414 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19,827 Blank Cell 2,059 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 31,300 28.6
Alaska       Blank Cell Blank Cell   Blank Cell   Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell    
Arizona 1,547,260 7,160 184 Blank Cell Blank Cell 41,188 Blank Cell Blank Cell 26,387 6,202 Blank Cell 81,121 52.4
Arkansas 676,550 7,276 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 20,786 Blank Cell 1,128 15,278 4 Blank Cell 44,472 65.7
California 9,596,463 98,201 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 287,875 Blank Cell Blank Cell 57,662 Blank Cell 9 443,747 46.2
Colorado 1,178,889 9,578 Blank Cell Blank Cell   33,953 Blank Cell Blank Cell 452 798 340 45,121 38.3
Connecticut 838,788 13,285 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 35,283 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 89 48,657 58.0
Delaware 193,506 1,581 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 8,930 Blank Cell 717 1,078 Blank Cell 1 12,307 63.6
District of Columbia 109,547 2,378 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,006 Blank Cell 3,839 3,851 Blank Cell Blank Cell 12,074 110.2
Florida 4,003,290 57,230 72,684 Blank Cell Blank Cell 124,392 555 Blank Cell 73,840 Blank Cell 457 329,158 82.2
Georgia 2,332,567 52,851 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 85,679 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 65,141 Blank Cell 203,671 87.3
Hawaii 298,693 3,629 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,556 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 1 7,186 24.1
Idaho 372,411 1,856 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,813 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 9,669 26.0
Illinois 3,238,150 29,150 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 78,259 825 Blank Cell 34,493   Blank Cell 142,727 44.1
Indiana 1,600,295 18,869 Blank Cell Blank Cell 29,406 35,129 Blank Cell Blank Cell 681 Blank Cell   54,679 34.2
Iowa 680,437 13,804 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 23,359 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell   37,163 54.6
Kansas 683,491 4,895 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19,245 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 24,140 35.3
Kentucky 980,187 16,138 Blank Cell 3,048 20,413 30,543 Blank Cell 2,279 Blank Cell 954 Blank Cell 73,375 74.9
Louisiana 1,164,961 10,862 Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,477 25,988 Blank Cell 964 Blank Cell 44 2 39,337 33.8
Maine 282,129 4,235 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 5,106 Blank Cell Blank Cell 202 Blank Cell Blank Cell 9,543 33.8
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 16,670 Blank Cell Blank Cell 81,219 55.5
Michigan 2,533,439 28,035 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 155,185 Blank Cell Blank Cell 260 Blank Cell 13,393 196,873 77.7
Minnesota 1,240,280 8,183 Blank Cell Blank Cell 9,014 7,741 29 619 Blank Cell Blank Cell 9 25,595 20.6
Mississippi 749,569 5,674 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 18,872 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 24,546 32.7
Missouri 1,384,542 9,616 Blank Cell Blank Cell 50,876 19,022 Blank Cell 2,909 7 3 9 82,442 59.5
Montana 208,093 1,610 143 Blank Cell Blank Cell 9,634 Blank Cell 958 61 Blank Cell   12,406 59.6
Nebraska 434,566 4,785 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 13,263 Blank Cell 600 5,538 Blank Cell 49 24,235 55.8
Nevada 603,596 4,377 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 16,399 Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,229 Blank Cell Blank Cell 24,005 39.8
New Hampshire 304,994 948 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,538 Blank Cell 392 2 Blank Cell 157 9,037 29.6
New Jersey 2,156,059 8,159 Blank Cell Blank Cell 53,668 17,230 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 79,057 36.7
New Mexico 492,287 6,150 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19,805 Blank Cell   Blank Cell Blank Cell 140 26,095 53.0
New York 4,572,363 74,483 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 172,883 Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,093 Blank Cell   250,459 54.8
North Carolina 2,118,492 29,073 Blank Cell 12   79,533 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 18 Blank Cell 108,636 51.3
North Dakota 138,955 1,668 Blank Cell Blank Cell   5,150 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 6,818 49.1
Ohio 2,779,212 26,861 16,232 Blank Cell Blank Cell 64,814 Blank Cell 2,007 Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,058 110,972 39.9
Oklahoma 859,870 12,483 Blank Cell Blank Cell 13,503 33,842 Blank Cell 3,856 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 63,684 74.1
Oregon 852,357 11,759 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 16,016 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 10,090 Blank Cell 37,865 44.4
Pennsylvania 2,837,009 4,647 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19,143 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 72 Blank Cell 23,862 8.4
Rhode Island 243,813 3,068 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 6,694 Blank Cell 158 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 9,920 40.7
South Carolina 1,024,700 9,950 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 18,155 Blank Cell Blank Cell 10,357 Blank Cell Blank Cell 38,462 37.5
South Dakota 190,874 1,257 660 Blank Cell Blank Cell 5,751 Blank Cell 683 Blank Cell Blank Cell 4 8,355 43.8
Tennessee 1,391,289 13,879 961 Blank Cell Blank Cell 50,271   8,616 Blank Cell 251 857 74,835 53.8
Texas 6,266,779 50,891 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 136,153 Blank Cell 10,256 Blank Cell 29,155 159 226,614 36.2
Utah 740,114 13,559 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2 18,940 18 12,225   Blank Cell 2 33,746 45.6
Vermont 134,894 1,138 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,187 31 2 Blank Cell Blank Cell 3 3,361 24.9
Virginia 1,804,900 6,959 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 5,707 154 Blank Cell 12,630 29,334 1,304 56,088 31.1
Washington 1,486,020 6,730 Blank Cell Blank Cell 6,350 22,877 Blank Cell 1,037 Blank Cell 13,871 Blank Cell 50,865 34.2
West Virginia 384,641 8,446 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19,346 Blank Cell 2,442 10,570 Blank Cell 112 40,916 106.4
Wisconsin 1,307,986 9,325 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 25,450 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 5,430 Blank Cell 40,205 30.7
Wyoming 116,932 678 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,323 733 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,734 31.9
Total 71,694,961 762,984 90,864 3,060 157,626 1,905,499 1,612 46,746 276,441 161,367 18,155 3,424,354 Blank Cell
Percent Blank Cell 22.3 2.7 0.1 4.6 55.6 0.0 1.4 8.1 4.7 0.5 Blank Cell 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 47.8
Number Reporting 49 49 6 2 9 49 6 21 21 15 21 49 49

Data source: CAF.

Dispositions of Children Who Were Subjects of a CPS Investigation, 2004
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 with no finding, no alleged maltreatment, other, or unknown or missing. The child disposition rate is the final column on the table. The national disposition rate was 47.8.



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