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Table 3-12 Race and Ethnicity of Victims, 2004
Child Maltreatment 2004

State African-American Only American Indian or Alaska Native Only Asian Only Pacific Islander Only White Only Multiple Race Hispanic Only Total
Population Victims Rate Percent Population Victims Rate Percent Population Victims Rate Percent Population Victims Rate Percent Population Victims Rate Percent Population Victims Rate Percent Population Victims Rate Percent  
Alabama 350,934 2,775 7.9 35.0 5,064 13 2.6 0.2 7,862 12 1.5 0.2 246 4 16.3 0.1 693,863 4,916 7.1 61.9         30,387 218 7.2 2.7 7,938
Alaska                                                          
Arizona 51,935 500 9.6 7.1 95,102 266 2.8 3.8 24,348 30 1.2 0.4 1,928 19 9.9 0.3 723,932 3,274 4.5 46.3 32,510 256 7.9 3.6 582,880 2,723 4.7 38.5 7,068
Arkansas 137,944 1,489 10.8 20.6 4,600 9 2.0 0.1 5,809 9 1.5 0.1 641 2 3.1 0.0 477,707 5,061 10.6 69.9 11,557 317 27.4 4.4 41,336 357 8.6 4.9 7,244
California 646,639 14,743 22.8 15.8 46,047 1,040 22.6 1.1 919,770 2,813 3.1 3.0 32,810 402 12.3 0.4 3,195,153 30,030 9.4 32.3       0.0 4,331,558 44,002 10.2 47.3 93,030
Colorado 49,413 721 14.6 7.6 8,171 62 7.6 0.7 25,920 74 2.9 0.8 1,099 10 9.1 0.1 748,604 4,931 6.6 52.1 31,149 219 7.0 2.3 299,633 3,455 11.5 36.5 9,472
Connecticut 95,165 3,145 33.0 24.2 2,071 17 8.2 0.1 24,992 68 2.7 0.5 287 10 34.8 0.1 574,372 5,691 9.9 43.8 18,058 467 25.9 3.6 122,460 3,608 29.5 27.7 13,006
Delaware 47,731 664 13.9 42.0 507 2 3.9 0.1 4,444 1 0.2 0.1 54 1 18.5 0.1 120,635 774 6.4 49.0       0.0 16,176 138 8.5 8.7 1,580
District of Columbia 79,049 1,434 18.1 94.3 184 0 0.0 0.0 1,701 9 5.3 0.6 42 0 0.0 0.0 14,896 2 0.1 0.1 1,824 14 7.7 0.9 11,090 61 5.5 4.0 1,520
Florida 830,443 38,908 46.9 30.1 11,089 224 20.2 0.2 73,492 538 7.3 0.4 2,060 60 29.1 0.0 2,100,979 71,695 34.1 55.5 70,774 1,510 21.3 1.2 840,365 16,156 19.2 12.5 129,091
Georgia 786,278 22,430 28.5 42.4 4,504 0 0.0 0.0 52,722 288 5.5 0.5 968 31 32.0 0.1 1,235,648 29,411 23.8 55.6       0.0 183,035 691 3.8 1.3 52,851
Hawaii 6,421 64 10.0 2.1 594 5 8.4 0.2 88,848 400 4.5 13.3 33,727 742 22.0 24.7 45,197 398 8.8 13.2 82,956 1,305 15.7 43.4 38,711 94 2.4 3.1 3,008
Idaho 1,778 19 10.7 1.1 5,294 78 14.7 4.4 2,763 8 2.9 0.4 348 2 5.7 0.1 308,184 1,421 4.6 79.8 7,210 13 1.8 0.7 46,869 239 5.1 13.4 1,780
Illinois 593,403 9,879 16.6 34.6 4,469 17 3.8 0.1 109,098 135 1.2 0.5 768 16 20.8 0.1 1,867,818 15,554 8.3 54.5       0.0 601,560 2,938 4.9 10.3 28,539
Indiana 171,154 3,141 18.4 16.7 3,306 24 7.3 0.1 15,712 40 2.5 0.2 456 8 17.5 0.0 1,286,868 13,996 10.9 74.6 31,778 610 19.2 3.3 90,309 943 10.4 5.0 18,762
Iowa 21,127 1,086 51.4 9.2 2,628 113 43.0 1.0 10,337 136 13.2 1.2 202 39 193.1 0.3 607,043 9,580 15.8 81.3 13,104 186 14.2 1.6 36,834 650 17.6 5.5 11,790
Kansas 47,649 590 12.4 12.9 6,209 35 5.6 0.8 13,205 10 0.8 0.2 348 1 2.9 0.0 525,268 3,693 7.0 80.5 19,691 123 6.2 2.7 79,266 133 1.7 2.9 4,585
Kentucky 89,219 2,401 26.9 13.7 1,678 16 9.5 0.1 8,045 19 2.4 0.1 381 1 2.6 0.0 845,305 14,303 16.9 81.8 18,062 453 25.1 2.6 22,487 291 12.9 1.7 17,484
Louisiana 472,926 5,065 10.7 47.2 7,303 25 3.4 0.2 15,146 31 2.0 0.3 267 8 30.0 0.1 635,152 5,390 8.5 50.3 13,398 51 3.8 0.5 32,275 150 4.6 1.4 10,720
Maine 2,705 55 20.3 2.0 2,065 27 13.1 1.0 2,730 15 5.5 0.5 82 3 36.6 0.1 270,243 2,594 9.6 93.7 4,745 55 11.6 2.0 3,804 20 5.3 0.7 2,769
Maryland 450,062 7,218 16.0 50.8 3,326 24 7.2 0.2 56,182 142 2.5 1.0 492 11 22.4 0.1 750,325 6,077 8.1 42.8       0.0 87,099 723 8.3 5.1 14,195
Massachusetts 108,001 5,061 46.9 16.5 3,017 59 19.6 0.2 66,528 644 9.7 2.1 549 7 12.8 0.0 1,098,113 16,498 15.0 53.7 29,567 779 26.3 2.5 167,880 7,684 45.8 25.0 30,732
Michigan 445,734 9,665 21.7 35.0 14,770 244 16.5 0.9 54,094 117 2.2 0.4 625 0 0.0 0.0 1,832,802 16,683 9.1 60.4       0.0 130,836 929 7.1 3.4 27,638
Minnesota 70,762 1,951 27.6 24.8 18,834 520 27.6 6.6 56,439 187 3.3 2.4 468 1 2.1 0.0 1,005,810 3,758 3.7 47.8 35,370 712 20.1 9.1 63,346 727 11.5 9.3 7,856
Mississippi 337,265 2,292 6.8 49.0 3,981 6 1.5 0.1 5,109 18 3.5 0.4 141 0 0.0 0.0 387,843 2,274 5.9 48.6 6,732 36 5.3 0.8 13,551 55 4.1 1.2 4,681
Missouri 202,767 2,147 10.6 22.7 5,530 50 9.0 0.5 16,218 21 1.3 0.2 932 5 5.4 0.1 1,093,979 6,982 6.4 73.7       0.0 47,961 267 5.6 2.8 9,472
Montana 830 13 15.7 0.9 20,806 389 18.7 26.8 1,141 5 4.4 0.3 108 3 27.8 0.2 177,761 912 5.1 62.8 5,161 54 10.5 3.7 7,388 77 10.4 5.3 1,453
Nebraska 23,906 542 22.7 12.3 5,258 278 52.9 6.3 6,262 22 3.5 0.5 185 2 10.8 0.0 348,999 3,064 8.8 69.5 9,140 10 1.1 0.2 44,200 489 11.1 11.1 4,407
Nevada 47,813 725 15.2 17.2 6,533 24 3.7 0.6 24,474 42 1.7 1.0 2,707 55 20.3 1.3 295,888 2,301 7.8 54.6 22,487 181 8.0 4.3 184,020 889 4.8 21.1 4,217
New Hampshire 2,814 28 10.0 3.1 669 2 3.0 0.2 4,964 1 0.2 0.1 96 2 20.8 0.2 283,930 779 2.7 87.3 4,811 27 5.6 3.0 9,109 53 5.8 5.9 892
New Jersey 336,104 3,049 9.1 46.5 3,069 16 5.2 0.2 144,279 78 0.5 1.2 662 0 0.0 0.0 1,239,317 2,933 2.4 44.8       0.0 376,604 475 1.3 7.3 6,551
New Mexico 8,752 154 17.6 2.8 61,192 532 8.7 9.7 4,466 8 1.8 0.1 286 2 7.0 0.0 158,190 1,736 11.0 31.7 8,499 117 13.8 2.1 256,444 2,926 11.4 53.4 5,475
New York 823,288 20,021 24.3 29.9 16,204 240 14.8 0.4 263,238 705 2.7 1.1 1,628 18 11.1 0.0 2,479,830 30,419 12.3 45.4 82,125 1,518 18.5 2.3 904,932 14,092 15.6 21.0 67,013
North Carolina 538,251 9,167 17.0 31.6 29,524 697 23.6 2.4 37,048 112 3.0 0.4 946 77 81.4 0.3 1,282,465 15,780 12.3 54.4 36,650 494 13.5 1.7 165,000 2,657 16.1 9.2 28,984
North Dakota 1,222 86 70.4 5.2 12,308 334 27.1 20.0 891 4 4.5 0.2 87 4 46.0 0.2 123,576 1,228 9.9 73.6       0.0 3,213 12 3.7 0.7 1,668
Ohio 412,134 11,262 27.3 28.1 4,832 121 25.0 0.3 35,104 72 2.1 0.2 658 13 19.8 0.0 2,203,015 27,555 12.5 68.7 65,913 514 7.8 1.3 84,033 576 6.9 1.4 40,113
Oklahoma 81,331 1,716 21.1 13.8 88,875 1,955 22.0 15.7 11,235 22 2.0 0.2 616 44 71.4 0.4 560,696 7,051 12.6 56.6 49,360 327 6.6 2.6 78,542 1,337 17.0 10.7 12,452
Oregon 16,881 603 35.7 5.6 11,655 1,012 86.8 9.4 27,027 94 3.5 0.9 2,385 35 14.7 0.3 638,376 7,456 11.7 69.3       0.0 123,979 1,560 12.6 14.5 10,760
Pennsylvania                                                          
Rhode Island 15,856 375 23.7 12.7 1,535 38 24.8 1.3 7,217 61 8.5 2.1 130 0 0.0 0.0 174,507 1,699 9.7 57.7 5,894 97 16.5 3.3 38,887 677 17.4 23.0 2,947
South Carolina 362,991 3,888 10.7 39.7 3,385 12 3.5 0.1 9,727 19 2.0 0.2 347 4 11.5 0.0 593,269 5,298 8.9 54.1 14,943 290 19.4 3.0 36,797 276 7.5 2.8 9,787
South Dakota 1,677 37 22.1 2.1 27,672 774 28.0 43.8 1,312 4 3.0 0.2 59 2 33.9 0.1 153,369 779 5.1 44.1 4,376 72 16.5 4.1 5,506 98 17.8 5.5 1,766
Tennessee 297,857 3,957 13.3 30.1 3,047 27 8.9 0.2 16,197 50 3.1 0.4 551 16 29.0 0.1 1,003,873 8,613 8.6 65.5       0.0 49,077 482 9.8 3.7 13,145
Texas 761,161 8,825 11.6 17.6 17,454 52 3.0 0.1 165,505 216 1.3 0.4 3,568 31 8.7 0.1 2,528,684 18,908 7.5 37.6 82,867 1,385 16.7 2.8 2,650,848 20,804 7.8 41.4 50,221
Utah 5,883 345 58.6 2.6 10,137 279 27.5 2.1 9,921 104 10.5 0.8 6,359 226 35.5 1.7 600,456 9,191 15.3 68.3 15,155 199 13.1 1.5 92,558 3,118 33.7 23.2 13,462
Vermont 979 32 32.7 2.9 493 0 0.0 0.0 1,480 2 1.4 0.2 28 0 0.0 0.0 130,402 1,058 8.1 96.5 2,278 2 0.9 0.2 1,705 2 1.2 0.2 1,096
Virginia 410,672 2,308 5.6 34.4 4,101 6 1.5 0.1 71,803 41 0.6 0.6 925 3 3.2 0.0 1,130,529 3,407 3.0 50.8 50,050 382 7.6 5.7 126,319 556 4.4 8.3 6,703
Washington 57,620 599 10.4 9.2 26,744 492 18.4 7.6 81,636 111 1.4 1.7 7,531 41 5.4 0.6 1,053,289 4,205 4.0 64.6       0.0 192,807 1,058 5.5 16.3 6,506
West Virginia 14,062 302 21.5 3.9 624 0 0.0 0.0 2,040 4 2.0 0.1 91 7 76.9 0.1 362,053 6,978 19.3 90.9 6,267 324 51.7 4.2 3,805 59 15.5 0.8 7,674
Wisconsin 113,058 1,984 17.5 24.1 14,797 233 15.7 2.8 36,291 134 3.7 1.6 356 0 0.0 0.0 1,050,699 5,477 5.2 66.5       0.0 82,997 402 4.8 4.9 8,230
Wyoming 967 15 15.5 2.4 3,842 9 2.3 1.4 594 0 0.0 0.0 81 0 0.0 0.0 101,256 527 5.2 84.5 2,249 6 2.7 1.0 11,030 67 6.1 10.7 624
Total 10,439,442 207,476     672,397 10,398     2,632,638 7,676     111,672 1,968     41,229,759 442,340     896,710 13,105   13,463,578 139,994     822,957
Weighted Rate     19.9       15.5       2.9       17.6       10.7       14.6       10.4    
Weight Percent       25.2       1.3       0.9       0.2       53.8       1.6       17.0  
Number Reporting 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 35 35 35 35 49 49 49 49 49

Data Source: CAF.

Race and Ethnicity of Victims, 2004
This table breaks down the child victims by race. In the first column, it first lists the name of each State. The following columns each list race classifications as follows: African-American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Pacific Islander, White, multiple race, and Hispanic. All except multiple race and Hispanic are exclusionary categories. Under each race or ethnicity category the population, number of victims, and victimization rate are listed. The final section list the total across all races or ethnicities, total victims and total rate of victimization. African-American children and American Indian or Alaska Native children had the highest rates of victimization at 19.9 and 15.5 per 1,000 children of the same race or ethnicity, respectively.

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