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Table 5-3 Parental Type of Perpetrators, 2004
Child Maltreatment 2004

State Biological Parent Step-Parent Adoptive Parent Unknown Parental Type Total
Parents
Alabama          
Alaska          
Arizona 7,865   51 63 7,979
Arkansas 3,806 359 50 1,719 5,934
California          
Colorado 8,190 764 106 35 9,095
Connecticut          
Delaware 1,337 72 8 55 1,472
District of Columbia 1,704 16 17 4 1,741
Florida 48,599 3,905 398 566 53,468
Georgia          
Hawaii 4,336 189 63   4,588
Idaho 2,047 132 16   2,195
Illinois          
Indiana 16,390 1,086     17,476
Iowa 13,197 529 36   13,762
Kansas 3,987 303 40   4,330
Kentucky 15,746 990 106 14 16,856
Louisiana          
Maine 4,619 304 45 18 4,986
Maryland          
Massachusetts 38,283 1,590 373 66 40,312
Michigan          
Minnesota 7,569 378 68   8,015
Mississippi 5,027 398 79   5,504
Missouri 7,078 733 98   7,909
Montana 1,655 96 23   1,774
Nebraska 4,565 284 53   4,902
Nevada 3,629 83 25   3,737
New Hampshire          
New Jersey 7,013 308 72   7,393
New Mexico          
New York 71,514 121   9,970 81,605
North Carolina 24,730 1,300 227   26,257
North Dakota          
Ohio 35,468 222 304 1,587 37,581
Oklahoma 15,347 1,492 250 110 17,199
Oregon          
Pennsylvania 2,305 343     2,648
Rhode Island 2,914 91 59   3,064
South Carolina 10,443 557 99 28 11,127
South Dakota 1,998 111 14   2,123
Tennessee          
Texas 49,346 3,169 48   52,563
Utah 10,677 993 67 60 11,797
Vermont 667 57 17   741
Virginia 5,393 420 61 58 5,932
Washington          
West Virginia          
Wisconsin          
Wyoming          
Total 437,444 21,395 2,873 14,353 476,065
Percent 91.9 4.5 0.6 3.0 100.0
Number Reporting 33 32 30 15 33

Data Source: Child File.

Parental Type of Perpetrators, 2004
This table breaks out the parental status of perpetrators. The fist column lists all of the States. The next four columns list the number of perpetrators by such parental type as biological parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, and unknown parental type. The last column totals the parents. Of the total 476,065 parental perpetrators, 91.9 percent were biological parents.

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