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Table 6-4 Children Who Were Removed From Home, 2004
Child Maltreatment 2004

State Total Victims Victims Removed from Home Total Nonvictims Nonvictims Removed from Home
Number Percent Number Percent
Alabama blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell
Alaska blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell
Arizona 7,344 3,455 47.0 73,777 2,536 3.4
Arkansas 7,276 1,657 22.8 37,196 530 1.4
California 98,201 37,317 38.4 345,546 32,752 9.5
Colorado 9,578 1,956 20.4 35,543 1,041 2.9
Connecticut 13,285 1,443 10.9 35,372 212 0.6
Delaware 1,581 121 7.7 blank cell blank cell blank cell
District of Columbia 2,378 690 29.0 blank cell blank cell blank cell
Florida 129,914 2,534 2.0 199,244 1,094 0.5
Georgia 52,851 7,564 14.3 150,820 1,612 1.1
Hawaii 3,629 1,823 50.2 3,557 470 13.2
Idaho 1,856 982 52.9 7,813 221 2.8
Illinois 29,150 4,229 14.5 113,577 2,324 2.0
Indiana 18,869 3,367 17.8 35,810 110 0.3
Iowa 13,804 1,949 14.1 23,359 1,263 5.4
Kansas 4,895 538 11.0 19,245 718 3.7
Kentucky 19,186 4,141 21.6 54,189 2,301 4.2
Louisiana 10,862 1,981 18.2 28,475 743 2.6
Maine 4,235 776 18.3 5,308 241 4.5
Maryland 15,180 655 4.3 blank cell blank cell blank cell
Massachusetts 36,201 5,246 14.5 45,018 2,772 6.2
Michigan blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell
Minnesota 8,183 2,814 34.4 17,412 1,209 6.9
Mississippi 5,674 1,035 18.2 18,872 748 4.0
Missouri 9,616 2,899 30.1 72,826 2,733 3.8
Montana 1,753 854 48.7 10,653 643 6.0
Nebraska 4,785 1,893 39.6 19,450 1,140 5.9
Nevada 4,377 1,777 40.6 19,628 1,043 5.3
New Hampshire 948 202 21.3 8,089 77 1.0
New Jersey 8,159 2,760 33.8 70,898 3,603 5.1
New Mexico 6,150 1,010 16.4 19,945 324 1.6
New York blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell
North Carolina blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell
North Dakota blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell
Ohio 43,093 6,658 15.5 67,879 2,968 4.4
Oklahoma 12,483 2,540 20.3 51,201 169 0.3
Oregon 11,759 4,928 41.9 blank cell blank cell blank cell
Pennsylvania blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell
Rhode Island 3,068 730 23.8 6,852 268 3.9
South Carolina 9,950 2,112 21.2 28,512 929 3.3
South Dakota blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell
Tennessee 14,840 3,795 25.6 59,995 2,869 4.8
Texas 50,891 9,680 19.0 175,723 1,200 0.7
Utah 13,559 1,638 12.1 20,187 834 4.1
Vermont 1,138 232 20.4 2,223 64 2.9
Virginia 6,959 1,167 16.8 49,129 981 2.0
Washington 6,730 2,866 42.6 44,135 4,606 10.4
West Virginia 8,446 665 7.9 32,470 457 1.4
Wisconsin blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell
Wyoming 678 284 41.9 3,056 51 1.7
Total 713,514 135,363 blank cell 2,012,984 77,856 blank cell
Weighted Percent blank cell blank cell 19.0 blank cell blank cell 3.9
Number Reporting 42 42 42 38 38 38

Data source: CAF

Children Who Were Removed from Home, 2004
This table lists each State in the first column followed by the total number of victims. The third column reports the number and the percentage of victims who were removed from their homes. The fifth column reports the total number of nonvictims and the next column reports the number and percentage of nonvictims removed from their homes. Among 42 reporting States, 19.0 percent of victims were removed from their homes. Among 38 reporting States, 3.9 percent of nonvictims were removed.

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