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Table 5-4 Parental Type of Perpetrators, 2005
Child Maltreatment 2005

State Biological
Parent 		Step-
Parent 		Adoptive
Parent 		Unknown
Parental Type		 Total
Parents
Alabama 1,971 37 11 5,972 7,991
Alaska 2,760 186 86 Blank Cell 3,032
Arizona 6,592 Blank Cell 47 54 6,693
Arkansas 4,056 324 36 1,753 6,169
California 80,743 3,881 706 5,988 91,318
Colorado 8,255 726 143 32 9,156
Connecticut Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Delaware 1,660 78 18 93 1,849
District of Columbia 2,526 59 35 7 2,627
Florida 47,133 3,623 418 713 51,887
Georgia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Hawaii 3,367 126 89 Blank Cell 3,582
Idaho 2,114 108 10 Blank Cell 2,232
Illinois Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Indiana 16,528 1,013 10 Blank Cell 17,551
Iowa 13,378 575 31 Blank Cell 13,984
Kansas 2,128 164 20 Blank Cell 2,312
Kentucky 16,045 996 78 12 17,131
Louisiana Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Maine 3,376 237 28 Blank Cell 3,641
Maryland Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Massachusetts 37,855 1,494 395 40 39,784
Michigan Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Minnesota 8,113 391 103 Blank Cell 8,607
Mississippi 5,574 358 92 Blank Cell 6,024
Missouri 6,689 632 85 Blank Cell 7,406
Montana 1,945 125 11 Blank Cell 2,081
Nebraska 6,370 400 63 Blank Cell 6,833
Nevada 3,811 136 22 6 3,975
New Hampshire Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
New Jersey 8,457 426 94 Blank Cell 8,977
New Mexico 6,375 144 32 1 6,552
New York 66,757 166 Blank Cell 11,019 77,942
North Carolina 20,482 1,218 204 Blank Cell 21,904
North Dakota Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Ohio 35,921 244 332 1,467 37,964
Oklahoma 17,528 1,656 323 147 19,654
Oregon Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Pennsylvania 2,070 321 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,391
Puerto Rico Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Rhode Island 3,387 150 36 Blank Cell 3,573
South Carolina 11,410 650 126 51 12,237
South Dakota 1,511 75 8 Blank Cell 1,594
Tennessee 15,379 Blank Cell 215 Blank Cell 15,594
Texas 61,760 3,713 19 Blank Cell 65,492
Utah 10,162 902 61 92 11,217
Vermont 661 55 10 Blank Cell 726
Virginia 5,262 370 42 34 5,708
Washington Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
West Virginia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Wisconsin 4,805 361 75 Blank Cell 5,241
Wyoming Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Total 554,916 26,120 4,114 27,481 612,631
Percent 90.6 4.3 0.7 4.5 100.0
Number Reporting 39 37 37 18 39

Parental Type of Perpetrators, 2005

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 612,631 parental perpetrators, 90.6 percent were biological parents.

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