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Table 6-4 Children Who Were Removed From Home, 2005
Child Maltreatment 2005

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 6,119 2,944 48.1 78,035 3,963 5.1
Arkansas blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell
California 95,314 39,482 41.4 339,275 36,416 10.7
Colorado 9,406 1,957 20.8 31,760 948 3.0
Connecticut 11,419 1,189 10.4 33,645 170 0.5
Delaware 1,960 168 8.6 blank cell blank cell blank cell
District of Columbia 2,840 610 21.5 blank cell blank cell blank cell
Florida 130,633 14,892 11.4 203,660 2,045 1.0
Georgia blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell
Hawaii 2,762 1,452 52.6 2,664 389 14.6
Idaho 1,912 1,083 56.6 7,734 230 3.0
Illinois 29,325 4,298 14.7 116,766 2,318 2.0
Indiana 19,062 3,755 19.7 38,690 114 0.3
Iowa 14,016 3,314 23.6 24,022 1,694 7.1
Kansas 2,775 317 11.4 18,465 761 4.1
Kentucky 19,474 4,355 22.4 56,151 2,407 4.3
Louisiana 12,366 2,606 21.1 32,264 917 2.8
Maine 3,349 676 20.2 5,892 258 4.4
Maryland 14,603 786 5.4 blank cell blank cell blank cell
Massachusetts 35,887 5,147 14.3 44,022 2,570 5.8
Michigan blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell
Minnesota 8,499 3,271 38.5 19,183 1,287 6.7
Mississippi 6,154 1,152 18.7 18,494 835 4.5
Missouri 8,945 2,818 31.5 73,307 2,842 3.9
Montana 2,095 943 45.0 11,698 803 6.9
Nebraska 6,630 2,387 36.0 28,991 1,487 5.1
Nevada 4,971 2,272 45.7 22,767 1,270 5.6
New Hampshire 941 225 23.9 8,334 57 0.7
New Jersey 9,812 2,801 28.5 51,229 2,521 4.9
New Mexico 7,285 1,477 20.3 25,665 499 1.9
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 42,483 6,473 15.2 70,117 3,305 4.7
Oklahoma blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell
Oregon 12,414 5,626 45.3 blank cell blank cell blank cell
Pennsylvania blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell blank cell
Puerto Rico 15,807 1,279 8.1 blank cell blank cell blank cell
Rhode Island 3,366 833 24.7 7,368 280 3.8
South Carolina 10,759 2,408 22.4 27,479 1,054 3.8
South Dakota 1,442 675 46.8 5,716 376 6.6
Tennessee 18,376 3,365 18.3 76,093 2,433 3.2
Texas 61,994 12,210 19.7 207,128 1,671 0.8
Utah 13,152 1,046 8.0 20,532 67 0.3
Vermont 1,080 203 18.8 2,019 73 3.6
Virginia 6,469 1,069 16.5 49,687 886 1.8
Washington 7,932 3,393 42.8 45,192 5,127 11.3
West Virginia 9,511 820 8.6 40,738 517 1.3
Wisconsin 9,686 2,460 25.4 31,744 1,847 5.8
Wyoming 853 409 47.9 3,083 81 2.6
Total 683,878 148,646 blank cell 1,879,609 84,518 blank cell
Weighted Percent blank cell blank cell 21.7 blank cell blank cell 4.5
Number Reporting 42 42 42 37 37 37

 

Children Who Were Removed from Home, 2005

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, 21.7 percent of victims were removed from their homes. Among 37 reporting States, 4.5 percent of nonvictims were removed.

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