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Table 5-4 Type of Parental Perpetrators, 2006
Child Maltreatment 2006

State Biological ParentStepparentAdoptive ParentUnknown Parental TypeTotal Parents
Alabama 5,70285242,2588,069
Alaska 3,61924187Blank Cell3,947
Arizona 4,757Blank Cell35304,822
Arkansas 6,98053683577,656
California 75,7673,7888076,03886,400
Colorado 9,4999111316910,610
Connecticut Blank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank Cell
Delaware 1,6145311901,768
District of Columbia 2,4292618112,484
Florida 48,5763,31040269852,986
Georgia Blank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank Cell
Hawaii 2,49213870Blank Cell2,700
Idaho 1,8518418Blank Cell1,953
Illinois Blank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank Cell
Indiana 18,2411,078Blank CellBlank Cell19,319
Iowa 13,74156054Blank Cell14,355
Kansas 1,96618638Blank Cell2,190
Kentucky 17,031951931718,092
Louisiana Blank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank Cell
Maine 3,60119634Blank Cell3,831
Maryland Blank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank Cell
Massachusetts 38,3211,4784005240,251
Michigan Blank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank Cell
Minnesota 7,24528774Blank Cell7,606
Mississippi 5,667334101Blank Cell6,102
Missouri 5,07456499Blank Cell5,737
Montana 1,5909125Blank Cell1,706
Nebraska 6,06837356Blank Cell6,497
Nevada 5,38816420715,643
New Hampshire Blank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank Cell
New Jersey 10,58139083Blank Cell11,054
New Mexico 5,79416326Blank Cell5,983
New York 76,057281Blank Cell12,33988,677
North Carolina 13,268871132Blank Cell14,271
North Dakota 1,61110721Blank Cell1,739
Ohio 34,1362382601,22035,854
Oklahoma 17,0061,44832316718,944
Oregon Blank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank Cell
Pennsylvania 2,007315Blank CellBlank Cell2,322
Puerto Rico 13,551799Blank CellBlank Cell14,350
Rhode Island 4,56017452Blank Cell4,786
South Carolina 11,585574984312,300
South Dakota 1,6297510Blank Cell1,714
Tennessee 16,303Blank Cell147Blank Cell16,450
Texas 70,0204,431111Blank Cell74,562
Utah 10,368964888911,509
Vermont 5313720Blank Cell588
Virginia 5,52739654376,014
Washington Blank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank Cell
West Virginia Blank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank CellBlank Cell
Wisconsin 4,88531998Blank Cell5,302
Wyoming 805632Blank Cell870
Total 587,44327,0794,20523,286642,013
Percent 91.54.20.73.6100.0
Number Reporting 4240381742

 

Type of Parental Perpetrators, 2006
This table breaks out the parental status of perpetrators. The first 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 642,013 parental perpetrators, 91.5 percent were biological parents.

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