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Table 3-17 Absence of Maltreatment in Foster Care, 2004-2008
Child Maltreatment 2008

State Percent 2004 Percent 2005 Percent 2006 Percent 2007 Percent 2008
Alabama Blank Cell 99.86 99.72 99.85 99.81
Alaska Blank Cell 99.01 99.10 98.81 99.59
Arizona 99.70 99.88 99.79 99.84 99.84
Arkansas 99.80 99.53 99.45 99.49 99.43
California 99.69 99.56 99.58 99.77 99.71
Colorado 99.31 99.13 99.42 99.41 99.46
Connecticut Blank Cell Blank Cell 99.38 99.49 99.27
Delaware 99.81 99.88 99.95 99.77 99.83
District of Columbia 99.72 99.66 99.79 99.56 99.86
Florida 99.54 99.46 99.45 98.85 98.66
Georgia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Hawaii 99.30 99.19 99.12 99.65 99.81
Idaho 99.69 99.81 99.58 99.91 99.88
Illinois 99.41 99.46 99.49 99.53 99.42
Indiana 99.33 99.30 99.05 99.69 99.58
Iowa 99.63 99.68 99.71 99.64 99.71
Kansas 99.48 99.87 99.89 99.92 99.99
Kentucky 99.62 99.47 99.77 99.67 99.76
Louisiana Blank Cell 99.41 99.41 99.79 99.53
Maine 99.72 99.70 99.97 99.83 99.96
Maryland Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Massachusetts 98.87 98.73 99.05 99.14 98.93
Michigan 99.69 99.88 99.80 Blank Cell 99.62
Minnesota 99.70 99.58 99.61 99.67 99.71
Mississippi 99.51 99.50 99.23 99.18 98.54
Missouri 99.47 99.64 99.66 99.62 99.70
Montana 99.77 99.64 99.67 99.77 99.74
Nebraska 99.82 99.57 99.52 99.56 99.45
Nevada 99.79 99.77 99.89 99.66 99.56
New Hampshire Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
New Jersey 99.21 99.32 99.32 99.90 99.91
New Mexico   99.66 99.62 99.54 99.56
New York 99.29 98.90 98.72 98.60 98.27
North Carolina 99.01 99.18 99.25 99.31 99.34
North Dakota Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Ohio 99.68 99.57 99.51 99.59 99.71
Oklahoma 98.84 98.85 98.94 98.78 99.08
Oregon Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Pennsylvania 99.80 99.81 99.81 99.80 99.80
Puerto Rico Blank Cell Blank Cell 99.82 99.94 99.96
Rhode Island 98.68 98.41 98.51 98.68 99.28
South Carolina 99.51 99.43 99.82 99.81 99.93
South Dakota 99.89 99.72 100.00 99.86 99.93
Tennessee Blank Cell 99.15 99.27 99.24 99.48
Texas 99.74 99.45 99.68 99.58 99.64
Utah 99.47 99.58 99.72 99.00 99.53
Vermont 99.27 99.86 99.95 99.70 100.00
Virginia 99.61 99.75 99.64 99.79 99.75
Washington 99.64 99.73 99.57 99.77 99.62
West Virginia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 99.90
Wisconsin Blank Cell 99.46 99.70 99.57 99.74
Wyoming Blank Cell Blank Cell 99.83 99.47 99.46
Number Reporting 37 43 46 45 47
Number Met Standard 16 14 19 18 24
Percent Met Standard 43.2 32.6 41.3 40.0 51.1

Absence of Maltreatment in Foster Care, 2004–2008
This table displays the absence of maltreatment in foster care percentage for all States for 2004 through 2008 and the number that met the 99.68 percentage standard. The first column lists the States and the next five columns list the State percentages for 2004–2008. The number of States and the national percentage that met the standard are provided on the bottom two rows.

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