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Table G4-1: Victimization Rates, by State, 1998 (SDC)

State

Child Population (Ages 0-17)

Maltreatment Victims

Victims/1,000 Children

Alabama

1,084,135

16,668

15.4

Alaska

192,261

7,138

37.1

Arizona

1,263,404

8,983

7.1

Arkansas

653,721

8,578

13.1

California

8,911,372

157,683

17.7

Colorado

1,040,580

7,010

6.7

Connecticut

790,715

16,923

21.4

Delaware

179,071

2,894

16.2

District of Columbia

102,959

4,916

47.7

Florida

3,539,932

82,119

23.2

Georgia

2,022,351

24,567

12.1

Hawaii

298,327

2,185

7.3

Idaho

351,158

7,936

22.6

Illinois

3,187,332

35,657

11.2

Indiana

1,517,366

18,962

12.5

Iowa

722,139

7,311

10.1

Kansas

697,452

5,312

7.6

Kentucky

988,293

22,875

23.1

Louisiana

1,191,412

13,773

11.6

Maine

291,585

3,579

12.3

Maryland

1,287,190

14,234

11.1

Massachusetts

1,457,703

27,559

18.9

Michigan

2,551,615

22,744

8.9

Minnesota

1,259,447

10,572

8.4

Mississippi

756,875

6,079

8.0

Missouri

1,406,616

12,556

8.9

Montana

224,403

3,292

14.7

Nebraska

445,642

4,219

9.5

Nevada

467,107

8,014

17.2

New Hampshire

298,610

1,159

3.9

New Jersey

1,990,439

9,851

4.9

New Mexico

504,210

4,241

8.4

New York

4,502,611

83,537

18.6

North Carolina

1,919,774

37,357

19.5

North Dakota

162,611

0

0.0

Ohio

2,844,005

58,070

20.4

Oklahoma

879,367

16,584

18.9

Oregon

825,170

10,147

12.3

Pennsylvania

2,859,828

5,392

1.9

Rhode Island

237,917

3,448

14.5

South Carolina

959,296

8,432

8.8

South Dakota

200,937

2,647

13.2

Tennessee

1,331,402

9,930

7.5

Texas

5,629,200

39,925

7.1

Utah

701,300

7,990

11.4

Vermont

141,347

887

6.3

Virginia

1,644,678

9,766

5.9

Washington

1,472,490

12,926

8.8

West Virginia

404,254

7,793

19.3

Wisconsin

1,351,044

8,168

6.0

Wyoming

129,406

807

6.2

Total

69,872,059

903,395

12.9

Number of States

51

51

51

Victims are defined as children subject of a substantiated or indicated maltreatment. Ohio's maltreatment victim total includes children identified as "in need of services." North Dakota does not use the substantiated and indicated categories.

Last Updated: February 15, 2006