Table G5-2: Children for whom Maltreatment Reports were Unsubstantiated who Received Services, by State, 1998 (SDC)

State

Child Population

Unsubstantiated Reports (Number of Children)

Unsubstantiated Reports (Number of Children who Received Services)

Unsubstantiated Reports (Percent of Children who Received Services)

Alabama

1,084,135

17,437

466

2.7

Alaska

192,261

776

37

4.8

Delaware

179,071

6,355

710

11.2

Florida

3,539,932

90,588

26,523

29.3

Georgia

2,022,351

49,613

727

1.5

Idaho

351,158

16,605

572

3.4

Iowa

722,139

20,761

6,055

29.2

Kansas

697,452

20,785

1,881

9.0

Michigan

2,551,615

133,681

8,268

6.2

Minnesota

1,259,447

14,272

1,002

7.0

Missouri

1,406,616

37,380

3,289

8.8

New Jersey

1,990,439

31,050

10,693

34.4

New Mexico

504,210

8,150

863

10.6

Ohio

2,844,005

43,461

8,714

20.1

Oklahoma

879,367

27,946

1,187

4.2

Pennsylvania

2,859,828

17,104

12,860

75.2

Texas

5,629,200

82,228

1,349

1.6

Virginia

1,644,678

36,919

4,566

12.4

Washington

1,472,490

13,196

6,522

49.4

Wyoming

129,406

1,381

81

5.9

Total

31,959,800

669,688

96,365

14.4

National Estimate

69,872,059

210,671

The national estimate of 210,671, rounded to 211,000 in text, was calculated by dividing the number of children for whom reports of maltreatment were unsubstantiated who received services in the 20 reporting States by the total population of those States, then multiplying that number (.00302) by the estimated U.S. child population, 69,872,059.