Table G5-5: Children for Whom Maltreatment Reports Were Unsubstantiated
Who Were Removed from the Home, by State, 1998

State

Child Population

Unsubstantiated Reports (Number of Children)

Unsubstantiated Reports (Number of Children Removed)

Unsubstantiated Reports (Percentage of Children Removed)

Alaska

192,261

776

7

0.9

Connecticut

790,715

22,131

446

2.0

Florida

3,539,932

90,588

625

0.7

Illinois

3,187,332

74,347

706

0.9

Kansas

697,452

20,785

768

3.7

Michigan

2,551,615

133,681

650

0.5

Missouri

1,406,616

37,380

369

1.0

New Jersey

1,990,439

31,050

293

0.9

New Mexico

504,210

8,150

727

8.9

Ohio

2,844,005

43,461

2,925

6.7

Oklahoma

879,367

27,946

195

0.7

Pennsylvania

2,859,828

17,104

5,311

31.1

Texas

5,629,200

82,228

48

0.1

Virginia

1,644,678

36,919

307

0.8

Washington

1,472,490

13,196

695

5.3

Wyoming

129,406

1,381

49

3.5

Total

30,319,546

641,123

14121

2.2

National Estimate

32,539

The national estimate was calculated by dividing the number of children who were subjects of unsubstantiated maltreatment reports who were removed from the home in 17 reporting States by the total child population of those States, then multiplying that number by the estimated U.S. child population, 69,872, 059.