Table 1-1 Children Per Investigation, 1999 SDC

State	Total Investigations in Family-Based States	Total Children Subject of an Investigation in Family-Based States	Children Per Investigation
Alabama	24,586	36,276	1.5
Arizona	32,635	52,611	1.6
Arkansas	17,036	23,970	1.4
California	227,561	452,887	2.0
Connecticut	30,452	40,714	1.3
Delaware	5,965	8,330	1.4
Florida	95,790	160,686	1.7
Georgia	47,032	78,734	1.7
Idaho	9,363	11,161	1.2
Illinois	61,773	104,418	1.7
Iowa	18,666	26,812	1.4
Kansas	18,974	28,694	1.5
Louisiana	26,868	46,230	1.7
Maine	4,450	9,877	2.2
Massachusetts	34,108	56,620	1.7
Michigan	65,591	166,160	2.5
Minnesota	16,466	24,855	1.5
Mississippi	18,389	29,422	1.6
Missouri	46,259	71,488	1.5
Montana	10,043	20,315	2.0
Nebraska	8,456	13,582	1.6
Nevada	13,384	27,682	2.1
New Hampshire	6,107	8,833	1.4
New Mexico	11,638	12,084	1.0
New York	136,489	186,002	1.4
North Dakota	4,109	6,926	1.7
Ohio	79,400	129,306	1.6
Oklahoma	35,141	60,955	1.7
Oregon	17,686	24,627	1.4
Rhode Island	7,882	9,424	1.2
South Carolina	18,209	39,902	2.2
Texas	110,837	170,834	1.5
Utah	17,514	26,847	1.5
Vermont	2,263	2,470	1.1
Virginia	32,270	53,837	1.7
Washington	35,940	53,060	1.5
West Virginia	17,274	36,142	2.1
Wyoming	2,505	3,331	1.3
Total / Weighted Average	1,369,111	2,316,104	1.7
Number Reporting	38	38	38
Note. The average number of children per investigation, 1.7, was calculated from the 38 States that provided data on both "number of investigations" and "children subject of a CPS investigation." The number of children per investigation was used to convert data on screened-in and screened-out referrals from child-based to family-based for 11 States.