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Appendix D
4.1 Victims by Maltreatment

 

State Physical Abuse Neglect Medical Neglect Sexual Abuse Psychological or Emotional Abuse or Neglect Other Unknown Total
Alabama 7,516 9,284   4,108 1,296     22,204
Alaska 2,308 5,507   1,057 122 23   9,017
Arizona 7,683 12,332 1,831 1,526 544 31 58 24,005
Arkansas                
California 54,491 81,583   26,113 11,444 584   174,215
Colorado 2,017 4,467 459 1,088 904     8,935
Connecticut 3,949 16,342 964 1,045 11,912 2,426   36,638
Delaware 1,690 1,810 106 244   567   4,417
District of Columbia 389 4,857   86       5,332
Florida 15,721 36,051 2,401 6,097 2,724 36,645   99,639
Georgia 8,804 26,567 2,494 3,977 1,957 1,705   45,504
Guam                
Hawaii 260 257 25 166 33 1,804 14 2,559
Idaho 2,743 3,512   1,607   417 4 8,283
Illinois 4,410 17,078 1,351 3,972 524 17,798   45,133
Indiana 3,061 8,847 789 2,927       15,624
Iowa                
Kansas 5,033 4,494 503 2,198 799 1,753 3,812 18,592
Kentucky 5,845 12,712   1,417 2,688     22,662
Louisiana 3,109 10,167   920 551 78   14,825
Maine 814 1,894   421 2,592     5,721
Maryland                
Massachusetts 7,182 24,583   1,451 476 67   33,759
Michigan 4,397 9,937 467 1,468 1,082 4,679   22,030
Minnesota 3,166 6,961 568 974 171     11,840
Mississippi 1,394 3,702   834 172 8 11,449 17,559
Missouri 3,392 8,803 518 2,688 246 1,789 27 17,463
Montana 487 1,702 112 328 744 238   3,611
Nebraska 1,328 3,023   406       4,757
Nevada                
New Hampshire 302 732   288 60     1,382
New Jersey 2,595 6,728 415 799 445     10,982
New Mexico 2,038 4,888 73 603 609 2   8,213
New York                
North Carolina 1,494 29,032 727 1,383 172 539   33,347
North Dakota                
Ohio                
Oklahoma 3,651 16,769 425 1,339 1,380     23,564
Oregon 1,599 2,594 437 1,476 617 5,405   12,128
Pennsylvania 2,432 191 145 2,619 110 302   5,799
Puerto Rico                
Rhode Island 1,071 2,716 101 335 20 135   4,378
South Carolina 1,278 3,945 380 728 74 4,522   10,927
South Dakota 626 1,795   211 262     2,894
Tennessee 2,192 4,545 357 2,234 292 1,183   10,803
Texas 11,839 22,192 1,818 6,454 1,837 1,536   45,676
Utah 2,053 3,949 160 2,236 275 764   9,437
Vermont 266 321 13 511 10     1,121
Virginia 2,705 6,655 275 1,566 414 177   11,792
Virgin Islands                
Washington 6,445 11,275 806 2,537 1,595 632 13 23,303
West Virginia                
Wisconsin 3,536 5,533 146 5,822 165 2,390   17,592
Wyoming 246 612 28 80 20     986
Total 197,557 440,944 18,894 98,339 49,338 88,199 15,377 908,648
Number Reporting 43 43 30 43 38 29 7 43