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Foster Care FY2000 - FY2005 Entries, Exits, and Numbers of Children In Care on the Last Day of Each Federal Fiscal Year

NOTE: This table reflects State data submitted to the Children's Bureau as of March 2007. The table does not include any estimates for individual States. Jurisdictions with insufficient data ("NA") are not included in the total for that year. Pre-2003 Nevada data were generated from various sources, rather than from a statewide child welfare system.

State	Numbers of Children
		Entering Foster Care during the Year							Exiting Care during the Year							In Foster Care on Last Day of Year (September 30)
		FY 2000	FY 2001	FY 2002	FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2005		FY 2000	FY 2001	FY 2002	FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2005		FY 2000	FY 2001	FY 2002	FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2005
Alabama		2,661	2,672	3,125	3,246	3,598	3,844		2,334	2,271	2,692	2,818	3,046	3,279		5,621	5,859	5,883	6,079	5,934	6,913
Alaska		1,096	999	1,068	943	665	929		913	996	844	781	715	790		2,193	1,993	2,072	2,040	1,825	1,791
Arizona		4,644	4,515	5,049	6,208	7,173	7,546		5,056	4,729	4,778	4,796	5,108	6,358		6,475	6,050	6,173	7,469	9,194	9,685
Arkansas		3,542	3,347	3,350	3,561	3,458	3,629		3,679	3,244	3,196	3,411	3,264	3,381		3,045	2,959	2,971	3,014	3,097	3,230
California		45,685	45,176	46,557	45,796	45,317	43,772		50,112	44,096	45,625	44,350	43,170	42,589		112,807	107,168	100,451	97,261	92,344	81,174
Colorado		6,942	7,007	7,738	7,613	7,782	7,651		5,512	5,200	6,343	7,284	7,577	7,182		7,533	7,138	9,209	8,754	8,196	8,213
Connecticut		2,763	2,713	2,763	3,130	2,922	2,856		2,368	1,943	2,787	2,143	2,119	1,904		6,996	7,440	6,007	6,742	6,803	7,032
Delaware		950	939	918	861	880	925		886	916	928	810	749	681		1,098	1,023	886	814	849	962
District of Columbia		775	822	812	719	729	902		315	390	396	757	1,024	1,050		3,054	3,339	3,321	3,092	2,608	2,505
Florida		18,765	18,673	20,800	20,549	19,932	22,147		15,510	17,061	17,340	21,585	21,097	20,539		36,608	32,477	31,963	30,677	28,864	29,312
Georgia		7,028	9,065	9,766	10,568	11,699	10,887		4,657	7,250	9,431	9,946	11,094	11,064		11,204	13,175	13,149	13,578	14,216	13,965
Hawaii		1,929	2,193	2,350	2,327	2,305	1,920		1,682	1,920	2,097	2,116	2,199	2,036		2,401	2,584	2,762	2,886	2,953	2,766
Idaho		1,127	1,209	1,213	1,292	1,557	1,722		1,011	1,084	1,047	1,101	1,337	1,409		1,015	1,114	1,246	1,401	1,565	1,818
Illinois		6,607	6,350	5,973	5,794	5,669	5,718		10,308	8,350	7,986	7,002	6,472	6,106		29,565	28,202	24,344	21,608	19,931	19,431
Indiana		5,576	5,399	5,676	6,084	7,026	7,571		5,197	4,750	4,579	4,846	5,472	6,173		7,482	8,383	8,478	8,815	9,778	11,257
Iowa		5,620	5,829	5,821	5,736	5,962	6,781		5,414	5,712	5,647	5,723	5,484	4,725		5,068	5,202	5,238	5,011	5,384	6,794
Kansas		3,191	2,834	2,766	2,677	3,038	3,119		1,788	1,801	1,710	2,285	2,216	2,940		6,569	6,409	6,190	5,781	6,060	5,835
Kentucky		4,128	4,590	5,250	5,485	5,562	6,015		3,364	4,230	4,406	4,984	5,095	5,497		6,017	6,165	6,814	6,895	7,000	7,287
Louisiana		3,157	3,014	2,974	2,809	2,754	3,371		3,146	3,184	2,996	2,866	2,671	2,762		5,406	5,024	4,829	4,541	4,397	4,833
Maine		1,052	1,047	850	904	808	727		721	715	740	933	967	991		3,191	3,226	3,084	2,760	2,584	2,309
Maryland		3,928	3,662	3,563	3,470	3,564	3,353		3,110	3,064	3,445	3,062	3,265	2,679		13,113	12,564	12,026	11,521	11,111	10,867
Massachusetts		7,381	7,174	6,555	6,507	6,616	6,252		6,392	6,636	5,548	6,139	6,347	6,329		11,619	11,568	12,510	12,608	12,562	12,197
Michigan		10,707	12,283	10,019	9,650	9,741	9,296		7,802	8,312	9,827	8,979	9,234	9,546		20,034	20,896	21,251	21,376	21,173	20,498
Minnesota		10,803	10,012	10,317	8,080	7,806	8,166		9,939	9,269	9,700	8,195	7,554	7,308		8,530	8,167	8,052	6,770	6,540	6,978
Mississippi		2,005	2,094	1,582	1,570	1,852	2,048		1,726	1,692	1,510	1,525	1,560	1,659		3,292	3,443	2,686	2,721	2,989	3,269
Missouri		7,216	7,392	7,139	6,342	6,535	6,342		5,509	5,703	6,342	6,560	6,047	6,000		13,181	13,394	13,029	11,900	11,681	11,344
Montana		1,588	1,506	1,306	1,175	1,228	1,432		1,327	1,497	1,280	1,087	992	1,149		2,180	2,008	1,912	1,866	2,030	2,222
Nebraska		3,134	3,350	3,351	2,907	4,155	3,939		2,514	2,636	3,195	3,147	3,118	3,424		5,674	6,254	5,724	5,148	6,292	6,231
Nevada		673	3,338	3,435	3,676	4,101	3,759		387	3,053	3,078	3,222	3,575	3,149		1,615	2,959	3,291	3,525	4,050	4,670
New Hampshire		484	534	563	578	560	548		491	468	512	613	523	549		1,311	1,288	1,291	1,217	1,236	1,178
New Jersey		4,654	5,433	6,052	6,994	7,184	6,626		4,109	4,607	5,404	5,503	7,101	7,599		9,794	10,666	11,442	12,800	12,702	12,042
New Mexico		1,780	1,887	1,968	1,941	2,243	2,241		1,716	1,754	1,606	1,426	1,842	2,039		1,912	1,757	1,885	2,122	2,157	2,316
New York		16,605	15,135	15,432	13,598	12,705	11,284		20,337	18,703	17,970	16,905	16,085	14,711		47,118	43,365	40,753	37,067	33,445	30,420
North Carolina		5,458	5,301	5,615	5,461	6,089	6,529		4,481	5,239	5,404	5,067	5,194	5,482		10,847	10,130	9,527	9,534	10,077	10,698
North Dakota		1,006	1,013	1,044	1,050	1,048	1,092		851	828	864	878	874	911		1,129	1,167	1,197	1,238	1,314	1,364
Ohio		15,396	16,157	14,982	13,997	13,152	12,300		14,131	14,136	14,421	14,437	13,574	12,201		20,365	21,584	21,038	19,323	18,004	17,442
Oklahoma		6,558	6,487	6,923	6,713	6,507	7,129		5,364	5,864	6,328	5,762	5,203	6,021		8,406	8,674	8,812	9,252	11,325	11,393
Oregon		4,675	4,537	5,095	4,976	5,544	6,199		4,563	4,587	4,646	4,313	4,455	5,019		9,193	8,966	9,101	9,117	10,048	11,021
Pennsylvania		12,235	13,509	13,684	13,039	14,574	14,658		11,926	12,345	12,024	11,985	12,625	13,582		21,631	21,319	21,410	20,845	21,944	21,691
Rhode Island		1,409	1,493	1,582	1,567	1,649	1,561		1,348	1,227	1,378	1,347	1,462	1,358		2,302	2,414	2,383	2,357	2,414	2,509
South Carolina		3,172	3,405	3,537	3,416	3,108	3,234		3,137	3,107	3,407	3,353	3,151	3,071		4,525	4,774	4,818	4,801	4,635	4,757
South Dakota		1,441	1,357	1,348	1,375	1,274	1,365		1,042	1,173	1,153	1,091	1,139	1,172		1,215	1,367	1,396	1,537	1,582	1,712
Tennessee		5,480	5,667	6,047	6,305	6,715	7,056		4,370	5,089	5,443	4,288	4,877	6,421		10,144	9,679	9,359	9,487	9,590	9,017
Texas		9,869	10,680	11,766	11,513	13,613	16,933		7,989	8,858	9,108	10,245	10,842	12,160		18,190	19,739	21,353	21,880	24,529	28,883
Utah		2,148	2,006	2,177	1,928	1,954	2,215		2,264	2,009	2,118	1,821	1,791	1,984		1,805	1,957	2,025	2,033	2,108	2,285
Vermont		735	727	832	725	840	770		704	580	657	760	763	714		1,389	1,382	1,526	1,409	1,432	1,436
Virginia		2,738	2,904	3,274	3,351	3,418	3,518		1,826	2,096	2,307	2,459	2,772	3,417		6,789	6,866	7,109	7,046	6,869	7,022
Washington		7,590	7,273	6,704	6,196	6,554	7,004		7,129	6,438	6,374	6,303	6,082	6,124		8,945	9,101	9,669	9,213	9,368	10,068
West Virginia		2,392	2,234	2,358	2,347	2,402	3,026		2,256	2,340	2,502	1,268	1,283	1,785		3,388	3,298	3,220	4,069	3,990	4,331
Wisconsin		6,001	5,158	5,054	5,010	5,643	6,099		4,039	4,358	5,186	5,832	5,682	5,754		10,504	9,497	8,744	7,824	7,812	8,109
Wyoming		786	896	809	979	1,143	1,186		731	689	727	799	885	1,011		815	965	929	1,055	1,209	1,263
Puerto Rico		N/A	3,254	3,483	2,652	2,138	1,936		N/A	977	2,369	2,624	1,937	1,748		N/A	8,476	8,179	7,585	7,663	6,786
Total		287,285	296,251	302,415	295,390	304,491	311,128		267,483	269,176	281,401	281,532	282,710	287,532		544,303	544,614	532,717	519,464	517,463	513,131

NOTE: Ideally, if the number of children in the "in care" count declines, as it did during this period, the number of exits should consistently be greater than the number of entries in that year. However, this does not occur with these data. Underreporting of foster care exits by some States is the major reason for this data quality issue.