Table 6: PATERNITY STATISTICS, FY 2001*

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Table 6
PATERNITY STATISTICS, FY 2001*
STATES	IV-D Paternity Established or Acknowledged	State In-Hospital and Other Paternities Acknowledged**	Total
ALABAMA	6,806	0	6,806
ALASKA	663	2,332	2,995
ARIZONA	16,107	32,180	48,287
ARKANSAS	3,694	6,717	10,411
CALIFORNIA	144,347	132,960	277,307
COLORADO	3,044	12,436	15,480
CONNECTICUT	5,022	12,167	17,189
DELAWARE	1,930	1,951	3,881
DIST. OF COL.	3,630	0	3,630
FLORIDA	39,548	51,751	91,299
GEORGIA	30,624	31,826	62,450
GUAM	1,026	1,593	2,619
HAWAII	4,781	417	5,198
IDAHO	4,708	2,691	7,399
ILLINOIS	34,327	48,379	82,706
INDIANA	20,527	0	20,527
IOWA	3,871	6,246	10,117
KANSAS	9,603	7,851	17,454
KENTUCKY	10,925	5,393	16,318
LOUISIANA	9,912	5,294	15,206
MAINE	1,690	998	2,688
MARYLAND	13,056	15,960	29,016
MASSACHUSETTS	7,929	15,958	23,887
MICHIGAN	18,366	34,293	52,659
MINNESOTA	8,041	12,358	20,399
MISSISSIPPI	19,111	0	19,111
MISSOURI	15,921	16,922	32,843
MONTANA	1,028	1,866	2,894
NEBRASKA	1,869	4,159	6,028
NEVADA	2,081	0	2,081
NEW HAMPSHIRE	968	430	1,398
NEW JERSEY	14,009	23,529	37,538
NEW MEXICO	3,380	8,434	11,814
NEW YORK	37,818	64,286	102,104
NORTH CAROLINA	36,309	0	36,309
NORTH DAKOTA	5,019	1,820	6,839
OHIO	15,982	37,620	53,602
OKLAHOMA	4,122	9,873	13,995
OREGON	3,726	9,770	13,496
PENNSYLVANIA	41,307	30,784	72,091
PUERTO RICO	65	121	186
RHODE ISLAND	3,314	0	3,314
SOUTH CAROLINA	12,987	5,919	18,906
SOUTH DAKOTA	716	2,384	3,100
TENNESSEE	16,506	18,212	34,718
TEXAS	78,117	66,351	144,468
UTAH	3,014	6,220	9,234
VERMONT	754	0	754
VIRGIN ISLANDS	0	0	0
VIRGINIA	14,365	20,457	34,822
WASHINGTON	16,065	14,018	30,083
WEST VIRGINIA	1,801	4,792	6,593
WISCONSIN	21,449	0	21,449
WYOMING	934	877	1,811
TOTALS	776,914	790,595	1,567,509
Source: Form OCSE-157	line 16	line 10	lines 16 and 10
NA-not available
*These are not the paternity numbers that are used for incentive purposes. These are the number of paternities established and/or acknowledged during the 2001 fiscal year.
**State paternity acknowledgements include an unknown number of acknowledgements for children in the IV-D caseload.
Note: Zero means state reported no paternities in the category.
Virgin Islands did not report data on these lines.