Table 14: Cost-Effectiveness Ratio Per CSPIA for Three Fiscal Years

Cost-Effectiveness Ratio Per CSPIA for Three Fiscal Years¹
STATES	1999	2000	2001
ALABAMA	$3.78	$3.66	$4.01
ALASKA	4.41	3.89	4.14
ARIZONA	3.29	3.72	4.12
ARKANSAS	3.28	3.28	2.83
CALIFORNIA	2.78	3.23	2.61
COLORADO	3.65	3.23	3.58
CONNECTICUT	4.96	3.75	3.86
DELAWARE	2.97	3.19	2.93
DIST. OF COL.	3.27	2.64	2.26
FLORIDA	3.53	3.45	3.60
GEORGIA	4.16	3.72	3.96
GUAM	2.25	2.67	1.33
HAWAII	3.25	4.54	6.16
IDAHO	7.09	4.32	4.62
ILLINOIS	2.52	2.42	2.50
INDIANA	7.45	7.69	6.34
IOWA	5.01	4.24	5.27
KANSAS	2.98	2.91	2.51
KENTUCKY	3.90	4.02	4.08
LOUISIANA	4.41	4.92	4.38
MAINE	4.87	4.90	6.01
MARYLAND	4.42	3.60	4.22
MASSACHUSETTS	4.07	3.50	5.14
MICHIGAN	7.81	5.52	4.82
MINNESOTA	4.06	4.11	4.13
MISSISSIPPI	4.53	4.92	5.96
MISSOURI	3.26	3.37	3.81
MONTANA	3.87	3.58	3.91
NEBRASKA	3.61	3.78	3.35
NEVADA	3.08	2.52	3.24
NEW HAMPSHIRE	4.24	4.82	5.40
NEW JERSEY	4.86	4.60	5.27
NEW MEXICO	1.18	1.31^*	1.07^*
NEW YORK	4.58	4.90	5.07
NORTH CAROLINA	2.93	3.86	4.04
NORTH DAKOTA	4.42	4.61	4.19
OHIO	4.91	4.82	4.23
OKLAHOMA	3.37	2.83	2.90
OREGON	6.08	5.54	6.63
PENNSYLVANIA	6.21^*	6.05	6.98
PUERTO RICO	5.77	6.31	5.51
RHODE ISLAND	4.36	4.44	4.23
SOUTH CAROLINA	5.06	5.08	4.60
SOUTH DAKOTA	6.75	6.95	7.72
TENNESSEE	4.69	4.85	4.99
TEXAS	4.23	4.96	5.23
UTAH	3.24	3.47	3.69
VERMONT	4.15	4.02	3.90
VIRGIN ISLANDS	2.86^*	1.63	1.12
VIRGINIA	4.74	5.00	6.12
WASHINGTON	4.68	4.53	4.55
WEST VIRGINIA	4.09	4.15	4.64
WISCONSIN	5.64	6.51	6.06
WYOMING	4.84	4.33	4.09
TOTALS	$4.21	$4.21	$4.18
Source: Form OCSE-34A, lines 5 + 8 +13 / OCSE-396A line 9 (A+C) - 1b (A+C)
¹This is the ratio that will be used under the Child Support Performance Incentive Act of 1998 (CSPIA).
*Not reliable