Table 15: Paternity Establishment, FY 2003

Return to: Preliminary Data Report FY 2003

PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT, FY 2003
States	IV-D Out-of-Wedlock Births¹	IV-D Paternity Established or Acknowledged²	Statewide Out-of-Wedlock Birtsh³	Statewide Paternities Established or Acknowledged⁴
ALABAMA	160,742	117,441	160,742	8,142
ALASKA	18,125	11,535	3,410	3,019
ARIZONA	180,934	116,054	35,106	NA
ARKANSAS	83,042	73,151	12,792	NA
CALIFORNIA	1,403,875	1,220,901	174,823	185,197
COLORADO	77,118	68,873	16,109	17,380
CONNECTICUT	139,353	113,177	12,629	13,679
DELAWARE	49,186	35,725	4,685	NA
DIST. OF COL.	77,841	15,331	5,877	3,959
FLORIDA	444,037	407,746	82,876	72,149
GEORGIA	313,701	160,572	51,074	45,034
GUAM	13,566	10,792	1,747	NA
HAWAII	45,858	32,591	6,060	5,834
IDAHO	48,670	42,497	4,704	2,941
ILLINOIS	633,443	335,415	61,772	58,153
INDIANA	176,497	130,723	NA	NA
IOWA	86,400	79,344	11,093	10,521
KANSAS	72,935	64,733	12,188	9,931
KENTUCKY	170,559	137,933	8,895	17,281
LOUISIANA	221,929	170,269	NA	NA
MAINE	36,702	37,011	4,543	3,304
MARYLAND	222,428	168,233	24,095	21,333
MASSACHUSETTS	134,654	104,229	21,973	18,622
MICHIGAN	390,005	302,640	44,255	38,041
MINNESOTA	150,931	124,750	19,078	19,006
MISSISSIPPI	239,227	155,214	NA	NA
MISSOURI	251,126	214,931	27,041	22,488
MONTANA	22,071	22,033	NA	NA
NEBRASKA	47,670	38,327	7,290	6,071
NEVADA	72,263	42,915	NA	NA
NEW HAMPSHIRE	25,513	24,794	3,599	3,327
NEW JERSEY	192,377	152,907	30,118	31,917
NEW MEXICO	58,780	40,531	NA	NA
NEW YORK	513,056	380,018	89,776	80,701
NORTH CAROLINA	304,858	285,190	NA	NA
NORTH DAKOTA	17,213	14,919	2,548	NA
OHIO	570,957	409,952	51,623	50,626
OKLAHOMA	112,228	57,045	15,291	13,558
OREGON	86,816	65,864	13,971	12,940
PENNSYLVANIA	287,835	235,623	47,768	48,452
PUERTO RICO	27,120	25,733	27,249	25,284
RHODE ISLAND	55,853	37,427	NA	NA
SOUTH CAROLINA	182,326	147,936	20,668	10,539
SOUTH DAKOTA	16,927	16,821	3,596	NA
TENNESSEE	253,637	189,128	29,129	22,961
TEXAS	606,771	413,476	130,419	131,489
UTAH	34,768	35,167	8,653	7,632
VERMONT	15,765	14,955	NA	NA
VIRGIN ISLANDS	5,407	2,516	1,075	802
VIRGINIA	229,065	186,168	30,445	25,254
WASHINGTON	167,357	155,980	22,274	NA
WEST VIRGINIA	60,574	53,526	7,476	6,109
WISCONSIN	213,300	202,990	NA	NA
WYOMING	12,000	9,970	1,876	1,544
TOTALS	10,035,391	7,713,722	1,352,411	1,055,220
Source: Form OCSE-157	line 5	line 6	line 8	line 9
¹ These numbers are as reported by state IV-D agencies.
² These numbers include all of the children in the child support enforcement caseload with paternity established and/or acknowledged in any fiscal year.
³ States not using the statewide paternity measure for determination of incentives are not required to report this information.
⁴ State paternity acknowledgements include an unknown number of acknowledgements for children in the IV-D caseload.
Note: No assumption is made regarding data reliability.
NA-not available