Table 7: Paternity Statistics, FY 2003

Return to: Preliminary Data Report FY 2003

PATERNITY STATISTICS, FY 2003¹
STATES	Total	IV-D Paternity Established or Acknowledged	State In-Hospital and Other Paternities Acknowledged²
ALABAMA	8,142	8,142	NA
ALASKA	3,298	1,151	2,147
ARIZONA	48,135	13,036	35,099
ARKANSAS	10,727	3,377	7,350
CALIFORNIA	185,197	54,441	130,756
COLORADO	17,764	2,851	14,913
CONNECTICUT	23,980	12,636	11,344
DELAWARE	4,689	2,812	1,877
DIST. OF COL.	6,088	2,699	3,389
FLORIDA	93,042	39,596	53,446
GEORGIA	54,498	18,576	35,922
GUAM	164	140	24
HAWAII	9,800	4,831	4,969
IDAHO	8,308	5,562	2,746
ILLINOIS	78,899	29,442	49,457
INDIANA	9,202	9,202	NA
IOWA	11,674	4,711	6,963
KANSAS	23,356	14,654	8,702
KENTUCKY	19,735	12,973	6,762
LOUISIANA	19,703	13,091	6,612
MAINE	2,291	1,445	846
MARYLAND	27,476	9,974	17,502
MASSACHUSETTS	19,895	3,442	16,453
MICHIGAN	62,783	30,858	31,925
MINNESOTA	23,742	8,223	15,519
MISSISSIPPI	14,548	14,548	NA
MISSOURI	33,630	17,230	16,400
MONTANA	1,217	1,217	NA
NEBRASKA	6,879	2,331	4,548
NEVADA	4,370	4,370	NA
NEW HAMPSHIRE	1,214	861	353
NEW JERSEY	36,872	12,892	23,980
NEW MEXICO	7,639	7,639	NA
NEW YORK	104,488	38,104	66,384
NORTH CAROLINA	45,684	27,462	18,222
NORTH DAKOTA	8,221	6,220	2,001
OHIO	52,965	18,324	34,641
OKLAHOMA	13,865	4,407	9,458
OREGON	13,482	3,584	9,898
PENNSYLVANIA	65,671	43,365	22,306
PUERTO RICO	25,398	114	25,284
RHODE ISLAND	5,496	5,496	NA
SOUTH CAROLINA	17,343	10,539	6,804
SOUTH DAKOTA	3,220	749	2,471
TENNESSEE	52,891	35,318	17,573
TEXAS	141,321	50,756	90,565
UTAH	8,267	2,646	5,621
VERMONT	1,442	1,442	NA
VIRGIN ISLANDS	21	21	NA
VIRGINIA	29,227	9,135	20,092
WASHINGTON	27,930	13,293	14,637
WEST VIRGINIA	6,889	1,879	5,010
WISCONSIN	19,911	19,911	NA
WYOMING	1,880	808	1,072
TOTALS	1,524,569	662,526	862,043
Source: Form OCSE-157	line 16 and 10	line 16	line 10
¹ These are not the paternity numbers that are used for incentive purposes. These are the number of paternities established and/or acknowledged during the 2003 fiscal year.
² State paternity acknowledgements include an unknown number of acknowledgements for children in the IV-D caseload.
NA - not available