Table 23: CSPIA Cost-Effectiveness Ratio for Five Fiscal Years

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Table 23
CSPIA Cost-Effectiveness Ratio for Five Fiscal Years ¹
STATES	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
ALABAMA	$3.78	$3.66	$4.01	$3.64	$3.78
ALASKA	4.41	3.89	4.14	4.49	4.24
ARIZONA	3.29	3.72	4.12	4.25	4.47
ARKANSAS	3.28	3.28	2.83	2.66	3.12
CALIFORNIA	2.78	3.23	2.61	1.91	2.31
COLORADO	3.65	3.23	3.58	3.66	3.22
CONNECTICUT	4.96	3.75	3.86	3.76	4.04
DELAWARE	2.97	3.19	2.93	3.66	3.03
DIST. OF COL.	3.27	2.64	2.26	2.69	2.09
FLORIDA	3.53	3.45	3.60	4.03	4.39
GEORGIA	4.16	3.72	3.96	4.24	4.47
GUAM	2.25	2.67	1.33	1.64	2.10
HAWAII	3.25	4.54	6.16	6.53	5.08
IDAHO	7.09	4.32	4.62	5.29	5.70
ILLINOIS	2.52	2.42	2.50	2.80	2.64
INDIANA	7.45	7.69	6.34	7.80	7.91
IOWA	5.01	4.24	5.27	5.63	5.52
KANSAS	2.98	2.91	2.51	2.61	3.12
KENTUCKY	3.90	4.02	4.08	4.71	4.88
LOUISIANA	4.41	4.92	4.38	4.87	5.11
MAINE	4.87	4.90	6.01	4.28	4.99
MARYLAND	4.42	3.60	4.22	4.19	4.53
MASSACHUSETTS	4.07	3.50	5.14	5.77	5.46
MICHIGAN	7.81	5.52	4.82	4.59	4.79
MINNESOTA	4.06	4.11	4.13	4.05	4.05
MISSISSIPPI	4.53	4.92	5.96	7.12	7.50
MISSOURI	3.26	3.37	3.81	4.63	4.95
MONTANA	3.87	3.58	3.91	4.10	3.63
NEBRASKA	3.61	3.78	3.35	2.87	3.22
NEVADA	3.08	2.52	3.24	2.87	3.12
NEW HAMPSHIRE	4.24	4.82	5.40	4.37	4.72
NEW JERSEY	4.86	4.60	5.27	4.83	5.06
NEW MEXICO	1.18	1.31^*	1.07^*	1.46	1.57
NEW YORK	4.58	4.90	5.07	4.49	5.00
NORTH CAROLINA	2.93	3.86	4.04	4.43	4.99
NORTH DAKOTA	4.42	4.61	4.19	4.71	5.10
OHIO	4.91	4.82	4.23	4.81	4.91
OKLAHOMA	3.37	2.83	2.90	2.80	3.12
OREGON	6.08	5.54	6.63	5.85	5.60
PENNSYLVANIA	6.21^*	6.05	6.98	6.85	6.80
PUERTO RICO	5.77	6.31	5.51	6.27	5.67
RHODE ISLAND	4.36	4.44	4.23	4.52	4.63
SOUTH CAROLINA	5.06	5.08	4.60	5.87	6.32
SOUTH DAKOTA	6.75	6.95	7.72	7.59	7.80
TENNESSEE	4.69	4.85	4.99	4.50	5.47
TEXAS	4.23	4.96	5.23	5.41	5.63
UTAH	3.24	3.47	3.69	3.89	4.13
VERMONT	4.15	4.02	3.90	3.93	3.78
VIRGIN ISLANDS	2.86^*	1.63	1.12	1.58	1.84
VIRGINIA	4.74	5.00	6.12	6.34	6.52
WASHINGTON	4.68	4.53	4.55	4.95	4.54
WEST VIRGINIA	4.09	4.15	4.64	4.87	4.54
WISCONSIN	5.64	6.51	6.06	6.11	5.95
WYOMING	4.84	4.33	4.09	5.00	5.57
TOTALS	$4.11	$4.23	$4.21	$4.13	$4.32
Source: Form OCSE-34A, lines 5 + 8 +13 / OCSE-396A line 9 (A+C) - 1b (A+C).
¹ This is the formula used under the Child Support Performance Incentive Act (CSPIA) of 1998.
* Not reliable. All states' cost effectiveness ratios were reliable in FY 2002 and FY 2003.