Table 50: Total Number of Paternities Established or Acknowledged for Five Fiscal Years

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Table 50
Total Number of Paternities Established or Acknowledged for Five Fiscal Years
STATES	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
ALABAMA	13,236	6,689	6,806	7,016	8,142
ALASKA	2,811	3,055	2,995	3,086	3,298
ARIZONA	39,105	43,515	48,287	43,648	48,135
ARKANSAS	3,799	3,062	10,411	10,692	10,727
CALIFORNIA	326,051	306,508	277,307	188,011	185,197
COLORADO	15,559	13,745	15,480	16,750	17,764
CONNECTICUT	18,816	16,687	17,189	25,814	23,980
DELAWARE	5,821	4,611	3,881	7,931	4,689
DIST. OF COL.	9,710	7,863	3,630	8,644	6,088
FLORIDA	65,836	98,004	91,299	95,508	93,042
GEORGIA	47,163	22,467	62,450	59,378	54,498
GUAM	2,162	1,905	2,619	2,269	164
HAWAII	3,710	3,937	5,198	5,671	9,800
IDAHO	6,747	6,071	7,399	11,229	8,308
ILLINOIS	49,336	71,696	82,706	81,302	78,899
INDIANA	15,595	25,921	20,527	9,330	9,202
IOWA	10,364	10,561	10,117	10,856	11,674
KANSAS	7,347	8,571	17,454	19,456	23,356
KENTUCKY	14,600	16,000	16,318	19,929	19,735
LOUISIANA	26,851	20,496	15,206	18,591	19,703
MAINE	3,504	3,372	2,688	2,887	2,291
MARYLAND	28,458	32,959	29,016	27,405	27,476
MASSACHUSETTS	24,518	25,197	23,887	18,878	19,895
MICHIGAN	49,026	49,878	52,659	45,140	62,783
MINNESOTA	19,594	26,875	20,399	20,524	23,742
MISSISSIPPI	40,349	19,420	19,111	17,836	14,548
MISSOURI	23,652	31,880	32,843	33,076	33,630
MONTANA	2,669	3,288	2,894	1,274	1,217
NEBRASKA	6,446	5,886	6,028	6,147	6,879
NEVADA	2,817	18,765	2,081	2,851	4,370
NEW HAMPSHIRE	936	1,411	1,398	1,280	1,214
NEW JERSEY	41,811	36,987	37,538	36,183	36,872
NEW MEXICO	52,380	10,992	11,814	5,186	7,639
NEW YORK	90,711	102,368	102,104	103,877	104,488
NORTH CAROLINA	23,431	29,875	36,309	48,383	45,684
NORTH DAKOTA	8,194	7,478	6,839	6,932	8,221
OHIO	96,813	67,223	53,602	53,739	52,965
OKLAHOMA	17,961	13,694	13,995	13,415	13,865
OREGON	14,567	16,239	13,496	14,824	13,482
PENNSYLVANIA	56,051	61,300	72,091	74,140	65,671
PUERTO RICO	59	90	186	26,132	25,398
RHODE ISLAND	3,187	3,747	3,314	3,175	5,496
SOUTH CAROLINA	17,867	16,853	18,906	19,553	17,343
SOUTH DAKOTA	2,701	2,964	3,100	3,341	3,220
TENNESSEE	50,908	37,343	34,718	38,734	52,891
TEXAS	126,187	126,940	144,468	150,537	141,321
UTAH	7,892	7,869	9,234	8,714	8,267
VERMONT	731	737	754	1,871	1,442
VIRGIN ISLANDS	NA	NA	NA	14	21
VIRGINIA	36,417	35,086	34,822	33,615	29,227
WASHINGTON	27,901	27,700	30,083	29,411	27,930
WEST VIRGINIA	6,653	7,286	6,593	7,265	6,889
WISCONSIN	29,265	29,429	21,449	23,639	19,911
WYOMING	1,704	1,945	1,811	2,014	1,880
TOTALS	1,599,979	1,554,440	1,567,509	1,527,103	1,524,569
Source: Form OCSE-157 lines 10a and 16 (b+c+d).
NA - Not Available.