Table 2: Statistical Overview, FY 2003 and FY 2004

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Statistical Overview, FY 2003 and FY 2004
			Percent or Percentage Point Change
	2003	2004	2003 - 2004
TOTAL IV-D CASELOAD ¹	15,923,353	15,854,475	-0.4
Current Assistance	2,759,291	2,628,214	-4.8
Former Assistance	7,371,641	7,281,092	-1.2
Never Assistance	5,792,421	5,945,169	2.6
CASES OPEN (line 1)	15,873,322	15,803,921	-0.4
Current Assistance	2,743,460	2,613,428	-4.7
Former Assistance	7,346,247	7,254,042	-1.3
Never Assistance	5,783,615	5,936,451	2.6
CASES WITH NO JURISDICTION (line 3)	50,031	50,554	1.0
Current Assistance	15,831	14,786	-6.6
Former Assistance	25,394	27,050	6.5
Never Assistance	8,806	8,718	-1.0
NUMBER OF CHILDREN	17,595,222	17,289,695	-1.7
TOTAL CASES WITH COLLECTIONS	7,982,311	8,133,646	1.9
Current Assistance	804,450	781,188	-2.9
Former Assistance	3,817,797	3,852,255	0.9
Never Assistance	3,360,064	3,500,203	4.2
TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH COLLECTIONS	50.3	51.5	1.2
Current Assistance	29.3	29.9	0.6
Former Assistance	52.0	53.1	1.1
Never Assistance	58.1	59.0	0.9
TOTAL CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED	11,471,374	11,753,603	2.5
Current Assistance	1,402,186	1,383,683	-1.3
Former Assistance	5,769,503	5,862,436	1.6
Never Assistance	4,299,685	4,507,484	4.8
TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED	72.3	74.4	2.1
Current Assistance	51.1	52.9	1.8
Former Assistance	78.5	80.8	2.3
Never Assistance	74.3	75.9	1.6
TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH COLLECTIONS TO CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED	69.6	69.2	-0.4
Current Assistance	57.4	56.5	-0.9
Former Assistance	66.2	65.7	-0.5
Never Assistance	78.1	77.7	-0.5
TOTAL PATERNITIES ESTABLISHED OR ACKNOWLEDGED	1,524,569	1,606,303	5.4
IV-D Paternities Established or Acknowledged ²	662,526	691,554	4.4
State In-Hospital and Other Paternities Acknowledged ³	862,043	914,749	6.1
TOTAL SUPPORT ORDERS ESTABLISHED	1,161,206	1,181,012	1.7
Current Assistance	235,284	241,627	2.7
Former Assistance	409,378	413,231	0.9
Never Assistance	516,544	526,154	1.9
FULL TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF	60,756	60,354	-0.7
Source: Form OCSE-157
¹ Total IV-D caseload combines lines 1 (cases open) and 3 (cases with no jurisdiction).
² IV-D paternities established or acknowledged for the current year are reported on line 16.
³ State paternity acknowledgements include an unknown number of acknowledgements for children in the IV-D caseload and are reported on line 10.