Annual Data Report: Table 8

Table 8
PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT, FY 2005
STATES	IV-D Out-of-Wedlock Births¹	IV-D Paternity Established or Acknowledged²	Statewide Out-of-Wedlock Births	Statewide Paternities Established or Acknowledged³
ALABAMA	156,798	123,669	156,798	7,229
ALASKA	24,758	23,967	3,666	3,697
ARIZONA	167,786	142,791	39,134	0
ARKANSAS	81,140	75,008	14,643	0
CALIFORNIA	1,328,649	1,196,398	186,530	198,730
COLORADO	81,221	73,958	18,608	17,040
CONNECTICUT	130,983	115,294	13,160	12,779
DELAWARE	47,124	37,448	4,888	0
DIST. OF COL.	61,839	24,050	6,011	4,032
FLORIDA	489,627	437,236	95,496	87,831
GEORGIA	286,171	243,425	57,442	45,103
GUAM	12,694	10,008	67	0
HAWAII	46,881	38,020	6,397	6,167
IDAHO	56,441	49,702	5,157	3,217
ILLINOIS	518,558	309,016	64,445	58,664
INDIANA	212,381	165,981	0	0
IOWA	96,176	89,325	12,465	11,333
KANSAS	82,977	78,738	13,019	11,394
KENTUCKY	184,021	164,126	10,379	20,862
LOUISIANA	228,928	183,123	0	0
MAINE	44,019	40,988	4,911	0
MARYLAND	195,064	159,075	25,884	22,397
MASSACHUSETTS	150,690	122,648	22,881	20,283
MICHIGAN	504,752	419,432	46,226	39,965
MINNESOTA	165,096	154,886	20,595	0
MISSISSIPPI	238,268	182,349	19,930	0
MISSOURI	219,544	190,609	29,363	26,189
MONTANA	22,772	23,906	0	0
NEBRASKA	54,582	48,252	7,827	6,466
NEVADA	78,797	50,856	0	0
NEW HAMPSHIRE	26,037	26,399	3,889	3,442
NEW JERSEY	203,133	165,335	29,800	31,084
NEW MEXICO	57,053	34,582	0	0
NEW YORK	520,651	401,372	93,315	82,954
NORTH CAROLINA	297,312	289,122	0	0
NORTH DAKOTA	18,924	18,614	2,924	0
OHIO	606,849	523,627	58,341	54,482
OKLAHOMA	135,419	75,524	15,395	16,751
OREGON	91,377	71,025	15,278	13,659
PENNSYLVANIA	313,543	274,235	49,498	48,871
PUERTO RICO	36,572	35,416	28,605	28,526
RHODE ISLAND	49,820	44,275	0	0
SOUTH CAROLINA	188,677	156,474	22,372	9,362
SOUTH DAKOTA	18,728	18,549	4,110	0
TENNESSEE	269,392	238,461	31,683	25,499
TEXAS	643,256	491,068	150,264	147,310
UTAH	41,891	40,537	9,125	7,221
VERMONT	15,304	15,434	0	0
VIRGIN ISLANDS	5,658	1,965	1,166	899
VIRGINIA	224,011	164,274	31,829	28,437
WASHINGTON	184,070	167,321	24,617	0
WEST VIRGINIA	56,878	53,867	7,898	6,531
WISCONSIN	223,316	219,417	0	0
WYOMING	11,429	10,107	2,039	1,707
TOTALS	10,208,037	8,511,284	1,468,070	1,110,113
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 or acknowledged in any fiscal year.
³ States not using the statewide paternity measure for the determination of incentives are not required to report this information. 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.
FY 2005 CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PRELIMINARY DATA REPORT