IV-D PATERNITY STANDARD DATA FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE FISCAL YEARS

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children & Families
Office of Child Support Enforcement

TABLE 40 IV-D PATERNITY STANDARD DATA FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE FISCAL YEARS
STATES	FY 1993	FY 1994	FY 1995	FY 1996	FY 1997
ALABAMA	56%	55%	57%	48%	56%
ALASKA	51	60	68	73	76
ARIZONA	49	52	56	56	69
ARKANSAS	55	57	61	64	67
CALIFORNIA	42	33	31	NA	NA
COLORADO	42	44	51	57	65
CONNECTICUT	51	53	68	66	68
DELAWARE	74	68	73	NA	73
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	4	4	NA	2	3
FLORIDA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
GEORGIA	41	38	91	81	73
GUAM	57	65	79	87	96
HAWAII	50	26	49	55	47
IDAHO	40	42	43	52	53
ILLINOIS	36	38	39	40	45
INDIANA	53	52	54	NA	NA
IOWA	60	62	66	70	72
KANSAS	50	62	60	62	62
KENTUCKY	44	47	58	58	62
LOUISIANA	31	34	39	40	45
MAINE	51	62	68	76	84
MARYLAND	71	15	67	77	67
MASSACHUSETTS	46	46	69	80	79
MICHIGAN	68	72	70	NA	71
MINNESOTA	62	62	66	70	75
MISSISSIPPI	25	27	24	46	52
MISSOURI	43	46	48	53	57
MONTANA	25	21	40	63	69
NEBRASKA	30	35	42	38	57
NEVADA	52	58	64	8	63
NEW HAMPSHIRE	50	58	61	62	70
NEW JERSEY	NA	51	51	60	60
NEW MEXICO	20	20	19	19	20
NEW YORK	40	43	42	49	52
NORTH CAROLINA	49	51	49	52	52
NORTH DAKOTA	60	62	58	59	61
OHIO	50	50	49	57	59
OKLAHOMA	9	11	16	16	16
OREGON	43	45	46	49	52
PENNSYLVANIA	71	46	48	51	62
PUERTO RICO	11	47	NA	1	NA
RHODE ISLAND	44	46	51	54	58
SOUTH CAROLINA	41	43	45	46	49
SOUTH DAKOTA	73	78	79	85	86
TENNESSEE	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
TEXAS	32	44	49	83	83
UTAH	61	62	67	68	62
VERMONT	65	71	77	82	91
VIRGIN ISLANDS	8	7	58	53	88
VIRGINIA	48	48	50	53	53
WASHINGTON	59	63	70	82	89
WEST VIRGINIA	NA	NA	66	62	66
WISCONSIN	79	80	76	76	76
WYOMING	12	24	14	18	25
NATIONWIDE TOTALS	45%	41%	50%	55%	61%

SOURCE: FORM OCSE-158 LINE 3 (A+B+C)/LINE 1 (A+B+C).

NOTE: STATES WITH NA DID NOT SUBMIT DATA OR DATA WERE INCONSISTENT WITH PROGRAMMATIC INFORMATION. PATERNITY STANDARD IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN BORN OUT-OF-WEDLOCK AND FOR WHOM PATERNITY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN BORN OUT-OF-WEDLOCK FOR CHILDREN RECEIVING AFDC-TANF OR IV-D SERVICES.