TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES OPENED FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE FISCAL YEARS

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

TABLE 55 TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES OPENED FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE FISCAL YEARS
STATE	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
ALABAMA	109,107	104,379	128,862	130,893	222,094
ALASKA	63,689	65,730	70,233	70,522	66,718
ARIZONA	119,048	111,510	71,791	66,417	64,954
ARKANSAS	71,505	71,313	74,061	80,504	64,640
CALIFORNIA	467,969	870,390	996,286	856,941	941,688
COLORADO	97,938	91,365	86,249	88,968	90,583
CONNECTICUT	81,073	78,188	77,696	79,347	89,873
DELAWARE	10,697	8,784	9,358	25,299	24,979
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	21,965	16,412	30,462	20,139	13,926
FLORIDA	427,606	1,045,266	87,055	191,736	414,084
GEORGIA	349,215	391,654	559,229	251,755	408,854
GUAM	1,526	1,970	1,517	1,446	1,067
HAWAII	46,019	43,451	33,506	31,046	38,386
IDAHO	47,470	51,058	56,101	62,313	73,117
ILLINOIS	179,703	188,597	241,631	256,301	335,795
INDIANA	49,766	NA	NA	NA	232,694
IOWA	115,615	142,294	152,480	149,788	172,259
KANSAS	57,905	66,052	67,833	73,194	71,027
KENTUCKY	81,868	78,781	135,016	202,929	302,956
LOUISIANA	145,917	139,209	143,431	145,351	112,831
MAINE	31,180	23,933	21,467	19,597	47,496
MARYLAND	98,747	107,569	114,895	116,183	136,713
MASSACHUSETTS	34,998	44,081	48,405	45,679	75,911
MICHIGAN	231,303	323,021	223,098	354,412	441,098
MINNESOTA	125,274	126,395	129,296	132,748	134,300
MISSISSIPPI	91,759	80,949	84,573	123,054	157,855
MISSOURI	138,536	147,623	151,542	149,971	121,573
MONTANA	18,168	24,670	26,434	30,469	30,224
NEBRASKA	53,314	49,995	48,102	50,111	49,187
NEVADA	48,417	49,578	41,904	28,931	21,799
NEW HAMPSHIRE	27,997	31,734	40,314	44,480	46,598
NEW JERSEY	279,129	263,055	284,646	290,506	287,108
NEW MEXICO	12,170	18,237	20,957	11,188	10,355
NEW YORK	377,323	493,737	464,132	467,737	469,483
NORTH CAROLINA	152,375	170,110	158,830	168,428	486,542
NORTH DAKOTA	41,891	43,593	46,948	45,236	43,193
OHIO	194,389	234,532	254,707	280,128	292,488
OKLAHOMA	71,711	75,563	74,173	77,002	79,002
OREGON	128,320	136,692	141,556	130,940	135,010
PENNSYLVANIA	217,399	252,470	277,418	370,124	327,510
PUERTO RICO	30,359	29,442	45,318	37,001	25,360
RHODE ISLAND	26,090	27,666	29,404	28,882	31,888
SOUTH CAROLINA	56,814	57,328	57,558	54,270	61,342
SOUTH DAKOTA	20,445	18,630	19,605	18,175	16,964
TENNESSEE	165,258	172,344	161,037	177,336	167,132
TEXAS	665,571	715,803	741,401	772,101	911,920
UTAH	35,399	39,709	43,810	37,285	65,797
VERMONT	19,180	14,925	16,325	16,355	16,563
VIRGIN ISLANDS	1,811	1,749	2,030	1,803	2,023
VIRGINIA	158,015	110,995	274,416	433,165	459,199
WASHINGTON	246,142	259,941	256,703	235,042	204,750
WEST VIRGINIA	10,462	133,283	72,858	67,967	84,335
WISCONSIN	189,536	175,667	155,136	167,333	601,585
WYOMING	10,662	6,017	24,220	68,156	41,151
NATIONWIDE TOTALS	6,555,745	8,027,439	7,576,015	7,836,684	9,825,979

SOURCE: FORM OCSE-156 LINE 2