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Table 3-9 Age Group of Victims, 2006
Child Maltreatment 2006

Blank Cell Age < 1 Age 1-3 Age 4-7 Age 8-11 Age 12-15 Age 16-17Blank Cell
State Population Victims Rate Percent Population Victims Rate Percent Population Victims Rate Percent Population VictimsRatePercentPopulationVictimsRatePercentPopulationVictimsRatePercentTotal Victims
Alabama 60,926 986 16.2 11.1 178,683 1,616 9.0 18.2 242,259 1,889 7.8 21.3 242,078 1,607 6.6 18.1 256,726 2,249 8.8 25.4 132,844 515 3.9 5.8 8,862
Alaska 10,120 398 39.3 11.6 29,940 658 22.0 19.2 38,124 878 23.0 25.7 38,302 710 18.5 20.7 42,234 645 15.3 18.8 22,527 133 5.9 3.9 3,422
Arizona 98,407 527 5.4 11.8 288,966 1,053 3.6 23.6 362,386 1,128 3.1 25.2 347,246 785 2.3 17.6 353,389 744 2.1 16.6 177,355 232 1.3 5.2 4,469
Arkansas 39,844 815 20.5 9.0 115,044 1,450 12.6 16.0 150,037 2,209 14.7 24.4 149,717 1,715 11.5 18.9 155,080 2,153 13.9 23.8 80,870 711 8.8 7.9 9,053
California 555,240 10,933 19.7 12.2 1,601,758 15,665 9.8 17.5 2,033,201 19,868 9.8 22.2 2,065,423 18,246 8.8 20.4 2,187,243 18,087 8.3 20.2 1,087,628 6,618 6.1 7.4 89,417
Colorado 68,852 1,270 18.4 11.7 205,055 2,351 11.5 21.7 260,347 2,778 10.7 25.6 246,663 2,006 8.1 18.5 257,135 1,896 7.4 17.5 130,929 538 4.1 5.0 10,839
Connecticut 36,077 1,189 33.0 11.7 124,402 1,903 15.3 18.8 173,414 2,440 14.1 24.1 184,608 1,956 10.6 19.3 197,421 2,121 10.7 20.9 101,540 531 5.2 5.2 10,140
Delaware 11,335 210 18.5 10.9 34,284 374 10.9 19.4 43,793 518 11.8 26.8 43,444 374 8.6 19.4 46,554 335 7.2 17.3 23,627 121 5.1 6.3 1,932
District of Columbia 7,671 326 42.5 11.8 20,829 326 15.7 11.8 24,432 606 24.8 22.0 23,477 583 24.8 21.2 25,880 706 27.3 25.6 12,747 209 16.4 7.6 2,756
Florida 233,381 14,089 60.4 10.5 669,910 28,490 42.5 21.2 859,101 32,611 38.0 24.2 855,640 25,582 29.9 19.0 919,557 24,783 27.0 18.4 480,884 8,995 18.7 6.7 134,550
Georgia 141,488 4,522 32.0 11.4 421,388 7,741 18.4 19.4 545,359 10,005 18.3 25.1 521,052 7,831 15.0 19.7 544,614 7,586 13.9 19.1 279,219 2,117 7.6 5.3 39,802
Hawaii 17,529 397 22.6 19.5 52,840 359 6.8 17.7 63,775 388 6.1 19.1 62,318 347 5.6 17.1 67,614 388 5.7 19.1 33,934 152 4.5 7.5 2,031
Idaho 23,031 263 11.4 15.9 68,229 338 5.0 20.5 85,866 395 4.6 23.9 83,659 295 3.5 17.9 87,543 256 2.9 15.5 45,795 104 2.3 6.3 1,651
Illinois 176,773 3,915 22.1 14.1 534,411 6,060 11.3 21.8 700,053 6,947 9.9 25.0 701,338 5,348 7.6 19.3 730,280 4,288 5.9 15.5 370,800 1,191 3.2 4.3 27,749
Indiana 86,304 2,418 28.0 11.6 260,004 3,826 14.7 18.3 343,131 4,887 14.2 23.4 343,039 3,881 11.3 18.6 360,833 4,672 12.9 22.4 184,245 1,219 6.6 5.8 20,903
Iowa 39,179 1,674 42.7 11.5 115,368 3,552 30.8 24.3 151,031 3,808 25.2 26.1 153,366 2,628 17.1 18.0 164,402 2,196 13.4 15.1 86,093 730 8.5 5.0 14,588
Kansas 39,459 175 4.4 6.7 116,428 499 4.3 19.1 151,931 694 4.6 26.5 149,870 551 3.7 21.1 156,029 544 3.5 20.8 82,049 154 1.9 5.9 2,617
Kentucky 55,997 2,346 41.9 11.8 165,724 4,261 25.7 21.5 217,017 5,073 23.4 25.6 216,156 3,643 16.9 18.4 227,374 3,432 15.1 17.3 117,069 1,073 9.2 5.4 19,828
Louisiana 62,336 1,366 21.9 11.2 179,507 2,545 14.2 20.8 237,599 3,038 12.8 24.8 232,933 2,355 10.1 19.2 248,350 2,346 9.4 19.2 128,759 592 4.6 4.8 12,242
Maine 13,880 475 34.2 13.4 42,505 746 17.6 21.0 56,864 836 14.7 23.6 60,659 719 11.9 20.3 69,263 619 8.9 17.5 37,777 151 4.0 4.3 3,546
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Massachusetts 77,183 3,587 46.5 10.0 232,739 6,538 28.1 18.1 310,353 8,442 27.2 23.4 315,937 7,425 23.5 20.6 335,908 7,556 22.5 21.0 175,119 2,494 14.2 6.9 36,042
Michigan 123,873 4,077 32.9 15.0 385,127 4,851 12.6 17.9 525,820 6,008 11.4 22.1 545,967 5,142 9.4 18.9 591,095 5,433 9.2 20.0 304,646 1,637 5.4 6.0 27,148
Minnesota 69,394 880 12.7 11.6 209,520 1,571 7.5 20.6 266,474 1,903 7.1 25.0 270,061 1,501 5.6 19.7 288,824 1,365 4.7 17.9 152,160 397 2.6 5.2 7,617
Mississippi 43,394 621 14.3 9.9 125,196 1,056 8.4 16.9 164,876 1,579 9.6 25.2 162,613 1,271 7.8 20.3 173,371 1,352 7.8 21.6 89,502 376 4.2 6.0 6,255
Missouri 78,424 482 6.1 6.8 232,487 1,307 5.6 18.4 302,251 1,637 5.4 23.1 304,748 1,421 4.7 20.0 327,548 1,735 5.3 24.5 170,461 513 3.0 7.2 7,095
Montana 11,644 230 19.8 13.4 34,914 398 11.4 23.2 45,331 413 9.1 24.1 46,395 305 6.6 17.8 51,478 288 5.6 16.8 28,002 82 2.9 4.8 1,716
Nebraska 26,097 688 26.4 11.2 77,045 1,426 18.5 23.3 96,006 1,595 16.6 26.1 94,059 1,117 11.9 18.3 99,431 1,000 10.1 16.3 52,231 293 5.6 4.8 6,119
Nevada 37,901 964 25.4 18.0 109,948 1,177 10.7 22.0 139,565 1,282 9.2 24.0 137,617 941 6.8 17.6 140,397 764 5.4 14.3 69,247 215 3.1 4.0 5,343
New Hampshire 13,987 103 7.4 12.6 44,423 134 3.0 16.4 60,725 166 2.7 20.3 66,097 159 2.4 19.4 73,256 198 2.7 24.2 38,666 59 1.5 7.2 819
New Jersey 107,869 1,380 12.8 11.8 339,428 1,978 5.8 17.0 445,621 2,823 6.3 24.2 461,819 2,333 5.1 20.0 484,924 2,295 4.7 19.7 248,496 842 3.4 7.2 11,651
New Mexico 28,978 731 25.2 12.8 85,085 997 11.7 17.5 110,401 1,455 13.2 25.5 108,259 1,184 10.9 20.8 115,974 1,047 9.0 18.4 59,962 289 4.8 5.1 5,703
New York 244,832 6,867 28.0 8.6 734,257 12,824 17.5 16.0 957,601 17,911 18.7 22.4 979,526 16,590 16.9 20.7 1,049,790 19,193 18.3 24.0 545,228 6,608 12.1 8.3 79,993
North Carolina 125,599 3,058 24.3 10.8 364,385 5,868 16.1 20.7 478,737 7,044 14.7 24.8 457,849 5,541 12.1 19.5 482,012 5,536 11.5 19.5 245,658 1,369 5.6 4.8 28,416
North Dakota 8,261 121 14.6 8.4 23,745 278 11.7 19.3 29,906 349 11.7 24.3 31,237 293 9.4 20.4 33,761 303 9.0 21.1 18,086 94 5.2 6.5 1,438
Ohio 146,341 4,184 28.6 10.1 442,336 7,938 17.9 19.3 593,582 10,310 17.4 25.0 605,315 7,734 12.8 18.8 647,542 8,313 12.8 20.2 333,333 2,750 8.3 6.7 41,229
Oklahoma 52,417 2,079 39.7 15.5 152,040 3,122 20.5 23.3 195,903 3,363 17.2 25.1 190,662 2,335 12.2 17.4 199,875 1,945 9.7 14.5 103,183 554 5.4 4.1 13,398
Oregon 45,608 1,797 39.4 13.9 138,950 2,883 20.7 22.3 185,203 3,379 18.2 26.1 187,320 2,420 12.9 18.7 195,107 1,952 10.0 15.1 103,468 496 4.8 3.8 12,927
Pennsylvania 143,912 237 1.6 5.7 436,884 409 0.9 9.9 581,789 871 1.5 21.0 608,613 867 1.4 20.9 674,097 1,296 1.9 31.3 356,909 459 1.3 11.1 4,139
Puerto Rico 49,929 945 18.9 6.5 149,555 2,280 15.2 15.6 220,338 3,868 17.6 26.4 236,767 3,380 14.3 23.1 243,441 3,229 13.3 22.1 118,882 929 7.8 6.3 14,631
Rhode Island 12,241 528 43.1 12.0 37,590 877 23.3 20.0 49,146 1,041 21.2 23.7 52,157 867 16.6 19.8 56,791 789 13.9 18.0 29,368 285 9.7 6.5 4,387
South Carolina 57,330 1,474 25.7 13.9 169,647 2,048 12.1 19.4 225,213 2,548 11.3 24.1 221,184 1,961 8.9 18.5 238,759 2,050 8.6 19.4 126,155 499 4.0 4.7 10,580
South Dakota 11,464 238 20.8 15.6 33,023 382 11.6 25.1 41,182 360 8.7 23.7 41,022 266 6.5 17.5 44,229 222 5.0 14.6 23,609 53 2.2 3.5 1,521
Tennessee 80,383 2,515 31.3 13.1 239,145 3,623 15.1 18.9 314,050 4,599 14.6 24.0 310,818 3,717 12.0 19.4 327,847 3,479 10.6 18.2 168,918 1,223 7.2 6.4 19,156
Texas 394,904 9,524 24.1 13.8 1,153,713 16,193 14.0 23.5 1,450,876 18,278 12.6 26.5 1,376,402 12,445 9.0 18.0 1,411,362 10,149 7.2 14.7 707,561 2,397 3.4 3.5 68,986
Utah 48,886 1,129 23.1 8.7 151,194 2,718 18.0 20.9 184,101 3,278 17.8 25.1 165,215 2,535 15.3 19.4 159,145 2,480 15.6 19.0 82,229 894 10.9 6.9 13,034
Vermont 6,353 53 8.3 6.2 19,952 129 6.5 15.0 26,649 213 8.0 24.8 28,944 166 5.7 19.3 32,910 210 6.4 24.4 18,249 89 4.9 10.3 860
Virginia 103,270 699 6.8 10.4 306,071 1,373 4.5 20.5 391,428 1,593 4.1 23.8 384,880 1,233 3.2 18.4 409,416 1,319 3.2 19.7 210,549 490 2.3 7.3 6,707
Washington 80,683 1,101 13.6 15.3 246,653 1,548 6.3 21.5 326,739 1,786 5.5 24.8 332,501 1,371 4.1 19.0 355,232 1,118 3.1 15.5 184,182 292 1.6 4.0 7,216
West Virginia 20,897 763 36.5 9.5 63,156 1,609 25.5 19.9 82,720 2,038 24.6 25.3 83,816 1,594 19.0 19.8 90,929 1,584 17.4 19.6 47,448 478 10.1 5.9 8,066
Wisconsin 69,308 705 10.2 8.3 210,508 1,380 6.6 16.2 276,786 1,854 6.7 21.8 283,109 1,537 5.4 18.1 308,401 2,275 7.4 26.7 163,172 759 4.7 8.9 8,510
Wyoming 6,797 88 12.9 11.2 20,314 212 10.4 27.0 25,579 212 8.3 27.0 25,603 131 5.1 16.7 28,273 114 4.0 14.5 15,059 28 1.9 3.6 785
Total 4,105,988 100,142 Blank Cell Blank Cell 12,194,305 172,940 Blank Cell Blank Cell 15,844,671 213,194 Blank Cell Blank Cell 15,837,500 170,944 Blank Cell Blank Cell 16,768,646 170,635 Blank Cell Blank Cell 8,606,429 54,029 Blank Cell Blank Cell 881,884
Rate Blank Cell Blank Cell 24.4 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 14.2 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 13.5 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 10.8 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 10.2 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 6.3 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Percent Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 11.4 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19.6 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 24.2 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19.4 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19.3 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 6.1 Blank Cell
Number Reporting 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51

Age Group of Victims, 2006
This table breaks down the child population into age groups and lists the number of victims and rate of victimization of each age group. The first column of the table lists each State name. Information is broken out by age group for each of the following categories: population, number of victims, rate, and percentage. The age groups are less than 1 year, 1-3, 4-7, 8-11, 12-15, and 16-17. The youngest children had the highest rate of victimization of 24.4 per 1,000 children younger than 1 year.

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