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NOTE: This table reflects State data submitted to the Children's Bureau as of June 2008. Jurisdictions with insufficient data ("NA") are not included in the total for that year.
State | Numbers of Children | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Entering Foster Care during the Year | Exiting Care during the Year | In Foster Care on Last Day
of Year (September 30) |
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FY 2002 | FY 2003 | FY 2004 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2002 | FY 2003 | FY 2004 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2002 | FY 2003 | FY 2004 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | ||||||||
Alabama | 3,125 | 3,246 | 3,598 | 3,844 | 3,791 | 2,692 | 2,818 | 3,046 | 3,279 | 3,474 | 5,883 | 6,079 | 5,934 | 6,913 | 7,157 | |||||||
Alaska | 1,096 | 943 | 665 | 940 | 920 | 844 | 781 | 715 | 791 | 697 | 2,072 | 2,040 | 1,825 | 1,789 | 1,993 | |||||||
Arizona | 5,049 | 6,208 | 7,173 | 7,546 | 7,388 | 4,778 | 4,796 | 5,108 | 6,358 | 7,171 | 6,173 | 7,469 | 9,194 | 9,685 | 9,731 | |||||||
Arkansas | 3,350 | 3,561 | 3,486 | 3,615 | 3,924 | 3,196 | 3,411 | 3,265 | 3,372 | 3,621 | 2,971 | 3,014 | 3,124 | 3,238 | 3,434 | |||||||
California | 39,425 | 39,919 | 39,366 | 41,075 | 41,082 | 42,508 | 41,557 | 41,031 | 40,723 | 40,144 | 90,692 | 87,278 | 82,641 | 80,247 | 78,373 | |||||||
Colorado | 7,738 | 7,613 | 7,782 | 7,651 | 7,059 | 6,343 | 7,284 | 7,577 | 7,182 | 6,896 | 9,209 | 8,754 | 8,196 | 8,213 | 8,139 | |||||||
Connecticut | 2,763 | 3,130 | 2,922 | 2,964 | 3,246 | 2,787 | 2,142 | 2,119 | 2,550 | 3,045 | 6,007 | 6,742 | 6,803 | 6,249 | 6,365 | |||||||
Delaware | 918 | 861 | 880 | 925 | 1,021 | 928 | 810 | 749 | 681 | 791 | 886 | 814 | 849 | 962 | 1,074 | |||||||
District of Columbia | 812 | 719 | 777 | 919 | 668 | 396 | 757 | 1,052 | 1,049 | 952 | 3,321 | 3,092 | 2,641 | 2,519 | 2,378 | |||||||
Florida | 20,800 | 20,549 | 19,932 | 22,147 | 21,999 | 17,340 | 21,585 | 21,097 | 20,539 | 21,238 | 31,963 | 30,677 | 28,864 | 29,312 | 29,229 | |||||||
Georgia | 9,766 | 10,568 | 11,699 | 10,887 | 9,764 | 9,431 | 9,946 | 11,094 | 11,064 | 10,513 | 13,149 | 13,578 | 14,216 | 13,965 | 13,175 | |||||||
Hawaii | 2,231 | 2,347 | 2,262 | 1,891 | 1,673 | 2,066 | 2,081 | 2,152 | 2,017 | 2,008 | 2,665 | 2,919 | 2,942 | 2,745 | 2,355 | |||||||
Idaho | 1,213 | 1,292 | 1,557 | 1,722 | 1,552 | 1,047 | 1,101 | 1,337 | 1,409 | 1,471 | 1,246 | 1,401 | 1,565 | 1,818 | 1,850 | |||||||
Illinois | 5,973 | 5,794 | 5,669 | 5,718 | 5,007 | 7,986 | 7,002 | 6,472 | 6,106 | 5,534 | 24,344 | 21,608 | 19,931 | 19,431 | 18,367 | |||||||
Indiana | 5,676 | 6,084 | 7,026 | 7,541 | 7,379 | 4,579 | 4,846 | 5,472 | 6,168 | 6,722 | 8,478 | 8,815 | 9,778 | 11,243 | 11,401 | |||||||
Iowa | 5,821 | 5,736 | 5,962 | 6,781 | 5,591 | 5,647 | 5,723 | 5,484 | 4,725 | 5,279 | 5,238 | 5,011 | 5,384 | 6,794 | 9,040 | |||||||
Kansas | 2,766 | 2,677 | 3,038 | 3,117 | 3,506 | 1,710 | 2,285 | 2,216 | 2,940 | 2,918 | 6,190 | 5,781 | 6,060 | 5,833 | 6,237 | |||||||
Kentucky | 5,250 | 5,476 | 5,561 | 5,950 | 6,315 | 4,406 | 4,980 | 5,092 | 5,494 | 5,690 | 6,814 | 6,898 | 6,998 | 7,220 | 7,606 | |||||||
Louisiana | 2,974 | 2,809 | 2,754 | 3,371 | 3,965 | 2,996 | 2,866 | 2,671 | 2,762 | 3,386 | 4,829 | 4,541 | 4,397 | 4,833 | 5,213 | |||||||
Maine | 850 | 904 | 808 | 727 | 737 | 740 | 933 | 967 | 991 | 967 | 3,084 | 2,760 | 2,584 | 2,309 | 2,076 | |||||||
Maryland | 3,563 | 3,470 | 3,564 | 3,353 | 3,541 * | 3,445 | 3,062 | 3,265 | 2,679 | 3,534 * | 12,026 | 11,521 | 11,111 | 10,867 | 10,681 * | |||||||
Massachusetts | 6,555 | 6,507 | 6,616 | 6,252 | 6,377 | 5,548 | 6,139 | 6,347 | 6,329 | 6,747 | 12,510 | 12,608 | 12,562 | 12,197 | 11,499 | |||||||
Michigan | 10,019 | 9,650 | 9,741 | 9,296 | 9,005 | 9,827 | 8,979 | 9,234 | 9,546 | 8,695 | 21,251 | 21,376 | 21,173 | 20,498 | 20,142 | |||||||
Minnesota | 10,317 | 8,080 | 7,806 | 8,166 | 8,017 | 9,700 | 8,195 | 7,554 | 7,308 | 7,248 | 8,052 | 6,770 | 6,540 | 6,978 | 7,156 | |||||||
Mississippi | 1,582 | 1,570 | 1,852 | 2,048 | 1,950 | 1,510 | 1,525 | 1,560 | 1,659 | 2,018 | 2,686 | 2,721 | 2,989 | 3,269 | 3,126 | |||||||
Missouri | 7,139 | 6,342 | 6,618 | 6,451 | 5,657 | 6,342 | 6,560 | 6,028 | 6,213 | 6,376 | 13,029 | 11,900 | 11,778 | 11,433 | 10,181 | |||||||
Montana | 1,306 | 1,175 | 1,228 | 1,432 | 1,153 | 1,280 | 1,087 | 992 | 1,149 | 1,309 | 1,912 | 1,866 | 2,030 | 2,222 | 1,909 | |||||||
Nebraska | 3,351 | 2,907 | 4,155 | 3,942 | 3,799 | 3,195 | 3,147 | 3,118 | 3,425 | 3,659 | 5,724 | 5,148 | 6,292 | 6,231 | 6,187 | |||||||
Nevada | 3,239 | 3,202 | 3,495 | 3,646 | 3,397 | 3,248 | 3,866 | 3,053 | 3,064 | 3,492 | 3,027 | 3,605 | 4,037 | 4,654 | 5,069 | |||||||
New Hampshire | 563 | 578 | 560 | 548 | 557 | 512 | 613 | 523 | 549 | 557 | 1,291 | 1,217 | 1,236 | 1,178 | 1,146 | |||||||
New Jersey | 6,052 | 6,994 | 6,673 | 5,287 | 6,298 | 5,404 | 5,485 | 6,746 | 7,053 | 6,963 | 11,442 | 12,816 | 12,289 | 11,211 | 10,623 | |||||||
New Mexico | 1,968 | 1,941 | 2,243 | 2,241 | 2,121 | 1,606 | 1,426 | 1,842 | 2,039 | 2,061 | 1,885 | 2,122 | 2,157 | 2,316 | 2,357 | |||||||
New York | 15,432 | 13,598 | 12,705 | 11,283 | 13,353 | 17,970 | 16,905 | 16,085 | 14,667 | 13,289 | 40,753 | 37,067 | 33,445 | 30,458 | 29,973 | |||||||
North Carolina | 5,615 | 5,461 | 6,089 | 6,529 | 6,413 | 5,404 | 5,067 | 5,194 | 5,482 | 5,577 | 9,527 | 9,534 | 10,077 | 10,698 | 11,115 | |||||||
North Dakota | 1,044 | 1,050 | 1,048 | 1,098 | 948 | 864 | 878 | 874 | 911 | 881 | 1,197 | 1,238 | 1,314 | 1,370 | 1,331 | |||||||
Ohio | 14,982 | 13,997 | 13,152 | 12,311 | 12,016 | 14,421 | 14,437 | 13,574 | 12,201 | 11,285 | 21,038 | 19,323 | 18,004 | 17,446 | 16,631 | |||||||
Oklahoma | 6,923 | 6,713 | 6,507 | 7,129 | 6,927 | 6,328 | 5,762 | 5,203 | 6,021 | 6,313 | 8,812 | 9,252 | 11,325 | 11,393 | 11,816 | |||||||
Oregon | 5,095 | 4,976 | 5,544 | 6,197 | 5,294 | 4,646 | 4,313 | 4,455 | 5,019 | 5,475 | 9,101 | 9,117 | 10,048 | 11,020 | 10,661 | |||||||
Pennsylvania | 13,684 | 13,039 | 14,574 | 14,658 | 14,209 | 12,024 | 11,985 | 12,625 | 13,582 | 13,307 | 21,410 | 20,845 | 21,944 | 21,691 | 21,135 | |||||||
Rhode Island | 1,582 | 1,567 | 1,649 | 1,561 | 2,024 | 1,378 | 1,347 | 1,462 | 1,358 | 1,582 | 2,383 | 2,357 | 2,414 | 2,509 | 2,842 | |||||||
South Carolina | 3,537 | 3,416 | 3,108 | 3,234 | 3,485 | 3,407 | 3,353 | 3,151 | 3,071 | 3,259 | 4,818 | 4,801 | 4,635 | 4,757 | 4,920 | |||||||
South Dakota | 1,348 | 1,375 | 1,274 | 1,368 | 1,356 | 1,153 | 1,091 | 1,139 | 1,180 | 1,359 | 1,396 | 1,537 | 1,582 | 1,704 | 1,648 | |||||||
Tennessee | 6,047 | 6,305 | 6,715 | 7,056 | 6,612 | 5,443 | 4,288 | 4,877 | 6,421 | 6,841 | 9,359 | 9,487 | 9,590 | 9,017 | 8,818 | |||||||
Texas | 11,766 | 11,513 | 13,613 | 16,933 | 16,928 | 9,108 | 10,245 | 10,842 | 12,160 | 14,695 | 21,353 | 21,880 | 24,529 | 28,883 | 30,848 | |||||||
Utah | 2,177 | 1,928 | 1,954 | 2,215 | 2,173 | 2,118 | 1,821 | 1,791 | 1,791 | 1,984 | 2,025 | 2,033 | 2,108 | 2,285 | 2,427 | |||||||
Vermont | 832 | 725 | 840 | 770 | 701 | 657 | 760 | 763 | 714 | 729 | 1,526 | 1,409 | 1,432 | 1,436 | 1,379 | |||||||
Virginia | 3,274 | 3,351 | 3,418 | 3,518 | 3,936 | 2,307 | 2,459 | 2,772 | 3,417 | 3,044 | 7,109 | 7,046 | 6,869 | 7,022 | 7,843 | |||||||
Washington | 6,704 | 6,196 | 6,554 | 7,004 | 6,738 | 6,374 | 6,303 | 6,082 | 6,124 | 6,163 | 9,669 | 9,213 | 9,368 | 10,068 | 10,457 | |||||||
West Virginia | 2,358 | 2,347 | 2,402 | 2,846 | 2,810 | 2,502 | 1,268 | 1,283 | 2,458 | 2,551 | 3,220 | 4,069 | 3,990 | 4,627 | 4,012 | |||||||
Wisconsin | 5,054 | 5,010 | 5,643 | 6,099 | 5,375 | 5,186 | 5,832 | 5,682 | 5,754 | 5,249 | 8,744 | 7,824 | 7,812 | 8,109 | 7,556 | |||||||
Wyoming | 819 | 1,029 | 1,168 | 1,208 | 1,187 | 758 | 884 | 954 | 1,070 | 1,045 | 921 | 1,052 | 1,184 | 1,244 | 1,304 | |||||||
Puerto Rico | 3,483 | 3,652 | 2,138 | 1,936 | 1,877 | 2,369 | 2,624 | 1,937 | 1,748 | 1,521 | 8,179 | 7,585 | 7,663 | 6,786 | 6,661 | |||||||
Total | 294,978 | 289,100 | 297,563 | 307,486 | 303,381 | 278,454 | 278,411 | 279,723 | 286,582 | 291,296 | 522,579 | 509,600 | 507,453 | 510,895 | 508,446 |
NOTE: Examination of the relationship between the number of exits and entries for each year gives the erroneous impression that the number of entries each year is greater than the number of exits even though the number of children in care on September 30 may be steady, be declining, or even be increasing but at a much slower pace than the exit numbers imply. This occurs because in the AFCARS database each child is counted only once and the information included on the child in the database is from their most recent foster care episode. However, there are some children who were in foster care on the first day of the year and exited and re-entered during the year one or more times prior to entering their most recent foster care episode. In addition, they remained in foster care through the last day of the fiscal year (September 30) in their most recent foster care episode. In these circumstances, the exit associated with their "in care" status on the first day of the year is not counted. We estimate that the number of these uncounted exits exceeds 10,000 annually.
* Maryland 2006 entries, exits and children in care as of September 30th are estimates provided by the State. Back