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Child Maltreatment 2001
Table 2-2 Reports by Source, 2001

The word bold before a number indicates an estimate or a total.

State Social Services & Mental Health Personnel Medical
Personnel
Legal, Law
Enforcement,
Criminal
Justice
Personnel
Education
Personnel
Child Day
Care &
Substitute
Care
Provider(s)
Alleged
Victim(s)
Parent(s) Other
Relative(s)
Friend(s) or
Neighbor(s)
Alleged
Perpetrator(s)
Anonymous
Source
Other Unknown Total
Reports
Alabama 2,294 1,825 3,890 3,332 226 306 2,124 2,411 789 6 1,408 1,808 Blank Cell  20,419
Alaska 2,513 1,664 3,430 3,262 260 81 992 1,294 928 Blank Cell 2,128 1,870 Blank Cell 18,422
Arizona 3,501 3,105 5,947 5,836 608 434 3,081 3,112 3,240 Blank Cell  2,980 1,827 118 33,789
Arkansas 2,866 1,342 1,938 2,859 258 170 1,022 2,699 1,675 4 1,774 1,878 19 18,504
California 41,351 17,703 38,325 43,457 2,076 831 7 17,533 8,963 1,424 25,712 32,868 17,486 247,736
Colorado 2,213 1,340 3,811 2,796 483 127 775 1,353 872 Blank Cell  5,750 1,739 Blank Cell  21,169
Connecticut 5,084 3,099 6,203 6,554 861 147 2,065 1,284 596 23 3,414 1,497 397 31,224
Delaware 421 483 1,341 1,051 76 32 483 380 226 20 417 490 58 5,478
District of Columbia 1,214 264 794 345 30 34 186 454 233 3 692 264 Blank Cell 4,513
Florida 24,210 10,514 32,191 18,278 1,340 2,939 14,871 12,769 11,787 241 14,769 7,130 Blank Cell  151,039
Georgia 10,593 1,671 9,749 13,027 756 287 5,624 5,565 4,740 60 2,663 5,357 3,396 63,488
Hawaii 633 622 567 547 23 8 182 293 149 Blank Cell  282 232 178 3,716
Idaho 262 497 1,367 1,456 118 73 716 566 954 1 346 679 41 7,076
Illinois 8,785 8,079 10,141 10,528 1,161 191 4,651 3,862 3,731 Blank Cell  6,969 883 158 59,139
Indiana 3,933 870 6,635 7,580 711 217 3,286 2,783 2,311 73 2,703 1,454 3,142 35,698
Iowa 4,719 1,629 3,178 3,604 799 Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  9 Blank Cell  7,960 3,214 25,112
Kansas 899 398 836 946 338 30 401 257 236 lank Cell  249 301 44 4,935
Kentucky 1,251 599 2,026 1,987 189 311 3,715 2818 1 Blank Cell  3,673 12,970 7,540 37,080
Louisiana 2,648 2,262 3,279 4,396 195 152 2,079 2,740 1,127 28 1,678 2,873 Blank Cell  23,457
Maine 1,254 367 592 799 117 29 306 424 399 Blank Cell  261 394 13 4,955
Maryland Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell 
Massachusetts 2,069 3,369 7,491 3,758 503 97 1,054 837 Blank Cell  208 3,592 2,174 11,878 37,030
Michigan 9,844 7,208 10,029 11,008 527 325 6,178 5,597 4,656 Blank Cell  5,927 5,625 Blank Cell  66,914
Minnesota 2,235 1,215 3,702 4,238 638 129 1,154 809 960 32 341 689 242 16,384
Mississippi 812 1,976 2,420 3,169 858 168 864 3,442 1,313 Blank Cell  2,021 227 Blank Cell  17,270
Missouri 9,728 3,287 6,527 5,683 748 Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  1,397 24,382 51,752
Montana 1,028 516 1,448 1,550 276 56 795 777 875 Blank Cell  320 1,576 64 9,281
Nebraska 680 457 1,305 825 216 492 60 497 521 13 1,115 248 173 6,602
Nevada 1,171 994 1,680 2,495 237 78 1,017 990 1,548 1 406 1,911 Blank Cell  12,528
New Hampshire 844 1,048 1,134 1,724 168 19 326 872 1,087 Blank Cell  Blank Cell  1,172 32 8,426
New Jersey 1,390 5,571 6,377 8,844 630 594 3,384 2,643 2,044 Blank Cell  4,557 3,339 Blank Cell  39,373
New Mexico 1,542 1,247 2,140 3,065 151 26 670 947 291 Blank Cell  2,573 1,216 21 13,889
New York 32,771 9,650 18,617 25,470 2,649 Blank Cell  11,461 8,460 6,275 Blank Cell  20,783 13,756  Blank Cell  149,892
North Carolina 10,604 4,798 6,345 9,962 938 442 5,017 7,627 8,164 Blank Cell  8,070 Blank Cell  Blank Cell  61,697
North Dakota 694 256 870 764 96 29 367 237 277 3 179 256 Blank Cell  4,028
Ohio 14,314 3,676 11,816 9,195 1,573 602 Blank Cell  10,801 5,362 Blank Cell  6,638 6,102 Blank Cell  70,079
Oklahoma 5,327 2,300 4,080 3,477 567 Blank Cell  2,173 4,328 1,043 34 7,686 3,176 2,375 36,566
Oregon 2,084 1,639 4,026 2,627 478 420 379 1,054 1,010 Blank Cell  581 2,349 Blank Cell  16,647
Pennsylvania 4,374 3,342 1,729 5,488 1,917 425 1,920 897 649 39 822 1,408 2 23,012
Rhode Island 1,079 894 979 1,358 171 101 645 421 562 Blank Cell  724 357 160 7,451
South Carolina 2,111 2,050 3,007 3,710 239 61 1,375 1,578 1,205 69 2,415 1,064 Blank Cell  18,884
South Dakota Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell 
Tennessee Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell 
Texas 8,801 13,450 16,079 23,007 1,952 715 12,253 12,787 9,099 Blank Cell  8,198 12,340 1,689 120,370
Utah 2,930 1,066 4,443 1,864 387 127 835 2,652 1,485 27 772 1,571 Blank Cell  18,159
Vermont 509 200 477 666 118 37 313 188 77 13 87 151 36 2,872
Virginia 2,218 1,689 3,396 4,054 315 183 1,464 2,043 1,216 Blank Cell  2,372 1,313 147 20,950
Washington 7,875 1,926 4,001 1,021 1,843 1,780 2,242 Blank Cell  1,062 Blank Cell  Blank Cell  959 Blank Cell  22,709
West Virginia 2,695 789 1,100 2,054 294 158 1,793 1,561 1,010 13 3,382 1,491 127 16,467
Wisconsin 12,984 2,734 10,192 8,075 1,420 476 4,677 4,044 2,943 80 2,581 3,453 Blank Cell  53,659
Wyoming 292 167 389 574 57 32 298 204 275 14 172 226 5 2,705
Total bold263,559 bold135,847 bold272,579 bold282,095 bold30,591 bold13,971 bold109,280 bold138,890 bold97,956 bold2,438 bold164,182 bold154,020 bold77,137 bold1,742,545
Percent bold15.1 bold7.8 bold15.6 bold16.2 bold1.8 bold0.8 bold6.3 bold8.0 bold5.6 bold0.1 bold9.4 bold8.8 bold4.4 bold99.9
Number Reporting bold48 bold48 bold48 bold48 bold48 bold44 bold45 bold45 bold45 bold25 bold44 bold47 bold29 bold48

The total percent does not equal 100 due to rounding.

This table lists the source of referrals by State. The first column lists the name of each State and the following 13 columns list the number of referrals reported by the source indicated at the top of the column. These 13 columns include Social Services and Mental Health Personnel; Medical Personnel; Legal, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Personnel; Education Personnel; Child Day Care and Substitute Care Provider(s); Alleged Victims; Parent(s); Other Relatives; Friend(s) or Neighbor(s); Alleged Perpetrators; Anonymous Sources; Other; and Unknown. The last column of the table lists the total number of reports per State. The total number of reports among all of the States combined, for the year 2001, was 1,742,545.

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