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Child Maltreatment 2000
Table 4-2 Perpetrator Relationship to Victim, 2000
(DCDC, Child File)

State Parent(s) Other
Relative(s)
Foster
Parent(s)
Residential
Facility Staff
Child
Day Care
Provider(s)
Unmarried
Partner
of Parent
Other Unknown Total
Perpetrators
Alabama Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Alaska Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Arizona 8,339 410 26 31 1 279 43 2 9,131
Arkansas 6,642 1,054 15 Blank Cell 45 58 48 2,334 10,196
California Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Colorado Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Connecticut 17,665 812 429 162 Blank Cell 1,203 725 20 21,016
Delaware Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
District of Columbia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Florida 24,756 2,210 184 31 452 Blank Cell 4,395 157 32,185
Georgia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Hawaii 3,925 307 91 6 Blank Cell Blank Cell 341 68 4,738
Idaho Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Illinois 39,260 8,018 492 87 1,706 3,965 2,684 307 56,519
Indiana 21,669 2,369 83 34 48 1,433 2,882 1,583 30,101
Iowa 10,270 693 44 73 754 522 607 765 13,728
Kansas 7,302 865 53 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,357 10,577
Kentucky 18,746 1,226 86 Blank Cell 54 1,196 764 553 22,625
Louisiana 9,755 1,472 50 80 45 29 910 659 13,000
Maine 6,138 520 10 6 12 448 71 909 8,114
Maryland Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Massachusetts 35,591 1,678 175 82 94 2,924 1,170 81 41,795
Michigan 31,020 1,157 134 3 13 Blank Cell 2,385 Blank Cell 34,712
Minnesota 11,832 831 34 11 93 835 315 1,258 15,209
Mississippi Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Missouri 5,916 717 40 141 42 621 770 429 8,676
Montana Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Nebraska 3,392 254 4 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,047 4,697
Nevada Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
New Hampshire Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
New Jersey 7,857 536 107 169 137 420 164 237 9,627
New Mexico 7,241 764 Blank Cell Blank Cell 1 307 258 6 8,577
New York 88,949 5,137 753 90 940 Blank Cell 2,081 89 98,039
North Carolina Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
North Dakota Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Ohio Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Oklahoma 13,207 667 229 Blank Cell 175 15 659 201 15,153
Oregon Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Pennsylvania 3,055 681 66 53 666 462 560 1 5,544
Rhode Island 3,386 141 37 50 51 Blank Cell 444 30 4,139
South Carolina Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
South Dakota 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
Texas 45,892 6,648 91 15 352 3,171 2,069 163 58,401
Utah 7,557 1,200 25 5 35 771 1,714 200 11,507
Vermont 850 150 14 3 1 Blank Cell 390 42 1,450
Virginia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Washington 7,744 Blank Cell 411 Blank Cell 257 42 468 195 9,117
West Virginia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell/td> Blank Cell
Wisconsin Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Wyoming 1,194 184 6 2 50 Blank Cell 166 7 1,609
Total bold449,150 bold40,701 bold3,689 bold1,134 bold6,024 bold18,701 bold27,083 bold13,700 bold560,182
Percent bold80.2 bold7.3 bold0.7 bold0.2 bold1.1 bold3.3 bold4.8 bold2.4 bold100
Number Reporting bold28 bold27 bold27 bold21 bold24 bold19 bold26 bold27 bold28

This table categorizes the perpetrators by their relationship to the victim. It lists, in the first column, the name of every State. The next eight columns list the relationships in the following order: parent(s), other relative(s), foster parent(s), residential facility staff, child care provider(s), unmarried partner of parent, other and unknown. The last column lists the total perpetrators in each State for a grand total of 560,182 among 28 reporting States.

 

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