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Trends: Child Maltreatment

This table shows the rate of substantiated or indicated reports of child maltreatment victims per 1,000 children as voluntarily reported by each state (Child Maltreatment 2008). You may also want to compare data to the national median, which is a comparison that is made in the federal Child Maltreatment Report from which the data are derived. State comparisons are not presented given the significant differences in state definitions of maltreatment and substantiation procedures.

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United States
Alabama Louisiana Oklahoma
Alaska Maine Oregon
Arizona Maryland Pennsylvania
Arkansas Massachusetts Puerto Rico
California Michigan Rhode Island
Colorado Minnesota South Carolina
Connecticut Mississippi South Dakota
Delaware Missouri Tennessee
District of Columbia Montana Texas
Florida Nebraska Utah
Georgia Nevada Vermont
Hawaii New Hampshire Virgin Islands
Idaho New Jersey Virginia
Illinois New Mexico Washington
Indiana New York West Virginia
Iowa North Carolina Wisconsin
Kansas North Dakota Wyoming
Kentucky Ohio

Foster Care and Adoption Levels The data are showing good signs but change is slight. Entries into foster care declined from an estimated 295,000 in FY2002 to an estimated 275,000 in FY2008 while the number of adoptions from foster care increased from 51,000 to 55,000 over that same time period. For a more detailed discussion of the data and information on each of the 50 states, see Adoption and Foster Care Statistics .

Child Poverty. 2008 Census Data: The U.S. Census Bureau just released its annual report on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage . Of children under 18, the youngest fare the worst. About 22% of all children birth to three (2,854,000) lived in poverty in 2008.