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THE STATE OF AMERICA'S CHILDREN YEARBOOK I 998<br />

TABLE B15<br />

Children Under 18 In Foster Care<br />

Percentage<br />

Last day Last day Last day Last day Last day Last day change<br />

State FY 1990 FY 1991 FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY90-FY95<br />

Alabama 4,420 4,383 4,133 3,938 3,788 3,590 -18.8%<br />

Alaska 3,852 1,942 1,496 2,029 1,876 1,783 -53.7<br />

Arizona 3,379 3,618 3,909 4,107 4,271 5,640 66.9<br />

Arkansas 1,351 1,326 1,981 2,296 2,196 2,374 75.7<br />

California 79,482 80,880 83,849 88,262 93,321 96,617 21.6<br />

Colorado 3,892 5,519 4,390 5,700 5,957 7,258 86.5<br />

Connecticut 4,121 4,202 4,252 4,557 4,648 7,045 71.0<br />

Delaware 663 655 638 707 746 843 27.1<br />

District ofColumbia 2,313 2,152 2,145 1,981 2,088 -9.7<br />

Florida 10,664 10,235 9,928 9,568 9,284 9,002 -15.6<br />

Georgia 15,179 15,500 16,999 17,277 17,239 17,876 17.8<br />

Hawaii 1,659 1,600 1,214 1,574 1,818 2,454 47.9<br />

Idaho 548 877 1,235 1,342 906 1,068 94.9<br />

Illinois 20,753 23,776 29,542 33,815 41,161 47,862 130.6<br />

Indiana 7,492 8,126 8,455 8,669 9,883 10,145 35.4<br />

Iowa 3,425 4,609 3,606 3,411 3,526 3,952 15.4<br />

Kansas 3,976 7,112 7,838 4,593 4,501 4,744 19.3<br />

Kentucky 3,810 6,422 6,966 3,363 3,567 3,760 -1.3<br />

Louisiana 5,379 5,799 5,722 5,607 5,831 5,962 10.8<br />

Maine 1,745 1,814 1,944 2,150 2,236 2,473 41.7<br />

Maryland 6,473 4,859 5,816 6,107 6,936 7,399 14.3<br />

Massachusetts 11,856 13,232 13,147 13,382 13,574 13,591 14.6<br />

Michigan 9,000 11,282 11,121 10,382 10,606 10,889 21.0<br />

Minnesota 7,310 7,898 7,895 9,700 10,379 8,452 15.6<br />

Mississippi 2,832 2,830 3,169 3,293 3,425 2,940 3.8<br />

Missouri 8,241 7,143 8,171 8,625 8,873 9,331 13.2<br />

Montana 1,224 1,494 1,691 1,447 1,414 1,695 38.5<br />

Nebraska 2,543 2,660 2,985 3,222 3,274 3,213 26.3<br />

Nevada 2,566 1,563 1,664 2,831 2,440 1,823 -29.0<br />

New Hampshire 1,505 2,095 2,630 2,509 1,975 1,477 -1.9<br />

New Jersey 8,879 8,451 8,024 7,673 7,771 8,014 -9.7<br />

New Mexico 2,042 2,304 2,118 2,097 2,174 2,050 0.4<br />

New York 63,371 65,171 62,705 59,658 58,658 52,395 -17.3<br />

North Carolina 7,170 9,619 10,275 11,024 11,859 12,760 78.0<br />

North Dakota 393 695 759 805 875 867 120.6<br />

Ohio 18,062 17,298 17,099 15,922 15,922 17,800 -1.5<br />

OkJahoma 3,435 3,803 2,892 2,953 6,707 3,017 -12.2<br />

Oregon 4,261 3,996 4,031 4,119 4,599 5,138 20.6<br />

Pennsylvania 16,665 17,508 18,491 18,976 19,735 20,559 23.4<br />

Rhode Island 2,680 3,311 2,755 2,830 3,139 3,309 23.5<br />

South Carolina 3,286 3,698 5,066 4,656 4,761 5,234 59.3<br />

South Dakota 567 613 674 710 631 665 17.3<br />

Tennessee 4,971 5,217 5,312 5,835 6,186 6,520 31.2<br />

Texas 6,698 7,200 9,965 10,880 11,315 11,700 74.7<br />

Utah 1,174 1,405 895 1,465 1,622 1,936 64.9<br />

Vermont 1,063 1,088 1,162 1,236 1,336 1,430 34.5<br />

Virginia 6,217 6,590 6,305 6,229 6,429 6,844 10.1<br />

Washington 13,302 13,956 11,327 8,394 9,189 9,715 -27.0<br />

West Virginia 1,997 1,997 2,315 2,483 2,483 2,877 44.1<br />

Wisconsin 6,037 6,403 6,812 7,045 8,058 7,832 29.7<br />

Wyoming 484 605 907 620 957 2,241 363.0<br />

United States 404,407 424,379 438,427 442,218 466,038 480,249 18.8<br />

Source: American Public Welfare Association. Calculations by Children's Defense Fund.<br />

122 CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND

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