Table P-71 Total Number of Paternities Established or Acknowledged for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
STATES	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
ALABAMA	6,114	5,854	5,918	5,222	4,577
ALASKA	3,890	3,775	3,755	3,243	3,347
ARIZONA	61,421	46,617	47,656	49,001	52,315
ARKANSAS	12,503	12,595	11,896	11,146	12,372
CALIFORNIA	191,033	191,101	186,631	174,589	164,088
COLORADO	12,815	13,194	13,260	12,662	12,410
CONNECTICUT	22,017	20,453	18,467	17,456	16,988
DELAWARE	2,443	2,289	1,854	1,702	1,925
DIST. OF COL.	7,477	7,657	6,971	6,971	6,167
FLORIDA	94,457	92,229	96,019	96,053	94,736
GEORGIA	44,536	42,384	44,991	46,147	43,759
GUAM	840	790	778	805	809
HAWAII	10,126	9,434	9,235	8,807	9,020
IDAHO	10,114	8,976	9,024	7,550	5,734
ILLINOIS	59,810	58,335	56,279	60,144	57,576
INDIANA	6,317	5,164	5,272	4,658	4,130
IOWA	12,756	12,418	12,533	12,350	12,120
KANSAS	20,188	20,855	22,474	21,087	19,380
KENTUCKY	8,428	7,686	8,351	8,229	7,456
LOUISIANA	5,182	4,701	4,202	3,697	3,298
MAINE	4,928	4,806	4,230	4,073	4,474
MARYLAND	6,646	6,169	5,251	4,945	4,337
MASSACHUSETTS	20,876	19,786	19,301	20,978	20,268
MICHIGAN	52,308	54,685	48,866	47,127	44,810
MINNESOTA	26,192	24,000	23,611	16,648	21,989
MISSISSIPPI	22,377	21,432	15,854	13,077	16,419
MISSOURI	32,257	32,053	29,315	28,374	28,261
MONTANA	4,350	4,115	4,249	3,910	3,903
NEBRASKA	9,315	9,787	9,616	9,333	9,330
NEVADA	1,970	1,946	1,739	1,941	14,493
NEW HAMPSHIRE	905	982	954	719	704
NEW JERSEY	36,913	36,618	35,764	34,346	32,509
NEW MEXICO	4,522	3,781	3,690	3,907	3,836
NEW YORK	110,786	99,346	114,911	118,969	114,572
NORTH CAROLINA	56,629	57,027	64,502	60,695	60,760
NORTH DAKOTA	6,377	5,803	5,810	5,689	5,574
OHIO	55,863	53,170	53,955	52,189	51,130
OKLAHOMA	19,692	19,405	19,663	17,797	17,680
OREGON	16,823	15,473	15,200	15,554	14,752
PENNSYLVANIA	63,680	64,175	62,135	56,556	59,812
PUERTO RICO	22,878	21,854	19,824	17,379	14,515
RHODE ISLAND	1,772	1,410	1,134	828	866
SOUTH CAROLINA	24,787	22,981	21,539	21,311	19,899
SOUTH DAKOTA	4,050	4,027	3,938	3,897	3,936
TENNESSEE	56,264	51,812	50,394	48,790	47,839
TEXAS	173,973	172,260	168,419	165,783	157,815
UTAH	9,337	9,996	9,991	9,583	9,218
VERMONT	936	789	726	641	594
VIRGIN ISLANDS	158	77	68	58	91
VIRGINIA	30,924	30,531	30,145	29,106	30,599
WASHINGTON	33,726	30,634	32,732	33,223	32,039
WEST VIRGINIA	9,485	9,483	8,287	8,638	7,935
WISCONSIN	25,109	25,252	24,893	24,566	23,714
WYOMING	2,362	2,305	2,471	2,353	2,320
TOTALS	1,541,637	1,484,477	1,478,743	1,434,502	1,413,200
Source: Form OCSE-157, lines 10 and 16, column A.