Table P-74 Number of Support Orders Established During the Fiscal Year for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
STATES	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
ALABAMA	18,513	18,956	19,140	17,456	14,875
ALASKA	2,334	2,357	2,264	1,776	1,577
ARIZONA	4,940	3,989	4,371	4,450	4,486
ARKANSAS	5,334	4,500	4,188	3,535	3,352
CALIFORNIA	81,434	86,936	82,147	72,155	64,793
COLORADO	7,523	7,593	6,819	6,290	6,667
CONNECTICUT	7,401	7,110	5,945	4,828	4,007
DELAWARE	1,349	1,190	921	961	1,015
DIST. OF COL.	2,039	2,159	1,688	1,698	1,462
FLORIDA	25,192	29,118	29,937	28,606	25,991
GEORGIA	23,711	22,024	20,495	19,573	16,986
GUAM	970	774	566	607	646
HAWAII	3,545	3,029	2,048	2,006	1,849
IDAHO	6,021	6,560	6,683	5,480	3,571
ILLINOIS	41,742	37,235	42,056	38,208	32,508
INDIANA	52,349	53,493	47,171	43,607	44,233
IOWA	8,555	7,353	7,925	8,139	7,658
KANSAS	9,158	10,948	9,638	9,710	9,775
KENTUCKY	24,941	20,745	15,328	15,228	13,309
LOUISIANA	17,586	15,765	14,129	13,176	11,749
MAINE	1,719	923	788	801	934
MARYLAND	14,881	13,275	12,513	11,259	9,876
MASSACHUSETTS	30,773	27,657	27,098	24,869	18,892
MICHIGAN	55,972	57,349	56,551	55,448	53,071
MINNESOTA	14,844	13,044	12,726	12,411	12,373
MISSISSIPPI	19,993	19,565	17,727	16,494	16,023
MISSOURI	15,376	14,752	12,452	10,914	9,797
MONTANA	2,263	2,014	2,161	2,086	2,201
NEBRASKA	8,778	8,774	8,492	8,794	7,896
NEVADA	4,247	3,822	3,838	4,370	3,938
NEW HAMPSHIRE	2,904	2,735	3,404	3,405	3,168
NEW JERSEY	9,232	9,218	8,510	7,326	6,661
NEW MEXICO	4,980	4,547	4,276	4,121	3,377
NEW YORK	48,530	44,876	45,191	40,442	36,659
NORTH CAROLINA	32,681	30,323	30,075	30,358	29,145
NORTH DAKOTA	2,437	2,111	2,064	1,916	1,837
OHIO	41,245	37,903	34,561	33,726	31,939
OKLAHOMA	14,076	13,723	12,884	10,732	8,741
OREGON	8,013	6,535	5,216	4,266	3,955
PENNSYLVANIA	35,745	35,023	34,308	31,357	29,670
PUERTO RICO	4,307	4,134	3,766	3,311	2,456
RHODE ISLAND	3,170	2,312	1,893	1,778	1,703
SOUTH CAROLINA	16,351	14,179	13,737	13,326	11,466
SOUTH DAKOTA	2,325	2,299	2,487	2,505	2,442
TENNESSEE	99,650	90,033	86,488	83,258	81,860
TEXAS	118,437	110,291	117,962	126,452	124,355
UTAH	5,317	5,919	5,165	5,474	4,797
VERMONT	6,651	6,314	5,700	5,256	4,998
VIRGIN ISLANDS	232	235	211	175	130
VIRGINIA	18,812	15,938	15,364	15,192	14,454
WASHINGTON	28,933	25,705	24,694	23,181	21,837
WEST VIRGINIA	9,583	9,331	7,218	6,407	5,344
WISCONSIN	39,635	38,411	36,988	36,025	34,686
WYOMING	1,996	1,163	1,061	1,024	1,091
TOTALS	1,068,725	1,016,267	981,028	935,948	872,281
Source: Form OCSE-157, line 17.