Table P-71 Total Number of Paternities Established or Acknowledged for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
STATES	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
ALABAMA	5,222	4,577	4,410	2,926	3,092
ALASKA	3,243	3,347	3,367	2,992	3,028
ARIZONA	49,001	52,315	49,456	37,193	30,597
ARKANSAS	11,146	12,372	11,786	10,952	11,755
CALIFORNIA	174,589	164,088	159,106	147,634	153,077
COLORADO	12,662	12,410	12,886	10,893	11,837
CONNECTICUT	17,456	16,988	16,929	13,152	14,094
DELAWARE	1,702	1,925	1,510	1,048	1,346
DIST. OF COL.	6,971	6,167	4,442	3,278	3,311
FLORIDA	96,053	94,736	93,109	90,966	83,994
GEORGIA	46,147	43,759	44,500	40,703	42,786
GUAM	805	809	832	742	727
HAWAII	8,807	9,020	8,604	7,691	8,252
IDAHO	7,550	5,734	6,835	8,471	7,539
ILLINOIS	60,144	57,576	56,265	49,373	49,901
INDIANA	4,658	4,130	4,030	2,707	2,895
IOWA	12,350	12,120	11,798	11,447	11,309
KANSAS	21,087	19,380	19,426	18,603	19,419
KENTUCKY	8,229	7,456	7,325	5,800	4,773
LOUISIANA	3,697	3,298	3,384	2,184	2,602
MAINE	4,073	4,474	4,340	3,616	3,878
MARYLAND	4,945	4,337	3,925	2,593	2,232
MASSACHUSETTS	20,978	20,268	21,308	18,401	20,106
MICHIGAN	47,127	44,810	44,141	40,255	39,187
MINNESOTA	16,648	21,989	21,590	19,893	20,043
MISSISSIPPI	13,077	16,419	29,726	14,472	251,164
MISSOURI	28,374	28,261	28,113	26,108	24,450
MONTANA	3,910	3,903	3,502	3,137	3,191
NEBRASKA	9,333	9,330	9,144	9,004	9,121
NEVADA	1,941	14,493	15,010	13,021	13,446
NEW HAMPSHIRE	719	704	3,501	3,531	3,420
NEW JERSEY	34,346	32,509	31,875	29,168	27,841
NEW MEXICO	3,907	3,836	3,308	2,627	1,986
NEW YORK	118,969	114,572	109,321	88,522	91,772
NORTH CAROLINA	60,695	60,760	62,689	56,350	56,777
NORTH DAKOTA	5,689	5,574	6,366	6,635	5,715
OHIO	52,189	51,130	51,275	46,128	46,546
OKLAHOMA	17,797	17,680	15,631	17,238	13,445
OREGON	15,554	14,752	13,076	11,997	12,752
PENNSYLVANIA	56,556	59,812	58,544	47,070	47,027
PUERTO RICO	17,379	14,515	14,112	11,746	12,540
RHODE ISLAND	828	866	639	407	553
SOUTH CAROLINA	21,311	19,899	20,170	19,394	20,041
SOUTH DAKOTA	3,897	3,936	3,808	3,483	3,270
TENNESSEE	48,790	47,839	46,502	41,613	41,702
TEXAS	165,783	157,815	157,084	127,156	141,966
UTAH	9,583	9,218	9,199	8,369	8,875
VERMONT	641	594	514	281	254
VIRGIN ISLANDS	58	91	32	19	22
VIRGINIA	29,106	30,599	30,011	28,506	28,843
WASHINGTON	33,223	32,039	29,122	25,952	24,814
WEST VIRGINIA	8,638	7,935	7,915	6,937	7,538
WISCONSIN	24,566	23,714	23,580	19,320	20,023
WYOMING	2,353	2,320	2,199	1,951	1,834
TOTALS	1,434,502	1,413,200	1,401,272	1,223,655	1,472,708
Source: Form OCSE-157, lines 10 and 16, column A.