Table P-79 Children Requiring Paternity Determination Services for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
STATES 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
ALABAMA 8,733 8,011 7,716 7,176 6,637
ALASKA 1,425 1,554 1,365 1,120 981
ARIZONA 9,708 8,295 7,020 6,333 4,236
ARKANSAS 5,236 4,545 6,476 14,250 22,790
CALIFORNIA 61,087 56,716 51,523 51,417 46,697
COLORADO 5,534 4,984 4,474 4,257 3,861
CONNECTICUT 3,847 3,245 2,868 2,947 2,816
DELAWARE 16,207 14,684 12,996 10,904 8,680
DIST. OF COL. 9,351 8,942 10,990 10,275 12,394
FLORIDA 44,662 45,688 45,021 51,401 46,785
GEORGIA 50,095 38,494 37,415 37,397 34,945
GUAM 1,012 1,007 968 978 875
HAWAII 2,972 2,412 2,196 2,453 1,562
IDAHO 5,162 4,827 5,605 4,893 4,740
ILLINOIS 53,732 49,403 43,149 46,759 38,826
INDIANA 5,793 4,962 4,658 4,792 5,424
IOWA 21,674 21,005 7,404 6,405 5,428
KANSAS 11,850 11,768 12,106 11,241 13,809
KENTUCKY 17,401 17,870 18,042 17,407 16,209
LOUISIANA 19,519 18,575 17,836 16,432 14,485
MAINE 1,136 1,112 1,105 1,824 1,492
MARYLAND 15,737 18,173 13,757 13,230 11,749
MASSACHUSETTS 8,620 12,920 15,499 22,789 22,233
MICHIGAN 36,482 27,008 28,859 31,840 33,046
MINNESOTA 13,258 13,328 12,452 13,926 14,587
MISSISSIPPI 17,417 16,817 16,172 15,501 12,261
MISSOURI 17,216 20,180 18,446 18,956 24,629
MONTANA 1,823 1,770 1,755 1,680 1,434
NEBRASKA 6,935 6,934 6,461 7,305 7,931
NEVADA 7,490 6,564 5,818 4,990 4,187
NEW HAMPSHIRE 1,909 1,959 2,019 1,482 1,317
NEW JERSEY 29,768 25,572 21,264 16,063 13,444
NEW MEXICO 9,241 11,289 8,560 8,015 7,427
NEW YORK 52,242 47,476 44,599 37,185 27,133
NORTH CAROLINA 23,718 23,669 22,945 21,772 22,489
NORTH DAKOTA 1,002 993 1,773 1,870 1,269
OHIO 29,170 26,622 26,803 27,841 24,110
OKLAHOMA 15,619 14,465 15,038 14,320 13,524
OREGON 1/ 3,754 3,399 117,345 8,510 7,303
PENNSYLVANIA 16,226 15,978 16,388 15,622 12,756
PUERTO RICO 70 62 63 63 57
RHODE ISLAND 4,291 4,951 5,695 5,707 4,717
SOUTH CAROLINA 17,689 17,937 20,980 20,726 21,992
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,334 2,731 2,482 2,143 1,991
TENNESSEE 24,708 24,034 22,324 20,594 19,759
TEXAS 135,715 117,242 106,654 113,428 112,205
UTAH 4,468 4,488 4,455 4,823 5,926
VERMONT 763 784 607 549 454
VIRGIN ISLANDS 1,163 1,031 919 800 689
VIRGINIA 13,949 14,016 13,726 14,741 14,029
WASHINGTON 12,474 12,079 11,811 12,563 11,528
WEST VIRGINIA 3,601 3,604 3,396 3,334 3,287
WISCONSIN 21,008 21,649 21,479 23,927 24,952
WYOMING 828 852 793 725 565
TOTALS 906,824 848,675 912,270 817,681 778,652
Source: Form OCSE-157, line 13.
1 Oregon identified a reporting error for line 13 after the reporting deadline for FY 2019.