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Indiana Department of Child Services Number Of
Abuse Neglect Children Per 1,000 Population
Under The Age Of 18 Substantiated Cases For
State Fiscal Year 2003
LAGRANGE
STEUBEN
ELKHART
ST JOSEPH
LAPORTE
13.0
10.7
11.6
8.0
PORTER
LAKE
15.8
NOBLE
DEKALB
11.5
6.7
MARSHALL
13.9
8.2
KOSCIUSKO
15.2
10.7
9.7
WHITLEY
STARKE
ALLEN
JASPER
4.9
FULTON
PULASKI
9.5
NEWTON
14.2
12.8
7.7
WABASH
HUNTINGTON
MIAMI
7.4
ADAMS
WELLS
CASS
9.4
WHITE
10.9
10.3
16.4
11.2
1.4
7.3
BENTON
CARROLL
10.0
GRANT
12.2
JAY
BLACKFORD
HOWARD
15.2
TIPPECANOE
18.3
7.4
10.9
WARREN
CLINTON
TIPTON
15.7
MADISON
8.0
DELAWARE
3.0
16.3
RANDOLPH
18.5
12.5
HAMILTON
MONTGOMERY
14.5
18.3
BOONE
2.4
10.2
HENRY
FOUNTAIN
15.7
WAYNE
15.9
VERMILLION
PARKE
17.1
MARION
HANCOCK
HENDRICKS
9.9
PUTNAM
5.7
13.9
13.7
RUSH
UNION
11.3
FAYETTE
23.5
SHELBY
14.4
4.4
24.0
JOHNSON
MORGAN
CLAY
VIGO
20.8
FRANKLIN
9.5
7.6
13.7
8.9
OWEN
DECATUR
13.3
BROWN
BARTHOLOMEW
11.9
MONROE
16.9
DEARBORN
18.6
11.1
SULLIVAN
RIPLEY
16.6
21.2
GREENE
13.5
JENNINGS
22.4
32.0
25.0
JACKSON
OHIO
29.8
LAWRENCE
30.1
SWITZERLAND
JEFFERSON
KNOX
8.2
MARTIN
17.4
14.7
DAVIESS
38.6
8.9
WASHINGTON
25.9
10.6
SCOTT
ORANGE
9.6
CLARK
15.5
31.7
PIKE
DUBOIS
GIBSON
FLOYD
32.1
9.0
CRAWFORD
9.0
18.0
33.3
Abuse / Neglect Rate above the State Average of
12.8
11.6
PERRY
WARRICK
POSEY
HARRISON
10.8
16.9
7.5
22.2
SPENCER
VANDERBURGH
9.3
Note Total State Population Under the Age of 18
is 1,594,857 per the 2002 Population Estimates
of the U.S. Census Bureau