| County | Legal Statuses Granted in FY 1998 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unique Children* | Possessory CVS | TMC** | PMC: Not Free For Adoption | PMC: Free For Adoption | Adoption Finalized | PRS Responsibility Terminated*** | |
| ANDERSON | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| ANDREWS | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| ANGELINA | 38 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 |
| ARANSAS | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| ARCHER | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| ARMSTRONG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ATASCOSA | 32 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| AUSTIN | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| BAILEY | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BANDERA | 23 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| BASTROP | 49 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| BAYLOR | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| BEE | 32 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| BELL | 237 | 1 | 112 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 118 |
| BEXAR | 1,297 | 0 | 577 | 141 | 308 | 148 | 334 |
| BLANCO | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BORDEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BOSQUE | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| BOWIE | 48 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| BRAZORIA | 91 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 42 |
| BRAZOS | 78 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 20 |
| BREWSTER | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| BRISCOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BROOKS | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| BROWN | 36 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| BURLESON | 16 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| BURNET | 22 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| CALDWELL | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| CALHOUN | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| CALLAHAN | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| CAMERON | 212 | 0 | 83 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 107 |
| CAMP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CARSON | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CASS | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| CASTRO | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| CHAMBERS | 16 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| CHEROKEE | 31 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| CHILDRESS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CLAY | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| COCHRAN | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| COKE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| COLEMAN | 15 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| COLLIN | 135 | 1 | 82 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 34 |
| COLLINGSWORTH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| COLORADO | 22 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| COMAL | 44 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| COMANCHE | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| CONCHO | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| COOKE | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| CORYELL | 35 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| COTTLE | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| CRANE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| CROCKETT | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| CROSBY | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| CULBERSON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DALLAM | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DALLAS | 1,973 | 353 | 1,135 | 41 | 258 | 216 | 779 |
| DAWSON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DEAF SMITH | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| DELTA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DENTON | 84 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 16 |
| DE WITT | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| DICKENS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DIMMIT | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DONLEY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DUVAL | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| EASTLAND | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| ECTOR | 86 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 42 |
| EDWARDS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELLIS | 50 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 14 |
| EL PASO | 411 | 0 | 216 | 16 | 59 | 55 | 143 |
| ERATH | 38 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| FALLS | 19 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| FANNIN | 29 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 |
| FAYETTE | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| FISHER | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FLOYD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FOARD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FORT BEND | 130 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 50 |
| FRANKLIN | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| FREESTONE | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| FRIO | 13 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| GAINES | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| GALVESTON | 251 | 0 | 125 | 27 | 43 | 21 | 73 |
| GARZA | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GILLESPIE | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GLASSCOCK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GOLIAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GONZALES | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| GRAY | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| GRAYSON | 86 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 39 |
| GREGG | 94 | 0 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 20 | 40 |
| GRIMES | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GUADALUPE | 83 | 0 | 41 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| HALE | 23 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| HALL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| HAMILTON | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| HANSFORD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HARDEMAN | 20 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| HARDIN | 28 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| HARRIS | 3,165 | 3 | 1,103 | 255 | 643 | 336 | 1,152 |
| HARRISON | 51 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 17 |
| HARTLEY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| HASKELL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HAYS | 74 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| HEMPHILL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| HENDERSON | 32 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| HIDALGO | 156 | 1 | 84 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 70 |
| HILL | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| HOCKLEY | 14 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| HOOD | 28 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| HOPKINS | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| HOUSTON | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| HOWARD | 26 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| HUDSPETH | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HUNT | 44 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| HUTCHINSON | 15 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| IRION | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JACK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JACKSON | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| JASPER | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| JEFF DAVIS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JEFFERSON | 306 | 0 | 143 | 28 | 57 | 37 | 90 |
| JIM HOGG | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JIM WELLS | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| JOHNSON | 56 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| JONES | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| KARNES | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| KAUFMAN | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| KENDALL | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| KENEDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KENT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KERR | 46 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 10 |
| KIMBLE | 11 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| KING | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KINNEY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KLEBERG | 35 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 7 |
| KNOX | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| LAMAR | 41 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| LAMB | 19 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| LAMPASAS | 19 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| LA SALLE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LAVACA | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| LEE | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| LEON | 12 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| LIBERTY | 48 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 25 |
| LIMESTONE | 15 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| LIPSCOMB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIVE OAK | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| LLANO | 19 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LOVING | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LUBBOCK | 191 | 0 | 71 | 29 | 33 | 24 | 58 |
| LYNN | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MADISON | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| MARION | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MARTIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MASON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MATAGORDA | 52 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 9 |
| MAVERICK | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| MCCULLOCH | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MCLENNAN | 169 | 0 | 68 | 17 | 35 | 34 | 45 |
| MCMULLEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MEDINA | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| MENARD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIDLAND | 25 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| MILAM | 35 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 4 |
| MILLS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MITCHELL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MONTAGUE | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| MONTGOMERY | 145 | 0 | 76 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 61 |
| MOORE | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| MORRIS | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| MOTLEY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NACOGDOCHES | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| NAVARRO | 79 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 |
| NEWTON | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| NOLAN | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| NUECES | 291 | 2 | 132 | 33 | 46 | 25 | 106 |
| OCHILTREE | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| OLDHAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ORANGE | 105 | 0 | 41 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 33 |
| PALO PINTO | 27 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| PANOLA | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| PARKER | 42 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| PARMER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PECOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POLK | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| POTTER | 173 | 0 | 97 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 66 |
| PRESIDIO | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RAINS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| RANDALL | 42 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
| REAGAN | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| REAL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RED RIVER | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| REEVES | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| REFUGIO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ROBERTS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ROBERTSON | 26 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| ROCKWALL | 30 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| RUNNELS | 18 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| RUSK | 19 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| SABINE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SAN AUGUSTINE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| SAN JACINTO | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| SAN PATRICIO | 28 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| SAN SABA | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SCHLEICHER | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| SCURRY | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| SHACKELFORD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SHELBY | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| SHERMAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SMITH | 131 | 0 | 33 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 72 |
| SOMERVELL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| STARR | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| STEPHENS | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| STERLING | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| STONEWALL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SUTTON | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| SWISHER | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TARRANT | 658 | 14 | 323 | 96 | 79 | 62 | 201 |
| TAYLOR | 74 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| TERRELL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TERRY | 19 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| THROCKMORTON | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TITUS | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| TOM GREEN | 103 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 48 |
| TRAVIS | 871 | 1 | 447 | 78 | 92 | 74 | 341 |
| TRINITY | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| TYLER | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| UPSHUR | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| UPTON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UVALDE | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| VAL VERDE | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| VAN ZANDT | 22 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| VICTORIA | 58 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| WALKER | 16 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| WALLER | 24 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| WARD | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| WASHINGTON | 19 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| WEBB | 62 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 13 |
| WHARTON | 29 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| WHEELER | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| WICHITA | 210 | 0 | 86 | 20 | 29 | 13 | 82 |
| WILBARGER | 25 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| WILLACY | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| WILLIAMSON | 103 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 33 |
| WILSON | 22 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| WINKLER | 19 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| WISE | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| WOOD | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| YOAKUM | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| YOUNG | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| ZAPATA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ZAVALA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 15,082 | 385 | 6,827 | 1,309 | 2,350 | 1,548 | 5,351 |
* Counts unique children in county of last legal status event recorded during fiscal year
** Includes Care, Custody and Control
*** Includes Conservatorship Not Obtained
This table addresses Texas Family Code 261.004, Subsection (b) (12).