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CPS Children in Care During Fiscal Year 2009

County Child
Population		 Children in DFPS Legal Responsibility Point of Prevalence** Children Entering Subsitute- Care (Total Removals) Children in Substitute Care*** Children in Foster Care*
Anderson 11,504 127 11.0 40 125 99
Andrews 3,837 29 7.6 14 25 10
Angelina 22,648 118 5.2 22 113 86
Aransas 5,038 65 12.9 27 56 45
Archer 2,202 2 0.9 0 2 2
Armstrong 537 1 1.9 0 1 0
Atascosa 13,399 155 11.6 32 150 82
Austin 6,760 29 4.3 9 27 13
Bailey 2,182 38 17.4 6 36 30
Bandera 4,277 60 14.0 9 59 37
Bastrop 22,312 190 8.5 75 188 124
Baylor 788 10 12.7 3 10 7
Bee 7,647 80 10.5 40 81 56
Bell 73,969 907 12.3 346 874 533
Bexar 421,591 4,579 10.9 1,278 4,501 3,246
Blanco 2,215 7 3.2 0 7 5
Borden 118 0 0.0 0 0 0
Bosque 4,175 18 4.3 6 18 11
Bowie 21,419 204 9.5 74 202 128
Brazoria 79,132 364 4.6 99 351 243
Brazos 36,515 241 6.6 66 234 136
Brewster 1,990 10 5.0 0 10 7
Briscoe 421 6 14.3 5 6 1
Brooks 2,528 42 16.6 7 41 34
Brown 9,391 175 18.6 52 174 117
Burleson 4,548 42 9.2 10 43 15
Burnet 9,260 113 12.2 32 114 72
Caldwell 10,356 150 14.5 34 147 94
Calhoun 5,937 19 3.2 0 19 11
Callahan 3,101 21 6.8 8 18 15
Cameron 132,382 552 4.2 226 542 459
Camp 3,362 60 17.8 24 58 27
Carson 1,485 14 9.4 4 15 9
Cass 6,624 88 13.3 30 84 38
Castro 2,649 14 5.3 1 13 14
Chambers 8,654 39 4.5 17 40 23
Cherokee 12,774 97 7.6 41 87 63
Childress 1,759 25 14.2 0 22 17
Clay 2,377 17 7.2 3 18 15
Cochran 1,072 10 9.3 1 7 5
Coke 798 1 1.3 1 2 1
Coleman 2,160 49 22.7 19 47 41
Collin 205,478 465 2.3 113 436 331
Collingsworth 685 9 13.1 4 9 2
Colorado 5,261 19 3.6 3 18 15
Comal 23,058 154 6.7 75 152 78
Comanche 3,288 19 5.8 1 18 15
Concho 525 9 17.1 1 9 7
Cooke 9,833 76 7.7 22 66 47
Coryell 17,576 174 9.9 62 160 96
Cottle 396 2 5.1 1 3 3
Crane 1,119 1 0.9 1 1 1
Crockett 1,048 14 13.4 2 11 9
Crosby 2,116 32 15.1 19 33 23
Culberson 832 2 2.4 0 3 3
Dallam 1,890 24 12.7 1 22 13
Dallas 658,483 2,992 4.5 1,019 3,006 2,041
Dawson 3,875 17 4.4 6 17 10
Deaf Smith 6,487 43 6.6 9 44 35
Delta 1,136 18 15.8 8 18 16
Denton 173,876 451 2.6 122 427 284
Dewitt 4,646 38 8.2 5 31 27
Dickens 448 5 11.2 2 5 7
Dimmit 3,177 69 21.7 12 72 44
Donley 741 6 8.1 1 7 7
Duval 3,830 41 10.7 8 35 20
Eastland 4,226 41 9.7 12 36 27
Ector 37,839 310 8.2 89 301 207
Edwards 462 0 0.0 0 0 0
Ellis 40,909 186 4.5 64 181 116
El Paso 224,462 659 2.9 178 644 516
Erath 8,770 54 6.2 14 52 36
Falls 4,535 12 2.6 2 12 10
Fannin 8,187 71 8.7 9 72 57
Fayette 5,273 69 13.1 28 65 34
Fisher 847 9 10.6 0 9 8
Floyd 2,337 23 9.8 2 20 20
Foard 336 1 3.0 0 1 1
Fort Bend 135,413 295 2.2 128 293 200
Franklin 2,194 11 5.0 3 11 7
Freestone 4,704 23 4.9 8 25 21
Frio 4,800 82 17.1 18 82 42
Gaines 4,889 24 4.9 9 22 7
Galveston 71,099 377 5.3 132 359 185
Garza 1,267 6 4.7 1 6 6
Gillespie 4,535 53 11.7 22 54 22
Glasscock 381 0 0.0 0 0 0
Goliad 1,670 4 2.4 0 4 4
Gonzales 5,308 45 8.5 0 44 30
Gray 5,101 87 17.1 27 82 64
Grayson 28,321 204 7.2 38 190 141
Gregg 30,598 283 9.2 82 286 227
Grimes 6,033 52 8.6 21 52 37
Guadalupe 29,951 118 3.9 35 113 56
Hale 11,057 163 14.7 27 152 113
Hall 999 10 10.0 0 10 10
Hamilton 1,792 19 10.6 12 18 16
Hansford 1,585 1 0.6 2 1 1
Hardeman 1,045 5 4.8 0 6 5
Hardin 12,905 68 5.3 16 66 50
Harris 1,070,831 6,944 6.5 1,866 6,837 4,122
Harrison 15,271 104 6.8 36 101 80
Hartley 1,208 4 3.3 0 5 1
Haskell 1,329 5 3.8 2 4 4
Hays 34,046 154 4.5 54 151 88
Hemphill 807 2 2.5 2 3 1
Henderson 18,783 266 14.2 96 238 170
Hidalgo 252,901 704 2.8 225 680 553
Hill 9,088 63 6.9 21 61 53
Hockley 6,615 108 16.3 16 97 68
Hood 10,261 54 5.3 12 54 39
Hopkins 8,683 86 9.9 30 78 56
Houston 4,929 31 6.3 7 30 23
Howard 7,837 118 15.1 45 112 78
Hudspeth 1,001 3 3.0 0 3 3
Hunt 21,521 239 11.1 105 239 161
Hutchinson 5,889 63 10.7 19 62 49
Irion 295 2 6.8 0 1 1
Jack 1,958 5 2.6 1 5 7
Jackson 3,745 24 6.4 7 25 16
Jasper 9,023 51 5.7 17 47 37
Jeff Davis 385 0 0.0 0 0 0
Jefferson 63,079 256 4.1 71 252 204
Jim Hogg 1,509 16 10.6 3 16 8
Jim Wells 12,305 141 11.5 41 125 74
Johnson 43,440 293 6.7 110 294 237
Jones 4,545 17 3.7 5 18 17
Karnes 3,280 18 5.5 1 18 17
Kaufman 26,189 144 5.5 51 149 78
Kendall 7,169 21 2.9 4 17 12
Kenedy 115 2 17.4 2 2 2
Kent 118 0 0.0 0 0 0
Kerr 9,542 202 21.2 58 193 143
Kimble 992 15 15.1 7 13 13
King 74 0 0.0 0 0 0
Kinney 787 1 1.3 1 1 1
Kleberg 8,875 126 14.2 49 120 87
Knox 987 7 7.1 3 7 7
Lamar 12,565 87 6.9 27 84 57
Lamb 4,296 63 14.7 5 67 55
Lampasas 5,535 60 10.8 12 59 51
Lasalle 1,875 28 14.9 1 27 13
Lavaca 4,316 7 1.6 0 7 6
Lee 4,333 49 11.3 19 48 28
Leon 3,515 38 10.8 3 33 23
Liberty 21,344 172 8.1 49 162 96
Limestone 5,618 50 8.9 20 49 34
Lipscomb 692 0 0.0 0 0 1
Live Oak 2,381 3 1.3 2 3 3
Llano 3,234 44 13.6 10 45 41
Loving 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
Lubbock 63,936 955 14.9 211 895 676
Lynn 1,737 4 2.3 0 4 4
Madison 2,920 48 16.4 29 49 40
Marion 2,238 22 9.8 8 22 15
Martin 1,576 0 0.0 0 0 0
Mason 744 9 12.1 4 8 8
Matagorda 10,609 37 3.5 11 33 18
Maverick 18,632 46 2.5 5 46 31
Mcculloch 1,980 24 12.1 1 20 14
Mclennan 57,387 451 7.9 97 433 278
Mcmullen 126 0 0.0 0 0 0
Medina 11,742 161 13.7 31 158 81
Menard 505 7 13.9 4 7 7
Midland 34,237 189 5.5 34 186 103
Milam 6,854 113 16.5 24 108 51
Mills 1,114 4 3.6 0 4 4
Mitchell 1,759 3 1.7 1 3 1
Montague 4,444 42 9.5 14 41 25
Montgomery 114,616 859 7.5 317 822 451
Moore 6,486 9 1.4 3 10 7
Morris 3,049 34 11.2 19 34 17
Motley 260 3 11.5 0 3 1
Nacogdoches 14,978 147 9.8 64 141 109
Navarro 13,547 161 11.9 21 158 128
Newton 3,407 18 5.3 0 17 13
Nolan 4,026 28 7.0 2 29 21
Nueces 87,371 775 8.9 303 721 550
Ochiltree 2,931 10 3.4 4 11 9
Oldham 497 4 8.0 2 4 4
Orange 20,806 133 6.4 39 115 98
Palo Pinto 6,965 63 9.0 12 61 45
Panola 5,361 26 4.8 8 23 21
Parker 27,526 92 3.3 22 87 69
Parmer 3,044 33 10.8 5 34 29
Pecos 4,375 45 10.3 13 45 32
Polk 10,250 118 11.5 33 111 73
Potter 35,029 294 8.4 71 294 248
Presidio 2,677 5 1.9 2 5 3
Rains 2,242 22 9.8 8 20 15
Randall 25,338 403 15.9 137 386 272
Reagan 1,001 9 9.0 1 9 6
Real 591 6 10.2 0 6 5
Red River 3,364 32 9.5 11 31 17
Reeves 3,361 20 6.0 8 19 6
Refugio 2,034 2 1.0 2 2 2
Roberts 175 0 0.0 0 0 0
Robertson 4,456 30 6.7 3 28 10
Rockwall 20,102 46 2.3 15 39 21
Runnels 2,847 37 13.0 10 38 26
Rusk 11,716 67 5.7 28 69 36
Sabine 2,050 3 1.5 0 3 3
San Augustine 2,079 4 1.9 1 4 1
San Jacinto 5,484 67 12.2 29 63 49
San Patricio 21,629 79 3.7 24 71 54
San Saba 1,386 18 13.0 0 18 15
Schleicher 740 9 12.2 0 5 1
Scurry 4,025 23 5.7 5 20 18
Shackelford 800 2 2.5 0 2 1
Shelby 6,937 52 7.5 16 51 36
Sherman 809 7 8.7 1 5 5
Smith 51,094 330 6.5 119 333 227
Somervell 2,124 4 1.9 2 4 4
Starr 23,950 92 3.8 35 94 79
Stephens 2,396 23 9.6 12 23 17
Sterling 296 0 0.0 0 0 0
Stonewall 338 0 0.0 0 0 0
Sutton 1,135 6 5.3 2 6 2
Swisher 2,354 21 8.9 0 21 20
Tarrant 474,768 1,966 4.1 591 1,892 1,565
Taylor 33,995 238 7.0 80 230 171
Terrell 178 3 16.9 3 3 0
Terry 3,623 41 11.3 10 42 30
Throckmorton 383 1 2.6 0 2 2
Titus 9,387 110 11.7 51 106 51
Tom Green 25,926 424 16.4 97 418 285
Travis 218,088 1,233 5.7 369 1,218 868
Trinity 3,115 43 13.8 15 43 32
Tyler 4,714 19 4.0 6 15 13
Upshur 9,084 101 11.1 47 96 57
Upton 871 11 12.6 0 11 6
Uvalde 8,709 93 10.7 17 87 40
Val Verde 15,177 52 3.4 20 50 33
Van Zandt 12,527 147 11.7 69 137 98
Victoria 24,213 196 8.1 30 190 154
Walker 11,422 92 8.1 26 92 55
Waller 10,416 65 6.2 30 70 29
Ward 2,928 15 5.1 10 14 12
Washington 7,365 27 3.7 4 30 25
Webb 89,801 507 5.6 102 497 388
Wharton 11,437 40 3.5 24 37 21
Wheeler 1,095 14 12.8 0 13 12
Wichita 31,130 279 9.0 71 262 221
Wilbarger 3,645 29 8.0 2 29 21
Willacy 6,641 88 13.3 15 83 76
Williamson 102,401 547 5.3 179 522 389
Wilson 11,127 14 1.3 6 13 9
Winkler 1,962 16 8.2 6 12 5
Wise 15,671 58 3.7 20 53 42
Wood 7,941 118 14.9 44 119 72
Yoakum 2,299 26 11.3 0 26 18
Young 4,257 31 7.3 7 29 18
Zapata 4,807 57 11.9 13 56 46
Zavala 3,867 50 12.9 8 43 27
Unknown 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Out of State 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
State Total 6,510,210 40,840 6.3 12,107 39,733 27,422*

* Children in foster care is by living arrangement and will not equal children in paid foster care.
** Point of Prevalence: Rate of annual number of children in DFPS legal responsibility in Fiscal Year 2009 per 1,000 children in the child population.”
*** Substitute care and foster care include children ages 0 to 20. Children age out of DFPS legal responsibility at age 18 but may remain in foster care. Youth ages 18 and over who are in foster care are counted in subtitute care.

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