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Confirmed CPS Victims and Investigations

County Child
Population		 Confirmed Victims of Child Abuse/ Neglect Confirmed Victims of Child Abuse/ Neglect per 1000 Children Total CPS Completed Investi-gations Confirmed CPS Investi-gations Percent Investigations Confirmed
Anderson 11,844         145         12.2         522         94         18.0%
Andrews 4,056         78         19.2         146         45         30.8%
Angelina 22,656         293         12.9         795         174         21.9%
Aransas 5,091         185         36.3         262         101         38.5%
Archer 2,105         17         8.1         42         10         23.8%
Armstrong 514         2         3.9         11         1         9.1%
Atascosa 12,801         220         17.2         378         119         31.5%
Austin 6,584         37         5.6         147         24         16.3%
Bailey 1,834         8         4.4         49         6         12.2%
Bandera 4,133         56         13.5         145         37         25.5%
Bastrop 20,172         200         9.9         583         131         22.5%
Baylor 780         12         15.4         31         5         16.1%
Bee 7,508         194         25.8         354         99         28.0%
Bell 83,087         946         11.4         3,294         583         17.7%
Bexar 438,724         5,915         13.5         15,375         3,453         22.5%
Blanco 2,232         12         5.4         53         9         17.0%
Borden 111         0         0.0         2         0         0.0%
Bosque 4,161         57         13.7         155         32         20.6%
Bowie 21,313         253         11.9         838         154         18.4%
Brazoria 81,797         505         6.2         1,781         318         17.9%
Brazos 38,287         382         10.0         954         242         25.4%
Brewster 2,002         20         10.0         56         13         23.2%
Briscoe 428         1         2.3         10         1         10.0%
Brooks 2,212         57         25.8         128         31         24.2%
Brown 9,651         144         14.9         323         92         28.5%
Burleson 4,591         60         13.1         126         34         27.0%
Burnet 9,853         132         13.4         338         80         23.7%
Caldwell 10,198         99         9.7         367         65         17.7%
Calhoun 6,195         42         6.8         168         27         16.1%
Callahan 3,166         50         15.8         119         21         17.6%
Cameron 136,046         2,158         15.9         3,705         1,060         28.6%
Camp 3,410         42         12.3         124         24         19.4%
Carson 1,508         7         4.6         48         5         10.4%
Cass 6,731         75         11.1         239         46         19.2%
Castro 2,084         16         7.7         45         8         17.8%
Chambers 8,852         69         7.8         142         39         27.5%
Cherokee 12,719         167         13.1         438         104         23.7%
Childress 1,765         16         9.1         48         13         27.1%
Clay 2,141         26         12.1         63         17         27.0%
Cochran 837         8         9.6         24         6         25.0%
Coke 757         16         21.1         20         9         45.0%
Coleman 2,000         75         37.5         100         43         43.0%
Collin 204,247         1,097         5.4         3,100         692         22.3%
Collingsworth 658         13         19.8         20         6         30.0%
Colorado 5,357         49         9.1         134         32         23.9%
Comal 25,006         315         12.6         599         193         32.2%
Comanche 3,282         37         11.3         88         22         25.0%
Concho 513         8         15.6         23         5         21.7%
Cooke 9,847         100         10.2         324         62         19.1%
Coryell 18,291         300         16.4         794         161         20.3%
Cottle 396         4         10.1         16         2         12.5%
Crane 1,114         4         3.6         14         2         14.3%
Crockett 1,066         4         3.8         22         4         18.2%
Crosby 1,681         37         22.0         70         21         30.0%
Culberson 577         10         17.3         20         5         25.0%
Dallam 1,874         48         25.6         77         27         35.1%
Dallas 678,936         5,069         7.5         13,846         3,084         22.3%
Dawson 3,562         71         19.9         155         38         24.5%
Deaf Smith 6,566         94         14.3         177         43         24.3%
Delta 1,114         20         18.0         44         10         22.7%
Denton 162,374         909         5.6         3,085         591         19.2%
Dewitt 4,686         44         9.4         160         22         13.8%
Dickens 451         15         33.3         15         7         46.7%
Dimmit 2,678         41         15.3         83         19         22.9%
Donley 739         24         32.5         39         13         33.3%
Duval 3,158         58         18.4         123         33         26.8%
Eastland 4,269         65         15.2         167         43         25.7%
Ector 38,841         721         18.6         1,476         418         28.3%
Edwards 444         5         11.3         9         2         22.2%
Ellis 42,250         239         5.7         721         143         19.8%
El Paso 227,531         2,429         10.7         5,173         1,370         26.5%
Erath 9,233         129         14.0         256         74         28.9%
Falls 4,281         49         11.4         115         28         24.3%
Fannin 7,598         56         7.4         193         35         18.1%
Fayette 5,455         72         13.2         131         44         33.6%
Fisher 816         15         18.4         37         10         27.0%
Floyd 1,864         50         26.8         63         18         28.6%
Foard 322         3         9.3         9         1         11.1%
Fort Bend 137,850         688         5.0         2,032         435         21.4%
Franklin 2,272         17         7.5         61         10         16.4%
Freestone 4,715         29         6.2         107         18         16.8%
Frio 4,942         82         16.6         138         38         27.5%
Gaines 5,172         62         12.0         100         32         32.0%
Galveston 71,609         537         7.5         2,139         344         16.1%
Garza 1,265         53         41.9         64         28         43.8%
Gillespie 4,675         52         11.1         122         33         27.0%
Glasscock 372         0         0.0         2         0         0.0%
Goliad 1,734         32         18.5         58         19         32.8%
Gonzales 5,435         53         9.8         170         36         21.2%
Gray 5,161         121         23.4         216         65         30.1%
Grayson 28,207         289         10.2         1,145         187         16.3%
Gregg 31,957         313         9.8         1,036         186         18.0%
Grimes 6,213         55         8.9         179         33         18.4%
Guadalupe 31,772         358         11.3         929         214         23.0%
Hale 10,966         182         16.6         316         99         31.3%
Hall 1,003         18         17.9         23         9         39.1%
Hamilton 1,927         31         16.1         68         18         26.5%
Hansford 1,436         10         7.0         24         6         25.0%
Hardeman 1,011         19         18.8         43         10         23.3%
Hardin 12,282         125         10.2         414         89         21.5%
Harris 1,117,039         5,493         4.9         22,097         3,597         16.3%
Harrison 15,597         219         14.0         564         134         23.8%
Hartley 1,297         5         3.9         12         3         25.0%
Haskell 1,295         16         12.4         43         9         20.9%
Hays 34,231         261         7.6         943         167         17.7%
Hemphill 846         6         7.1         12         3         25.0%
Henderson 18,230         319         17.5         742         181         24.4%
Hidalgo 259,479         2,837         10.9         6,770         1,543         22.8%
Hill 9,364         122         13.0         325         83         25.5%
Hockley 6,614         161         24.3         208         88         42.3%
Hood 10,577         268         25.3         458         162         35.4%
Hopkins 8,844         66         7.5         271         38         14.0%
Houston 4,926         42         8.5         170         21         12.4%
Howard 7,696         162         21.0         459         104         22.7%
Hudspeth 904         6         6.6         17         2         11.8%
Hunt 21,239         213         10.0         590         138         23.4%
Hutchinson 6,092         65         10.7         206         42         20.4%
Irion 292         2         6.8         14         1         7.1%
Jack 1,967         18         9.2         53         12         22.6%
Jackson 3,988         26         6.5         82         14         17.1%
Jasper 8,642         103         11.9         339         63         18.6%
Jeff Davis 423         4         9.5         13         2         15.4%
Jefferson 60,449         618         10.2         2,105         427         20.3%
Jim Hogg 1,444         49         33.9         65         23         35.4%
Jim Wells 12,090         243         20.1         507         119         23.5%
Johnson 44,740         672         15.0         1,333         391         29.3%
Jones 4,188         59         14.1         137         32         23.4%
Karnes 3,410         47         13.8         110         21         19.1%
Kaufman 26,938         196         7.3         707         136         19.2%
Kendall 7,188         62         8.6         147         40         27.2%
Kenedy 118         1         8.5         2         1         50.0%
Kent 115         3         26.1         6         2         33.3%
Kerr 8,900         163         18.3         373         94         25.2%
Kimble 1,060         17         16.0         43         11         25.6%
King 66         0         0.0         0         0         0.0%
Kinney 795         2         2.5         15         2         13.3%
Kleberg 8,211         140         17.1         350         83         23.7%
Knox 1,001         6         6.0         16         4         25.0%
Lamar 12,535         148         11.8         395         82         20.8%
Lamb 4,428         65         14.7         157         32         20.4%
Lampasas 5,182         52         10.0         187         34         18.2%
Lasalle 1,586         24         15.1         42         14         33.3%
Lavaca 4,394         25         5.7         79         12         15.2%
Lee 4,350         46         10.6         104         32         30.8%
Leon 3,557         36         10.1         105         23         21.9%
Liberty 20,386         269         13.2         607         158         26.0%
Limestone 5,590         53         9.5         184         35         19.0%
Lipscomb 718         8         11.1         20         5         25.0%
Live Oak 2,424         67         27.6         110         38         34.5%
Llano 3,066         56         18.3         142         37         26.1%
Loving 3         0         0.0         1         0         0.0%
Lubbock 67,626         1,378         20.4         2,521         770         30.5%
Lynn 1,422         28         19.7         41         9         22.0%
Madison 3,046         55         18.1         108         31         28.7%
Marion 2,233         33         14.8         110         22         20.0%
Martin 1,590         2         1.3         26         2         7.7%
Mason 704         14         19.9         30         6         20.0%
Matagorda 10,427         81         7.8         217         58         26.7%
Maverick 18,819         43         2.3         238         25         10.5%
Mcculloch 2,091         44         21.0         94         26         27.7%
Mclennan 60,002         794         13.2         2,315         481         20.8%
Mcmullen 119         0         0.0         6         0         0.0%
Medina 11,545         158         13.7         330         88         26.7%
Menard 478         6         12.6         26         4         15.4%
Midland 35,971         415         11.5         941         241         25.6%
Milam 6,940         116         16.7         231         62         26.8%
Mills 1,200         5         4.2         33         5         15.2%
Mitchell 1,769         24         13.6         79         20         25.3%
Montague 4,578         125         27.3         199         65         32.7%
Montgomery 118,020         996         8.4         2,781         630         22.7%
Moore 5,900         109         18.5         190         55         28.9%
Morris 3,082         46         14.9         130         30         23.1%
Motley 254         0         0.0         6         0         0.0%
Nacogdoches 15,040         190         12.6         383         93         24.3%
Navarro 13,385         78         5.8         296         50         16.9%
Newton 3,219         12         3.7         94         12         12.8%
Nolan 3,603         122         33.9         192         58         30.2%
Nueces 87,714         1,256         14.3         3,455         756         21.9%
Ochiltree 2,932         28         9.5         72         14         19.4%
Oldham 486         2         4.1         10         1         10.0%
Orange 20,515         411         20.0         1,043         260         24.9%
Palo Pinto 7,229         114         15.8         287         76         26.5%
Panola 5,521         45         8.2         159         26         16.4%
Parker 27,403         293         10.7         874         169         19.3%
Parmer 2,814         13         4.6         56         9         16.1%
Pecos 4,491         56         12.5         112         29         25.9%
Polk 9,445         114         12.1         376         66         17.6%
Potter 36,351         764         21.0         1,581         401         25.4%
Presidio 2,753         18         6.5         31         8         25.8%
Rains 2,064         35         17.0         64         21         32.8%
Randall 25,611         378         14.8         921         221         24.0%
Reagan 775         7         9.0         23         6         26.1%
Real 616         16         26.0         31         8         25.8%
Red River 3,173         29         9.1         79         19         24.1%
Reeves 2,795         45         16.1         84         22         26.2%
Refugio 1,704         45         26.4         63         29         46.0%
Roberts 183         4         21.9         6         2         33.3%
Robertson 4,460         76         17.0         143         47         32.9%
Rockwall 20,662         69         3.3         289         43         14.9%
Runnels 2,942         37         12.6         93         25         26.9%
Rusk 11,317         171         15.1         374         94         25.1%
Sabine 2,047         36         17.6         81         24         29.6%
San Augustine 2,172         25         11.5         60         13         21.7%
San Jacinto 6,055         56         9.2         302         33         10.9%
San Patricio 21,382         343         16.0         815         196         24.0%
San Saba 1,382         16         11.6         37         11         29.7%
Schleicher 772         4         5.2         12         2         16.7%
Scurry 4,120         92         22.3         166         56         33.7%
Shackelford 825         10         12.1         20         6         30.0%
Shelby 6,858         59         8.6         202         36         17.8%
Sherman 782         12         15.3         17         3         17.6%
Smith 53,330         480         9.0         1,538         302         19.6%
Somervell 2,047         33         16.1         61         23         37.7%
Starr 24,328         260         10.7         365         143         39.2%
Stephens 2,426         43         17.7         86         25         29.1%
Sterling 284         1         3.5         6         1         16.7%
Stonewall 337         6         17.8         6         5         83.3%
Sutton 1,168         1         0.9         20         1         5.0%
Swisher 2,133         38         17.8         69         21         30.4%
Tarrant 491,551         5,888         12.0         13,620         3,537         26.0%
Taylor 34,551         745         21.6         1,678         456         27.2%
Terrell 155         2         12.9         3         1         33.3%
Terry 2,977         104         34.9         138         54         39.1%
Throckmorton 397         6         15.1         11         2         18.2%
Titus 9,204         117         12.7         223         68         30.5%
Tom Green 26,373         345         13.1         982         213         21.7%
Travis 235,554         2,483         10.5         6,348         1,491         23.5%
Trinity 3,148         50         15.9         139         30         21.6%
Tyler 4,661         34         7.3         140         25         17.9%
Upshur 8,977         91         10.1         382         63         16.5%
Upton 727         9         12.4         22         4         18.2%
Uvalde 8,641         138         16.0         246         76         30.9%
Val Verde 14,881         64         4.3         244         33         13.5%
Van Zandt 12,444         163         13.1         419         102         24.3%
Victoria 24,406         250         10.2         858         151         17.6%
Walker 11,189         110         9.8         283         64         22.6%
Waller 10,387         89         8.6         228         53         23.2%
Ward 2,460         25         10.2         78         19         24.4%
Washington 7,431         79         10.6         197         43         21.8%
Webb 91,533         781         8.5         1,974         423         21.4%
Wharton 11,407         86         7.5         271         54         19.9%
Wheeler 1,098         10         9.1         31         8         25.8%
Wichita 31,659         619         19.6         1,302         364         28.0%
Wilbarger 3,756         72         19.2         131         39         29.8%
Willacy 6,680         171         25.6         248         80         32.3%
Williamson 108,861         701         6.4         2,191         470         21.5%
Wilson 11,106         103         9.3         233         58         24.9%
Winkler 1,633         20         12.2         62         13         21.0%
Wise 14,405         171         11.9         422         102         24.2%
Wood 8,143         102         12.5         336         72         21.4%
Yoakum 2,471         22         8.9         35         12         34.3%
Young 4,394         67         15.2         177         41         23.2%
Zapata 4,736         89         18.8         146         49         33.6%
Zavala 3,976         46         11.6         129         29         22.5%
Unknown 0         0         0.0         0         0         0.0%
Out of State 0         13         0.0         39         9         23.1%
State Total 6,663,942         65,948         9.9         175,421         39,263         22.4%

This table addresses Texas Family code §261.004 subsections (b) (4) (A).

Population Data Source: Texas State Data Center, University of Texas (San Antonio) - based on Census 2000 data

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