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Legal Statuses Granted for Children in Fiscal Year 2011

County Unique
Children*		 Possessory
CVS		 TMC** PMC: Not
Free for
Adoption		 PMC:
Free for
Adoption		 Adoption
Finalized****		 DFPS
Responsibility Terminated***
Anderson 104 0 35 15 25 8 28
Andrews 33 0 19 1 4 1 10
Angelina 85 0 41 9 12 7 30
Aransas 78 0 49 5 12 2 13
Archer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armstrong 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Atascosa 148 0 80 4 19 30 20
Austin 17 0 7 0 5 0 9
Bailey 15 0 5 2 4 2 5
Bandera 57 0 24 1 14 7 18
Bastrop 162 0 72 5 27 17 61
Baylor 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bee 85 0 39 23 4 0 32
Bell 826 4 393 29 130 108 353
Bexar 4,111 0 2,107 96 799 736 924
Blanco 8 0 3 0 2 4 1
Borden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosque 27 0 15 0 10 2 2
Bowie 156 0 72 7 7 12 86
Brazoria 288 0 123 13 18 18 165
Brazos 190 0 97 9 42 34 48
Brewster 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
Briscoe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brooks 34 0 19 2 3 4 13
Brown 107 0 28 2 40 31 29
Burleson 35 0 14 1 13 5 5
Burnet 99 0 46 2 19 25 29
Caldwell 79 0 36 9 11 12 24
Calhoun 11 0 7 0 0 0 4
Callahan 27 0 2 8 2 4 11
Cameron 543 0 213 56 18 20 334
Camp 59 0 27 1 1 2 34
Carson 5 0 3 0 0 0 2
Cass 67 0 35 6 7 12 33
Castro 3 0 0 0 0 1 2
Chambers 52 0 21 3 11 2 19
Cherokee 148 0 91 2 13 13 46
Childress 12 0 4 3 9 0 2
Clay 8 0 3 0 5 5 0
Cochran 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
Coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coleman 60 0 18 3 1 6 37
Collin 373 0 196 11 28 49 152
Collingsworth 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Colorado 35 0 21 0 6 2 12
Comal 227 0 95 6 52 55 65
Comanche 6 0 2 0 2 2 3
Concho 7 0 4 0 0 1 3
Cooke 76 0 39 4 9 9 20
Coryell 180 0 85 14 24 14 75
Cottle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crane 4 0 2 0 0 0 2
Crockett 6 0 0 3 1 1 1
Crosby 22 0 3 6 9 3 11
Culberson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dallam 9 0 6 0 4 0 3
Dallas 3,068 62 1,637 245 330 221 1,204
Dawson 24 0 13 1 7 0 3
Deaf Smith 46 0 30 0 4 4 10
Delta 7 0 7 0 0 0 5
Denton 493 0 241 5 110 60 120
Dewitt 35 0 22 0 9 6 1
Dickens 16 0 5 2 0 0 9
Dimmit 52 0 28 4 6 10 7
Donley 10 0 5 0 2 1 3
Duval 27 0 18 0 0 0 11
Eastland 32 0 9 15 1 1 7
Ector 327 0 166 12 47 20 102
Edwards 7 0 1 0 6 0 0
Ellis 91 0 38 2 12 11 48
El Paso 662 0 290 39 100 77 254
Erath 40 0 24 3 1 0 13
Falls 14 0 11 0 1 1 4
Fannin 33 0 17 0 5 7 10
Fayette 45 0 29 0 4 3 13
Fisher 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Floyd 20 0 14 0 2 4 2
Foard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fort Bend 232 0 90 12 26 14 124
Franklin 14 0 3 0 2 2 7
Freestone 18 0 6 5 4 1 6
Frio 45 0 27 0 8 7 10
Gaines 31 0 17 1 9 2 10
Galveston 279 0 127 8 51 12 111
Garza 18 0 9 3 1 3 2
Gillespie 53 0 25 0 8 4 19
Glasscock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goliad 5 0 2 3 1 0 0
Gonzales 16 0 12 0 0 3 1
Gray 136 0 74 12 18 11 29
Grayson 133 0 45 1 39 37 37
Gregg 222 0 108 2 32 48 43
Grimes 23 0 9 0 8 1 7
Guadalupe 155 0 88 3 39 19 34
Hale 100 0 47 4 10 16 30
Hall 7 0 5 0 0 1 3
Hamilton 19 0 7 4 3 1 4
Hansford 5 0 3 2 0 0 2
Hardeman 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Hardin 49 0 10 5 7 14 16
Harris 5,822 3 2,501 255 1,154 839 1,631
Harrison 103 0 52 0 4 7 47
Hartley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haskell 6 0 6 0 0 0 0
Hays 151 0 80 11 7 17 62
Hemphill 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Henderson 220 0 108 5 38 24 72
Hidalgo 822 0 613 76 6 4 243
Hill 48 0 19 0 8 7 22
Hockley 47 0 22 4 9 5 9
Hood 77 0 40 4 5 8 24
Hopkins 67 0 29 4 5 0 43
Houston 34 0 20 5 3 2 6
Howard 96 0 36 3 17 4 52
Hudspeth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hunt 234 0 99 3 60 60 75
Hutchinson 46 0 27 3 4 3 10
Irion 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
Jack 11 0 8 0 0 1 2
Jackson 3 0 2 0 0 0 2
Jasper 41 0 8 7 8 6 15
Jeff Davis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jefferson 247 0 131 13 34 47 57
Jim Hogg 14 0 9 0 1 0 4
Jim Wells 109 0 61 6 6 1 47
Johnson 354 0 150 5 52 39 135
Jones 8 0 2 0 0 0 6
Karnes 25 0 17 1 7 0 2
Kaufman 121 0 67 2 18 36 20
Kendall 43 0 27 5 4 4 4
Kenedy 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Kent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kerr 199 0 77 1 52 28 52
Kimble 19 0 1 0 10 8 8
King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinney 3 0 2 0 0 1 0
Kleberg 80 0 28 13 9 8 24
Knox 6 0 0 2 2 1 1
Lamar 118 0 60 5 8 5 55
Lamb 25 0 16 0 0 5 4
Lampasas 30 0 21 0 2 4 5
Lasalle 18 0 7 0 2 6 4
Lavaca 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Lee 72 0 41 6 8 0 23
Leon 17 0 12 0 0 1 4
Liberty 184 0 110 3 14 13 68
Limestone 42 0 19 4 8 7 7
Lipscomb 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
Live Oak 21 0 11 3 7 0 9
Llano 57 0 24 0 9 12 20
Loving 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lubbock 652 0 326 27 117 120 148
Lynn 5 0 4 0 2 0 1
Madison 27 0 10 0 5 7 6
Marion 13 0 5 0 3 0 6
Martin 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
Mason 3 0 2 0 0 1 0
Matagorda 30 0 17 1 2 1 10
Maverick 33 0 11 0 5 7 12
Mcculloch 17 0 6 0 0 0 12
Mclennan 397 0 216 15 73 69 68
Mcmullen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Medina 165 0 70 5 59 24 25
Menard 9 0 8 0 1 0 5
Midland 192 0 74 22 31 24 56
Milam 68 0 29 3 16 7 20
Mills 3 0 0 0 1 0 2
Mitchell 8 0 4 0 2 0 2
Montague 78 0 47 5 8 4 21
Montgomery 801 0 350 39 132 132 249
Moore 26 0 18 2 0 0 6
Morris 33 0 25 1 2 4 20
Motley 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
Nacogdoches 138 0 74 10 18 19 30
Navarro 67 0 30 1 14 17 12
Newton 11 0 10 1 0 0 3
Nolan 27 0 20 0 1 3 6
Nueces 639 0 259 91 87 56 267
Ochiltree 7 0 5 0 0 0 2
Oldham 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Orange 158 1 107 7 19 21 30
Palo Pinto 76 0 41 4 14 11 15
Panola 28 0 14 0 0 0 14
Parker 54 0 22 1 12 11 8
Parmer 8 0 1 0 2 2 4
Pecos 27 0 8 0 2 0 22
Polk 110 0 48 10 3 16 41
Potter 218 0 129 16 40 19 53
Presidio 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
Rains 18 0 10 1 2 0 9
Randall 277 0 169 17 36 29 80
Reagan 5 0 1 0 3 1 0
Real 8 0 3 1 3 0 2
Red River 29 0 16 1 0 1 17
Reeves 23 0 10 0 1 0 14
Refugio 12 0 10 2 0 0 5
Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robertson 21 0 12 1 5 4 2
Rockwall 47 0 29 2 1 3 18
Runnels 23 0 10 5 3 3 8
Rusk 90 0 52 2 6 3 40
Sabine 13 0 3 1 2 2 8
San Augustine 3 0 1 0 2 2 0
San Jacinto 40 0 20 8 3 1 14
San Patricio 85 0 28 3 15 0 48
San Saba 5 0 1 0 0 2 2
Schleicher 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Scurry 18 0 1 8 4 1 4
Shackelford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shelby 53 0 21 3 6 5 23
Sherman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smith 301 0 143 9 68 55 82
Somervell 13 0 7 0 3 0 3
Starr 86 0 55 5 0 2 33
Stephens 12 0 0 5 0 1 6
Sterling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stonewall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sutton 4 0 3 0 0 0 1
Swisher 18 0 7 0 10 0 1
Tarrant 1,770 12 784 126 221 245 614
Taylor 248 0 116 27 21 30 87
Terrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry 46 0 30 1 8 0 7
Throckmorton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Titus 102 0 26 2 3 16 64
Tom Green 343 0 173 29 51 39 68
Travis 1,116 1 614 30 143 183 310
Trinity 27 0 12 1 3 4 9
Tyler 12 0 6 0 0 1 5
Upshur 57 0 27 3 9 9 29
Upton 4 0 3 0 0 0 1
Uvalde 84 0 49 0 4 14 17
Val Verde 39 0 12 2 8 13 6
Van Zandt 158 0 66 6 25 14 62
Victoria 165 0 79 7 30 32 32
Walker 66 0 41 3 2 5 29
Waller 72 0 38 9 8 9 21
Ward 18 0 4 6 3 0 13
Washington 34 0 16 0 9 5 10
Webb 465 0 224 24 61 64 173
Wharton 86 1 36 3 12 4 34
Wheeler 10 0 3 0 1 4 3
Wichita 212 0 95 32 24 21 65
Wilbarger 12 0 5 0 6 1 1
Willacy 68 0 16 18 10 1 36
Williamson 457 0 196 23 87 95 136
Wilson 51 0 38 0 4 5 9
Winkler 10 0 2 0 0 0 8
Wise 77 0 43 2 17 0 24
Wood 115 0 39 9 16 19 43
Yoakum 12 0 2 0 2 5 3
Young 37 0 27 7 0 0 4
Zapata 56 0 22 8 7 1 26
Zavala 25 0 12 1 8 3 4
Out of State 85 0 0 0 0 0 2
State Total 36,441 84 17,564 1,918 5,568 4,635 11,531

* Counts unique children in county of last legal status event recorded during the fiscal year.
** Includes care, custody and control.
*** Includes conservatorship not obtained
**** Out of the 4,635 children adopted during FY11, 343 were placed out of state but were counted by the last legal status county.

Note:

CVS is conservatorship
TMC is temporary managing conservatorship
PMC is permanent managing conservatorship.

This table addresses Texas Family Code §261.004, Subsection (b) (12).

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