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Legal Statuses Granted for Children in Fiscal Year 2012

County Unique
Children*		 Possessory
CVS		 TMC** PMC: Not
Free for
Adoption		 PMC:
Free for
Adoption		 Adoption
Finalized****		 DFPS
Responsibility Terminated***
Anderson 122 0 41 6 16 24 47
Andrews 45 0 18 2 10 3 14
Angelina 83 0 42 7 11 14 23
Aransas 83 0 39 3 10 10 36
Archer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armstrong 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
Atascosa 171 0 90 4 37 28 33
Austin 15 0 10 1 0 3 2
Bailey 22 0 10 4 10 2 1
Bandera 55 0 20 0 20 12 12
Bastrop 192 0 112 10 21 25 65
Baylor 4 0 3 1 0 0 0
Bee 103 0 69 7 10 3 34
Bell 794 4 447 17 92 100 283
Bexar 4,679 1 2,198 95 936 884 1,231
Blanco 5 0 1 0 2 1 3
Borden 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
Bosque 33 0 24 0 1 3 7
Bowie 193 0 135 0 22 12 83
Brazoria 234 0 89 23 20 12 118
Brazos 160 0 73 16 22 10 68
Brewster 3 0 0 1 0 0 3
Briscoe 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Brooks 22 0 7 0 2 2 16
Brown 119 0 63 3 14 29 16
Burleson 31 0 18 0 4 2 7
Burnet 90 0 49 0 10 18 22
Caldwell 122 0 61 6 24 28 28
Calhoun 14 0 8 3 0 0 6
Callahan 17 0 4 2 0 3 9
Cameron 416 0 195 44 24 19 192
Camp 42 0 20 4 6 2 16
Carson 11 0 5 0 0 4 2
Cass 56 0 39 5 8 7 20
Castro 30 0 30 0 0 0 5
Chambers 66 0 37 4 1 8 20
Cherokee 174 0 100 5 19 13 54
Childress 17 0 9 0 5 5 2
Clay 7 0 2 0 2 2 1
Cochran 5 0 1 0 0 0 4
Coke 12 0 5 0 2 1 4
Coleman 26 0 9 5 4 1 10
Collin 358 0 168 24 59 33 137
Collingsworth 9 0 2 0 0 4 3
Colorado 23 0 4 0 7 5 8
Comal 182 0 79 17 26 32 58
Comanche 18 0 15 1 0 1 2
Concho 5 0 1 3 1 0 0
Cooke 67 0 27 0 20 4 18
Coryell 198 0 101 16 5 8 103
Cottle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crane 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Crockett 4 0 2 0 0 1 2
Crosby 13 0 6 0 1 5 2
Culberson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dallam 4 0 3 1 0 0 0
Dallas 3,316 56 1,628 219 315 273 1,321
Dawson 30 0 14 3 10 1 3
Deaf Smith 43 0 15 3 14 7 9
Delta 14 0 8 0 1 0 5
Denton 578 0 271 7 104 92 153
Dewitt 31 0 8 7 15 5 3
Dickens 5 0 0 0 2 0 3
Dimmit 31 0 5 3 12 5 7
Donley 10 0 4 4 0 0 7
Duval 17 0 7 0 2 1 8
Eastland 32 0 18 2 4 0 13
Ector 345 0 162 19 40 22 118
Edwards 7 0 0 2 5 0 0
Ellis 69 0 25 0 13 16 27
El Paso 647 0 298 37 118 89 211
Erath 52 0 23 2 7 6 20
Falls 16 0 9 0 7 0 1
Fannin 23 0 3 2 2 5 13
Fayette 64 0 31 3 16 10 22
Fisher 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Floyd 27 0 16 0 2 3 7
Foard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fort Bend 191 0 73 14 15 34 75
Franklin 8 0 6 0 0 2 1
Freestone 20 0 11 0 7 8 3
Frio 84 0 44 0 14 15 14
Gaines 26 0 8 1 3 3 12
Galveston 264 0 99 14 34 43 101
Garza 8 0 6 0 0 0 2
Gillespie 40 0 20 2 3 4 16
Glasscock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goliad 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
Gonzales 23 0 8 1 7 2 7
Gray 114 0 26 23 26 11 41
Grayson 127 0 61 9 16 21 41
Gregg 207 0 85 4 43 19 66
Grimes 29 0 13 0 3 6 8
Guadalupe 211 0 119 5 33 21 71
Hale 83 0 50 1 8 7 22
Hall 11 0 4 3 2 1 1
Hamilton 10 0 3 2 0 2 3
Hansford 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hardeman 9 0 4 3 0 1 1
Hardin 36 0 16 4 7 6 12
Harris 5,322 1 1,839 230 1,065 942 1,638
Harrison 93 0 45 5 5 2 57
Hartley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haskell 5 0 2 0 2 2 1
Hays 145 0 89 4 16 6 56
Hemphill 6 0 4 0 0 1 1
Henderson 203 0 79 15 25 29 73
Hidalgo 1,144 0 604 33 22 7 607
Hill 63 0 46 2 6 5 9
Hockley 66 0 34 3 13 8 20
Hood 90 0 54 5 13 5 25
Hopkins 54 0 26 6 7 9 13
Houston 41 0 21 4 4 3 13
Howard 90 0 60 6 9 8 13
Hudspeth 4 0 1 0 0 0 3
Hunt 229 0 131 2 41 37 70
Hutchinson 53 0 24 1 7 2 22
Irion 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jack 15 0 6 0 0 1 8
Jackson 2 0 0 0 1 2 0
Jasper 29 0 17 0 4 8 4
Jeff Davis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jefferson 374 0 207 16 75 44 129
Jim Hogg 24 0 15 1 4 0 9
Jim Wells 122 0 68 7 14 2 45
Johnson 314 0 154 2 62 49 80
Jones 7 0 2 0 3 0 2
Karnes 23 0 11 2 2 2 9
Kaufman 119 0 56 1 27 29 39
Kendall 47 0 13 2 17 9 12
Kenedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kent 4 0 4 0 0 0 0
Kerr 172 0 44 5 30 64 48
Kimble 14 0 8 0 3 1 2
King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinney 5 0 3 0 0 0 2
Kleberg 59 0 19 3 20 11 11
Knox 5 0 4 0 0 0 1
Lamar 110 0 47 3 18 3 74
Lamb 16 0 5 0 1 0 11
Lampasas 62 0 31 3 8 6 23
Lasalle 24 0 12 0 13 0 2
Lavaca 25 0 16 0 2 4 3
Lee 52 0 16 5 11 6 21
Leon 23 0 12 1 6 1 5
Liberty 242 0 128 11 31 12 80
Limestone 47 0 20 0 12 13 9
Lipscomb 8 0 2 1 5 0 2
Live Oak 21 0 17 0 1 0 10
Llano 52 0 28 2 17 10 7
Loving 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lubbock 708 0 292 21 148 142 211
Lynn 5 0 1 0 0 1 3
Madison 40 0 18 2 1 6 17
Marion 24 0 11 0 3 6 7
Martin 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mason 5 0 0 0 2 1 3
Matagorda 45 0 22 1 8 2 19
Maverick 21 0 10 1 5 10 0
Mcculloch 18 0 11 0 2 1 6
Mclennan 408 0 174 23 78 66 103
Mcmullen 3 0 3 0 0 0 1
Medina 175 0 68 5 30 48 48
Menard 9 0 4 0 3 0 5
Midland 185 0 80 16 37 18 55
Milam 94 0 40 3 26 11 26
Mills 8 0 4 2 1 0 6
Mitchell 12 0 7 1 4 0 6
Montague 94 0 34 11 6 3 47
Montgomery 724 0 331 40 92 113 261
Moore 31 0 18 0 5 1 12
Morris 14 0 6 3 3 1 6
Motley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nacogdoches 145 0 66 8 41 14 29
Navarro 84 0 38 4 12 15 25
Newton 20 0 13 0 0 0 7
Nolan 75 0 52 0 2 3 30
Nueces 572 0 231 27 66 96 323
Ochiltree 12 0 6 1 1 1 4
Oldham 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Orange 177 0 78 11 26 13 65
Palo Pinto 98 0 55 0 7 11 31
Panola 25 0 11 5 4 0 11
Parker 78 0 47 2 10 5 18
Parmer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pecos 30 0 16 0 0 4 15
Polk 93 0 47 10 11 6 30
Potter 268 0 139 24 42 36 74
Presidio 14 0 10 2 0 0 7
Rains 18 0 8 0 2 3 5
Randall 370 0 180 29 25 57 128
Reagan 4 0 1 0 0 3 0
Real 6 0 1 0 3 0 2
Red River 30 0 12 0 9 4 13
Reeves 7 0 0 5 0 1 1
Refugio 4 0 2 0 0 0 3
Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robertson 30 0 18 0 3 2 7
Rockwall 41 0 16 0 7 4 19
Runnels 27 0 7 0 5 3 14
Rusk 98 0 47 1 10 6 45
Sabine 9 0 3 0 3 3 3
San Augustine 6 0 6 0 3 0 0
San Jacinto 62 0 33 1 5 5 23
San Patricio 92 0 64 0 7 6 29
San Saba 9 0 3 0 0 1 5
Schleicher 5 0 3 0 0 0 2
Scurry 19 0 10 1 2 3 3
Shackelford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shelby 65 0 37 7 7 5 19
Sherman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smith 379 0 229 13 62 71 79
Somervell 11 0 3 2 1 3 5
Starr 102 0 60 4 2 0 54
Stephens 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Sterling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stonewall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sutton 6 0 3 2 0 0 1
Swisher 18 0 0 0 1 3 14
Tarrant 1,665 4 796 121 252 217 553
Taylor 251 0 135 29 17 18 90
Terrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry 55 1 19 3 15 12 11
Throckmorton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Titus 51 0 24 3 13 3 20
Tom Green 394 0 168 24 72 42 125
Travis 1,326 0 662 37 169 173 466
Trinity 53 0 38 1 2 1 23
Tyler 15 0 7 0 2 1 7
Upshur 46 0 22 1 4 6 18
Upton 8 0 2 0 0 0 6
Uvalde 92 0 36 2 25 14 27
Val Verde 30 0 23 2 1 3 4
Van Zandt 125 0 42 1 26 29 43
Victoria 158 0 85 6 21 19 44
Walker 84 0 55 2 8 3 31
Waller 72 0 25 7 3 11 28
Ward 7 0 1 0 1 0 5
Washington 48 0 28 2 8 3 14
Webb 571 0 354 23 35 46 199
Wharton 52 0 10 4 19 9 18
Wheeler 13 0 7 0 4 1 5
Wichita 250 0 99 21 29 32 100
Wilbarger 26 0 17 0 0 5 5
Willacy 43 0 20 8 2 3 11
Williamson 396 0 141 18 55 72 155
Wilson 77 0 49 3 16 2 16
Winkler 7 0 4 1 2 0 2
Wise 92 0 44 2 13 6 34
Wood 120 0 69 5 17 16 31
Yoakum 9 0 3 0 1 2 3
Young 30 0 8 0 14 1 10
Zapata 33 0 14 1 2 0 17
Zavala 35 0 15 0 10 6 5
Out of State 74 0 6 0 0 0 6
State Total 37,706 67 17,447 1,735 5,707 5,040 12,679

* 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 5,040 children adopted during FY12, 307 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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