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Legal Statuses Granted for Children in Fiscal Year 2013

County Region Unique
Children*		 Possessory
CVS		 TMC** PMC: Not
Free for
Adoption		 PMC:
Free for
Adoption		 Adoption
Finalized****		 DFPS
Custody Terminated***
Anderson
004
 85 0 35 10 11 16 25
Andrews
009
 37 0 17 5 3 6 7
Angelina
005
 82 0 40 6 14 11 29
Aransas
011
 91 0 36 5 17 6 33
Archer
002
 7 0 5 0 0 1 2
Armstrong
001
 4 0 2 2 0 0 2
Atascosa
008
 214 0 108 6 63 29 26
Austin
006
 28 0 16 3 2 1 12
Bailey
001
 6 0 5 0 0 0 1
Bandera
008
 56 0 22 6 8 10 11
Bastrop
007
 230 0 136 8 35 21 65
Baylor
002
 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bee
011
 109 0 42 20 7 8 50
Bell
007
 924 0 485 35 112 127 379
Bexar
008
 4,554 1 1,903 161 995 1,002 1,091
Blanco
007
 5 0 2 0 0 1 2
Borden
009
 8 0 5 0 0 0 3
Bosque
007
 35 0 16 0 6 8 9
Bowie
004
 203 3 134 10 24 18 83
Brazoria
006
 198 0 93 11 10 23 80
Brazos
007
 144 0 49 6 23 30 46
Brewster
010
 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Briscoe
001
 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
Brooks
011
 24 0 17 0 1 2 10
Brown
002
 107 0 30 7 31 32 25
Burleson
007
 40 0 16 2 4 4 15
Burnet
007
 128 0 69 10 21 9 42
Caldwell
007
 106 0 51 3 13 13 35
Calhoun
008
 13 0 8 0 1 1 3
Callahan
002
 10 0 1 1 1 1 7
Cameron
011
 481 0 257 55 9 11 227
Camp
004
 56 0 32 0 8 6 15
Carson
001
 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Cass
004
 74 0 43 3 9 9 28
Castro
001
 27 0 10 0 16 0 1
Chambers
006
 50 0 19 2 9 5 23
Cherokee
004
 148 0 52 4 40 13 56
Childress
001
 14 0 2 2 5 3 4
Clay
002
 9 0 6 0 1 0 2
Cochran
001
 6 0 4 1 1 0 0
Coke
009
 7 0 5 0 0 0 3
Coleman
002
 26 0 11 1 4 5 11
Collin
003
 388 0 205 5 50 52 140
Collingsworth
001
 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Colorado
006
 21 0 11 1 1 6 7
Comal
008
 199 0 117 8 23 24 58
Comanche
002
 32 0 14 1 2 0 18
Concho
009
 4 0 0 0 1 0 3
Cooke
003
 105 0 65 5 16 11 24
Coryell
007
 184 0 102 1 21 8 88
Cottle
002
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crane
009
 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Crockett
009
 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Crosby
001
 11 0 7 0 2 0 2
Culberson
010
 6 0 6 0 0 0 0
Dallam
001
 5 0 0 0 1 0 5
Dallas
003
 3,339 29 1,693 193 345 246 1,297
Dawson
009
 64 0 47 0 5 8 17
Deaf Smith
001
 47 0 17 1 13 14 5
Delta
004
 12 0 3 0 1 2 8
Denton
003
 525 0 203 9 104 96 179
De Witt
008
 44 0 21 2 5 17 3
Dickens
001
 3 0 1 0 1 2 0
Dimmit
008
 52 0 18 3 12 13 12
Donley
001
 6 0 0 0 4 0 2
Duval
011
 23 0 11 2 6 3 11
Eastland
002
 35 0 9 7 2 5 19
Ector
009
 361 0 171 20 60 36 120
Edwards
008
 8 0 1 0 0 7 0
Ellis
003
 68 0 43 2 17 12 14
El Paso
010
 666 0 314 20 124 84 199
Erath
003
 47 0 23 0 7 1 21
Falls
007
 27 0 9 5 4 7 8
Fannin
003
 21 0 14 1 2 0 5
Fayette
007
 62 0 21 1 17 11 22
Fisher
002
 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Floyd
001
 46 0 19 7 6 3 12
Foard
002
 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Fort Bend
006
 183 0 98 3 19 16 69
Franklin
004
 30 0 23 1 3 1 15
Freestone
007
 22 0 8 3 3 5 7
Frio
008
 71 0 32 4 22 11 10
Gaines
009
 18 0 7 0 5 1 5
Galveston
006
 246 0 120 8 43 40 56
Garza
001
 34 0 22 0 0 0 15
Gillespie
008
 41 0 15 1 8 6 16
Glasscock
009
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goliad
008
 2 0 1 0 0 1 0
Gonzales
008
 37 0 22 0 8 7 5
Gray
001
 72 0 19 0 9 14 32
Grayson
003
 176 0 119 9 27 11 29
Gregg
004
 259 0 140 6 29 39 67
Grimes
007
 38 0 18 0 2 7 14
Guadalupe
008
 163 0 56 4 28 23 66
Hale
001
 104 0 30 1 31 13 47
Hall
001
 17 0 11 0 1 0 6
Hamilton
007
 18 0 7 0 8 8 6
Hansford
001
 6 0 3 0 2 0 1
Hardeman
002
 8 0 5 0 0 0 3
Hardin
005
 41 0 17 0 7 8 16
Harris
006
 4,981 0 2,058 191 810 1,032 1,302
Harrison
004
 117 0 60 13 16 7 47
Hartley
001
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haskell
002
 10 0 5 3 3 0 0
Hays
007
 158 0 71 2 19 18 65
Hemphill
001
 10 0 6 0 2 0 2
Henderson
004
 187 0 88 22 23 15 58
Hidalgo
011
 1,096 0 564 81 14 14 532
Hill
007
 54 0 22 3 13 5 16
Hockley
001
 89 0 43 2 22 11 24
Hood
003
 112 0 54 6 18 8 46
Hopkins
004
 62 0 30 4 5 9 23
Houston
005
 45 0 20 4 10 3 12
Howard
009
 142 0 88 6 17 12 36
Hudspeth
010
 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hunt
003
 229 0 102 1 49 44 83
Hutchinson
001
 44 0 11 0 6 13 20
Irion
009
 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jack
002
 17 0 9 0 3 1 5
Jackson
008
 13 0 10 0 0 3 1
Jasper
005
 43 0 20 0 6 5 19
Jeff Davis
010
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jefferson
005
 345 0 149 7 57 76 107
Jim Hogg
011
 20 0 9 0 0 0 13
Jim Wells
011
 113 1 39 11 9 12 52
Johnson
003
 306 0 122 6 61 59 79
Jones
002
 24 0 16 0 1 4 7
Karnes
008
 38 0 23 1 6 3 7
Kaufman
003
 107 0 56 6 13 16 33
Kendall
008
 27 0 9 0 5 8 5
Kenedy
011
 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Kent
002
 4 0 0 4 4 0 0
Kerr
008
 125 0 57 4 25 23 26
Kimble
009
 21 0 11 0 2 4 4
King
001
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinney
008
 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
Kleberg
011
 36 0 8 9 9 1 11
Knox
002
 5 0 0 0 2 0 3
Lamar
004
 86 0 56 1 8 17 24
Lamb
001
 23 0 13 1 7 1 5
Lampasas
007
 60 0 31 1 7 6 26
La Salle
008
 23 0 8 0 0 11 4
Lavaca
008
 41 0 21 0 7 3 11
Lee
007
 57 0 25 4 3 4 25
Leon
007
 24 0 13 1 1 2 10
Liberty
006
 270 0 126 2 30 32 102
Limestone
007
 32 0 8 8 7 6 8
Lipscomb
001
 6 0 1 0 1 5 0
Live Oak
011
 34 0 20 1 6 4 18
Llano
007
 54 0 21 1 10 8 19
Loving
009
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lubbock
001
 695 0 329 23 137 122 150
Lynn
001
 5 0 4 0 0 0 1
Madison
007
 26 0 13 0 2 0 12
Marion
004
 24 0 18 1 0 2 10
Martin
009
 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mason
009
 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Matagorda
006
 33 0 18 0 7 1 11
Maverick
008
 18 0 11 0 3 3 1
McCulloch
009
 23 0 11 0 8 3 1
McLennan
007
 472 0 228 19 111 83 100
McMullen
011
 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Medina
008
 146 0 74 1 20 21 40
Menard
009
 4 0 1 0 0 2 1
Midland
009
 163 0 65 13 35 25 46
Milam
007
 97 0 47 4 9 17 27
Mills
007
 13 0 10 1 0 1 1
Mitchell
002
 6 0 2 1 0 0 5
Montague
002
 59 0 22 2 2 2 36
Montgomery
006
 672 0 288 33 109 95 225
Moore
001
 25 0 4 2 3 3 17
Morris
004
 17 0 12 0 2 2 6
Motley
001
 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
Nacogdoches
005
 158 0 48 16 21 38 55
Navarro
003
 88 0 40 4 26 21 13
Newton
005
 21 0 7 0 6 2 8
Nolan
002
 55 0 15 14 6 2 23
Nueces
011
 377 0 179 20 37 54 191
Ochiltree
001
 9 0 6 0 0 0 3
Oldham
001
 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Orange
005
 186 0 71 12 17 20 81
Palo Pinto
003
 110 0 65 2 22 4 24
Panola
004
 13 0 2 0 5 0 6
Parker
003
 161 0 112 5 10 18 30
Parmer
001
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pecos
009
 13 0 7 3 1 0 2
Polk
005
 113 0 44 1 17 10 54
Potter
001
 251 0 108 20 61 29 73
Presidio
010
 7 0 3 3 1 0 0
Rains
004
 12 0 2 0 4 2 4
Randall
001
 293 0 95 20 53 43 112
Reagan
009
 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Real
008
 17 0 12 0 1 3 1
Red River
004
 22 0 11 0 0 5 9
Reeves
009
 13 0 8 0 1 0 4
Refugio
011
 7 0 10 0 0 0 2
Roberts
001
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robertson
007
 33 0 13 3 1 2 17
Rockwall
003
 40 0 20 0 6 4 18
Runnels
002
 27 0 15 2 0 4 7
Rusk
004
 108 0 62 3 8 6 42
Sabine
005
 7 0 2 0 1 1 4
San Augustine
005
 13 0 5 2 1 3 3
San Jacinto
005
 58 0 21 2 2 1 35
San Patricio
011
 128 0 60 4 23 15 34
San Saba
007
 4 0 1 0 1 0 2
Schleicher
009
 13 0 10 0 3 0 0
Scurry
002
 27 0 8 2 6 0 12
Shackelford
002
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shelby
005
 74 0 32 1 4 1 46
Sherman
001
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smith
004
 406 0 199 11 83 65 120
Somervell
003
 18 0 13 0 0 0 6
Starr
011
 101 0 56 0 6 0 53
Stephens
002
 14 0 12 0 0 0 2
Sterling
009
 5 0 4 0 0 1 0
Stonewall
002
 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
Sutton
009
 6 0 1 0 1 3 1
Swisher
001
 5 0 2 0 0 3 0
Tarrant
003
 1,790 15 835 114 236 260 589
Taylor
002
 244 0 122 19 9 13 119
Terrell
009
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry
001
 51 1 26 0 19 3 5
Throckmorton
002
 5 0 4 0 0 0 1
Titus
004
 43 0 16 0 4 9 16
Tom Green
009
 427 0 178 17 90 51 112
Travis
007
 1,335 0 629 24 226 188 464
Trinity
005
 35 0 11 4 6 1 15
Tyler
005
 28 0 18 3 2 3 12
Upshur
004
 75 0 58 2 1 4 23
Upton
009
 5 0 4 0 0 0 1
Uvalde
008
 69 0 19 1 16 23 15
Val Verde
008
 49 0 23 0 7 6 14
Van Zandt
004
 120 0 65 5 21 14 27
Victoria
008
 193 0 94 20 27 12 51
Walker
006
 76 0 42 2 4 4 29
Waller
006
 75 0 34 1 5 7 42
Ward
009
 4 0 3 0 1 0 0
Washington
007
 56 0 26 5 10 2 15
Webb
011
 585 0 287 39 71 13 281
Wharton
006
 39 0 8 0 0 13 21
Wheeler
001
 3 0 1 0 0 1 1
Wichita
002
 230 0 117 4 33 33 70
Wilbarger
002
 19 0 2 1 11 0 5
Willacy
011
 60 0 36 5 1 2 19
Williamson
007
 342 0 129 17 42 82 98
Wilson
008
 99 0 50 1 22 14 19
Winkler
009
 7 0 3 0 2 2 1
Wise
003
 128 0 72 4 10 16 40
Wood
004
 137 0 72 2 10 12 58
Yoakum
001
 11 0 11 0 3 0 1
Young
002
 40 0 8 2 1 5 24
Zapata
011
 20 0 7 4 2 0 10
Zavala
008
 29 0 9 0 9 10 1
State Total
  
37,607 50 17,395 1,673 5,718 5,364 12,136

* 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 5,364 children adopted during FY13, 293 were placed out of state.

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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