Table 1
County Population Ages 18-64 Population Ages 65 plus Adult Population At-Risk* Total APS Completed Investigations Validated APS Investigations APS Clients Receiving Services
AUSTIN
11,838
3,678
4,997
131
98
163
BRAZORIA
136,916
18,695
50,115
258
154
151
CHAMBERS
13,083
2,355
4,972
55
55
93
COLORADO
9,766
3,749
4,353
66
45
56
FORT BEND
202,069
16,456
70,376
356
227
287
GALVESTON
144,918
24,975
54,714
562
426
414
HARRIS
2,065,406
218,356
735,490
4,939
3,298
3,342
LIBERTY
37,048
7,023
14,193
262
244
331
MATAGORDA
21,998
4,781
8,624
117
87
85
MONTGOMERY
144,799
21,564
53,578
607
406
569
WALKER
36,759
5,020
13,455
133
104
153
WALLER
16,588
2,932
6,286
134
87
192
WHARTON
23,305
5,896
9,404
106
55
63
TOTAL
2,864,493
335,480
1,030,558
7,726
5,286
5,899

* This is estimated aged and disabled population group, which is the population APS serves.

Table 2
County Adult Population At-Risk Fiscal Year 1997 Adult Population At-Risk Fiscal Year 1998 Adult Population At-Risk Fiscal Year 1999 Adult Population At-Risk Fiscal Year 2000
AUSTIN
4,950
4,997
5,038
5,078
BRAZORIA
49,176
50,115
51,223
52,218
CHAMBERS
4,918
4,972
5,011
5,051
COLORADO
4,345
4,353
4,377
4,382
FORT BEND
67,132
70,376
73,774
77,316
GALVESTON
54,140
54,714
55,281
55,822
HARRIS
721,990
735,490
749,152
763,406
LIBERTY
14,026
14,193
14,372
14,550
MATAGORDA
8,535
8,624
8,694
8,759
MONTGOMERY
51,872
53,578
55,302
57,075
WALKER
13,396
13,455
13,526
13,683
WALLER
6,185
6,286
6,283
6,510
WHARTON
9,332
9,404
9,469
9,534
TOTAL
1,009,997
1,030,558
1,051,503
1,073,384
Table 3
County Child Population Alleged Victims of Child Abuse/Neglect Confirmed Victims of Child Abuse/Neglect Confirmed Victims per 1,000 Children Total CPS Completed Investigations Confirmed CPS Investigations Percent Investigations Confirmed
AUSTIN
5,143
120
45
8.7
77
28
36.4%
BRAZORIA
62,670
2,599
523
8.3
1,568
340
21.7%
CHAMBERS
5,364
221
47
8.8
144
37
25.7%
COLORADO
4,683
108
53
11.3
66
32
48.5%
FORT BEND
90,594
1,632
424
4.7
1,075
316
29.4%
GALVESTON
62,032
2,755
759
12.2
1,786
545
30.5%
HARRIS
931,716
22,540
6,064
6.5
14,715
4,207
28.6%
LIBERTY
15,386
788
179
11.6
487
124
25.5%
MATAGORDA
11,541
675
195
16.9
367
122
33.2%
MONTGOMERY
62,923
2,044
458
7.3
1,301
321
24.7%
WALKER
10,210
343
96
9.4
217
52
24.0%
WALLER
6,496
217
81
12.5
143
50
35.0%
WHARTON
11,666
325
113
9.7
198
73
36.9%
TOTAL
1,280,424
34,367
9,037
128
22,144
6,247
 
Table 4
County Child Population Children in PRS Legal Responsibility Point of Prevalence* Children in Substitute Care Children in Foster Care
AUSTIN
5,143
24
4.67
23
20
BRAZORIA
62,670
155
2.47
153
117
CHAMBERS
5,364
28
5.22
28
27
COLORADO
4,683
31
6.62
31
31
FORT BEND
90,594
211
2.33
209
148
GALVESTON
62,032
376
6.06
354
304
HARRIS
931,716
4,645
4.99
4,513
3,349
LIBERTY
15,386
105
6.82
100
81
MATAGORDA
11,541
99
8.58
94
85
MONTGOMERY
62,923
171
2.72
170
131
WALKER
10,210
18
1.76
18
15
WALLER
6,496
41
6.31
41
37
WHARTON
11,666
35
3.00
35
28
TOTAL
1,280,424
5,939
62
5,769
4,373

* Point of Prevalence: Rate of the annual number of children in PRS legal responsibility in Fiscal Year 1998 per 1,000 children in the child population

Table 5
County Fiscal Year 1998 Unduplicated Paid Foster Care Clients Fiscal Year 1998 Foster Care Expenditures
AUSTIN
20
$233,629.61
BRAZORIA
119
$1,445,836.04
CHAMBERS
27
$174,398.22
COLORADO
30
$324,103.54
FORT BEND
148
$1,334,372.58
GALVESTON
302
$2,956,462.49
HARRIS
3,274
$33,474,192.50
LIBERTY
78
$957,702.65
MATAGORDA
82
$641,507.75
MONTGOMERY
129
$1,087,947.24
WALKER
15
$187,241.00
WALLER
37
$388,258.87
WHARTON
28
$188,344.60
TOTAL
4,289
$43,393,997.09
Table 6
County Foster Homes Foster Home Capacity Adoptive Homes
AUSTIN
3
11
2
BRAZORIA
32
102
34
CHAMBERS
2
5
2
COLORADO
7
22
0
FORT BEND
78
261
53
GALVESTON
38
131
26
HARRIS
394
1,235
338
LIBERTY
14
56
5
MATAGORDA
21
80
1
MONTGOMERY
31
89
34
WALKER
9
33
9
WALLER
1
6
5
WHARTON
28
87
13
TOTAL
658
2,118
522
Table 7
County Number of Children Receiving Sub-Care Purchased Services Total Expenditures for Sub-Care Purchased Services Children in Substitute Care Number of Children Receiving In-Home Purchased Services Total Expenditures for In-Home Purchased Services Number of Children Receiving In-Home Services
AUSTIN
2
580.00
23
1
65.00
2
BRAZORIA
4
940.00
153
11
3,066.50
84
CHAMBERS
0
0.00
28
0
0.00
0
COLORADO
1
350.00
31
0
0.00
3
FORT BEND
9
2,016.06
209
15
5,765.00
84
GALVESTON
55
23,715.16
354
13
4,042.61
137
HARRIS
632
522,318.36
4,510
237
103,416.50
1,664
LIBERTY
3
980.00
100
4
1,245.00
11
MATAGORDA
8
1,674.50
94
2
475.50
34
MONTGOMERY
4
715.00
170
13
2,990.00
41
WALKER
1
230.00
18
0
0.00
6
WALLER
5
2,089.00
41
0
0.00
5
WHARTON
4
1,024.97
35
1
240.00
19
TOTAL
728
556,633
5,766
297
121,306
2,090
Table 8
County Child Population Age 0-13 Licensed Day Care Facilities* Licensed Day Care Capacity Registered Family Homes Registered Family Homes Capacity Licensed 24-Hour Care Facilities** Licensed 24-Hour Care Capacity
AUSTIN
3,886
10
601
9
54
0
0
BRAZORIA
47,688
121
8,441
90
540
10
277
CHAMBERS
4,001
6
401
6
36
0
0
COLORADO
3,516
14
485
6
36
1
1
FORT BEND
67,734
135
13,914
176
1,056
33
224
GALVESTON
48,610
156
9,545
128
768
13
44
HARRIS
738,545
1,503
133,197
2,222
13,332
764
3,726
LIBERTY
11,516
25
1,167
13
78
2
13
MATAGORDA
8,895
24
1,182
16
96
0
0
MONTGOMERY
47,642
134
11,021
65
390
15
160
WALKER
7,833
29
1,939
9
54
1
176
WALLER
4,920
15
805
11
66
1
3
WHARTON
8,831
13
791
15
90
3
8
TOTAL
1,003,617
2,185
183,489
2,766
16,596
843
4,632

*Does not include 1,163 (statewide) listed homes.
**Does not include 191 (statewide) child placing agencies.

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