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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