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CPS Children in Care During Fiscal Year 2011
County | Child Population |
Children in DFPS Legal Responsibility | Point of Prevalence** | Children Entering Subsitute- Care (Total Removals) | Children in Substitute Care*** | Children in Foster Care* |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anderson | 11,844 | 155 | 13.1 | 35 | 149 | 110 |
Andrews | 4,056 | 42 | 10.4 | 19 | 41 | 19 |
Angelina | 22,656 | 106 | 4.7 | 38 | 101 | 75 |
Aransas | 5,091 | 90 | 17.7 | 48 | 84 | 74 |
Archer | 2,105 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Armstrong | 514 | 2 | 3.9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Atascosa | 12,801 | 173 | 13.5 | 74 | 172 | 116 |
Austin | 6,584 | 19 | 2.9 | 7 | 20 | 12 |
Bailey | 1,834 | 29 | 15.8 | 4 | 27 | 24 |
Bandera | 4,133 | 68 | 16.5 | 23 | 66 | 53 |
Bastrop | 20,172 | 192 | 9.5 | 70 | 187 | 110 |
Baylor | 780 | 1 | 1.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Bee | 7,508 | 97 | 12.9 | 36 | 92 | 58 |
Bell | 83,087 | 935 | 11.3 | 392 | 865 | 612 |
Bexar | 438,724 | 5,238 | 11.9 | 2,046 | 5,184 | 3,564 |
Blanco | 2,232 | 11 | 4.9 | 3 | 11 | 8 |
Borden | 111 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bosque | 4,161 | 28 | 6.7 | 15 | 28 | 26 |
Bowie | 21,313 | 179 | 8.4 | 73 | 168 | 95 |
Brazoria | 81,797 | 388 | 4.7 | 122 | 370 | 251 |
Brazos | 38,287 | 225 | 5.9 | 96 | 217 | 175 |
Brewster | 2,002 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
Briscoe | 428 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Brooks | 2,212 | 45 | 20.3 | 14 | 41 | 31 |
Brown | 9,651 | 147 | 15.2 | 28 | 146 | 108 |
Burleson | 4,591 | 38 | 8.3 | 13 | 38 | 25 |
Burnet | 9,853 | 113 | 11.5 | 46 | 113 | 79 |
Caldwell | 10,198 | 103 | 10.1 | 38 | 106 | 77 |
Calhoun | 6,195 | 16 | 2.6 | 7 | 16 | 16 |
Callahan | 3,166 | 35 | 11.1 | 2 | 32 | 28 |
Cameron | 136,046 | 641 | 4.7 | 207 | 620 | 478 |
Camp | 3,410 | 65 | 19.1 | 27 | 57 | 29 |
Carson | 1,508 | 5 | 3.3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Cass | 6,731 | 74 | 11.0 | 25 | 69 | 40 |
Castro | 2,084 | 4 | 1.9 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Chambers | 8,852 | 58 | 6.6 | 20 | 56 | 33 |
Cherokee | 12,719 | 164 | 12.9 | 91 | 159 | 109 |
Childress | 1,765 | 16 | 9.1 | 4 | 16 | 19 |
Clay | 2,141 | 10 | 4.7 | 3 | 10 | 10 |
Cochran | 837 | 6 | 7.2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
Coke | 757 | 7 | 9.2 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Coleman | 2,000 | 71 | 35.5 | 18 | 62 | 40 |
Collin | 204,247 | 465 | 2.3 | 191 | 437 | 336 |
Collingsworth | 658 | 10 | 15.2 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
Colorado | 5,357 | 35 | 6.5 | 21 | 35 | 22 |
Comal | 25,006 | 257 | 10.3 | 94 | 243 | 151 |
Comanche | 3,282 | 13 | 4.0 | 2 | 14 | 15 |
Concho | 513 | 8 | 15.6 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
Cooke | 9,847 | 89 | 9.0 | 39 | 86 | 68 |
Coryell | 18,291 | 202 | 11.0 | 80 | 191 | 122 |
Cottle | 396 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Crane | 1,114 | 4 | 3.6 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Crockett | 1,066 | 8 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
Crosby | 1,681 | 26 | 15.5 | 2 | 24 | 20 |
Culberson | 577 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dallam | 1,874 | 11 | 5.9 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
Dallas | 678,936 | 3,716 | 5.5 | 1,589 | 3,663 | 2,347 |
Dawson | 3,562 | 26 | 7.3 | 13 | 26 | 17 |
Deaf Smith | 6,566 | 52 | 7.9 | 34 | 48 | 31 |
Delta | 1,114 | 11 | 9.9 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
Denton | 162,374 | 596 | 3.7 | 241 | 579 | 416 |
Dewitt | 4,686 | 48 | 10.2 | 16 | 50 | 30 |
Dickens | 451 | 19 | 42.1 | 5 | 17 | 10 |
Dimmit | 2,678 | 99 | 37.0 | 28 | 99 | 59 |
Donley | 739 | 17 | 23.0 | 5 | 17 | 16 |
Duval | 3,158 | 32 | 10.1 | 18 | 34 | 24 |
Eastland | 4,269 | 38 | 8.9 | 9 | 37 | 28 |
Ector | 38,841 | 409 | 10.5 | 164 | 396 | 298 |
Edwards | 444 | 13 | 29.3 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
Ellis | 42,250 | 111 | 2.6 | 45 | 103 | 66 |
El Paso | 227,531 | 843 | 3.7 | 268 | 820 | 609 |
Erath | 9,233 | 51 | 5.5 | 24 | 52 | 41 |
Falls | 4,281 | 21 | 4.9 | 11 | 21 | 15 |
Fannin | 7,598 | 41 | 5.4 | 15 | 38 | 34 |
Fayette | 5,455 | 71 | 13.0 | 25 | 69 | 32 |
Fisher | 816 | 5 | 6.1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Floyd | 1,864 | 30 | 16.1 | 14 | 30 | 25 |
Foard | 322 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fort Bend | 137,850 | 298 | 2.2 | 82 | 270 | 152 |
Franklin | 2,272 | 14 | 6.2 | 3 | 12 | 10 |
Freestone | 4,715 | 26 | 5.5 | 6 | 29 | 25 |
Frio | 4,942 | 74 | 15.0 | 29 | 75 | 47 |
Gaines | 5,172 | 40 | 7.7 | 16 | 40 | 31 |
Galveston | 71,609 | 348 | 4.9 | 124 | 315 | 174 |
Garza | 1,265 | 22 | 17.4 | 9 | 22 | 18 |
Gillespie | 4,675 | 61 | 13.0 | 25 | 58 | 45 |
Glasscock | 372 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goliad | 1,734 | 6 | 3.5 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
Gonzales | 5,435 | 22 | 4.0 | 12 | 23 | 17 |
Gray | 5,161 | 160 | 31.0 | 74 | 153 | 87 |
Grayson | 28,207 | 163 | 5.8 | 45 | 161 | 129 |
Gregg | 31,957 | 287 | 9.0 | 105 | 284 | 209 |
Grimes | 6,213 | 40 | 6.4 | 9 | 40 | 24 |
Guadalupe | 31,772 | 182 | 5.7 | 88 | 179 | 91 |
Hale | 10,966 | 132 | 12.0 | 48 | 125 | 99 |
Hall | 1,003 | 15 | 15.0 | 5 | 15 | 9 |
Hamilton | 1,927 | 21 | 10.9 | 7 | 21 | 15 |
Hansford | 1,436 | 6 | 4.2 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Hardeman | 1,011 | 7 | 6.9 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Hardin | 12,282 | 65 | 5.3 | 10 | 64 | 48 |
Harris | 1,117,039 | 8,057 | 7.2 | 2,388 | 7,878 | 4,888 |
Harrison | 15,597 | 138 | 8.8 | 52 | 132 | 100 |
Hartley | 1,297 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Haskell | 1,295 | 6 | 4.6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Hays | 34,231 | 177 | 5.2 | 82 | 176 | 108 |
Hemphill | 846 | 2 | 2.4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Henderson | 18,230 | 264 | 14.5 | 106 | 246 | 166 |
Hidalgo | 259,479 | 959 | 3.7 | 615 | 952 | 783 |
Hill | 9,364 | 57 | 6.1 | 18 | 52 | 36 |
Hockley | 6,614 | 96 | 14.5 | 21 | 91 | 83 |
Hood | 10,577 | 94 | 8.9 | 40 | 94 | 75 |
Hopkins | 8,844 | 77 | 8.7 | 29 | 67 | 47 |
Houston | 4,926 | 45 | 9.1 | 20 | 42 | 39 |
Howard | 7,696 | 108 | 14.0 | 36 | 103 | 65 |
Hudspeth | 904 | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Hunt | 21,239 | 256 | 12.1 | 100 | 246 | 166 |
Hutchinson | 6,092 | 54 | 8.9 | 23 | 56 | 27 |
Irion | 292 | 6 | 20.5 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Jack | 1,967 | 17 | 8.6 | 8 | 17 | 6 |
Jackson | 3,988 | 5 | 1.3 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Jasper | 8,642 | 49 | 5.7 | 8 | 48 | 36 |
Jeff Davis | 423 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jefferson | 60,449 | 305 | 5.0 | 126 | 296 | 251 |
Jim Hogg | 1,444 | 14 | 9.7 | 9 | 14 | 2 |
Jim Wells | 12,090 | 113 | 9.3 | 58 | 108 | 83 |
Johnson | 44,740 | 413 | 9.2 | 151 | 396 | 314 |
Jones | 4,188 | 15 | 3.6 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
Karnes | 3,410 | 33 | 9.7 | 17 | 35 | 28 |
Kaufman | 26,938 | 137 | 5.1 | 64 | 136 | 89 |
Kendall | 7,188 | 46 | 6.4 | 26 | 44 | 30 |
Kenedy | 118 | 1 | 8.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Kent | 115 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kerr | 8,900 | 247 | 27.8 | 76 | 237 | 165 |
Kimble | 1,060 | 23 | 21.7 | 1 | 17 | 17 |
King | 66 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kinney | 795 | 3 | 3.8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Kleberg | 8,211 | 100 | 12.2 | 29 | 94 | 58 |
Knox | 1,001 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
Lamar | 12,535 | 132 | 10.5 | 61 | 124 | 94 |
Lamb | 4,428 | 38 | 8.6 | 16 | 41 | 37 |
Lampasas | 5,182 | 47 | 9.1 | 19 | 50 | 38 |
Lasalle | 1,586 | 25 | 15.8 | 7 | 25 | 16 |
Lavaca | 4,394 | 11 | 2.5 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
Lee | 4,350 | 78 | 17.9 | 41 | 76 | 54 |
Leon | 3,557 | 23 | 6.5 | 12 | 23 | 17 |
Liberty | 20,386 | 222 | 10.9 | 108 | 222 | 125 |
Limestone | 5,590 | 53 | 9.5 | 19 | 52 | 33 |
Lipscomb | 718 | 6 | 8.4 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
Live Oak | 2,424 | 21 | 8.7 | 10 | 24 | 15 |
Llano | 3,066 | 64 | 20.9 | 23 | 60 | 31 |
Loving | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lubbock | 67,626 | 899 | 13.3 | 310 | 868 | 646 |
Lynn | 1,422 | 8 | 5.6 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
Madison | 3,046 | 38 | 12.5 | 9 | 37 | 18 |
Marion | 2,233 | 18 | 8.1 | 5 | 17 | 13 |
Martin | 1,590 | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Mason | 704 | 6 | 8.5 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
Matagorda | 10,427 | 40 | 3.8 | 17 | 38 | 28 |
Maverick | 18,819 | 42 | 2.2 | 11 | 39 | 23 |
Mcculloch | 2,091 | 22 | 10.5 | 6 | 18 | 13 |
Mclennan | 60,002 | 490 | 8.2 | 205 | 488 | 376 |
Mcmullen | 119 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Medina | 11,545 | 201 | 17.4 | 69 | 194 | 129 |
Menard | 478 | 13 | 27.2 | 8 | 13 | 11 |
Midland | 35,971 | 218 | 6.1 | 75 | 211 | 147 |
Milam | 6,940 | 86 | 12.4 | 29 | 78 | 47 |
Mills | 1,200 | 8 | 6.7 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
Mitchell | 1,769 | 12 | 6.8 | 4 | 12 | 10 |
Montague | 4,578 | 113 | 24.7 | 46 | 106 | 73 |
Montgomery | 118,020 | 933 | 7.9 | 338 | 895 | 482 |
Moore | 5,900 | 31 | 5.3 | 18 | 32 | 20 |
Morris | 3,082 | 36 | 11.7 | 21 | 36 | 12 |
Motley | 254 | 3 | 11.8 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Nacogdoches | 15,040 | 183 | 12.2 | 75 | 175 | 141 |
Navarro | 13,385 | 101 | 7.5 | 30 | 107 | 87 |
Newton | 3,219 | 17 | 5.3 | 11 | 17 | 17 |
Nolan | 3,603 | 37 | 10.3 | 20 | 37 | 26 |
Nueces | 87,714 | 785 | 8.9 | 253 | 755 | 560 |
Ochiltree | 2,932 | 11 | 3.8 | 5 | 14 | 10 |
Oldham | 486 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Orange | 20,515 | 188 | 9.2 | 106 | 184 | 173 |
Palo Pinto | 7,229 | 84 | 11.6 | 40 | 82 | 61 |
Panola | 5,521 | 35 | 6.3 | 14 | 34 | 29 |
Parker | 27,403 | 73 | 2.7 | 25 | 73 | 64 |
Parmer | 2,814 | 11 | 3.9 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
Pecos | 4,491 | 38 | 8.5 | 8 | 37 | 25 |
Polk | 9,445 | 126 | 13.3 | 47 | 125 | 93 |
Potter | 36,351 | 332 | 9.1 | 116 | 326 | 288 |
Presidio | 2,753 | 4 | 1.5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Rains | 2,064 | 22 | 10.7 | 10 | 22 | 17 |
Randall | 25,611 | 409 | 16.0 | 154 | 391 | 293 |
Reagan | 775 | 5 | 6.5 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Real | 616 | 10 | 16.2 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
Red River | 3,173 | 37 | 11.7 | 16 | 37 | 20 |
Reeves | 2,795 | 24 | 8.6 | 10 | 25 | 13 |
Refugio | 1,704 | 12 | 7.0 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
Roberts | 183 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Robertson | 4,460 | 26 | 5.8 | 12 | 26 | 14 |
Rockwall | 20,662 | 53 | 2.6 | 29 | 52 | 30 |
Runnels | 2,942 | 40 | 13.6 | 10 | 44 | 34 |
Rusk | 11,317 | 103 | 9.1 | 51 | 99 | 53 |
Sabine | 2,047 | 18 | 8.8 | 3 | 16 | 15 |
San Augustine | 2,172 | 3 | 1.4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
San Jacinto | 6,055 | 61 | 10.1 | 20 | 61 | 60 |
San Patricio | 21,382 | 100 | 4.7 | 27 | 99 | 78 |
San Saba | 1,382 | 13 | 9.4 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
Schleicher | 772 | 2 | 2.6 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Scurry | 4,120 | 23 | 5.6 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
Shackelford | 825 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shelby | 6,858 | 66 | 9.6 | 21 | 63 | 56 |
Sherman | 782 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Smith | 53,330 | 370 | 6.9 | 142 | 370 | 288 |
Somervell | 2,047 | 14 | 6.8 | 7 | 11 | 10 |
Starr | 24,328 | 108 | 4.4 | 53 | 106 | 95 |
Stephens | 2,426 | 13 | 5.4 | 0 | 12 | 11 |
Sterling | 284 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stonewall | 337 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sutton | 1,168 | 4 | 3.4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Swisher | 2,133 | 25 | 11.7 | 7 | 27 | 18 |
Tarrant | 491,551 | 2,194 | 4.5 | 762 | 2,085 | 1,657 |
Taylor | 34,551 | 318 | 9.2 | 111 | 297 | 222 |
Terrell | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Terry | 2,977 | 60 | 20.2 | 30 | 58 | 34 |
Throckmorton | 397 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Titus | 9,204 | 119 | 12.9 | 27 | 105 | 55 |
Tom Green | 26,373 | 503 | 19.1 | 174 | 479 | 379 |
Travis | 235,554 | 1,403 | 6.0 | 627 | 1,386 | 965 |
Trinity | 3,148 | 38 | 12.1 | 12 | 38 | 32 |
Tyler | 4,661 | 17 | 3.6 | 6 | 17 | 11 |
Upshur | 8,977 | 69 | 7.7 | 19 | 67 | 34 |
Upton | 727 | 8 | 11.0 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
Uvalde | 8,641 | 102 | 11.8 | 48 | 99 | 62 |
Val Verde | 14,881 | 48 | 3.2 | 8 | 47 | 29 |
Van Zandt | 12,444 | 189 | 15.2 | 70 | 168 | 127 |
Victoria | 24,406 | 206 | 8.4 | 79 | 202 | 141 |
Walker | 11,189 | 77 | 6.9 | 35 | 80 | 60 |
Waller | 10,387 | 86 | 8.3 | 37 | 78 | 48 |
Ward | 2,460 | 21 | 8.5 | 3 | 19 | 5 |
Washington | 7,431 | 39 | 5.2 | 15 | 40 | 26 |
Webb | 91,533 | 597 | 6.5 | 224 | 589 | 475 |
Wharton | 11,407 | 97 | 8.5 | 37 | 86 | 52 |
Wheeler | 1,098 | 14 | 12.8 | 3 | 14 | 8 |
Wichita | 31,659 | 285 | 9.0 | 93 | 282 | 238 |
Wilbarger | 3,756 | 14 | 3.7 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
Willacy | 6,680 | 74 | 11.1 | 16 | 71 | 63 |
Williamson | 108,861 | 580 | 5.3 | 188 | 555 | 383 |
Wilson | 11,106 | 57 | 5.1 | 39 | 55 | 25 |
Winkler | 1,633 | 11 | 6.7 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
Wise | 14,405 | 104 | 7.2 | 42 | 102 | 72 |
Wood | 8,143 | 125 | 15.4 | 39 | 125 | 81 |
Yoakum | 2,471 | 17 | 6.9 | 2 | 14 | 4 |
Young | 4,394 | 51 | 11.6 | 27 | 49 | 43 |
Zapata | 4,736 | 69 | 14.6 | 22 | 70 | 53 |
Zavala | 3,976 | 46 | 11.6 | 12 | 46 | 37 |
Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Out of State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
State Total | 6,663,942 | 46,063 | 6.9 | 17,108 | 44,780 | 31,092 |
* Children in foster care is by living arrangement and will not equal children in paid foster care.
** Point of Prevalence: Rate of annual number of children in DFPS legal responsibility in Fiscal Year 2011 per 1,000 children
in the child population.
*** Substitute care and foster care include children ages 0 to 20. Children age out of DFPS legal responsibility at age 18 but may remain in foster care. Youth ages 18 and over who are in foster care are counted in subtitute care.
Population Data Source: Texas State Data Center, University of Texas (San Antonio) - based on Census 2000 data