Children in Foster Care (Aged 12-17 Years)

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Age-adjusted Children in Foster Care (Aged 12-17 Years), Rate Per 100,000 Population 12-17

Age-adjusted Children in Foster Care (Aged 12-17 Years), Rate Per 100,000 Population 12-17
	2024		2023		2022		2021		2020		2019		2018		2017		2016		2015
County	Count	Rate	Count	Rate	Count	Rate	Count	Rate	Count	Rate	Count	Rate	Count	Rate	Count	Rate	Count	Rate	Count	Rate
Florida	5,770		5,632		6,088		6,182		5,789		5,346		5,193		5,773		5,762		5,615
Alachua	70		62		62		62		56		51		56		62		79		72
Baker	7		9		11		7		10		7		11		7		9		6
Bay	91		88		88		94		95		90		81		77		59		64
Bradford	22		16		16		11		8		13		8		7		2		5
Brevard	185		174		184		191		164		149		152		163		161		182
Broward	329		370		387		388		331		350		393		508		524		533
Calhoun	4		5		5		5		3		7		13		7		6		7
Charlotte	32		25		44		50		64		64		56		63		65		52
Citrus	60		56		66		64		70		73		54		66		54		41
Clay	65		53		68		71		68		53		46		50		51		53
Collier	50		47		60		63		55		59		58		55		63		55
Columbia	68		51		48		43		37		33		34		34		35		33
Miami-Dade	460		430		445		430		434		432		477		627		664		648
DeSoto	16		12		25		24		30		19		21		18		15		12
Dixie	14		11		8		10		5		7		8		8		7		8
Duval	358		327		307		319		299		253		205		198		211		215
Escambia	127		125		127		130		111		114		103		118		126		109
Flagler	18		19		26		33		36		31		32		20		18		23
Franklin	1		5		6		4		3		5		1		4		2		3
Gadsden	9		14		13		14		16		10		7		7		8		4
Gilchrist	2		5		6		3		4		6		4		11		7		4
Glades	3		4		4		2		1		2		0		0		2		1
Gulf	4		3		8		9		4		2		2		1		1		2
Hamilton	6		6		3		4		1		0		2		6		3		3
Hardee	16		14		18		15		8		12		11		11		7		8
Hendry	26		22		23		27		23		11		13		21		12		21
Hernando	53		49		63		68		77		77		56		74		74		60
Highlands	32		31		24		24		18		17		21		29		24		20
Hillsborough	563		517		599		556		510		479		455		484		515		508
Holmes	18		18		12		7		3		5		5		6		2		7
Indian River	30		36		40		32		37		36		39		41		36		18
Jackson	10		9		9		8		9		11		18		20		22		16
Jefferson	4		3		5		7		5		3		3		2		0		2
Lafayette	6		7		4		2		0		0		1		0		0		1
Lake	84		82		81		78		70		81		65		69		73		48
Lee	210		222		259		293		256		236		229		212		222		187
Leon	103		90		108		94		118		63		54		64		67		73
Levy	20		8		14		13		18		10		11		11		15		15
Liberty	0		1		3		3		4		3		4		2		1		1
Madison	10		7		7		5		4		0		2		1		4		3
Manatee	158		159		193		191		172		154		145		139		129		119
Marion	142		148		152		172		151		159		141		153		113		103
Martin	13		28		19		26		24		36		30		27		28		32
Monroe	14		19		24		20		25		25		24		29		30		36
Nassau	15		11		13		21		12		12		17		17		22		17
Okaloosa	48		49		54		57		63		57		81		67		68		73
Okeechobee	35		32		17		21		33		35		30		26		26		24
Orange	304		283		291		316		318		264		268		281		233		209
Osceola	114		115		116		92		89		69		65		85		90		104
Palm Beach	274		283		297		309		280		267		247		309		339		381
Pasco	208		196		204		245		252		220		219		197		174		176
Pinellas	288		304		324		352		323		293		294		340		333		303
Polk	271		243		304		307		272		238		236		240		211		227
Putnam	47		60		71		81		74		52		35		30		21		24
St. Johns	37		43		40		51		68		35		45		47		39		44
St. Lucie	97		98		93		85		78		75		64		80		102		88
Santa Rosa	65		67		51		50		54		52		56		62		85		72
Sarasota	56		60		88		85		76		64		53		99		84		88
Seminole	125		126		155		165		121		99		79		98		103		111
Sumter	8		8		13		10		8		7		11		12		11		10
Suwannee	23		17		20		21		22		14		16		29		24		19
Taylor	12		10		11		14		14		6		10		9		9		7
Union	10		8		13		13		4		2		7		3		5		2
Volusia	163		153		0		150		143		172		168		173		170		161
Wakulla	12		9		180		9		7		10		9		11		8		10
Walton	34		46		11		41		34		42		27		34		43		32
Washington	11		13		34		11		7		9		5		6		11		14
Unknown					12

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Data Note(s)

FLHealthCHARTS.gov is provided by the Florida Department of Health, Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management.

Data Source: Florida Department of Children and Families, Florida Safe Families Network

Chart will display if there are at least three years of data.
Multi-year counts are a sum of the selected years, not an average.
Quartiles are calculated when data is available for at least 51 counties.
MOV - Measure of Variability: Probable range of values resulting from random fluctuations in the number of events. Not calculated when numerator is below 5 or denominator is below 20, or count or rate is suppressed. The MOV is useful for comparing rates to a goal or standard. For example, if the absolute difference between the county rate and the statewide rate is less than the MOV, the county rate is not significantly different from the statewide rate (alpha level = 0.05). When the absolute difference between the county rate and the statewide rate is greater than the MOV, the county rate is significantly different from the statewide rate. MOV should not be used to determine if the rates of two different counties, or the county rates for two different years, are statistically significantly different.
Denom - abbreviated for Denominator.
Population estimates are not available for persons whose county of residence is unknown. Given this, the denominator and associated rate are not available.
* - Indicates the county rate is statistically significantly different from the statewide rate.

This report provides an Unduplicated Count of Children in Out of Home Care (OHC) excluding Approved Relative and Non-Relative Care by Age and Case County.
County is based on case county and includes "Other United States County" and "Unknown" since both are values in FSFN case county. For this reason, the state total may not equal the sum of all counties.
Age is based on the earliest date of known age as of January 1 if the child was already in licensed OHC or the date of first licensed OHC placement if not in licensed OHC at the start of the year.
Changes in overall counts as compared to previous years may be due to changes in how placements are captured. "Other Placements" such as Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and runaways are now included in the counts, whereas they were excluded in previous years.
The state total may be greater than the sum of the counties if any records had unknown counties.
This is primary, quantitative data.
All population-based rates are calculated using July 1 Florida population estimates from the Florida Legislature, Office of Economic and Demographic Research.

		Florida Department of Health Bureau of Community Health Assessment Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management


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Children in Foster Care (Aged 12-17 Years)

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