Children in Foster Care (Aged 0-17 Years)

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Age-adjusted Children in Foster Care (Aged 0-17 Years), Rate Per 100,000 Population Under 18

Age-adjusted Children in Foster Care (Aged 0-17 Years), Rate Per 100,000 Population Under 18
	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	20,627		21,031		24,245		25,475		23,517		21,066		20,970		22,220		21,885		20,948
Alachua	251		245		315		360		323		263		277		270		304		249
Baker	37		40		45		62		58		36		33		30		30		23
Bay	322		325		388		453		402		353		339		307		303		330
Bradford	61		58		56		45		30		30		17		31		18		25
Brevard	740		818		790		874		695		538		537		594		562		536
Broward	990		1,061		1,332		1,405		1,309		1,316		1,587		1,948		1,934		1,903
Calhoun	25		30		26		27		19		32		39		29		23		28
Charlotte	95		86		136		157		225		266		241		272		271		215
Citrus	253		230		243		232		263		230		198		239		225		197
Clay	194		189		249		315		293		259		194		197		169		173
Collier	190		175		245		239		217		231		196		194		206		184
Columbia	202		176		205		209		168		153		155		144		170		150
Miami-Dade	1,422		1,395		1,384		1,319		1,335		1,446		1,695		1,913		2,052		2,164
DeSoto	56		61		102		92		106		57		54		69		62		54
Dixie	59		60		55		35		23		38		51		43		46		29
Duval	1,416		1,366		1,239		1,327		1,241		1,094		986		1,067		1,012		955
Escambia	769		715		676		680		590		541		563		486		459		465
Flagler	56		61		99		126		135		115		99		64		81		93
Franklin	15		21		35		37		19		14		7		8		4		6
Gadsden	39		43		44		48		48		26		17		16		15		11
Gilchrist	15		19		18		16		18		14		23		42		31		18
Glades	22		17		15		24		19		24		11		7		10		2
Gulf	10		8		12		18		11		6		8		3		4		2
Hamilton	38		35		13		14		11		9		3		9		9		20
Hardee	46		53		83		79		48		41		32		24		20		22
Hendry	87		75		93		115		80		59		54		58		35		62
Hernando	187		188		219		277		308		311		264		296		338		274
Highlands	176		144		176		184		114		93		86		82		72		87
Hillsborough	1,976		1,918		2,456		2,428		2,289		2,071		2,064		2,170		2,139		2,087
Holmes	50		59		44		33		20		14		19		25		15		25
Indian River	127		126		177		149		153		139		149		158		161		111
Jackson	84		79		60		56		42		52		60		98		95		82
Jefferson	13		16		18		20		23		13		8		3		3		4
Lafayette	11		15		10		9		9		7		10		6		4		2
Lake	355		319		402		361		294		259		232		222		228		199
Lee	809		789		1,066		1,153		1,021		850		850		902		863		707
Leon	361		359		393		367		381		267		226		214		214		208
Levy	80		66		74		71		75		68		73		38		43		49
Liberty	3		9		8		7		6		8		11		8		6		3
Madison	31		29		17		20		25		8		6		6		17		5
Manatee	468		493		708		749		669		642		638		588		589		531
Marion	657		644		727		782		704		595		521		607		470		390
Martin	45		72		76		92		104		139		115		117		132		126
Monroe	63		72		71		76		86		95		100		108		113		111
Nassau	65		54		70		108		90		79		107		103		99		69
Okaloosa	248		267		254		314		355		312		353		357		354		352
Okeechobee	94		85		73		87		101		101		104		119		104		82
Orange	954		1,014		1,085		1,198		1,149		950		912		943		842		740
Osceola	333		352		339		323		284		245		225		278		298		345
Palm Beach	843		917		1,071		1,126		1,009		1,002		949		1,034		1,075		1,184
Pasco	738		784		900		1,104		1,032		813		859		870		851		809
Pinellas	1,038		1,258		1,547		1,582		1,366		1,235		1,145		1,142		1,057		993
Polk	1,044		939		1,131		1,216		1,089		842		799		877		853		842
Putnam	144		176		275		298		273		203		167		142		120		96
St. Johns	88		96		146		199		227		138		180		175		154		157
St. Lucie	309		291		297		333		334		319		294		326		352		392
Santa Rosa	282		272		245		236		233		256		275		284		354		252
Sarasota	219		233		352		355		322		277		276		372		343		335
Seminole	355		441		515		546		408		336		343		359		356		373
Sumter	39		31		44		29		40		42		68		82		76		56
Suwannee	100		97		81		78		85		57		57		65		47		51
Taylor	48		51		46		47		49		28		29		40		25		25
Union	23		23		35		36		17		9		23		15		8		4
Volusia	548		572		1		804		758		732		728		712		706		661
Wakulla	36		37		850		31		28		23		23		22		24		17
Walton	127		204		23		238		235		212		182		152		192		128
Washington	46		55		209		28		24		22		24		25		23		43
Unknown					40

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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 0-17 Years)

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