Children in Foster Care (Aged 0-17 Years) 
Foster care is a safe and stable temporary living arrangement for children who cannot live with their families.

Foster care aims to provide children with a safe, stable, and nurturing environment until they can either reunite with their families or find a new permanent home. Children in foster care may experience many positive impacts in their life: healing from past trauma, gaining access to more opportunities, and developing in both mental and emotional health.

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Alachua County
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Age-adjusted Children in Foster Care (Aged 0-17 Years), Rate Per 100,000 Population Under 18, Single Year
AlachuaFlorida
Data YearCountRateCountRate
202425120,627
202324521,031
202231524,245
202136025,475
202032323,517
201926321,066
201827720,970
201727022,220
201630421,885
201524920,948
201430119,663
201324218,003
201226319,595
201135919,846
201035318,624
200936419,544
200845022,099
200754625,875
200648828,887
200545328,679
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
10/9/2025 5:48:02 PM
Data Note(s)
  • 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.
  • 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 are 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.