Children in Foster Care (Aged 0-17 Years) - Ten Years Data by County - Florida Health CHARTS

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Children in Foster Care (Aged 0-17 Years), Rate Per 100,000 Population Under 18
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County	Count	Denom	Rate	MOV	Count	Denom	Rate	MOV	Count	Denom	Rate	MOV	Count	Denom	Rate	MOV	Count	Denom	Rate	MOV	Count	Denom	Rate	MOV	Count	Denom	Rate	MOV	Count	Denom	Rate	MOV	Count	Denom	Rate	MOV	Count	Denom	Rate	MOV
Florida	20,627	4,436,647	464.9	6.3	21,031	4,356,300	482.8	6.5	24,245	4,396,054	551.5	6.9	25,475	4,314,627	590.4	7.2	23,517	4,282,262	549.2	7.0	21,066	4,240,077	496.8	6.7	20,970	4,193,969	500.0	6.8	22,220	4,132,220	537.7	7.1	21,885	4,095,126	534.4	7.1	20,948	4,058,679	516.1	7.0
Alachua	251	53,426	469.8	58.0	245	51,882	472.2	59.0	315	52,351	601.7	66.2	360	49,273	730.6^*	75.2	323	48,654	663.9^*	72.2	263	48,019	547.7	66.0	277	47,373	584.7^*	68.7	270	46,808	576.8	68.6	304	46,184	658.2^*	73.8	249	45,892	542.6	67.2
Baker	37	7,130	518.9	166.8	40	6,777	590.2	182.4	45	6,832	658.7	191.8	62	6,704	924.8^*	229.1	58	6,741	860.4^*	220.5	36	6,612	544.5	177.4	33	6,562	502.9	171.2	30	6,528	459.6	164.1	30	6,523	459.9	164.2	23	6,615	347.7^*	141.9
Bay	322	39,681	811.5^*	88.3	325	38,563	842.8^*	91.2	388	37,134	1,044.9^*	103.4	453	35,765	1,266.6^*	115.9	402	36,049	1,115.1^*	108.4	353	38,409	919.1^*	95.4	339	39,003	869.2^*	92.1	307	38,146	804.8^*	89.7	303	37,805	801.5^*	89.9	330	37,252	885.9^*	95.2
Bradford	61	5,790	1,053.5^*	263.0	58	5,424	1,069.3^*	273.7	56	5,390	1,039.0^*	270.7	45	5,480	821.2	238.9	30	5,559	539.7	192.6	30	5,540	541.5	193.3	17	5,683	299.1^*	142.0	31	5,493	564.4	198.1	18	5,453	330.1^*	152.2	25	5,431	460.3	180.0
Brevard	740	116,524	635.1^*	45.6	818	113,621	719.9^*	49.2	790	113,894	693.6^*	48.2	874	111,677	782.6^*	51.7	695	109,768	633.2^*	46.9	538	108,637	495.2	41.7	537	107,859	497.9	42.0	594	106,694	556.7	44.6	562	106,253	528.9	43.6	536	105,753	506.8	42.8
Broward	990	406,496	243.5^*	15.2	1,061	405,369	261.7^*	15.7	1,332	411,884	323.4^*	17.3	1,405	406,235	345.9^*	18.1	1,309	409,671	319.5^*	17.3	1,316	408,127	322.4^*	17.4	1,587	404,053	392.8^*	19.3	1,948	401,298	485.4^*	21.5	1,934	399,833	483.7^*	21.5	1,903	397,539	478.7^*	21.5
Calhoun	25	2,733	914.7^*	356.9	30	2,763	1,085.8^*	386.4	26	2,714	958.0^*	366.5	27	2,901	930.7	349.4	19	2,980	637.6	285.8	32	3,032	1,055.4^*	363.7	39	3,099	1,258.5^*	392.5	29	3,027	958.0^*	347.0	23	3,025	760.3	309.6	28	3,008	930.9^*	343.2
Charlotte	95	24,307	390.8	78.4	86	23,491	366.1^*	77.2	136	23,116	588.3	98.6	157	22,755	690.0	107.6	225	22,079	1,019.1^*	132.5	266	21,902	1,214.5^*	145.1	241	21,771	1,107.0^*	139.0	272	21,948	1,239.3^*	146.4	271	22,070	1,227.9^*	145.3	215	22,100	972.9^*	129.4
Citrus	253	24,003	1,054.0^*	129.2	230	23,280	988.0^*	127.1	243	23,671	1,026.6^*	128.4	232	22,262	1,042.1^*	133.4	263	22,156	1,187.0^*	142.6	230	22,163	1,037.8^*	133.4	198	21,848	906.3^*	125.7	239	21,455	1,114.0^*	140.4	225	21,522	1,045.4^*	135.9	197	21,575	913.1^*	126.9
Clay	194	53,016	365.9^*	51.4	189	51,422	367.5^*	52.3	249	51,658	482.0^*	59.7	315	51,354	613.4	67.5	293	50,502	580.2	66.2	259	50,396	513.9	62.4	194	50,357	385.2^*	54.1	197	49,798	395.6^*	55.1	169	49,203	343.5^*	51.7	173	48,846	354.2^*	52.7
Collier	190	65,184	291.5^*	41.4	175	64,376	271.8^*	40.2	245	64,409	380.4^*	47.5	239	65,874	362.8^*	45.9	217	64,714	335.3^*	44.5	231	64,423	358.6^*	46.2	196	63,532	308.5^*	43.1	194	62,925	308.3^*	43.3	206	62,973	327.1^*	44.6	184	63,057	291.8^*	42.1
Columbia	202	15,769	1,281.0^*	175.5	176	15,681	1,122.4^*	164.9	205	15,227	1,346.3^*	183.1	209	15,217	1,373.5^*	184.9	168	15,264	1,100.6^*	165.5	153	15,392	994.0^*	156.7	155	15,260	1,015.7^*	159.1	144	15,172	949.1^*	154.3	170	14,933	1,138.4^*	170.2	150	14,922	1,005.2^*	160.1
Miami-Dade	1,422	552,472	257.4^*	13.4	1,395	549,590	253.8^*	13.3	1,384	557,949	248.1^*	13.1	1,319	577,566	228.4^*	12.3	1,335	581,312	229.7^*	12.3	1,446	573,924	251.9^*	13.0	1,695	570,359	297.2^*	14.1	1,913	562,037	340.4^*	15.2	2,052	555,711	369.3^*	15.9	2,164	549,238	394.0^*	16.6
DeSoto	56	6,284	891.2^*	232.4	61	6,235	978.3^*	244.3	102	6,313	1,615.7^*	311.0	92	7,083	1,298.9^*	263.7	106	6,850	1,547.4^*	292.3	57	6,781	840.6^*	217.3	54	6,895	783.2^*	208.1	69	6,994	986.6^*	231.6	62	7,071	876.8^*	217.3	54	7,167	753.5^*	200.2
Dixie	59	3,092	1,908.2^*	482.2	60	3,042	1,972.4^*	494.1	55	3,097	1,775.9^*	465.2	35	3,017	1,160.1^*	382.1	23	3,053	753.4	306.7	38	2,989	1,271.3^*	401.6	51	3,082	1,654.8^*	450.4	43	3,177	1,353.5^*	401.8	46	3,160	1,455.7^*	417.6	29	3,158	918.3^*	332.7
Duval	1,416	236,838	597.9^*	31.0	1,366	231,722	589.5^*	31.2	1,239	236,292	524.4	29.1	1,327	225,343	588.9	31.6	1,241	224,999	551.6	30.6	1,094	221,902	493.0	29.1	986	215,540	457.5^*	28.5	1,067	213,304	500.2^*	29.9	1,012	210,954	479.7^*	29.5	955	208,285	458.5^*	29.0
Escambia	769	70,164	1,096.0^*	77.0	715	69,378	1,030.6^*	75.2	676	71,134	950.3^*	71.3	680	70,479	964.8^*	72.2	590	70,101	841.6^*	67.6	541	69,912	773.8^*	65.0	563	66,792	842.9^*	69.3	486	65,941	737.0^*	65.3	459	65,510	700.7^*	63.9	465	65,220	713.0^*	64.6
Flagler	56	21,436	261.2^*	68.3	61	20,477	297.9^*	74.6	99	19,404	510.2	100.2	126	18,447	683.0	118.9	135	18,098	745.9^*	125.4	115	17,757	647.6^*	118.0	99	18,818	526.1	103.4	64	18,610	343.9^*	84.1	81	18,497	437.9^*	95.2	93	18,594	500.2	101.4
Franklin	15	2,007	747.4	376.8	21	1,981	1,060.1^*	451.0	35	1,865	1,876.7^*	615.9	37	1,834	2,017.4^*	643.5	19	1,888	1,006.4^*	450.2	14	1,951	717.6	374.5	7	1,965	356.2	263.4	8	1,919	416.9	288.3	4	1,918	208.6		6	1,929	311.0	248.5
Gadsden	39	9,636	404.7	126.8	43	9,422	456.4	136.1	44	9,174	479.6	141.4	48	9,801	489.7	138.2	48	9,906	484.6	136.7	26	10,438	249.1^*	95.6	17	10,528	161.5^*	76.7	16	10,688	149.7^*	73.3	15	10,686	140.4^*	71.0	11	10,679	103.0^*	60.8
Gilchrist	15	4,146	361.8	182.8	19	4,024	472.2	211.8	18	3,853	467.2	215.3	16	3,866	413.9	202.4	18	3,707	485.6	223.8	14	3,705	377.9	197.6	23	3,668	627.0	255.5	42	3,544	1,185.1^*	356.3	31	3,558	871.3^*	305.4	18	3,503	513.8	236.8
Glades	22	1,624	1,354.7^*	562.2	17	1,629	1,043.6^*	493.5	15	1,692	886.5	446.7	24	1,950	1,230.8^*	489.4	19	1,887	1,006.9^*	450.5	24	1,941	1,236.5^*	491.6	11	2,052	536.1	315.9	7	2,150	325.6	240.8	10	2,161	462.7	286.2	2	2,160	92.6
Gulf	10	2,698	370.6	229.3	8	2,723	293.8	203.3	12	2,775	432.4	244.1	18	2,753	653.8	301.1	11	2,719	404.6	238.6	6	2,600	230.8^*	184.4	8	2,541	314.8	217.8	3	2,628	114.2		4	2,620	152.7		2	2,530	79.1
Hamilton	38	2,904	1,308.5^*	413.3	35	2,865	1,221.6^*	402.3	13	2,481	524.0	284.1	14	2,805	499.1	260.8	11	2,812	391.2	230.7	9	2,844	316.5	206.4	3	2,924	102.6		9	2,876	312.9^*	204.1	9	2,897	310.7^*	202.7	20	2,909	687.5	300.3
Hardee	46	6,466	711.4^*	204.9	53	6,528	811.9^*	217.7	83	6,561	1,265.1^*	270.4	79	7,141	1,106.3^*	242.6	48	7,119	674.3	190.1	41	7,217	568.1	173.4	32	7,198	444.6	153.7	24	7,265	330.4^*	131.9	20	7,298	274.0^*	119.9	22	7,346	299.5^*	125.0
Hendry	87	10,235	850.0^*	177.9	75	10,127	740.6^*	167.0	93	10,870	855.6^*	173.1	115	10,974	1,047.9^*	190.5	80	10,733	745.4^*	162.7	59	10,454	564.4	143.6	54	10,615	508.7	135.3	58	10,346	560.6	143.9	35	10,412	336.2^*	111.2	62	10,455	593.0	147.2
Hernando	187	38,245	489.0	69.9	188	36,913	509.3	72.6	219	36,464	600.6	79.3	277	35,246	785.9^*	92.2	308	34,699	887.6^*	98.7	311	34,372	904.8^*	100.1	264	34,359	768.4^*	92.3	296	34,040	869.6^*	98.6	338	33,587	1,006.3^*	106.7	274	33,266	823.7^*	97.1
Highlands	176	17,283	1,018.3^*	149.7	144	17,037	845.2^*	137.5	176	17,434	1,009.5^*	148.4	184	17,685	1,040.4^*	149.6	114	17,664	645.4	118.1	93	17,712	525.1	106.4	86	17,934	479.5	101.1	82	17,951	456.8	98.6	72	17,938	401.4^*	92.5	87	17,933	485.1	101.7
Hillsborough	1,976	336,310	587.6^*	25.8	1,918	332,946	576.1^*	25.7	2,456	338,778	725.0^*	28.6	2,428	335,430	723.8^*	28.7	2,289	331,052	691.4^*	28.2	2,071	329,512	628.5^*	27.0	2,064	323,647	637.7^*	27.4	2,170	318,919	680.4^*	28.5	2,139	313,998	681.2^*	28.8	2,087	309,565	674.2^*	28.8
Holmes	50	4,110	1,216.5^*	335.2	59	4,056	1,454.6^*	368.5	44	3,998	1,100.6^*	323.4	33	3,977	829.8	281.9	20	4,035	495.7	216.7	14	4,042	346.4	181.1	19	4,041	470.2	210.9	25	4,036	619.4	242.1	15	3,998	375.2	189.5	25	4,013	623.0	243.4
Indian River	127	25,204	503.9	87.4	126	24,863	506.8	88.3	177	25,144	703.9^*	103.3	149	24,905	598.3	95.8	153	24,809	616.7	97.4	139	24,925	557.7	92.5	149	24,880	598.9^*	95.9	158	25,244	625.9	97.3	161	25,374	634.5^*	97.7	111	25,380	437.4	81.2
Jackson	84	9,275	905.7^*	192.8	79	9,070	871.0^*	191.2	60	9,040	663.7	167.4	56	8,840	633.5	165.4	42	8,989	467.2	141.0	52	9,423	551.8	149.6	60	8,540	702.6^*	177.2	98	9,369	1,046.0^*	206.0	95	9,366	1,014.3^*	202.9	82	9,436	869.0^*	187.3
Jefferson	13	2,636	493.2	267.4	16	2,514	636.4	310.9	18	2,450	734.7	338.2	20	2,413	828.8	361.7	23	2,452	938.0^*	381.6	13	2,522	515.5	279.5	8	2,547	314.1	217.3	3	2,549	117.7		3	2,513	119.4		4	2,521	158.7
Lafayette	11	1,606	684.9	403.4	15	1,511	992.7^*	499.9	10	1,461	684.5	422.8	9	1,687	533.5	347.6	9	1,712	525.7	342.6	7	1,703	411.0	303.9	10	1,660	602.4	372.3	6	1,731	346.6	276.9	4	1,723	232.2		2	1,763	113.4
Lake	355	80,475	441.1	45.8	319	76,840	415.1^*	45.5	402	77,262	520.3	50.7	361	68,835	524.4^*	54.0	294	67,647	434.6^*	49.6	259	65,860	393.3^*	47.8	232	65,992	351.6^*	45.2	222	65,022	341.4^*	44.8	228	64,075	355.8^*	46.1	199	62,932	316.2^*	43.9
Lee	809	138,438	584.4^*	40.2	789	138,365	570.2^*	39.7	1,066	139,925	761.8^*	45.6	1,153	132,328	871.3^*	50.1	1,021	131,874	774.2^*	47.3	850	129,691	655.4^*	43.9	850	128,921	659.3^*	44.2	902	127,355	708.3^*	46.1	863	125,859	685.7^*	45.6	707	124,700	567.0^*	41.7
Leon	361	55,840	646.5^*	66.5	359	55,397	648.0^*	66.8	393	63,232	621.5^*	61.3	367	63,249	580.2	59.2	381	63,206	602.8	60.3	267	62,436	427.6^*	51.2	226	53,777	420.3^*	54.7	214	54,070	395.8^*	52.9	214	53,918	396.9^*	53.1	208	53,612	388.0^*	52.6
Levy	80	8,823	906.7^*	197.8	66	8,569	770.2^*	185.1	74	8,010	923.8^*	209.5	71	7,554	939.9^*	217.6	75	7,541	994.6^*	224.0	68	7,460	911.5^*	215.7	73	8,137	897.1^*	204.9	38	8,097	469.3	148.9	43	8,072	532.7	158.8	49	8,132	602.6	168.2
Liberty	3	1,400	214.3		9	1,394	645.6	420.4	8	1,222	654.7	452.2	7	1,462	478.8	353.8	6	1,526	393.2	314.0	8	1,638	488.4	337.6	11	1,570	700.6	412.6	8	1,630	490.8	339.3	6	1,663	360.8	288.2	3	1,633	183.7
Madison	31	3,470	893.4^*	313.1	29	3,334	869.8^*	315.2	17	3,427	496.1	235.2	20	3,503	570.9	249.5	25	3,559	702.4	274.4	8	3,678	217.5^*	150.6	6	3,701	162.1^*	129.6	6	3,752	159.9^*	127.9	17	3,776	450.2	213.5	5	3,806	131.4^*	115.1
Manatee	468	77,362	604.9^*	54.6	493	73,439	671.3^*	59.1	708	74,471	950.7^*	69.7	749	72,218	1,037.1^*	73.9	669	71,378	937.3^*	70.7	642	70,871	905.9^*	69.8	638	70,081	910.4^*	70.3	588	69,100	850.9^*	68.5	589	68,562	859.1^*	69.1	531	67,984	781.1^*	66.2
Marion	657	76,214	862.0^*	65.6	644	73,753	873.2^*	67.1	727	71,992	1,009.8^*	73.0	782	69,228	1,129.6^*	78.7	704	67,568	1,041.9^*	76.6	595	66,599	893.4^*	71.5	521	66,461	783.9^*	67.1	607	65,746	923.3^*	73.1	470	64,946	723.7^*	65.2	390	64,149	608.0^*	60.2
Martin	45	26,064	172.7^*	50.4	72	25,665	280.5^*	64.7	76	25,625	296.6^*	66.6	92	26,098	352.5^*	71.9	104	26,004	399.9^*	76.7	139	25,846	537.8	89.2	115	25,720	447.1	81.5	117	25,311	462.2	83.6	132	25,341	520.9	88.6	126	25,359	496.9	86.5
Monroe	63	13,130	479.8	118.2	72	13,150	547.5	126.1	71	13,041	544.4	126.3	76	12,038	631.3	141.5	86	11,609	740.8^*	156.0	95	11,125	853.9^*	171.0	100	11,648	858.5^*	167.5	108	11,642	927.7^*	174.1	113	11,470	985.2^*	180.8	111	11,299	982.4^*	181.9
Nassau	65	19,848	327.5^*	79.5	54	18,752	288.0^*	76.7	70	18,833	371.7^*	86.9	108	18,292	590.4	111.0	90	17,318	519.7	107.1	79	16,892	467.7	102.9	107	16,559	646.2^*	122.0	103	15,902	647.7	124.7	99	15,843	624.9	122.7	69	15,693	439.7	103.5
Okaloosa	248	49,576	500.2	62.1	267	48,120	554.9^*	66.4	254	48,117	527.9	64.7	314	45,859	684.7^*	75.5	355	45,337	783.0^*	81.1	312	44,634	699.0^*	77.3	353	43,879	804.5^*	83.6	357	42,887	832.4^*	86.0	354	42,632	830.4^*	86.1	352	42,591	826.5^*	86.0
Okeechobee	94	8,571	1,096.7^*	220.5	85	8,503	999.6^*	211.5	73	8,339	875.4^*	199.9	87	8,906	976.9^*	204.3	101	8,953	1,128.1^*	218.8	101	8,793	1,148.6^*	222.7	104	8,774	1,185.3^*	226.5	119	9,197	1,293.9^*	231.0	104	9,115	1,141.0^*	218.0	82	9,075	903.6^*	194.7
Orange	954	316,472	301.4^*	19.1	1,014	314,570	322.3^*	19.8	1,085	322,564	336.4^*	20.0	1,198	314,118	381.4^*	21.6	1,149	314,185	365.7^*	21.1	950	308,606	307.8^*	19.5	912	306,631	297.4^*	19.3	943	297,092	317.4^*	20.2	842	291,897	288.5^*	19.5	740	287,496	257.4^*	18.5
Osceola	333	107,919	308.6^*	33.1	352	105,104	334.9^*	34.9	339	102,620	330.3^*	35.1	323	96,979	333.1^*	36.3	284	93,751	302.9^*	35.2	245	89,977	272.3^*	34.0	225	88,438	254.4^*	33.2	278	83,514	332.9^*	39.1	298	81,157	367.2^*	41.6	345	78,378	440.2^*	46.3
Palm Beach	843	288,484	292.2^*	19.7	917	284,065	322.8^*	20.9	1,071	288,182	371.6^*	22.2	1,126	280,753	401.1^*	23.4	1,009	279,895	360.5^*	22.2	1,002	279,221	358.9^*	22.2	949	278,030	341.3^*	21.7	1,034	273,836	377.6^*	23.0	1,075	272,537	394.4^*	23.5	1,184	271,753	435.7^*	24.8
Pasco	738	125,782	586.7^*	42.2	784	121,352	646.1^*	45.1	900	119,998	750.0^*	48.8	1,104	112,075	985.1^*	57.8	1,032	108,944	947.3^*	57.5	813	106,710	761.9^*	52.2	859	105,223	816.4^*	54.4	870	102,246	850.9^*	56.3	851	101,194	841.0^*	56.3	809	99,843	810.3^*	55.6
Pinellas	1,038	146,614	708.0^*	42.9	1,258	147,816	851.1^*	46.8	1,547	151,727	1,019.6^*	50.5	1,582	155,169	1,019.5^*	50.0	1,366	156,976	870.2^*	45.9	1,235	158,426	779.5^*	43.3	1,145	159,564	717.6^*	41.4	1,142	159,891	714.2^*	41.3	1,057	160,724	657.6^*	39.5	993	161,494	614.9^*	38.1
Polk	1,044	180,503	578.4^*	35.0	939	172,920	543.0^*	34.6	1,131	170,113	664.9^*	38.6	1,216	160,866	755.9^*	42.3	1,089	155,099	702.1^*	41.6	842	151,897	554.3^*	37.3	799	151,599	527.0	36.4	877	148,474	590.7^*	39.0	853	146,497	582.3^*	39.0	842	144,059	584.5^*	39.4
Putnam	144	15,923	904.4^*	147.0	176	15,482	1,136.8^*	167.0	275	15,638	1,758.5^*	206.0	298	15,554	1,915.9^*	215.4	273	15,414	1,771.1^*	208.2	203	15,525	1,307.6^*	178.7	167	15,733	1,061.5^*	160.1	142	15,621	909.0^*	148.8	120	15,672	765.7^*	136.5	96	15,639	613.8	122.4
St. Johns	88	70,946	124.0^*	25.9	96	65,944	145.6^*	29.1	146	64,382	226.8^*	36.7	199	57,782	344.4^*	47.8	227	57,388	395.6^*	51.4	138	54,106	255.1^*	42.5	180	52,491	342.9^*	50.0	175	49,763	351.7^*	52.0	154	48,450	317.9^*	50.1	157	47,205	332.6^*	51.9
St. Lucie	309	74,166	416.6^*	46.4	291	69,659	417.7^*	47.9	297	68,758	431.9^*	49.0	333	64,906	513.0^*	55.0	334	61,791	540.5	57.8	319	60,786	524.8	57.4	294	60,940	482.4	55.0	326	60,269	540.9	58.6	352	59,933	587.3	61.2	392	59,885	654.6^*	64.6
Santa Rosa	282	45,097	625.3^*	72.8	272	43,473	625.7^*	74.1	245	43,098	568.5	71.0	236	41,653	566.6	72.1	233	40,201	579.6	74.2	256	39,641	645.8^*	78.9	275	38,968	705.7^*	83.1	284	38,238	742.7^*	86.1	354	37,669	939.8^*	97.4	252	37,124	678.8^*	83.5
Sarasota	219	65,674	333.5^*	44.1	233	63,552	366.6^*	47.0	352	62,942	559.2	58.3	355	62,685	566.3	58.7	322	61,207	526.1	57.3	277	60,830	455.4	53.5	276	59,789	461.6	54.3	372	59,137	629.0^*	63.7	343	59,139	580.0	61.2	335	58,897	568.8	60.7
Seminole	355	99,281	357.6^*	37.1	441	99,059	445.2	41.5	515	100,151	514.2	44.3	546	99,475	548.9	45.9	408	99,800	408.8^*	39.6	336	99,137	338.9^*	36.2	343	97,808	350.7^*	37.0	359	96,119	373.5^*	38.6	356	95,611	372.3^*	38.6	373	95,269	391.5^*	39.7
Sumter	39	11,645	334.9^*	104.9	31	10,510	295.0^*	103.7	44	9,826	447.8	132.0	29	10,677	271.6^*	98.7	40	9,447	423.4	130.9	42	9,252	454.0	137.0	68	8,976	757.6^*	179.4	82	8,779	934.0^*	201.2	76	8,588	885.0^*	198.1	56	8,692	644.3	168.2
Suwannee	100	9,405	1,063.3^*	207.3	97	9,282	1,045.0^*	206.9	81	9,273	873.5^*	189.4	78	9,502	820.9^*	181.4	85	9,624	883.2^*	186.9	57	9,585	594.7	153.9	57	9,370	608.3	157.4	65	9,248	702.9	170.3	47	9,317	504.5	143.9	51	9,437	540.4	147.9
Taylor	48	4,523	1,061.2^*	298.6	51	4,467	1,141.7^*	311.6	46	4,018	1,144.8^*	328.9	47	4,434	1,060.0^*	301.4	49	4,454	1,100.1^*	306.3	28	4,536	617.3	227.9	29	4,395	659.8	239.4	40	4,303	929.6^*	286.7	25	4,279	584.2	228.4	25	4,348	575.0	224.7
Union	23	3,608	637.5	259.7	23	3,467	663.4	270.2	35	3,200	1,093.8^*	360.4	36	3,111	1,157.2^*	375.8	17	3,064	554.8	263.0	9	3,139	286.7^*	187.1	23	3,024	760.6	309.7	15	3,052	491.5	248.1	8	3,082	259.6^*	179.6	4	3,094	129.3
Volusia	548	102,083	536.8^*	44.8	572	99,995	572.0^*	46.7	1	100,910	1.0		804	98,348	817.5^*	56.3	758	96,127	788.5^*	55.9	732	95,788	764.2^*	55.1	728	95,167	765.0^*	55.4	712	93,352	762.7^*	55.8	706	92,992	759.2^*	55.8	661	92,241	716.6^*	54.4
Wakulla	36	7,598	473.8	154.4	37	7,356	503.0	161.7	850	7,183	11,833.5^*	747.0	31	7,088	437.4	153.6	28	6,879	407.0	150.5	23	6,930	331.9^*	135.4	23	6,866	335.0^*	136.7	22	6,771	324.9^*	135.6	24	6,598	363.7^*	145.3	17	6,513	261.0^*	123.9
Walton	127	17,845	711.7^*	123.3	204	16,474	1,238.3^*	168.9	23	16,505	139.4^*	56.9	238	16,056	1,482.3^*	186.9	235	14,697	1,599.0^*	202.8	212	14,110	1,502.5^*	200.7	182	13,690	1,329.4^*	191.9	152	13,184	1,152.9^*	182.2	192	12,804	1,499.5^*	210.5	128	12,288	1,041.7^*	179.5
Washington	46	5,138	895.3^*	257.6	55	5,170	1,063.8^*	279.7	209	4,961	4,212.9^*	559.0	28	5,087	550.4	203.3	24	5,066	473.7	189.1	22	5,074	433.6	180.8	24	5,062	474.1	189.2	25	5,013	498.7	195.0	23	4,990	460.9	187.9	43	5,019	856.7^*	255.0
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Data Source: Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), Florida Safe Families Network

10/26/2026 11:53:06 AM

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.