Child Welfare Services/Case Management System
Children in Out of Home Placements
Supervised by Welfare, by Placement
DECEMBER 2004

County Total In
County		 %
In
County		 Out
of
County		 %
Out
of
County		 Out
of
State		 %
Out
of
State
TOTAL 81704 64472 78.9 14954 18.3 2278 2.8
Alameda 3511 2050 58.4 1350 38.5 111 3.2
Alpine 2 1 50.0 . . 1 50.0
Amador 32 18 56.3 14 43.8 . .
Butte 773 604 78.1 152 19.7 17 2.2
Calaveras 124 66 53.2 57 46.0 1 0.8
Colusa 28 13 46.4 15 53.6 . .
Contra Costa 1968 1403 71.3 537 27.3 28 1.4
Del Norte 103 80 77.7 22 21.4 1 1.0
El Dorado 209 140 67.0 62 29.7 7 3.3
Fresno 2860 2329 81.4 503 17.6 28 1.0
Glenn 86 44 51.2 41 47.7 1 1.2
Humboldt 223 189 84.8 26 11.7 8 3.6
Imperial 329 266 80.9 57 17.3 6 1.8
Inyo 18 14 77.8 4 22.2 . .
Kern 2853 2563 89.8 222 7.8 68 2.4
Kings 289 205 70.9 76 26.3 8 2.8
Lake 196 133 67.9 56 28.6 7 3.6
Lassen 82 49 59.8 31 37.8 2 2.4
Los Angeles 28646 24878 86.8 2992 10.4 776 2.7
Madera 323 183 56.7 140 43.3 . .
Marin 97 70 72.2 24 24.7 3 3.1
Mariposa 62 33 53.2 28 45.2 1 1.6
Mendocino 312 229 73.4 75 24.0 8 2.6
Merced 594 417 70.2 170 28.6 7 1.2
Modoc 15 10 66.7 5 33.3 . .
Mono 6 4 66.7 2 33.3 . .
Monterey 480 394 82.1 69 14.4 17 3.5
Napa 138 96 69.6 40 29.0 2 1.4
Nevada 94 73 77.7 20 21.3 1 1.1
Orange 3167 2373 74.9 708 22.4 86 2.7
Placer 409 237 57.9 166 40.6 6 1.5
Plumas 41 21 51.2 19 46.3 1 2.4
Riverside 4797 3728 77.7 1004 20.9 65 1.4
Sacramento 4432 3327 75.1 994 22.4 111 2.5
San Benito 80 32 40.0 48 60.0 . .
San Bernardino 5126 3959 77.2 1043 20.3 124 2.4
San Diego 6007 5180 86.2 422 7.0 405 6.7
San Francisco 1998 960 48.0 976 48.8 62 3.1
San Joaquin 1662 1372 82.6 265 15.9 25 1.5
San Luis Obispo 306 237 77.5 56 18.3 13 4.2
San Mateo 503 288 57.3 205 40.8 10 2.0
Santa Barbara 398 290 72.9 100 25.1 8 2.0
Santa Clara 2166 1459 67.4 604 27.9 103 4.8
Santa Cruz 355 283 79.7 62 17.5 10 2.8
Shasta 534 442 82.8 76 14.2 16 3.0
Sierra 10 . . 10 100.0 . .
Siskiyou 155 101 65.2 48 31.0 6 3.9
Solano 692 571 82.5 107 15.5 14 2.0
Sonoma 530 376 70.9 138 26.0 16 3.0
Stanislaus 688 555 80.7 122 17.7 11 1.6
Sutter 218 119 54.6 96 44.0 3 1.4
Tehama 176 124 70.5 49 27.8 3 1.7
Trinity 37 25 67.6 9 24.3 3 8.1
Tulare 1178 931 79.0 218 18.5 29 2.5
Tuolumne 150 96 64.0 45 30.0 9 6.0
Ventura 707 595 84.2 89 12.6 23 3.3
Yolo 461 144 31.2 310 67.2 7 1.5
Yuba 227 93 41.0 134 59.0 . .
Unknown 41 . . 41 100.0 . .

This monthly caseload includes children whose out of home placement record was closed, but whose placement episode record remained open for reasons deemed necessary by the social worker.
CDSS-Research and Development Division
CWS/CMS1a-Release Date: 07/01/2005