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National Survey of Public and Private Residential Group Care Facilities and Their Capacities

Outcomes: November, 1998

STATE
NUMBER OF FACILITIES
 CAPACITIES
ALABAMA 119 3,834
ALASKA 42 745
ARKANSAS 92 1,805
ARIZONA 204 2,473
CALIFORNIA 1707 38,292*
COLORADO 206 3,158*
CONNECTICUT 80 1,717
DC-WASHINGTON 45 810*
DELAWARE 32 457
FLORIDA 408 8,796
GEORGIA 180 3,518
HAWAII 16 312
IOWA 42 3,750*
IDAHO 39 1,312
ILLINOIS 282 9,173*
INDIANA 165 3,544
KANSAS 136 2,628
KENTUCKY 115 1,661
LOUISIANA 77 3,303*
MASSACHUSETTS 482 7,569
MAINE 114 1,092
MARYLAND92 2,830*
MINNESOTA 346 5,411
MICHIGAN 218 6,156
MISSOURI 172 4,281
MISSISSIPPI 48 1,540*
MONTANA 66 620
NORTH CAROLINA 124 2,783*
NORTH DAKOTA 17 416
NEBRASKA 78 1,936
NEW HAMPSHIRE 40 777
NEW JERSEY 103 4,587*
NEW MEXICO 65 1,076*
NEVADA 263 1,930
NEW YORK 639 16,387
OHIO 174 8,797*
OKLAHOMA 155 3,983
OREGON 107 3,868*
PENNSYLVANIA 568 14,445
RHODE ISLAND 71 760
SOUTH CAROLINA 119 3,135
SOUTH DAKOTA 36 1,146
TENNESSEE 130 5,703*
TEXAS 350 13,860
UTAH 158 3,945
VIRGINIA 182 5,758
VERMONT 33 474
WASHINGTON 88 1,713
WISCONSIN 210 4,114
WEST VIRGINIA 59 960
WYOMING 32 601*
TOTAL 9,326 223,941


  1. The number of facilities in each state is based on the information received from the states regarding licensed facilities. In some states multi-site agencies have 1 license, in other states each site is licensed.

  2. the total capacities of each state is based on either the information received from the states, or, in those states from which only some or no data was received, (as indicated by an "*" ), is an estimate based on information received and/or on data obtained from other surveys.



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