URS Table 1:  Estimated Number of Children and Adolescents, Age 9 to 17, with Serious

Emotional Distrubance, by State, 2000

Number  of

Level of Functioning Score=50

Level of Functioning Score=60

Youth

Percent in

  State

9 to 17

Poverty

Lower Limit

Upper Limit

Lower Limit

Upper Limit

1. New Hampshire

164,421

7.79

8,221

11,509

14,798

18,086

2. Minnesota

676,016

9.61

33,801

47,321

60,841

74,362

3.Utah

335,480

10.13

16,774

23,484

30,193

36,903

4.Connecticut

424,973

10.37

21,249

29,748

38,248

46,747

5.Maryland

693,844

10.66

34,692

48,569

62,446

76,323

6.Iowa

385,024

11

19,251

26,952

34,652

42,353

7.New Jersey

1,043,938

11.08

52,197

73,076

93,954

114,833

8.Wisconsin

727,239

11.18

36,362

50,907

65,452

79,996

9.Colorado

558,591

11.26

27,930

39,101

50,273

61,445

10.Vermont

81,353

11.42

4,067

5,693

7,320

8,947

11.Alaska

101,006

11.8

5,050

7,070

9,091

11,111

12.Kansas

368,887

11.97

18,444

25,822

33,200

40,578

13.Massachusetts

762,232

12.03

38,112

53,356

68,600

83,846

14.Indiana

799,477

12.17

39,974

55,963

71,953

87,942

15.Delaware

99,029

12.27

4,951

6,932

8,913

10,893

16.Virginia

884,540

12.27

44,227

61,918

79,609

97,299

17.Nebraska

235,365

12.33

11,768

16,476

21,183

25,890

18.Maine

165,411

13.66

9,925

13,233

16,541

19,849

19.Washington

782,495

13.69

46,949

62,600

78,250

93,899

20.Michigan

1,335,879

13.87

80,153

106,870

133,588

160,305

21.North Dakota

87,382

13.97

5,243

6,991

8,738

10,486

22.Nevada

246,793

13.98

14,808

19,743

24,679

29,615

23.Hawaii

150,352

14.07

9,021

12,028

15,035

18,042

24.Idaho

191,687

14.3

11,501

15,335

19,169

23,002

25.Illinois

1,629,012

14.33

97,741

130,321

162,901

195,481

26. Ohio

1,487,708

14.4

89,262

119,017

148,771

178,525

27.Wyoming

71,111

14.47

4,267

5,689

7,111

8,533

28.Pennsylvania

1,541,520

14.7

92,491

123,322

154,152

184,982

29.Oregon

438,912

14.71

26,335

35,113

43,891

52,669

30.Missouri

742,544

15.74

44,553

59,404

74,254

89,105

31.North Carolina

979,148

16.1

58,749

78,332

97,915

117,498

32.Rhode Island

127,105

16.88

7,626

10,168

12,711

15,253

33. Georgia

1,085,852

17.14

65,151

86,868

108,585

130,302

34.South Dakota

108,464

17.15

6,508

8,677

10,846

13,016

35.Florida

1,866,112

17.61

130,628

167,950

205,272

242,595

36.Tennessee

710,602

17.99

49,742

63,954

78,166

92,378

37.South Carolina

520,402

18.83

36,428

46,836

57,244

67,652

38.Montana

126,487

19.03

8,854

11,384

13,914

16,443

39.Arizona

678,417

19.27

47,489

61,058

74,626

88,194

40.California

4,597,134

19.45

321,799

413,742

505,685

597,627

41.Oklahoma

462,146

19.64

32,350

41,593

50,836

60,079

42.New York

2,379,590

19.99

166,571

214,163

261,755

309,347

43.Texas

2,943,427

20.53

206,040

264,908

323,777

382,646

44.Kentucky

507,242

20.81

35,507

45,652

55,797

65,941

45.Alabama

577,742

21.46

40,442

51,997

63,552

75,106

46.Arkansas

350,883

21.85

24,561

31,579

38,597

45,615

47.West Virginia

212,851

24.34

14,900

19,157

23,414

27,671

48.New Mexico

266,423

25.03

18,650

23,978

29,307

34,635

49.Louisiana

635,384

26.63

44,477

57,185

69,892

82,600

50.Mississippi

398,603

27.03

27,902

35,874

43,846

51,818

51.D.C.

54,242

31.71

3,797

4,882

5,967

7,051

52. Puerto Rico

552,932

58.43

38,705

49,764

60,823

71,881