National Deaf-Blind Child Count Summary

December 1, 2008

(Ages birth through 21*)

Living Setting

Home: Parents

Home: Extended Family

Home: Foster Parents

State Residential Facility

Private Residential Facility

Group Home (less than 6 residents)

Group Home (6 or more residents)

Apartment (w/ non-family person(s))

Pediatric Nursing Home

Alabama

97%

3%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Alabama

Alaska

100%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Alaska

Arizona

93%

4%

1%

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

0%

Arizona

Arkansas

74%

6%

2%

1%

15%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Arkansas

California

88%

2%

3%

0%

1%

2%

2%

0%

0%

California

Colorado

94%

2%

1%

2%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Colorado

Connecticut

84%

0%

7%

2%

5%

2%

0%

0%

0%

Connecticut

Delaware

84%

4%

5%

0%

6%

0%

0%

0%

1%

Delaware

Florida

93%

2%

2%

0%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Florida

Georgia

91%

5%

3%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Georgia

Hawaii

80%

14%

0%

2%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2%

Hawaii

Idaho

91%

2%

2%

2%

0%

4%

0%

0%

0%

Idaho

Illinois

81%

1%

4%

6%

3%

0%

0%

0%

4%

Illinois

Indiana

85%

8%

2%

0%

1%

1%

1%

0%

3%

Indiana

Iowa

85%

2%

0%

0%

12%

0%

2%

0%

0%

Iowa

Kansas

49%

36%

8%

4%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Kansas

Kentucky

91%

4%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

3%

Kentucky

Louisiana

80%

10%

1%

2%

1%

0%

1%

0%

0%

Louisiana

Maine

87%

3%

5%

3%

3%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Maine

Maryland

89%

2%

2%

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

0%

Maryland

Massachusetts

84%

4%

5%

1%

3%

1%

0%

0%

2%

Massachusetts

Michigan

91%

2%

2%

1%

3%

1%

0%

0%

0%

Michigan

Minnesota

89%

1%

7%

0%

0%

3%

0%

0%

0%

Minnesota

Mississippi

68%

14%

3%

7%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Mississippi

Missouri

78%

2%

2%

0%

0%

2%

3%

0%

0%

Missouri

Montana

90%

0%

1%

9%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Montana

Nebraska

82%

8%

3%

5%

2%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Nebraska

Nevada

79%

9%

6%

0%

1%

2%

0%

0%

1%

Nevada

New Hampshire

91%

1%

1%

0%

6%

0%

0%

0%

0%

New Hampshire

New Jersey

91%

3%

2%

0%

1%

0%

0%

0%

1%

New Jersey

New Mexico

85%

9%

2%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

New Mexico

New York

76%

3%

3%

1%

4%

0%

2%

1%

0%

New York

North Carolina

63%

3%

1%

0%

30%

2%

1%

0%

0%

North Carolina

North Dakota

77%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

23%

0%

0%

North Dakota

Ohio

81%

3%

2%

2%

7%

1%

1%

0%

0%

Ohio

Oklahoma

86%

7%

4%

2%

0%

0%

0%

1%

0%

Oklahoma

Oregon

71%

6%

13%

6%

0%

0%

1%

0%

3%

Oregon

Pacific Basin

71%

10%

0%

0%

4%

0%

2%

0%

0%

Pacific Basin

Pennsylvania

76%

1%

2%

0%

4%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

39%

57%

4%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

67%

21%

12%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Rhode Island

South Carolina

93%

3%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

South Carolina

South Dakota

88%

0%

3%

9%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

South Dakota

Tennessee

89%

6%

2%

0%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Tennessee

Texas

90%

4%

3%

0%

1%

1%

0%

0%

1%

Texas

Utah

94%

0%

2%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2%

Utah

Vermont

93%

4%

4%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Vermont

Virgin Islands

88%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

8%

0%

0%

Virgin Islands

Virginia

73%

2%

1%

13%

1%

0%

0%

1%

1%

Virginia

Washington

93%

1%

4%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Washington

West Virginia

82%

2%

1%

14%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

West Virginia

Wisconsin

87%

4%

3%

2%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Wisconsin

Wyoming

86%

4%

4%

0%

4%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Wyoming

Grand Total

84%

4%

3%

1%

3%

1%

1%

0%

1%

Grand Total

Home: Parents

Home: Extended Family

Home: Foster Parents

State Residential Facility

Private Residential Facility

Group Home (less than 6 residents)

Group Home (6 or more residents)

Apartment (w/ non-family person(s))

Pediatric Nursing Home

*Some states continue to provide services through the end of the school year in which the individual turns 22 years old