State Poverty Rate4…………….……11.9% Poverty Rate, Children Under 185……17.5% Poverty Rate, Children Ages 5–176…..15.4% Poverty Rate, Children Under 57…..20.7%

and neglect. Of those, 7,347 reports were referred for investigation.8 • In 2011, 2,466 children were victims of abuse or neglect in Delaware, a rate of 12.0 per 1,000 children, representing a 10.6 % increase from 2010. Of these children, 36.2 % were neglected, 16.8 % were physically abused, and 7.1 % were sexually abused.9 • The number of child victims has increased 16.5 % in comparison to the number of victims in 2007.10 • In 2011, 1 children in Delaware died as a result of abuse or neglect.11 • In 2011, 845 children in Delaware lived apart from their families in out-of-home care, compared with 739 children in 2010. In 2011, 233 of the children living apart from their families were age 5 or younger, and 176 were 16 or older.12 • The number of children living apart from their families in out-of-home care has decreased 27.0 % in comparison to the number of children in out-of-home care in 2007.13 • Of Delaware children in out-of-home care in 2011, 34.1% were white, 52.4 % black, 8.6 % Hispanic, 0.1 % America