Child Support Enforcement Rankings
11,877,092 active Title IV-D cases and $26.4B distributed across 50 states + DC. Boards here use published columns we can parse honestly: order coverage (P-64), collections (P-4), and caseload (P-52) - never an invented per-state collection rate.
- 11,877,092
- active cases
- $26.4B
- distributed
- 86.6%
- order-coverage median
- 51
- states on P-64 board
What these boards answer
Alaska tops order coverage at 95.1% of cases with a support order - 31 points above the lowest included state - while the P-64 cohort median sits at 86.6%. Separate boards rank caseload size and Percentage-of-Income guideline rates; none invent a collection-rate column the preliminary file does not publish.
According to HHS OCSS FY2023 preliminary tables as loaded on PlainChildSupport.
- 95.1%
- Alaska · P-64 high
- 86.6%
- P-64 cohort median
- 31 pts
- order-coverage spread
- September 2026
- data vintage on file
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Largest caseloads
Median vs order-coverage leader
Descriptive ratio across the 1,000+ case cohort
Caseload by guideline model
Ranking boards
Table P-64
Highest cases-with-orders share
Share of Title IV-D caseload with a support order established. 1,000+ case floor.
Table P-52
Most cases by state
States ranked by total enforcement caseload, with collections shown as context.
Guideline rates
Highest PoI percentages
Percentage-of-Income states by published one-child base obligation rate.
Browse all states
Open any state's profile for formula type, guideline percentages, parenting-time treatment, and a state-specific calculator.
How OCSS measures state performance
The federal Office of Child Support Services tracks five performance indicators for every state Title IV-D agency under 45 CFR §305: paternity establishment percentage (PEP), child support order establishment, current support collection rate, arrears collection rate, and cost-effectiveness. States with higher composite scores receive larger federal incentive funding under Section 458A of the Social Security Act.
This portal ranks the published per-state columns we can parse from the FY2023 preliminary report: cases-with-orders share (Table P-64), distributed collections (Table P-4), and caseload (Table P-52). We do not invent a per-state collection rate or paternity rate from that preliminary file.
Download the child-support statistics extract cited on this page: child-support-statistics.csv (NCSL · OCSS · ACS · CC BY 4.0).
Every figure on PlainChildSupport is rendered directly from official state guidelines and federal enforcement data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on official state guidelines and federal enforcement data; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Our database was last rebuilt on 2026-09-09.
PlainChildSupport publishes state guideline data and federal enforcement statistics for informational purposes only. It is not legal or financial advice, a calculator result is not an order, and every state allows deviations a court decides case by case, so confirm any figure with the state child-support agency or an attorney before you rely on it. Appropriate use.