Child Support by State

All 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) FY2023 preliminary report, these Title IV-D agencies handled 11,877,092 cases and distributed $26.4 billion in collections that fiscal year. Select a state to see detailed guidelines, income thresholds, and open the calculator; see our methodology for data sources and refresh cadence.

Across the 51 IV-D programs, 86.6% of the caseload has a support order established, the benchmark against which each state's profile can be compared.