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 more than 14,500,000 active cases and distributed over $28,800,000,000 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.

National enforcement averages across the 51 reporting IV-D programs are shown to the right, collection rate, paternity establishment, and orders-coverage benchmarks against which each state's profile can be compared.