In fiscal year 2025, 51.3% of Washington's children in foster care had parental alcohol or drug abuse recorded as a circumstance of removal, against 38.0% nationally. Alaska (65.1%), Utah (59.6%) and Texas (58.4%) were highest.
| children | estimated_from_entries | fips | pct | rank | state | usps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2233 | no | 02 | 65.1 | 1 | Alaska | AK |
| 3784 | no | 01 | 42.6 | 17 | Alabama | AL |
| 2043 | no | 05 | 37.9 | 30 | Arkansas | AR |
| 5191 | no | 04 | 37.6 | 31 | Arizona | AZ |
| 7933 | no | 06 | 14.2 | 49 | California | CA |
| 3264 | no | 08 | 48.9 | 10 | Colorado | CO |
| 1904 | no | 09 | 39.4 | 27 | Connecticut | CT |
| 112 | no | 11 | 15.7 | 48 | District of Columbia | DC |
| 198 | no | 10 | 26.5 | 42 | Delaware | DE |
| 11429 | no | 12 | 45.7 | 13 | Florida | FL |
| 6553 | no | 13 | 41.6 | 21 | Georgia | GA |
| 310 | no | 15 | 20.5 | 45 | Hawaii | HI |
| 3117 | yes | 19 | 51.3 | 7 | Iowa | IA |
| 690 | no | 16 | 31.3 | 37 | Idaho | ID |
| 2771 | no | 17 | 11.9 | 50 | Illinois | IL |
| 10353 | yes | 18 | 53.8 | 6 | Indiana | IN |
| 2199 | yes | 20 | 25.8 | 43 | Kansas | KS |
| 4576 | no | 21 | 34.5 | 33 | Kentucky | KY |
| 230 | no | 22 | 3.0 | 51 | Louisiana | LA |
| 3882 | no | 25 | 33.7 | 35 | Massachusetts | MA |
| 1958 | no | 24 | 38.7 | 29 | Maryland | MD |
| 1510 | no | 23 | 48.0 | 11 | Maine | ME |
| 5495 | no | 26 | 41.8 | 20 | Michigan | MI |
| 4244 | no | 27 | 46.2 | 12 | Minnesota | MN |
| 7566 | no | 29 | 45.6 | 14 | Missouri | MO |
| 2626 | no | 28 | 41.9 | 19 | Mississippi | MS |
| 1297 | no | 30 | 39.1 | 28 | Montana | MT |
| 6811 | yes | 37 | 42.4 | 18 | North Carolina | NC |
| 757 | no | 38 | 40.4 | 23 | North Dakota | ND |
| 1582 | no | 31 | 28.6 | 40 | Nebraska | NE |
| 292 | no | 33 | 17.4 | 46 | New Hampshire | NH |
| 1715 | no | 34 | 39.9 | 26 | New Jersey | NJ |
| 1425 | no | 35 | 44.0 | 16 | New Mexico | NM |
| 1627 | no | 32 | 24.9 | 44 | Nevada | NV |
| 6176 | no | 36 | 29.7 | 39 | New York | NY |
| 7218 | no | 39 | 30.0 | 38 | Ohio | OH |
| 5292 | no | 40 | 55.0 | 4 | Oklahoma | OK |
| 3385 | no | 41 | 50.3 | 9 | Oregon | OR |
| 5863 | no | 42 | 33.6 | 36 | Pennsylvania | PA |
| 656 | no | 44 | 28.6 | 41 | Rhode Island | RI |
| 1017 | no | 45 | 17.1 | 47 | South Carolina | SC |
| 1433 | no | 46 | 54.2 | 5 | South Dakota | SD |
| 4731 | no | 47 | 34.4 | 34 | Tennessee | TN |
| 15645 | no | 48 | 58.4 | 3 | Texas | TX |
| 1661 | no | 49 | 59.6 | 2 | Utah | UT |
| 2924 | no | 51 | 37.2 | 32 | Virginia | VA |
| 553 | no | 50 | 41.3 | 22 | Vermont | VT |
| 4525 | no | 53 | 51.3 | 8 | Washington | WA |
| 3527 | no | 55 | 40.0 | 25 | Wisconsin | WI |
| 4292 | no | 54 | 40.4 | 24 | West Virginia | WV |
| 550 | no | 56 | 44.9 | 15 | Wyoming | WY |
| 495 | no | 72 | 16.2 | Puerto Rico | PR |