California: Elder Abuse Data and Statistics
| EADaily.com estimates that Los Angeles County, CA, has approximately 160,000 cases of elder and nursing home abuse every year, with most of these cases going unreported. LA County alone represents over 25% of all cases in California. LA is followed by Orange County at approximately 53,000 cases, or 8.4% of the state’s cases of elderly abuse. |
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California Elder Abuse Statistics
- Just five of 58 counties (Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside and Santa Clara) accounts for over half of all elder abuse cases.
- Trinity County had the largest year over year growth (2007 vs. 2008) of 9.2%, due mainly to the relatively low number of elderly residence in the county.
- Los Angeles grew by 5,039 cases of elder abuse from 2007 to 2008.
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California Counties
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Elderly Population*
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Cases of Elder Abuse**
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| Alameda County |
233,823 |
25,827 |
| Alpine County |
191 |
21 |
| Amador County |
9,857 |
1,089 |
| Butte County |
43,444 |
4,799 |
| Calaveras County |
11,761 |
1,299 |
| Colusa County |
3,306 |
365 |
| Contra Costa County |
180,395 |
19,926 |
| Del Norte County |
5,294 |
585 |
| El Dorado County |
30,296 |
3,346 |
| Fresno County |
124,225 |
13,721 |
| Glenn County |
4,693 |
518 |
| Humboldt County |
23,542 |
2,600 |
| Imperial County |
23,040 |
2,545 |
| Inyo County |
3,817 |
422 |
| Kern County |
99,200 |
10,957 |
| Kings County |
15,650 |
1,729 |
| Lake County |
14,420 |
1,593 |
| Lassen County |
4,548 |
502 |
| Los Angeles County |
1,474,956 |
162,917 |
| Madera County |
21,214 |
2,343 |
| Marin County |
57,989 |
6,405 |
| Mariposa County |
4,407 |
487 |
| Mendocino County |
18,803 |
2,077 |
| Merced County |
33,127 |
3,659 |
| Modoc County |
2,450 |
271 |
| Mono County |
2,267 |
250 |
| Monterey County |
58,459 |
6,457 |
| Napa County |
26,933 |
2,975 |
| Nevada County |
24,058 |
2,657 |
| Orange County |
482,057 |
53,246 |
| Placer County |
68,265 |
7,540 |
| Plumas County |
5,566 |
615 |
| Riverside County |
313,454 |
34,623 |
| Sacramento County |
217,638 |
24,039 |
| San Benito County |
7,346 |
811 |
| San Bernardino County |
242,067 |
26,738 |
| San Diego County |
461,155 |
50,937 |
| San Francisco County |
159,212 |
17,586 |
| San Joaquin County |
95,171 |
10,512 |
| San Luis Obispo County |
51,530 |
5,692 |
| San Mateo County |
135,345 |
14,950 |
| Santa Barbara County |
70,177 |
7,751 |
| Santa Clara County |
274,903 |
30,365 |
| Santa Cruz County |
40,842 |
4,511 |
| Shasta County |
37,362 |
4,127 |
| Sierra County |
833 |
92 |
| Siskiyou County |
11,458 |
1,266 |
| Solano County |
64,885 |
7,167 |
| Sonoma County |
88,443 |
9,769 |
| Stanislaus County |
74,054 |
8,180 |
| Sutter County |
15,575 |
1,720 |
| Tehama County |
12,398 |
1,369 |
| Trinity County |
4,786 |
529 |
| Tulare County |
56,459 |
6,236 |
| Tuolumne County |
14,307 |
1,580 |
| Ventura County |
130,397 |
14,403 |
| Yolo County |
26,724 |
2,952 |
| Yuba County |
9,447 |
1,043 |
| Grand Total |
5,728,021 |
632,693 |
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| * Source: US Census. Elderly defined as 60 years of age and older. |
| ** Estimated # of reported and unreported cases of elder abuse. |
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