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Home > Statistics & Research > Adoptions of Children with Public Child Welfare Agency Involvement By State

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
Children's Bureau

rev. June 2006

Adoptions of Children with Public Child Welfare Agency Involvement By State
FY 1995-FY 2004

States FY 1995a FY 1996a FY 1997a FY 1998b FY 1999b FY 2000b FY 2001b FY 2002b FY 2003b FY 2004
Alabama 128 153 136 115 153 202 238 249 329 398
Alaska 103 112 109 95 137 202 278 230 208 182
Arizona 215 383 474 c 761 853 938 793 839 729
Arkansas 84 185 146 258 318 325 362 297 385 331
California 3,094 3,153 3,614 4,418 6,416 8,818 9,146 8,840 7,468 7,754
Colorado 338 454 458 581 719 711 749 992 1,033 958
Connecticut 198 146 278 d314 403 499 444 617 342 349
Delaware 38 46 33 62 33 103 117 133 101 73
Dist of Col 86 113 132 140 166 319 231 253 241 436
Florida 904 1,064 992 1,549 1,355 1,629 1,508 2,309 2,786 3,264
Georgia 383 537 558 727 1,143 1,091 1,001 1,135 1,092 1,269
Hawaii 42 64 150 301 281 280 260 366 318 375
Idaho 46 40 47 d57 107 140 132 118 138 176
Illinois 1,759 2,146 2,695 4,656 7,028 5,664 4,106 3,634 2,701 2,227
Indiana 520 373 592 800 764 1,160 901 923 777 1057
Iowa 227 383 440 525 764 729 661 886 1,130 1,061
Kansas 333 292 421 419 566 468 428 475 546 653
Kentucky 197 214 222 211 360 398 548 559 612 805
Louisiana 292 321 310 d311 356 476 470 487 497 455
Maine 85 144 96 125 202 379 367 318 287 307
Maryland 324 413 290 480 594 552 815 949 742 914
Massachusetts 1,073 1,113 1,161 1,100 922 861 778 808 733 812
Michigan 1,717 1,950 2,047 2,257 2,446 2,804 2,980 2,848 2,622 2,801
Minnesota 232 239 302 429 633 614 567 626 644 603
Mississippi 109 101 131 170 237 288 266 227 183 270
Missouri 538 600 533 640 849 1,265 1,101 1,542 1,405 1,391
Montana 104 98 143 152 187 238 275 247 224 192
Nebraska 208 168 180 c 279 293 316 356 281 367
Nevada 155 145 148 c 123 231 244 254 287 278
New Hampshire 51 59 24 51 62 97 95 114 131 102
New Jersey 616 678 570 815 732 832 1,030 1,385 953 1,328
New Mexico 141 148 152 197 258 347 369 275 220 265
New York 4,579 4,590 4,979 4,819 4,864 4,234 3,935 3,791 3,870 4,258
North Carolina 289 417 694 882 949 1,337 1,327 1,324 1,296 1,198
North Dakota 42 41 57 111 143 108 145 137 120 128
Ohio 1,202 1,258 1,400 1,015 1,868 2,044 2,230 2,396 2,420 2,201
Oklahoma 226 371 418 505 830 1,096 959 1,014 1,152 1,141
Oregon 427 468 441 665 765 831 1,071 1,115 849 943
Pennsylvania 1,018 1,127 1,526 1,516 1,454 1,712 1,564 2,020 1,946 1,898
Rhode Island 216 341 226 222 292 260 267 256 264 235
South Carolina 231 220 318 465 456 378 384 345 280 359
South Dakota 42 72 55 55 84 94 97 145 144 123
Tennessee 458 330 195 337 382 431 646 922 954 891
Texas 804 746 1,091 1,602 2,056 2,045 2,325 2,299 2,504 2,556
Utah 283 124 268 334 369 303 349 346 311 298
Vermont 62 83 80 118 139 117 116 153 167 220
Virginia 320 298 276 235 326 448 495 424 487 525
Washington 645 521 656 878 1,047 1,141 1,204 1,077 1,315 1,245
West Virginia 139 188 220 211 312 352 362 361 322 384
Wisconsin 360 511 530 643 642 736 754 1,028 1,187 1,152
Wyoming 10 20 16 32 45 61 46 52 56 56
Puerto Ricoe       488 493 454 592 431 443 475
TOTAL 25,693 27,761 31,030 37,088 46,870 51,050 50,599 52,881 50,342 52,468

Footnotes:

a The data for FY 1995-FY 1997 were reported by States to set baselines for the Adoption Incentive Program. They came from a variety of sources including the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), court records, file reviews and legacy information systems.
b Unless otherwise noted, the data come from the AFCARS adoption database. Because AFCARS adoption data are being continuously updated and cleaned, the numbers reported here may differ from data reported elsewhere. In addition, data reported for the Adoption Incentive Program will differ from these data because adoptions reported for that program are identified through a different AFCARS data element and must qualify in other ways to be counted toward the award of incentive funds. Counts include adoptions reported as of 6/1/2005. Where appropriate, AFCARS data have been adjusted for duplication.
c Data useable for this purpose are not available.
d Reported by states as an aggregate number for the Child Welfare Outcomes Annual Report.
e Puerto Rico was not eligible to participate in the first year of the Adoption Incentive Program for which the FY 1995-FY 1997 data were collected.

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