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Table 06-ADOPT
Date: September, 2002
Prior Relationship of Adoptive Parent(s) to
Child
October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000
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| STATE |
Prior Relationship of
Adoptive Parent(s)
to Child |
Total |
Missing |
| non-relative |
foster parent |
step-parent |
other relative |
% |
N |
N |
| % |
% |
% |
% |
| Alabama |
98.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
2.0% |
100.0% |
202 |
0 |
| Alaska |
.0% |
59.4% |
.0% |
40.6% |
100.0% |
202 |
0 |
| Arizona |
18.9% |
43.2% |
.1% |
37.8% |
100.0% |
847 |
6 |
| Arkansas |
28.6% |
52.0% |
.0% |
19.4% |
100.0% |
325 |
0 |
| California |
9.1% |
47.7% |
.0% |
43.1% |
100.0% |
8693 |
0 |
| Colorado |
10.1% |
66.0% |
.0% |
23.9% |
100.0% |
682 |
9 |
| Connecticut |
23.2% |
58.1% |
.0% |
18.6% |
100.0% |
499 |
0 |
| Delaware |
26.2% |
67.0% |
.0% |
6.8% |
100.0% |
103 |
0 |
| District of Columbia |
7.9% |
70.0% |
.6% |
21.5% |
100.0% |
317 |
2 |
| Florida 2 |
26.6% |
50.6% |
.0% |
22.8% |
100.0% |
1400 |
209 |
| Georgia |
16.9% |
73.4% |
.0% |
9.7% |
100.0% |
1051 |
6 |
| Hawaii |
.0% |
44.2% |
.0% |
55.8% |
100.0% |
274 |
6 |
| Idaho |
60.0% |
30.0% |
.0% |
10.0% |
100.0% |
140 |
0 |
| Illinois |
.0% |
99.9% |
.0% |
.1% |
100.0% |
5667 |
1 |
| Indiana |
45.9% |
38.6% |
.0% |
15.4% |
100.0% |
1147 |
0 |
| Iowa |
24.2% |
75.8% |
.0% |
.0% |
100.0% |
735 |
0 |
| Kansas |
15.6% |
57.4% |
.0% |
27.1% |
100.0% |
469 |
0 |
| Kentucky |
41.5% |
57.5% |
.3% |
.8% |
100.0% |
395 |
0 |
| Louisiana |
15.3% |
80.5% |
.0% |
4.2% |
100.0% |
476 |
0 |
| Maine |
89.5% |
.5% |
.0% |
10.0% |
100.0% |
408 |
3 |
| Maryland |
6.1% |
60.7% |
.0% |
33.1% |
100.0% |
537 |
0 |
| Massachusetts |
.0% |
99.4% |
.0% |
.6% |
100.0% |
861 |
0 |
| Michigan |
9.1% |
54.1% |
.0% |
36.9% |
100.0% |
2803 |
0 |
| Minnesota |
43.6% |
31.5% |
.2% |
24.8% |
100.0% |
613 |
1 |
| Mississippi |
25.7% |
74.0% |
.0% |
.3% |
100.0% |
288 |
0 |
| Missouri |
8.1% |
67.1% |
.6% |
24.3% |
100.0% |
1208 |
57 |
| Montana |
2.5% |
78.0% |
.0% |
19.5% |
100.0% |
236 |
0 |
| Nebraska1 2 |
37.0% |
14.8% |
.0% |
48.1% |
100.0% |
27 |
273 |
| Nevada |
19.5% |
62.3% |
.0% |
18.2% |
100.0% |
231 |
0 |
| New Hampshire |
8.3% |
76.0% |
.0% |
15.6% |
100.0% |
96 |
0 |
| New Jersey |
19.8% |
80.2% |
.0% |
.0% |
100.0% |
837 |
0 |
| New Mexico |
66.0% |
1.7% |
.0% |
32.3% |
100.0% |
347 |
0 |
| New York3 |
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| North Carolina |
25.0% |
55.6% |
.2% |
19.2% |
100.0% |
1316 |
21 |
| North Dakota |
65.7% |
31.4% |
.0% |
2.9% |
100.0% |
105 |
0 |
| Ohio 2 |
15.5% |
66.9% |
.0% |
17.5% |
100.0% |
998 |
1046 |
| Oklahoma |
23.6% |
41.8% |
.1% |
34.5% |
100.0% |
1062 |
0 |
| Oregon |
35.7% |
31.3% |
.0% |
33.0% |
100.0% |
831 |
0 |
| Pennsylvania |
50.0% |
44.2% |
.1% |
5.7% |
100.0% |
1711 |
1 |
| Puerto Rico |
20.8% |
57.6% |
5.2% |
16.5% |
100.0% |
231 |
0 |
| Rhode Island |
7.1% |
60.6% |
.0% |
32.3% |
100.0% |
254 |
6 |
| South Carolina |
43.0% |
57.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
100.0% |
377 |
1 |
| South Dakota |
22.3% |
62.8% |
.0% |
14.9% |
100.0% |
94 |
0 |
| Tennessee |
21.1% |
76.1% |
.0% |
2.8% |
100.0% |
431 |
0 |
| Texas |
20.8% |
60.5% |
.1% |
18.6% |
100.0% |
2029 |
0 |
| Utah |
47.2% |
47.2% |
.0% |
5.6% |
100.0% |
303 |
0 |
| Vermont |
9.0% |
73.8% |
7.4% |
9.8% |
100.0% |
122 |
0 |
| Virginia |
16.0% |
78.4% |
.0% |
5.6% |
100.0% |
444 |
4 |
| Washington |
37.2% |
59.2% |
3.3% |
.3% |
100.0% |
1141 |
0 |
| West Virginia |
3.7% |
80.1% |
.6% |
15.6% |
100.0% |
352 |
0 |
| Wisconsin |
14.0% |
73.5% |
.0% |
12.5% |
100.0% |
736 |
0 |
| Wyoming |
8.3% |
78.3% |
.0% |
13.3% |
100.0% |
60 |
1 |
1Includes
aunt/uncle/grandparent; great-aunt/uncle/grandparent;
great-great-aunt/uncle/grandparent;
great-great-great-aunt/uncle/grandparent; adoptive sibling;
biological sibling; first and second cousins and; parent-in-law.
God parents are not included.
210% or more of the
data are missing.
3All data are
missing.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
Children's Bureau
Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)
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