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Table 6: ADOPT
Date: March, 2004
Prior Relationship of Adoptive Parent(s) to
Child
October 1, 2001 to September 30, 2002
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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 |
55.8% |
44.2% |
.0% |
.0% |
100.0% |
249 |
0 |
| Alaska |
.0% |
62.8% |
.0% |
37.2% |
100.0% |
223 |
1 |
| Arizona1 |
37.7% |
26.2% |
.0% |
36.1% |
100.0% |
740 |
53 |
| Arkansas1 |
.0% |
86.8% |
.0% |
13.2% |
100.0% |
151 |
146 |
| California |
5.5% |
47.5% |
.1% |
46.9% |
100.0% |
8741 |
0 |
| Colorado |
11.6% |
56.5% |
.1% |
31.8% |
100.0% |
919 |
0 |
| Connecticut |
25.7% |
60.8% |
.0% |
13.4% |
100.0% |
610 |
7 |
| Delaware |
27.8% |
57.9% |
.0% |
14.3% |
100.0% |
133 |
0 |
| District of Columbia |
.4% |
72.6% |
.0% |
27.0% |
100.0% |
248 |
4 |
| Florida1 |
25.6% |
36.0% |
.0% |
38.3% |
100.0% |
308 |
1999 |
| Georgia |
14.5% |
75.0% |
.0% |
10.5% |
100.0% |
1091 |
6 |
| Hawaii |
1.4% |
47.4% |
.3% |
51.0% |
100.0% |
365 |
1 |
| Idaho |
40.7% |
38.1% |
.0% |
21.2% |
100.0% |
118 |
0 |
| Illinois |
.0% |
99.8% |
.0% |
.2% |
100.0% |
3633 |
0 |
| Indiana |
47.7% |
32.9% |
.0% |
19.3% |
100.0% |
920 |
0 |
| Iowa2 |
32.2% |
67.8% |
.0% |
.0% |
100.0% |
882 |
0 |
| Kansas |
13.2% |
60.7% |
.0% |
26.1% |
100.0% |
471 |
0 |
| Kentucky |
31.1% |
68.7% |
.0% |
.2% |
100.0% |
556 |
3 |
| Louisiana |
15.6% |
75.2% |
.0% |
9.2% |
100.0% |
487 |
0 |
| Maine |
84.6% |
.3% |
.0% |
15.0% |
100.0% |
306 |
5 |
| Maryland |
3.1% |
51.1% |
.1% |
45.7% |
100.0% |
938 |
0 |
| Massachusetts |
.0% |
99.1% |
.0% |
.9% |
100.0% |
808 |
0 |
| Michigan |
8.9% |
54.0% |
.0% |
37.1% |
100.0% |
2847 |
0 |
| Minnesota |
47.5% |
27.7% |
.3% |
24.5% |
100.0% |
625 |
1 |
| Mississippi1 |
.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
0 |
227 |
| Missouri |
8.6% |
66.7% |
.5% |
24.2% |
100.0% |
1499 |
43 |
| Montana |
2.0% |
85.8% |
.0% |
12.1% |
100.0% |
247 |
0 |
| Nebraska1, 3 |
10.9% |
43.5% |
6.5% |
39.1% |
100.0% |
46 |
262 |
| Nevada |
12.3% |
66.7% |
.0% |
21.0% |
100.0% |
252 |
1 |
| New Hampshire |
14.0% |
78.1% |
.0% |
7.9% |
100.0% |
114 |
0 |
| New Jersey |
17.4% |
82.6% |
.0% |
.0% |
100.0% |
1378 |
0 |
| New Mexico |
45.1% |
28.0% |
.0% |
26.9% |
100.0% |
275 |
0 |
| New York1 |
.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
0 |
3791 |
| North Carolina |
22.8% |
55.7% |
.1% |
21.4% |
100.0% |
1320 |
4 |
| North Dakota |
52.6% |
47.4% |
.0% |
.0% |
100.0% |
137 |
0 |
| Ohio1 |
16.1% |
67.5% |
.0% |
16.4% |
100.0% |
1441 |
955 |
| Oklahoma |
14.8% |
42.9% |
.6% |
41.7% |
100.0% |
1009 |
2 |
| Oregon |
25.6% |
37.0% |
.0% |
37.4% |
100.0% |
1115 |
0 |
| Pennsylvania |
18.3% |
76.6% |
.0% |
5.1% |
100.0% |
2020 |
0 |
| Puerto Rico |
24.8% |
56.1% |
7.8% |
11.3% |
100.0% |
408 |
0 |
| Rhode Island |
9.9% |
54.0% |
.0% |
36.1% |
100.0% |
252 |
4 |
| South Carolina |
32.3% |
67.4% |
.0% |
.3% |
100.0% |
344 |
0 |
| South Dakota |
17.2% |
72.4% |
.0% |
10.3% |
100.0% |
145 |
0 |
| Tennessee |
20.0% |
71.5% |
.0% |
8.6% |
100.0% |
922 |
0 |
| Texas |
24.8% |
49.7% |
.1% |
25.4% |
100.0% |
2297 |
0 |
| Utah |
26.7% |
65.4% |
.0% |
7.8% |
100.0% |
344 |
2 |
| Vermont |
6.5% |
81.7% |
.0% |
11.8% |
100.0% |
153 |
0 |
| Virginia |
15.8% |
77.8% |
.0% |
6.4% |
100.0% |
423 |
1 |
| Washington1 |
.0% |
100.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
100.0% |
634 |
443 |
| West Virginia |
2.8% |
78.7% |
.0% |
18.6% |
100.0% |
361 |
0 |
| Wisconsin |
14.3% |
73.5% |
.1% |
12.1% |
100.0% |
1028 |
0 |
| Wyoming |
9.8% |
74.5% |
.0% |
15.7% |
100.0% |
51 |
1 |
1The data from this State is questionable due to the large percentage of missing data.Back
2Law defines relatives as the fourth degree of consanguinity.Back
3Includes great aunt/uncle, great grandparent, great great great grandparent, great great aunt/uncle, great great great grandparent, great great great aunt/uncle, adoptive sibling, first and second cousins, grandparent, parent-in-law, aunt/uncle.Back
Fictive kin (ie. Godparents) are not included.
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