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Table 6: ADOPT
Prior Relationship of Adoptive Parent(s) to Child
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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 | 54.5% | 44.7% | .0% | .8% | 100.0% | 398 | 0 |
| Alaska | .0% | 56.4% | .0% | 43.6% | 100.0% | 179 | 3 |
| Arizona | 32.6% | 31.8% | .0% | 35.5% | 100.0% | 723 | 6 |
| Arkansas1 | .0% | 89.2% | .0% | 10.8% | 100.0% | 204 | 127 |
| California | 4.8% | 51.5% | .1% | 43.6% | 100.0% | 7754 | 0 |
| Colorado | 13.3% | 55.9% | .2% | 30.6% | 100.0% | 958 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 33.1% | 54.1% | .0% | 12.8% | 100.0% | 344 | 5 |
| Delaware | 26.0% | 65.8% | .0% | 8.2% | 100.0% | 73 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 2.1% | 73.4% | .0% | 24.5% | 100.0% | 433 | 3 |
| Florida | 21.2% | 38.5% | .1% | 40.2% | 100.0% | 3153 | 111 |
| Georgia | 9.0% | 80.3% | .1% | 10.7% | 100.0% | 1251 | 18 |
| Hawaii | .3% | 56.7% | .3% | 42.8% | 100.0% | 374 | 1 |
| Idaho | 46.0% | 39.2% | .0% | 14.8% | 100.0% | 176 | 0 |
| Illinois | .0% | 100.0% | .0% | .0% | 100.0% | 2227 | 0 |
| Indiana | 56.2% | 29.5% | .0% | 14.3% | 100.0% | 1057 | 0 |
| Iowa2 | 31.8% | 68.0% | .0% | .2% | 100.0% | 1061 | 0 |
| Kansas | 8.3% | 62.9% | .0% | 28.8% | 100.0% | 653 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 9.6% | 88.8% | .0% | 1.6% | 100.0% | 803 | 2 |
| Louisiana | 13.8% | 71.9% | .0% | 14.3% | 100.0% | 455 | 0 |
| Maine | 10.7% | 73.9% | .0% | 15.3% | 100.0% | 307 | 0 |
| Maryland | 3.6% | 57.5% | .0% | 38.8% | 100.0% | 914 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | .0% | 99.6% | .0% | .4% | 100.0% | 812 | 0 |
| Michigan | 6.9% | 53.9% | .0% | 39.2% | 100.0% | 2801 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 51.1% | 17.7% | .0% | 31.2% | 100.0% | 603 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 7.4% | 60.7% | .0% | 31.9% | 100.0% | 270 | 0 |
| Missouri | 5.1% | 70.2% | .2% | 24.5% | 100.0% | 1326 | 65 |
| Montana | 1.6% | 89.6% | .0% | 8.9% | 100.0% | 192 | 0 |
| Nebraska1 3 | 19.4% | 52.8% | .0% | 27.8% | 100.0% | 72 | 295 |
| Nevada | 6.2% | 72.5% | .0% | 21.2% | 100.0% | 273 | 5 |
| New Hampshire | 11.8% | 83.3% | .0% | 4.9% | 100.0% | 102 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 20.4% | 79.6% | .0% | .0% | 100.0% | 1328 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 1.1% | 82.3% | .0% | 16.6% | 100.0% | 265 | 0 |
| New York1 | .0% | .0% | .0% | .0% | .0% | 0 | 4258 |
| North Carolina | 14.9% | 70.7% | .1% | 14.3% | 100.0% | 1194 | 4 |
| North Dakota | 31.3% | 67.2% | .0% | 1.6% | 100.0% | 128 | 0 |
| Ohio1 | 14.8% | 67.6% | .0% | 17.6% | 100.0% | 1536 | 665 |
| Oklahoma | 14.2% | 45.7% | .4% | 39.7% | 100.0% | 1141 | 0 |
| Oregon | 36.1% | 30.8% | .0% | 33.2% | 100.0% | 943 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 45.5% | 43.0% | .3% | 11.2% | 100.0% | 1898 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico | 25.7% | 48.0% | 4.0% | 22.3% | 100.0% | 475 | 0 |
| Rhode Island1 | 4.4% | 50.2% | .0% | 45.3% | 100.0% | 203 | 32 |
| South Carolina | 28.1% | 70.8% | .0% | 1.1% | 100.0% | 359 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 16.3% | 58.5% | .0% | 25.2% | 100.0% | 123 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 17.9% | 63.5% | .2% | 18.4% | 100.0% | 890 | 1 |
| Texas | 26.4% | 51.0% | .0% | 22.6% | 100.0% | 2556 | 0 |
| Utah | 14.8% | 78.8% | .0% | 6.4% | 100.0% | 297 | 1 |
| Vermont | .0% | 79.1% | .0% | 20.9% | 100.0% | 220 | 0 |
| Virginia | 8.8% | 85.9% | .0% | 5.3% | 100.0% | 525 | 0 |
| Washington1 | 1.6% | 82.4% | .1% | 15.9% | 100.0% | 943 | 302 |
| West Virginia | 3.4% | 77.1% | .3% | 19.3% | 100.0% | 384 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 5.6% | 73.3% | .0% | 21.1% | 100.0% | 1152 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 5.8% | 78.8% | .0% | 15.4% | 100.0% | 52 | 4 |
1The data from this State is questionable due to the large percentage of missing data. Back
2Does not track non-welfare stepparent adoptions. Law defines relative 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, biological sibling, first and second cousins, grandparent, parent-in-law, aunt/uncle. Fictive kin (ie. Godparents) are not included. Back
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