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Table 7: ADOPT
Date: May, 2007


Child's Special Needs
October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005

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STATE
Child's Special needs Total Missing
Yes1 No % N N
Alabama 63% 37% 100% 336 0
Alaska 100% 0% 100% 204 0
Arizona 84% 16% 100% 1012 0
Arkansas 82% 18% 100% 316 0
California 99% 1% 100% 7549 0
Colorado2 65% 35% 100% 664 303
Connecticut 50% 50% 100% 740 0
Delaware 78% 22% 100% 78 0
District of Columbia 99% 1% 100% 310 0
Florida 80% 20% 100% 2980 40
Georgia 60% 40% 100% 1148 4
Hawaii 94% 6% 100% 452 0
Idaho 98% 2% 100% 149 0
Illinois 96% 4% 100% 1838 0
Indiana2 88% 12% 100% 165 811
Iowa 33% 67% 100% 936 11
Kansas 79% 21% 100% 649 0
Kentucky 80% 20% 100% 876 0
Louisiana 76% 24% 100% 469 0
Maine 36% 64% 100% 318 0
Maryland 97% 3% 100% 620 0
Massachusetts 100% 0% 100% 832 0
Michigan 69% 31% 100% 2884 0
Minnesota 85% 15% 100% 732 0
Mississippi 100% 0% 100% 244 0
Missouri 74% 26% 100% 1203 106
Montana 85% 15% 100% 244 0
Nebraska 77% 23% 100% 356 0
Nevada 96% 4% 100% 434 0
New Hampshire 100% 0% 100% 124 0
New Jersey 91% 9% 100% 1380 0
New Mexico 99% 1% 100% 289 0
New York 94% 6% 100% 3422 0
North Carolina 94% 6% 100% 1203 0
North Dakota 68% 32% 100% 152 0
Ohio 100% 0% 100% 1969 75
Oklahoma 89% 11% 100% 1015 0
Oregon 64% 36% 100% 1030 0
Pennsylvania 82% 18% 100% 2065 0
Puerto Rico 21% 79% 100% 246 0
Rhode Island 40% 60% 100% 217 0
South Carolina 92% 8% 100% 412 0
South Dakota 100% 0% 100% 113 0
Tennessee 88% 12% 100% 1114 0
Texas 89% 11% 100% 3181 0
Utah 87% 13% 100% 350 0
Vermont 100% 0% 100% 166 0
Virginia 74% 26% 100% 510 0
Washington2 0% 0% 0% 0 1306
West Virginia 100% 0% 100% 366 2
Wisconsin 100% 0% 100% 909 1
Wyoming 84% 16% 100% 61 0

1In the child welfare field, the child characteristics included in the "special needs" category are determined by the State child welfare agency. They always include having a disability and frequently include membership in a sibling or minority group, or older age.

2 The data from this State is questionable due to the large percentage of missing data.

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