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Table 4: ADOPT
Date: March, 2008

Time Between TPR and Finalization
October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006

STATE
Time Between TPR and Finalization Total Missing Months Between TPR and Finalization
<1 mos 1-5 mos 6-11 mos 12-17 mos 18-23 mos 24-29 mos 30-35 mos 3-4 yrs 5+ yrs % N N Mean Mos Median Mos
% % % % % % % % %
Alabama 0% 14% 23% 27% 15% 7% 6% 6% 2% 100% 387 0 17.95 14.26
Alaska 11% 14% 26% 24% 15% 2% 2% 5% 1% 100% 169 43 13.46 11.79
Arizona 0% 14% 39% 26% 11% 4% 2% 3% 1% 100% 1369 31 13.56 11.20
Arkansas 1% 15% 27% 15% 21% 6% 6% 8% 1% 100% 395 0 17.48 14.78
California 0% 18% 40% 22% 9% 4% 2% 3% 2% 100% 7327 37 13.91 10.81
Colorado 1% 26% 34% 16% 9% 5% 2% 5% 1% 100% 954 2 13.40 9.56
Connecticut 2% 37% 31% 12% 4% 5% 2% 5% 2% 100% 586 63 12.03 7.34
Delaware 1% 36% 41% 15% 2% 3% 0% 1% 0% 100% 94 0 9.09 7.26
District of Columbia 9% 47% 23% 8% 8% 3% 1% 0% 1% 100% 177 2 8.19 4.83
Florida 1% 33% 27% 15% 9% 4% 4% 6% 2% 100% 3040 6 13.74 9.26
Georgia 0% 24% 37% 16% 9% 5% 3% 4% 2% 100% 1233 17 14.42 10.09
Hawaii 2% 15% 40% 15% 10% 7% 3% 6% 2% 100% 381 16 16.12 11.27
Idaho 1% 15% 34% 22% 14% 7% 2% 5% 1% 100% 177 0 14.49 12.09
Illinois 7% 14% 39% 18% 8% 5% 2% 4% 2% 100% 1716 24 13.79 10.40
Indiana 14% 24% 27% 18% 8% 4% 2% 3% 1% 100% 1156 27 11.44 9.00
Iowa 0% 31% 40% 13% 7% 4% 1% 2% 1% 100% 961 23 11.28 8.28
Kansas 2% 8% 23% 26% 18% 11% 3% 6% 3% 100% 522 2 19.30 16.03
Kentucky 1% 39% 26% 15% 8% 5% 1% 4% 2% 100% 758 1 12.99 8.08
Louisiana 0% 11% 42% 22% 11% 6% 2% 6% 2% 100% 466 0 15.45 11.48
Maine 0% 5% 27% 20% 18% 9% 7% 9% 5% 100% 319 12 22.95 17.25
Maryland 2% 28% 29% 16% 6% 6% 3% 5% 5% 100% 173 191 15.80 9.46
Massachusetts 0% 25% 29% 17% 11% 8% 3% 5% 2% 100% 858 16 15.16 11.07
Michigan 0% 8% 36% 23% 13% 7% 3% 6% 3% 100% 2591 0 17.88 13.11
Minnesota 0% 8% 41% 23% 12% 6% 4% 4% 2% 100% 627 37 16.50 12.39
Mississippi 2% 41% 35% 10% 5% 2% 2% 3% 0% 100% 248 0 9.73 6.77
Missouri 31% 28% 20% 7% 6% 1% 2% 3% 2% 100% 1244 9 8.42 3.94
Montana 13% 19% 29% 16% 10% 4% 3% 5% 1% 100% 272 0 13.13 8.49
Nebraska 8% 15% 30% 19% 12% 7% 2% 7% 1% 100% 459 75 15.22 11.04
Nevada 0% 17% 30% 17% 15% 10% 2% 7% 2% 100% 424 20 16.85 13.04
New Hampshire 2% 23% 40% 19% 11% 4% 0% 2% 1% 100% 128 7 11.26 8.56
New Jersey 1% 8% 25% 24% 13% 10% 4% 10% 5% 100% 1324 1 21.29 15.87
New Mexico 1% 33% 30% 16% 10% 3% 3% 1% 2% 100% 338 0 12.84 8.84
New York 0% 12% 29% 22% 12% 7% 5% 8% 4% 100% 2717 93 19.89 13.93
North Carolina 3% 38% 32% 12% 8% 4% 2% 2% 1% 100% 1234 0 10.39 7.36
North Dakota 0% 11% 48% 21% 9% 6% 1% 3% 0% 100% 149 1 12.75 10.78
Ohio 0% 19% 27% 19% 10% 7% 4% 8% 5% 100% 1773 30 19.32 13.04
Oklahoma 5% 24% 33% 17% 9% 3% 3% 4% 2% 100% 1135 6 13.81 10.12
Oregon 0% 29% 34% 17% 10% 4% 2% 3% 1% 100% 1085 10 12.49 9.33
Pennsylvania 1% 36% 36% 13% 6% 3% 1% 3% 1% 100% 1909 17 11.26 7.79
Puerto Rico 28% 20% 16% 9% 9% 5% 4% 6% 4% 100% 225 11 13.49 6.44
Rhode Island 45% 30% 8% 5% 5% 2% 1% 3% 1% 100% 247 11 6.35 1.61
South Carolina 6% 10% 39% 23% 7% 6% 4% 4% 2% 100% 416 9 14.83 11.30
South Dakota 0% 1% 12% 29% 19% 15% 13% 5% 7% 100% 150 0 26.48 19.75
Tennessee 21% 40% 16% 10% 4% 4% 2% 3% 1% 100% 987 7 8.88 4.11
Texas 0% 21% 28% 20% 13% 6% 4% 5% 2% 100% 3319 90 16.08 12.09
Utah 5% 59% 22% 6% 2% 1% 1% 2% 1% 100% 503 0 7.22 4.21
Vermont 2% 23% 41% 13% 9% 8% 2% 2% 0% 100% 163 1 11.86 8.97
Virginia 0% 9% 30% 22% 14% 11% 5% 6% 2% 100% 510 41 20.93 14.88
Washington 1% 28% 31% 19% 10% 4% 2% 4% 1% 100% 1195 1 13.08 9.59
West Virginia 0% 5% 36% 30% 14% 3% 4% 5% 2% 100% 415 4 17.59 14.03
Wisconsin 2% 49% 30% 12% 3% 2% 1% 1% 0% 100% 881 4 8.22 5.98
Wyoming 33% 32% 18% 14% 4% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 57 0 5.50 2.92

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