Table B: The Percentage of Children Born Out-of-Wedlock with Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgements

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THE PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN BORN OUT-OF-WEDLOCK WITH VOLUNTARY PATERNITY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
STATES	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
ALABAMA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
ALASKA	71.32	74.31	66.33	62.96	60.60
ARIZONA	94.63	96.24	87.99	99.98	103.36
ARKANSAS	16.27	53.67	56.61	57.46	47.83
CALIFORNIA	59.70	76.33	76.16	74.79	85.25
COLORADO	63.63	75.00	79.23	92.58	79.73
CONNECTICUT	85.31	96.83	95.16	89.83	90.20
DELAWARE	42.96	46.16	49.94	40.06	34.62
DIST. OF COL.	66.64	NA	61.11	57.67	58.24
FLORIDA	63.63	66.30	65.30	64.49	67.55
GEORGIA	NA	63.45	61.85	70.33	61.14
GUAM	34.13	66.96	60.95	1.37	38.95
HAWAII	2.84	7.64	7.04	82.00	66.33
IDAHO	59.41	58.91	58.53	58.38	58.22
ILLINOIS	79.16	79.12	80.26	80.06	91.68
INDIANA	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
IOWA	68.86	56.90	59.20	62.77	63.85
KANSAS	66.87	68.70	68.99	71.40	72.19
KENTUCKY	64.79	65.95	86.48	76.02	78.85
LOUISIANA	NB	NB	NB	NB	NB
MAINE	29.99	23.20	26.38	18.62	83.47
MARYLAND	66.48	67.78	71.83	72.64	67.57
MASSACHUSETTS	73.13	73.86	75.30	74.88	74.46
MICHIGAN	82.66	75.09	63.52	72.14	69.68
MINNESOTA	67.61	70.65	66.82	81.35	69.22
MISSISSIPPI	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
MISSOURI	63.23	63.78	60.66	60.65	58.90
MONTANA	69.46	55.32	NC	NC	NC
NEBRASKA	59.44	61.26	60.92	62.39	62.90
NEVADA	NC	NA	NA	NC	NC
NEW HAMPSHIRE	13.37	12.09	11.75	9.81	8.66
NEW JERSEY	74.85	78.29	69.24	79.62	79.05
NEW MEXICO	66.12	70.84	NC	NC	NC
NEW YORK	64.08	67.83	74.34	73.94	74.99
NORTH CAROLINA	NC	NC	NB	NB	NB
NORTH DAKOTA	73.86	76.92	73.52	78.53	78.40
OHIO	68.82	70.70	69.34	67.10	68.22
OKLAHOMA	56.43	61.72	62.29	61.85	78.89
OREGON	69.13	70.55	74.93	70.85	62.45
PENNSYLVANIA	64.69	63.34	57.46	46.70	41.65
PUERTO RICO	0.14	0.41	93.13	92.79	95.64
RHODE ISLAND	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
SOUTH CAROLINA	25.48	28.11	32.72	32.92	30.92
SOUTH DAKOTA	67.39	70.12	69.04	68.72	70.21
TENNESSEE	54.87	63.67	59.91	60.33	61.74
TEXAS	51.69	62.84	61.47	69.44	68.11
UTAH	67.19	73.34	71.77	64.96	59.01
VERMONT	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
VIRGIN ISLANDS	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
VIRGINIA	69.67	68.91	74.79	65.99	70.42
WASHINGTON	61.30	61.73	66.50	65.71	67.26
WEST VIRGINIA	73.36	70.25	73.15	67.01	71.88
WISCONSIN	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
WYOMING	49.92	51.20	68.24	57.14	56.53
AVERAGES	61.92	67.11	68.92	70.32	71.99
Source: OCSE-157, line 10/8.
NA - Data not available for line 10.
NB - Data not available for line 8.
NC - Data not available for lines 8 and 10.