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Table 1: ADOPT
Date: May, 2007


Gender of Public Agency Children Adopted
October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005

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STATE
Child's Sex Total Missing
Male Female % N N
Alabama 50% 50% 100% 336 0
Alaska 55% 45% 100% 204 0
Arizona 50% 50% 100% 1012 0
Arkansas 48% 52% 100% 316 0
California 51% 49% 100% 7549 0
Colorado 55% 45% 100% 967 0
Connecticut 48% 52% 100% 735 5
Delaware 60% 40% 100% 78 0
District of Columbia 51% 49% 100% 310 0
Florida 51% 49% 100% 3020 0
Georgia 51% 49% 100% 1152 0
Hawaii 49% 51% 100% 451 1
Idaho 50% 50% 100% 149 0
Illinois 52% 48% 100% 1838 0
Indiana 50% 50% 100% 975 1
Iowa 53% 47% 100% 947 0
Kansas 50% 50% 100% 649 0
Kentucky 48% 52% 100% 876 0
Louisiana 47% 53% 100% 469 0
Maine 49% 51% 100% 318 0
Maryland 49% 51% 100% 620 0
Massachusetts 49% 51% 100% 832 0
Michigan 51% 49% 100% 2884 0
Minnesota 48% 52% 100% 731 1
Mississippi 53% 47% 100% 244 0
Missouri 51% 49% 100% 1309 0
Montana 53% 47% 100% 244 0
Nebraska1 47% 53% 100% 356 0
Nevada 51% 49% 100% 434 0
New Hampshire 56% 44% 100% 124 0
New Jersey 52% 48% 100% 1380 0
New Mexico 52% 48% 100% 289 0
New York 52% 48% 100% 3422 0
North Carolina 47% 53% 100% 1203 0
North Dakota 45% 55% 100% 152 0
Ohio 53% 47% 100% 2044 0
Oklahoma 49% 51% 100% 1015 0
Oregon 50% 50% 100% 1030 0
Pennsylvania 52% 48% 100% 2065 0
Puerto Rico 44% 56% 100% 246 0
Rhode Island 53% 47% 100% 214 3
South Carolina 54% 46% 100% 410 2
South Dakota 51% 49% 100% 113 0
Tennessee 49% 51% 100% 1114 0
Texas 51% 49% 100% 3181 0
Utah 53% 47% 100% 350 0
Vermont 45% 55% 100% 166 0
Virginia 53% 47% 100% 510 0
Washington 50% 50% 100% 1305 1
West Virginia 52% 48% 100% 368 0
Wisconsin 52% 48% 100% 910 0
Wyoming 41% 59% 100% 61 0

1Child with unknown sex is included in the male category.

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