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Table 7: ADOPT Child's Special Needs
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| State |
Child's Special Needs | Total | Missing | ||
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| Yes1 | No | % | N | N | |
| Alabama | 66% | 34% | 100% | 398 | 0 |
| Alaska | 100% | 0% | 100% | 181 | 1 |
| Arizona | 86% | 14% | 100% | 729 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 86% | 14% | 100% | 331 | 0 |
| California | 99% | 1% | 100% | 7754 | 0 |
| Colorado2 | 64% | 36% | 100% | 565 | 393 |
| Connecticut | 72% | 28% | 100% | 349 | 0 |
| Delaware | 81% | 19% | 100% | 73 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 100% | 0% | 100% | 430 | 6 |
| Florida | 81% | 19% | 100% | 3230 | 34 |
| Georgia | 68% | 32% | 100% | 1269 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 87% | 13% | 100% | 375 | 0 |
| Idaho | 96% | 4% | 100% | 176 | 0 |
| Illinois | 97% | 3% | 100% | 2227 | 0 |
| Indiana2 | 85% | 15% | 100% | 191 | 866 |
| Iowa | 42% | 58% | 100% | 1034 | 27 |
| Kansas | 79% | 21% | 100% | 653 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 88% | 12% | 100% | 801 | 4 |
| Louisiana | 69% | 31% | 100% | 455 | 0 |
| Maine | 18% | 82% | 100% | 307 | 0 |
| Maryland | 98% | 2% | 100% | 914 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 100% | 0% | 100% | 812 | 0 |
| Michigan | 72% | 28% | 100% | 2801 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 91% | 9% | 100% | 603 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 99% | 1% | 100% | 270 | 0 |
| Missouri | 76% | 24% | 100% | 1332 | 59 |
| Montana | 77% | 23% | 100% | 192 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 32% | 68% | 100% | 367 | 0 |
| Nevada | 97% | 3% | 100% | 278 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 100% | 0% | 100% | 102 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 95% | 5% | 100% | 1328 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 97% | 3% | 100% | 265 | 0 |
| New York | 96% | 4% | 100% | 4258 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 94% | 6% | 100% | 1198 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 75% | 25% | 100% | 128 | 0 |
| Ohio | 100% | 0% | 100% | 2107 | 94 |
| Oklahoma | 90% | 10% | 100% | 1141 | 0 |
| Oregon | 68% | 32% | 100% | 943 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 88% | 12% | 100% | 1898 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico | 23% | 77% | 100% | 472 | 3 |
| Rhode Island | 49% | 51% | 100% | 235 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 87% | 13% | 100% | 359 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 100% | 0% | 100% | 123 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 85% | 15% | 100% | 889 | 2 |
| Texas | 89% | 11% | 100% | 2556 | 0 |
| Utah | 92% | 8% | 100% | 298 | 0 |
| Vermont | 100% | 0% | 100% | 220 | 0 |
| Virginia | 75% | 25% | 100% | 525 | 0 |
| Washington2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1245 |
| West Virginia | 100% | 0% | 100% | 380 | 4 |
| Wisconsin | 99% | 1% | 100% | 1152 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 86% | 14% | 100% | 56 | 0 |
1 In 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.Back
2 The data from this State is questionable due to the large percentage of missing data. Back
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