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Table 4: ADOPT
Date: September, 2006

Time Between TPR and Finalization
October 1, 2003 to September 30, 2004

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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% 13% 18% 20% 22% 12% 4% 10% 2% 100% 398 0 20.07 17.17
Alaska 1% 31% 29% 17% 7% 1% 3% 9% 1% 100% 174 8 14.18 9.95
Arizona 0% 14% 43% 21% 9% 4% 1% 5% 2% 100% 702 27 15.04 10.43
Arkansas 1% 21% 25% 24% 12% 8% 3% 5% 1% 100% 317 14 14.91 12.19
California 0% 18% 35% 21% 11% 5% 3% 5% 2% 100% 7151 603 15.48 11.50
Colorado 1% 28% 31% 16% 12% 5% 3% 3% 3% 100% 954 4 14.55 10.10
Connecticut 0% 16% 45% 16% 6% 5% 5% 3% 4% 100% 328 21 16.22 10.37
Delaware 0% 23% 27% 30% 8% 3% 3% 4% 1% 100% 73 0 15.68 11.50
District of Columbia 15% 48% 19% 7% 4% 1% 1% 3% 1% 100% 412 24 7.97 3.94
Florida 0% 21% 25% 19% 13% 8% 5% 7% 2% 100% 3240 24 16.73 12.91
Georgia 1% 15% 32% 20% 14% 7% 3% 7% 3% 100% 1213 56 17.30 12.85
Hawaii 6% 19% 39% 16% 7% 5% 2% 3% 3% 100% 352 23 13.57 11.01
Idaho 1% 19% 34% 26% 11% 1% 4% 2% 1% 100% 176 0 13.26 10.61
Illinois 14% 22% 31% 15% 7% 3% 2% 4% 2% 100% 2180 47 12.05 8.20
Indiana 16% 27% 24% 13% 7% 4% 3% 4% 1% 100% 1037 20 11.48 7.52
Iowa 0% 27% 40% 18% 8% 3% 2% 2% 1% 100% 1031 30 11.66 9.07
Kansas 0% 4% 24% 29% 15% 9% 7% 9% 2% 100% 650 3 20.28 16.49
Kentucky 1% 34% 30% 14% 9% 3% 3% 6% 2% 100% 765 40 13.52 8.25
Louisiana 0% 12% 36% 20% 11% 8% 6% 6% 1% 100% 455 0 16.95 12.65
Maine 0% 4% 21% 26% 18% 12% 8% 5% 6% 100% 295 12 22.84 17.48
Maryland 3% 24% 23% 17% 11% 6% 2% 11% 4% 100% 910 4 17.91 12.02
Massachusetts 0% 29% 29% 17% 8% 6% 3% 5% 2% 100% 796 16 14.56 9.66
Michigan 0% 8% 27% 28% 14% 7% 5% 6% 4% 100% 2801 0 19.07 14.52
Minnesota 0% 12% 30% 21% 11% 6% 3% 9% 7% 100% 589 14 21.19 13.44
Mississippi 2% 14% 34% 26% 13% 4% 1% 5% 0% 100% 270 0 14.14 11.89
Missouri 25% 28% 22% 10% 6% 4% 2% 3% 1% 100% 1384 7 9.46 5.29
Montana 9% 16% 37% 13% 10% 6% 3% 5% 2% 100% 192 0 13.95 9.41
Nebraska 3% 23% 26% 20% 11% 9% 3% 5% 1% 100% 339 28 14.68 11.07
Nevada 0% 10% 24% 25% 18% 11% 6% 5% 2% 100% 276 2 18.72 15.74
New Hampshire 4% 24% 38% 9% 12% 3% 2% 4% 3% 100% 98 4 13.89 8.30
New Jersey 1% 7% 24% 20% 18% 13% 7% 10% 2% 100% 1328 0 20.81 17.84
New Mexico 2% 31% 31% 12% 7% 6% 1% 6% 4% 100% 265 0 15.27 8.02
New York 0% 13% 27% 18% 13% 9% 5% 9% 5% 100% 4087 171 20.89 14.78
North Carolina 2% 40% 30% 12% 6% 3% 1% 5% 2% 100% 1196 2 11.52 7.28
North Dakota 2% 13% 47% 21% 6% 8% 2% 1% 0% 100% 125 3 12.01 9.69
Ohio 1% 15% 30% 19% 11% 8% 4% 8% 5% 100% 2024 177 19.90 13.27
Oklahoma 3% 19% 35% 18% 11% 5% 4% 4% 2% 100% 1133 8 14.76 10.64
Oregon 0% 20% 26% 22% 12% 8% 5% 5% 1% 100% 939 4 15.62 12.81
Pennsylvania 1% 26% 27% 18% 9% 5% 6% 5% 2% 100% 1891 7 14.83 10.45
Puerto Rico 34% 20% 20% 8% 6% 1% 1% 8% 0% 100% 450 25 9.30 4.96
Rhode Island 27% 51% 8% 2% 5% 0% 0% 6% 1% 100% 216 19 6.83 2.02
South Carolina 8% 17% 35% 18% 8% 5% 4% 4% 2% 100% 353 6 14.02 9.79
South Dakota 0% 6% 26% 20% 25% 9% 3% 11% 0% 100% 123 0 19.17 17.31
Tennessee 1% 24% 23% 16% 11% 8% 5% 8% 3% 100% 870 21 17.68 12.68
Texas 0% 20% 31% 21% 10% 7% 3% 6% 2% 100% 2492 64 15.75 11.83
Utah 5% 58% 14% 10% 5% 5% 1% 2% 0% 100% 296 2 8.22 4.37
Vermont 0% 16% 51% 16% 8% 3% 2% 1% 2% 100% 220 0 12.37 9.86
Virginia 3% 8% 24% 21% 12% 11% 5% 9% 6% 100% 487 38 21.82 15.90
Washington 2% 31% 31% 16% 8% 5% 3% 4% 1% 100% 1243 2 12.60 8.94
West Virginia 0% 3% 21% 28% 21% 11% 8% 6% 3% 100% 380 4 21.10 17.71
Wisconsin 0% 60% 24% 10% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 100% 1112 40 7.50 4.57
Wyoming 48% 16% 11% 5% 5% 7% 4% 4% 0% 100% 56 0 8.01 1.38

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