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Table 1: ADOPT
Date: March, 2004

Gender of Public Agency Children Adopted

October 1, 2001 to September 30, 2002

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State Child Sex Total Missing
Male Female % N N
Alabama 50% 50% 100% 249 0
Alaska 53% 47% 100% 224 0
Arizona 50% 50% 100% 793 0
Arkansas 46% 54% 100% 297 0
California 49% 51% 100% 8739 2
Colorado 52% 48% 100% 919 0
Connecticut 49% 51% 100% 617 0
Delaware 58% 42% 100% 133 0
District of Columbia 52% 48% 100% 252 0
Florida 48% 52% 100% 2307 0
Georgia 50% 50% 100% 1097 0
Hawaii 51% 49% 100% 366 0
Idaho 45% 55% 100% 118 0
Illinois 50% 50% 100% 3633 0
Indiana 52% 48% 100% 919 1
Iowa 48% 52% 100% 882 0
Kansas 55% 45% 100% 471 0
Kentucky 47% 53% 100% 556 3
Louisiana 50% 50% 100% 487 0
Maine 47% 53% 100% 311 0
Maryland 50% 50% 100% 938 0
Massachusetts 53% 47% 100% 808 1
Michigan 50% 50% 100% 2847 0
Minnesota 50% 50% 100% 626 0
Mississippi 50% 50% 100% 227 0
Missouri 50% 50% 100% 1542 0
Montana 49% 51% 100% 247 0
Nebraska1 46% 54% 100% 308 0
Nevada 57% 43% 100% 253 0
New Hampshire 57% 43% 100% 114 0
New Jersey 50% 50% 100% 1378 0
New Mexico 52% 48% 100% 274 1
New York 51% 49% 100% 3791 0
North Carolina 521% 48% 100% 1320 4
North Dakota 56% 44% 100% 137 0
Ohio 54% 46% 100% 2396 0
Oklahoma 47% 53% 100% 1010 1
Oregon 47% 53% 100% 1115 0
Pennsylvania 51% 49% 100% 2020 0
Puerto Rico 50% 50% 100% 408 0
Rhode Island 46% 54% 100% 256 0
South Carolina 53% 47% 100% 344 0
South Dakota 50% 50% 100% 145 0
Tennessee 50% 50% 100% 922 0
Texas 51% 49% 100% 2297 0
Utah 47% 53% 100% 346 0
Vermont 54% 46% 100% 153 0
Virginia 54% 46% 100% 424 0
Washington 50% 51% 100% 1077 0
West Virginia 47% 53% 100% 361 0
Wisconsin 51% 49% 100% 1028 0
Wyoming 56% 44% 100% 52 0

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