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Table 1: ADOPT
Date: September, 2005

 

Gender of Public Agency Children Adopted

October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

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STATE

Child Sex Total Missing
Male Female % N N
Alabama 44% 56% 100% 329 0
Alaska 50% 50% 100% 206 2
Arizona 50% 50% 100% 839 0
Arkansas 49% 51% 100% 385 0
California 50% 50% 100% 7433 0
Colorado 48% 52% 100% 1024 0
Connecticut 54% 46% 100% 341 1
Delaware 60% 40% 100% 101 0
District of Columbia 47% 53% 100% 240 0
Florida 49% 51% 100% 2786 0
Georgia 50% 50% 100% 1091 0
Hawaii 47% 53% 100% 318 0
Idaho 49% 51% 100% 138 0
Illinois 50% 50% 100% 2701 0
Indiana 52% 48% 100% 780 0
Iowa 51% 49% 100% 1130 0
Kansas 50% 50% 100% 546 0
Kentucky 49% 51% 100% 606 6
Louisiana 49% 51% 100% 497 0
Maine 51% 49% 100% 378 0
Maryland 50% 50% 100% 734 0
Massachusetts 50% 50% 100% 733 0
Michigan 51% 49% 100% 2622 0
Minnesota 51% 49% 100% 644 0
Mississippi 45% 55% 100% 182 0
Missouri 48% 52% 100% 1403 0
Montana 47% 53% 100% 224 0
Nebraska1 50% 50% 100% 280 0
Nevada 51% 49% 100% 296 0
New Hampshire 53% 47% 100% 131 0
New Jersey 55% 45% 100% 935 0
New Mexico 46% 54% 100% 219 1
New York 54% 46% 100% 3862 0
North Carolina 50% 50% 100% 1296 0
North Dakota 47% 53% 100% 120 0
Ohio 52% 48% 100% 2420 0
Oklahoma 49% 51% 100% 1152 0
Oregon 51% 49% 100% 849 0
Pennsylvania 51% 49% 100% 1946 0
Puerto Rico 45% 55% 100% 443 0
Rhode Island 48% 52% 100% 264 0
South Carolina 55% 45% 100% 280 0
South Dakota 54% 46% 100% 144 0
Tennessee 49% 51% 100% 954 0
Texas 48% 52% 100% 2503 1
Utah 44% 56% 100% 311 0
Vermont 51% 49% 100% 167 0
Virginia 50% 50% 100% 487 0
Washington 50% 50% 100% 1315 0
West Virginia 48% 52% 100% 322 0
Wisconsin 51% 49% 100% 1187 0
Wyoming 43% 57% 100% 56 0

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

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