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Table 6: ADOPT
Date: September, 2005
Prior Relationship of Adoptive Parent(s) to Child
October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003
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STATE
|
Prior Relationship of Adoptive Parent(s) to Child |
Total |
Missing |
non-relative |
foster parent |
step-parent |
other relative |
% |
N |
N |
% |
% |
% |
% |
Alabama |
47.7% |
49.8% |
.3% |
2.1% |
100.0% |
329 |
0 |
Alaska |
2.0% |
57.1% |
.0% |
41.0% |
100.0% |
205 |
3 |
Arizona |
30.9% |
37.2% |
.0% |
31.9% |
100.0% |
812 |
27 |
Arkansas1 |
.0% |
87.2% |
.0% |
12.8% |
100.0% |
226 |
159 |
California |
4.8% |
50.7% |
.1% |
44.4% |
100.0% |
7433 |
0 |
Colorado |
11.4% |
57.5% |
.2% |
30.9% |
100.0% |
1024 |
0 |
Connecticut |
28.2% |
59.9% |
.0% |
11.9% |
100.0% |
337 |
5 |
Delaware |
15.8% |
72.3% |
.0% |
11.9% |
100.0% |
101 |
0 |
District of Columbia |
.9% |
70.6% |
.0% |
28.5% |
100.0% |
228 |
12 |
Florida1 |
20.9% |
48.4% |
.0% |
30.8% |
100.0% |
91 |
2695 |
Georgia |
14.1% |
73.8% |
.0% |
12.1% |
100.0% |
1040 |
51 |
Hawaii |
.6% |
45.9% |
.3% |
53.1% |
100.0% |
318 |
0 |
Idaho |
41.3% |
26.8% |
.0% |
31.9% |
100.0% |
138 |
0 |
Illinois |
.0% |
99.6% |
.0% |
.4% |
100.0% |
2701 |
0 |
Indiana |
48.7% |
36.3% |
.0% |
15.0% |
100.0% |
780 |
0 |
Iowa1 |
30.7% |
69.0% |
.0% |
.3% |
100.0% |
1130 |
0 |
Kansas |
9.3% |
63.0% |
.2% |
27.5% |
100.0% |
546 |
0 |
Kentucky |
15.5% |
84.0% |
.0% |
.5% |
100.0% |
612 |
0 |
Louisiana |
14.7% |
75.1% |
.0% |
10.3% |
100.0% |
497 |
0 |
Maine |
91.2% |
.0% |
.0% |
8.8% |
100.0% |
377 |
1 |
Maryland |
4.0% |
56.1% |
.0% |
39.9% |
100.0% |
734 |
0 |
Massachusetts |
.0% |
99.3% |
.0% |
.7% |
100.0% |
733 |
0 |
Michigan |
7.3% |
54.2% |
.0% |
38.5% |
100.0% |
2622 |
0 |
Minnesota |
54.9% |
20.1% |
.3% |
24.7% |
100.0% |
643 |
1 |
Mississippi1 |
.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
7 |
175 |
Missouri |
6.3% |
63.4% |
.4% |
29.9% |
100.0% |
1351 |
52 |
Montana |
1.3% |
90.6% |
.0% |
8.0% |
100.0% |
224 |
0 |
Nebraska1 3 |
29.4% |
51.0% |
.0% |
19.6% |
100.0% |
51 |
229 |
Nevada |
11.9% |
65.4% |
.0% |
22.7% |
100.0% |
295 |
1 |
New Hampshire |
8.4% |
81.7% |
.0% |
9.9% |
100.0% |
131 |
0 |
New Jersey |
22.5% |
77.5% |
.0% |
.0% |
100.0% |
935 |
0 |
New Mexico |
1.4% |
77.3% |
.0% |
21.4% |
100.0% |
220 |
0 |
New York1 |
.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
0 |
3862 |
North Carolina |
18.7% |
67.6% |
.1% |
13.6% |
100.0% |
1292 |
4 |
North Dakota |
31.7% |
66.7% |
.0% |
1.7% |
100.0% |
120 |
0 |
Ohio1 |
14.8% |
62.7% |
.0% |
22.5% |
100.0% |
1492 |
928 |
Oklahoma |
17.7% |
39.1% |
.3% |
42.9% |
100.0% |
1152 |
0 |
Oregon |
31.2% |
33.2% |
.0% |
35.6% |
100.0% |
849 |
0 |
Pennsylvania |
32.7% |
62.7% |
.1% |
4.5% |
100.0% |
1946 |
0 |
Puerto Rico |
26.0% |
49.7% |
6.8% |
17.6% |
100.0% |
443 |
0 |
Rhode Island |
8.4% |
63.4% |
.0% |
28.2% |
100.0% |
262 |
2 |
South Carolina |
28.9% |
43.6% |
.0% |
27.5% |
100.0% |
280 |
0 |
South Dakota |
21.5% |
68.8% |
.0% |
9.7% |
100.0% |
144 |
0 |
Tennessee |
18.1% |
74.2% |
.1% |
7.5% |
100.0% |
954 |
0 |
Texas |
25.6% |
47.7% |
.3% |
26.4% |
100.0% |
2503 |
1 |
Utah |
18.8% |
72.2% |
.0% |
9.1% |
100.0% |
309 |
2 |
Vermont |
.6% |
79.0% |
.0% |
20.4% |
100.0% |
167 |
0 |
Virginia |
13.4% |
81.2% |
.0% |
5.4% |
100.0% |
485 |
2 |
Washington1 |
.0% |
98.7% |
.0% |
1.3% |
100.0% |
781 |
534 |
West Virginia |
2.5% |
73.6% |
.0% |
23.9% |
100.0% |
322 |
0 |
Wisconsin |
8.9% |
76.7% |
.0% |
14.4% |
100.0% |
1187 |
0 |
Wyoming |
1.9% |
81.5% |
.0% |
16.7% |
100.0% |
54 |
2 |
1The data from this State is questionable due to the large percentage of missing data. Back
2Law defines relative as the fourth degree of consanguinity. Back
3Includes great aunt/uncle, great grandparent, great great great grandparent, great great aunt/uncle, great great great grandparent,
great great great aunt/uncle, adoptive sibling, biological sibling, first and second cousins, grandparent, parent-in-law, aunt/uncle. Back
Fictive kin (ie. Godparents) are not included.
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