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Table 8: ADOPT Adoptive Family Structure
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| Married Couple | Unmarried Couple | Single Female | Single Male | Total | Missing | ||
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| % | % | % | % | % | N | N | |
| Alabama | 80% | 0% | 19% | 0% | 100% | 387 | 0 |
| Alaska | 75% | 2% | 20% | 3% | 100% | 205 | 7 |
| Arizona1 | 70% | 1% | 25% | 4% | 100% | 1,341 | 59 |
| Arkansas | 81% | 0% | 17% | 2% | 100% | 395 | 0 |
| California1 | 60% | 4% | 32% | 4% | 100% | 7,135 | 229 |
| Colorado | 79% | 2% | 16% | 3% | 100% | 953 | 3 |
| Connecticut | 71% | 7% | 20% | 2% | 100% | 647 | 2 |
| Delaware | 70% | 1% | 29% | 0% | 100% | 94 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 38% | 3% | 49% | 9% | 100% | 177 | 2 |
| Florida2 | 65% | 0% | 32% | 3% | 100% | 3,045 | 1 |
| Georgia | 70% | 1% | 26% | 2% | 100% | 1,232 | 18 |
| Hawaii | 77% | 0% | 20% | 3% | 100% | 397 | 0 |
| Idaho | 92% | 1% | 7% | 1% | 100% | 177 | 0 |
| Illinois | 55% | 0% | 43% | 2% | 100% | 1,739 | 1 |
| Indiana1 | 71% | 3% | 24% | 2% | 100% | 1,146 | 37 |
| Iowa1 | 68% | 0% | 22% | 10% | 100% | 960 | 24 |
| Kansas | 73% | 4% | 20% | 3% | 100% | 513 | 11 |
| Kentucky | 81% | 0% | 15% | 3% | 100% | 759 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 74% | 0% | 25% | 1% | 100% | 466 | 0 |
| Maine | 81% | 3% | 15% | 1% | 100% | 323 | 8 |
| Maryland1 | 59% | 0% | 40% | 1% | 100% | 196 | 168 |
| Massachusetts | 67% | 7% | 24% | 2% | 100% | 868 | 6 |
| Michigan | 63% | 0% | 35% | 2% | 100% | 2,591 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 77% | 5% | 16% | 2% | 100% | 658 | 6 |
| Mississippi | 79% | 0% | 19% | 2% | 100% | 248 | 0 |
| Missouri | 74% | 2% | 22% | 1% | 100% | 1,247 | 6 |
| Montana | 85% | 0% | 15% | 0% | 100% | 272 | 0 |
| Nebraska1 | 69% | 1% | 23% | 8% | 100% | 469 | 65 |
| Nevada | 64% | 0% | 32% | 4% | 100% | 440 | 4 |
| New Hampshire | 73% | 1% | 21% | 5% | 100% | 135 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 58% | 0% | 34% | 8% | 100% | 1,321 | 4 |
| New Mexico | 70% | 4% | 22% | 4% | 100% | 338 | 0 |
| New York1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2,810 |
| North Carolina | 73% | 0% | 24% | 3% | 100% | 1,234 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 89% | 0% | 11% | 0% | 100% | 150 | 0 |
| Ohio1 | 68% | 2% | 28% | 2% | 100% | 1,732 | 71 |
| Oklahoma | 79% | 1% | 20% | 1% | 100% | 1,141 | 0 |
| Oregon | 78% | 3% | 17% | 2% | 100% | 1,095 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 67% | 1% | 30% | 3% | 100% | 1,925 | 1 |
| Rhode Island | 63% | 6% | 30% | 0% | 100% | 255 | 3 |
| Puerto Rico | 86% | 1% | 9% | 4% | 100% | 236 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 75% | 1% | 24% | 1% | 100% | 425 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 79% | 0% | 21% | 0% | 100% | 150 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 74% | 1% | 24% | 2% | 100% | 985 | 9 |
| Texas1 | 75% | 1% | 23% | 2% | 100% | 3,363 | 46 |
| Utah | 88% | 0% | 10% | 2% | 100% | 503 | 0 |
| Vermont | 79% | 9% | 10% | 2% | 100% | 164 | 0 |
| Virginia | 84% | 0% | 14% | 2% | 100% | 551 | 0 |
| Washington | 69% | 3% | 24% | 4% | 100% | 1,193 | 3 |
| West Virginia | 88% | 1% | 9% | 1% | 100% | 411 | 8 |
| Wisconsin | 70% | 0% | 28% | 2% | 100% | 884 | 1 |
| Wyoming | 93% | 0% | 7% | 0% | 100% | 57 | 0 |
1The data from this State is questionable due to the large percentage of missing data.
2In cases that are coded as "Unmarried Couple", Florida law permits legal adoption by only one of the two individuals.
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