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Table 1: ADOPT
Date: March, 2008

Gender of Public Agency Children Adopted
October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006

STATE Child's Sex Total Missing
Male Female % N N
Alabama 49% 51% 100% 387 0
Alaska 53% 47% 100% 212 0
Arizona 50% 51% 100% 1400 0
Arkansas 45% 55% 100% 395 0
California 51% 49% 100% 7362 2
Colorado 52% 48% 100% 956 0
Connecticut 53% 47% 100% 643 6
Delaware 53% 47% 100% 94 0
District of Columbia 55% 45% 100% 179 0
Florida 50% 50% 100% 3046 0
Georgia 53% 47% 100% 1246 4
Hawaii 51% 49% 100% 397 0
Idaho 53% 47% 100% 177 0
Illinois 52% 48% 100% 1740 0
Indiana 49% 51% 100% 1183 0
Iowa 52% 48% 100% 984 0
Kansas 50% 50% 100% 524 0
Kentucky 50% 50% 100% 759 0
Louisiana 50% 50% 100% 466 0
Maine 52% 48% 100% 331 0
Maryland 51% 49% 100% 364 0
Massachusetts 48% 52% 100% 874 0
Michigan 50% 50% 100% 2591 0
Minnesota 52% 48% 100% 664 0
Mississippi 46% 54% 100% 248 0
Missouri 50% 50% 100% 1253 0
Montana 53% 47% 100% 272 0
Nebraska1 49% 51% 100% 534 0
Nevada 52% 48% 100% 444 0
New Hampshire 60% 40% 100% 135 0
New Jersey 52% 48% 100% 1325 0
New Mexico 53% 47% 100% 338 0
New York 53% 47% 100% 2810 0
North Carolina 47% 53% 100% 1234 0
North Dakota 50% 50% 100% 149 1
Ohio 53% 47% 100% 1803 0
Oklahoma 49% 51% 100% 1141 0
Oregon 49% 51% 100% 1095 0
Pennsylvania 52% 48% 100% 1926 0
Puerto Rico 48% 52% 100% 236 0
Rhode Island 53% 47% 100% 258 0
South Carolina 48% 52% 100% 423 2
South Dakota 59% 41% 100% 150 0
Tennessee 50% 50% 100% 994 0
Texas 51% 49% 100% 3409 0
Utah 53% 47% 100% 503 0
Vermont 55% 45% 100% 164 0
Virginia 58% 42% 100% 551 0
Washington 49% 51% 100% 1196 0
West Virginia 50% 50% 100% 419 0
Wisconsin 52% 48% 100% 885 0
Wyoming 47% 53% 100% 57 0

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

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