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Table 6: ADOPT Prior Relationship of Adoptive Parent(s) to Child
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| STATE |
Prior Relationship of Adoptive Parent(s) to Child | Total | Missing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| non-relative | foster parent | step-parent | other relative1 | % | N | N | |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Alabama | 95.6% | .0% | .0% | 4.4% | 100.0% | 387 | 0 |
| Alaska | .5% | 53.7% | .0% | 45.9% | 100.0% | 205 | 7 |
| Arizona | 30.6% | 30.9% | .1% | 38.4% | 100.0% | 1387 | 13 |
| Arkansas | 22.0% | 61.0% | .0% | 17.0% | 100.0% | 395 | 0 |
| California | 3.4% | 50.2% | .0% | 46.3% | 100.0% | 7360 | 4 |
| Colorado | 10.8% | 64.1% | .0% | 25.1% | 100.0% | 956 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 48.8% | 29.7% | .0% | 21.5% | 100.0% | 609 | 40 |
| Delaware | 17.0% | 72.3% | .0% | 10.6% | 100.0% | 94 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | .0% | 89.9% | .0% | 10.1% | 100.0% | 169 | 10 |
| Florida | 22.7% | 37.7% | .1% | 39.6% | 100.0% | 2989 | 57 |
| Georgia | 7.4% | 85.7% | .0% | 6.9% | 100.0% | 1225 | 25 |
| Hawaii | 2.5% | 41.9% | .3% | 55.3% | 100.0% | 396 | 1 |
| Idaho | 3.4% | 67.8% | .0% | 28.8% | 100.0% | 177 | 0 |
| Illinois | .0% | 99.9% | .0% | .1% | 100.0% | 1740 | 0 |
| Indiana | 54.4% | 33.1% | .0% | 12.5% | 100.0% | 1183 | 0 |
| Iowa3 | 32.1% | 67.8% | .0% | .1% | 100.0% | 984 | 0 |
| Kansas | 10.3% | 54.0% | .0% | 35.7% | 100.0% | 524 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 9.1% | 89.9% | .0% | 1.1% | 100.0% | 759 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 9.9% | 71.2% | .0% | 18.9% | 100.0% | 466 | 0 |
| Maine | .9% | 75.5% | .0% | 23.6% | 100.0% | 331 | 0 |
| Maryland2 | .7% | 67.4% | .0% | 31.9% | 100.0% | 270 | 94 |
| Massachusetts | .0% | 99.3% | .0% | .7% | 100.0% | 874 | 0 |
| Michigan | 6.4% | 51.4% | .0% | 42.1% | 100.0% | 2591 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 61.6% | 12.3% | .0% | 26.1% | 100.0% | 659 | 5 |
| Mississippi | 9.1% | 69.1% | .0% | 21.8% | 100.0% | 243 | 5 |
| Missouri2 | 8.8% | 79.2% | .7% | 11.4% | 100.0% | 1037 | 216 |
| Montana | .0% | 82.0% | .0% | 18.0% | 100.0% | 272 | 0 |
| Nebraska2 |
2.8% | 72.6% | .0% | 24.6% | 100.0% | 423 | 111 |
| Nevada | 1.9% | 64.6% | .0% | 33.5% | 100.0% | 427 | 17 |
| New Hampshire | .0% | 79.3% | .7% | 20.0% | 100.0% | 135 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 13.1% | 86.9% | .0% | .0% | 100.0% | 1324 | 1 |
| New Mexico | 4.1% | 92.6% | .0% | 3.3% | 100.0% | 338 | 0 |
| New York2 | .0% | .0% | .0% | .0% | .0% | 0 | 2810 |
| North Carolina | 22.6% | 54.1% | .1% | 23.3% | 100.0% | 1232 | 2 |
| North Dakota | 35.3% | 64.7% | .0% | .0% | 100.0% | 150 | 0 |
| Ohio2 | 17.0% | 65.4% | .0% | 17.6% | 100.0% | 1376 | 427 |
| Oklahoma | 11.7% | 44.1% | .0% | 44.3% | 100.0% | 1141 | 0 |
| Oregon | 21.3% | 38.7% | .0% | 40.0% | 100.0% | 1095 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 28.7% | 55.2% | .1% | 16.0% | 100.0% | 1926 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico | 33.9% | 45.8% | 6.4% | 14.0% | 100.0% | 236 | 0 |
| Rhode Island2 | 6.6% | 56.6% | .0% | 36.7% | 100.0% | 196 | 62 |
| South Carolina | 28.0% | 72.0% | .0% | .0% | 100.0% | 425 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 7.3% | 69.3% | .0% | 23.3% | 100.0% | 150 | 0 |
| Tennessee | .0% | 80.8% | .0% | 19.2% | 100.0% | 994 | 0 |
| Texas | 24.8% | 43.9% | .1% | 31.2% | 100.0% | 3409 | 0 |
| Utah | 7.0% | 65.8% | .0% | 27.2% | 100.0% | 503 | 0 |
| Vermont | .6% | 86.0% | .0% | 13.4% | 100.0% | 164 | 0 |
| Virginia | 3.6% | 90.2% | .0% | 6.2% | 100.0% | 551 | 0 |
| Washington2 | 1.2% | 81.6% | .0% | 17.2% | 100.0% | 889 | 307 |
| West Virginia | .7% | 71.6% | .2% | 27.4% | 100.0% | 419 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 2.3% | 82.6% | .0% | 15.1% | 100.0% | 885 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 3.5% | 82.5% | .0% | 14.0% | 100.0% | 57 | 0 |
1 Relatives who were also foster parents are classified as relatives.
2 The data from this State is questionable due to the large percentage of missing data.
3 Does not track non-welfare stepparent adoptions. Law defines relative as the fourth degree of consanguinity.
4 Includes 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. Fictive kin (ie. Godparents) are not included.
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