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Table 2: ADOPT
Date: March, 2008

Race/Ethnicity of Public Agency Children Adopted
October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006

STATE
Child's Race/Ethnicity Total Missing
American Indian/Alaskan Native-Non Hispanic Asian-Non Hispanic Black or African American-Non Hispanic Native Hawiian/Other Pacific Islander-Non Hispanic Hispanic White-Non Hispanic Unknown/Unable to Determine Two or More-Non Hispanic Missing % N N
Alabama 0% 0% 29% 0% 4% 66% 0% 1% 0% 100% 387 0
Alaska 45% 0% 6% 0% 1% 27% 0% 20% 0% 100% 212 0
Arizona 1% 0% 7% 0% 44% 43% 1% 4% 0% 100% 1400 0
Arkansas 0% 0% 26% 0% 7% 62% 0% 6% 0% 100% 395 0
California1 0% 1% 19% 0% 46% 28% 0% 5% 0% 100% 7364 0
Colorado 0% 0% 8% 0% 33% 53% 0% 4% 0% 100% 956 0
Connecticut 0% 4% 29% 0% 27% 37% 1% 1% 0% 100% 649 0
Delaware 0% 1% 48% 0% 3% 47% 1% 0% 0% 100% 94 0
District of Columbia 0% 0% 96% 0% 3% 0% 0% 1% 0% 100% 179 0
Florida 0% 0% 33% 0% 8% 55% 0% 3% 0% 100% 3046 0
Georgia 0% 0% 42% 0% 6% 45% 1% 7% 0% 100% 1250 0
Hawaii 0% 13% 0% 20% 8% 4% 2% 53% 0% 100% 397 0
Idaho 6% 0% 1% 0% 24% 63% 0% 5% 0% 100% 177 0
Illinois 0% 0% 57% 0% 5% 36% 2% 0% 0% 100% 1740 0
Indiana 0% 0% 34% 0% 5% 54% 0% 6% 0% 100% 1183 0
Iowa 2% 1% 16% 0% 9% 66% 2% 5% 0% 100% 984 0
Kansas 2% 0% 22% 0% 5% 67% 4% 1% 0% 100% 524 0
Kentucky 0% 0% 17% 0% 4% 71% 3% 5% 0% 100% 759 0
Louisiana 0% 1% 43% 0% 1% 53% 0% 2% 0% 100% 466 0
Maine 2% 0% 2% 0% 2% 90% 1% 3% 0% 100% 331 0
Maryland 0% 0% 68% 0% 2% 26% 3% 1% 0% 100% 364 0
Massachusetts 0% 1% 14% 0% 25% 51% 3% 5% 0% 100% 874 0
Michigan 1% 0% 39% 0% 6% 47% 0% 7% 0% 100% 2591 0
Minnesota 3% 1% 19% 0% 12% 51% 1% 14% 0% 100% 664 0
Mississippi 0% 0% 40% 0% 3% 53% 1% 2% 0% 100% 248 0
Missouri 0% 0% 26% 0% 3% 70% 0% 1% 0% 100% 1253 0
Montana 25% 0% 2% 0% 7% 60% 0% 5% 0% 100% 272 0
Nebraska2 7% 0% 18% 0% 9% 63% 2% 1% 0% 100% 534 0
Nevada 0% 1% 19% 1% 19% 54% 0% 6% 0% 100% 444 0
New Hampshire 0% 1% 1% 0% 8% 81% 3% 6% 0% 100% 135 0
New Jersey 0% 0% 58% 0% 6% 24% 9% 3% 0% 100% 1325 0
New Mexico 0% 0% 1% 1% 42% 54% 0% 2% 0% 100% 338 0
New York 0% 0% 42% 0% 18% 20% 20% 0% 0% 100% 2810 0
North Carolina 1% 0% 34% 0% 7% 48% 0% 10% 0% 100% 1234 0
North Dakota 9% 0% 5% 0% 5% 67% 0% 14% 0% 100% 150 0
Ohio 0% 0% 39% 0% 4% 53% 0% 3% 0% 100% 1803 0
Oklahoma 13% 0% 11% 0% 10% 50% 0% 14% 0% 100% 1141 0
Oregon 0% 0% 3% 0% 17% 73% 0% 7% 0% 100% 1095 0
Pennsylvania 0% 0% 44% 0% 9% 45% 0% 1% 0% 100% 1926 0
Puerto Rico 0% 0% 0% 0% 98% 2% 0% 0% 0% 100% 236 0
Rhode Island 3% 1% 14% 0% 21% 52% 1% 7% 1% 100% 258 0
South Carolina 0% 1% 42% 0% 4% 47% 0% 6% 0% 100% 425 0
South Dakota 35% 0% 5% 0% 11% 40% 0% 9% 0% 100% 150 0
Tennessee 0% 0% 24% 0% 6% 65% 2% 4% 0% 100% 994 0
Texas 0% 0% 22% 0% 41% 31% 1% 4% 0% 100% 3409 0
Utah 2% 1% 5% 1% 31% 58% 0% 2% 0% 100% 503 0
Vermont 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 95% 0% 4% 0% 100% 164 0
Virginia 0% 1% 34% 0% 4% 48% 0% 12% 0% 100% 551 0
Washington 5% 1% 7% 0% 14% 65% 2% 6% 0% 100% 1196 0
West Virginia 0% 0% 5% 0% 5% 83% 0% 7% 0% 100% 419 0
Wisconsin 2% 1% 39% 0% 12% 39% 1% 7% 0% 100% 885 0
Wyoming 2% 0% 9% 0% 11% 77% 2% 0% 0% 100% 57 0

1 Used "Unable to Determine" for race of Hispanic or Mexican or Central American or South American and "Yes" for Hispanic Origin code.

2 "Unable to Determine" includes persons with race indicated as "other".

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