September 30, 1997

(Total Cases = 382,002)

Under 1 1 - 5 6 - 10 11 - 15 16 - 18 19 + Missing Mean Median

State Yr Yrs Yrs Yrs Yrs Yrs % N N Yrs Yrs

Alabama

Alaska 5% 22% 17% 31% 26% 100% 1,361 11.07 13.20

Arizona

Arkansas

California 3% 27% 29% 25% 14% 1% 100% 110,544 77 9.45 9.19

Colorado 3% 20% 23% 34% 19% 1% 100% 7,117 10.84 11.93

Connecticut

Delaware

Dist. of Columbia 3% 28% 27% 22% 15% 5% 100% 2,978 1 9.95 9.31

Florida1 4% 31% 30% 24% 10% 1% 100% 23,379 57 8.90 8.42

Georgia 4% 29% 28% 26% 11% 1% 100% 11,449 8 9.10 8.86

Hawaii2 5% 34% 27% 22% 12% 1% 100% 2,300 6 8.55 7.66

Idaho3 4% 25% 29% 28% 14% 100% 1,043 4 9.55 9.47

Illinois4 3% 30% 30% 23% 11% 3% 100% 53,772 89 9.26 8.69

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky 3% 25% 22% 31% 18% 1% 100% 3,696 10.29 10.86

Louisiana 3% 26% 28% 31% 13% 100% 5,846 9.62 9.71

Maine 3% 22% 28% 29% 16% 2% 100% 2,835 10.32 10.35

Maryland 2% 25% 30% 27% 13% 3% 100% 11,989 9.93 9.72

Massachusetts5 3% 23% 25% 30% 18% 1% 100% 13,820 114 10.41 10.83

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana 4% 25% 28% 30% 13% 100% 1,761 9.64 9.81

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey 7% 32% 23% 23% 14% 1% 100% 8,690 4 8.72 8.15

New Mexico

New York6 3% 27% 28% 26% 13% 3% 100% 53,831 70 9.63 9.29

North Carolina 4% 28% 27% 28% 12% 1% 100% 10,799 50 9.32 9.17

North Dakota 2% 20% 25% 35% 20% 100% 817 10.90 11.71

Ohio

Oklahoma 4% 27% 27% 27% 16% 100% 6,152 5 9.64 9.57

Oregon 4% 30% 29% 28% 9% 100% 7,109 8.85 8.64

Pennsylvania7 3% 21% 24% 31% 19% 2% 100% 14,926 4 10.73 11.41

Puerto Rico 6% 36% 30% 22% 4% 100% 2,601 3 7.52 7.01

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah 3% 20% 23% 35% 19% 100% 2,229 10.77 11.66

Vermont 2% 12% 15% 41% 29% 1% 100% 1,290 12.62 14.28

Virginia

Washington 5% 31% 26% 24% 12% 1% 100% 10,090 55 8.81 8.34

West Virginia

Wisconsin 2% 24% 27% 29% 16% 2% 100% 9,009 21 10.12 10.24

Wyoming

Reporting States 3% 28% 28% 26% 14% 1% 100% 381,434 568 9.53 9.27

Source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Administration on Children, Youth and Families

Children's Bureau

Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)