April 1, 1997 through September 30, 1997

(Total Cases = 65,853)

Pre-Adopt Foster Foster Group Indep. Trial Home Missing

State Home (Relative)(Non Relative) Home Institution Living Runaway Visit % N N

Alabama

Alaska 3% 6% 20% 5% 56% 2% 7% 100% 636 3

Arizona

Arkansas

California 28% 36% 20% 6% 11% 100% 10,065 638

Colorado 3% 54% 7% 22% 2% 8% 3% 100% 3,147

Connecticut

Delaware*

Dist. of Columbia 18% 48% 10% 9% 17% 100% 274 17

Florida1 13% 70% 11% 2% 1% 1% 2% 100% 3,317 419

Georgia 11% 22% 42% 8% 9% 2% 6% 100% 1,794 1

Hawaii2 9% 32% 38% 11% 7% 1% 2% 100% 461 42

Idaho3 5% 75% 4% 12% 4% 100% 405

Illinois4 39% 4% 1% 3% 8% 1% 44% 100% 3,371 1,378

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky 2% 8% 70% 20% 100% 489

Louisiana 1% 26% 41% 5% 3% 2% 22% 100% 1,234

Maine 10% 31% 1% 9% 12% 3% 35% 100% 386

Maryland 3% 27% 19% 3% 2% 2% 1% 43% 100% 1,907 7

Massachusetts5 9% 13% 31% 4% 1% 1% 5% 36% 100% 2,239 1

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana 13% 68% 17% 1% 100% 829

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey 3% 2% 58% 9% 24% 4% 100% 2,265 140

New Mexico

New York6 1% 19% 56% 4% 20% 100% 10,481 5

North Carolina 15% 25% 21% 4% 4% 1% 5% 25% 100% 2,339

North Dakota 11% 67% 14% 8% 100% 242 10

Ohio

Oklahoma 12% 9% 42% 26% 7% 1% 2% 1% 100% 2,372

Oregon 18% 63% 3% 15% 1% 100% 2,598

Pennsylvania7 2% 2% 40% 15% 36% 2% % 3% 100% 3,946

Puerto Rico 4% 60% 31% 1% 1% 3% 100% 229

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah 5% 42% 24% 1% 2% 4% 22% 100% 1,106 1

Vermont 4% 10% 52% 10% 9% 9% 6% 100% 341

Virginia

Washington 1% 13% 66% 4% 14% 2% 100% 3,424 16

West Virginia

Wisconsin 8% 2% 61% 18% 11% 100% 3,278

Wyoming

Reporting States 6% 18% 42% 9% 13% 1% 3% 8% 100% 63,175 2,678

*Failed Children's Bureau standard for data quality.

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)