How Many Children Were Adopted in 2000 and 2001?

Series: Numbers and Trends

Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway

Year Published: 2004

Appendix C
Adoption and Dependency Filings, 2001

State	Court	Adoption	Child-Victim
States with jurisdiction in 1 court
Arizona	Superior	1,749	1,968
Arkansas	Circuit	1,948	2,920
California	Superior	N/A	38,120
Colorado	District, Denver Juvenile	2,877	3,313
Delaware	Family	212	1,265
District of Columbia	Superior	657	1,490
Florida	Circuit	N/A	47,429
Hawaii	Circuit	786	1,988
Illinois	Circuit	7,097	5,922
Iowa	District	N/A	148
Kansas	District	1,880	6,161
Michigan	Circuit	6,274	16,807
Minnesota	District	2,115	5,538
Missouri	Circuit	N/A	N/A
Montana	District	640	956
Nevada	District	764	971
New Jersey	Superior	2,425	2,767
New Mexico	District	722	575
North Carolina	District	N/A	8,762
North Dakota	District	309	714
Ohio	Court of Common Pleas	5,674	35,912
Oklahoma	District	N/A	N/A
Oregon	Circuit	2,046	5,176
Pennsylvania	Court of Common Pleas	4,865	9,400
Puerto Rico	Superior	472	1,507
Rhode Island	Family	492	4,014
South Carolina	Family	N/A	N/A
South Dakota	Circuit	419	647
Washington	Superior	2,873	4,567
West Virginia	Circuit	912	1,420
Wisconsin	Circuit	2,555	5,100
Wyoming	District	435	285
States with jurisdiction in 2 courts
Alaska	Superior	616	1,228
Alaska	District	N/J	N/A
Connecticut	Superior	N/J	3,666
Connecticut	Probate	1,164	N/J
Georgia	Superior	N/A	N/J
Georgia	Juvenile	N/J	20,454
Idaho	District	0	N/A
Idaho	Magistrates Division	1,085	1,411
Indiana	Superior and Circuit	3,631	N/A
Indiana	Probate	254	N/A
Kentucky	Circuit	2,342*	N/J
Kentucky	District	N/J	N/A
Maine	District	N/J	N/A
Maine	Probate	N/A	N/J
Maryland	Circuit	4,385**	7,232
Maryland	District	41	2,263
Mississippi	Chancery	1,202	N/A
Mississippi	County	N/A	N/A
Nebraska	County	939	N/A
Nebraska	Separate Juvenile	N/J	N/A
New Hampshire	District	N/J	1,107
New Hampshire	Probate	645	N/J
New York	Family	4,916	67,038
New York	Surrogates'	2,798	N/J
Texas	District	N/A	N/A
Texas	County-level	N/A	N/A
Utah	District	1,589	N/J
Utah	Juvenile	N/J	3,645
Vermont	Family	N/J	496
Vermont	Probate	365	N/J
Virginia	Circuit	N/A	N/J
Virginia	District	N/J	36,186
States with jurisdiction in 3 courts
Alabama	Circuit	N/A	5,031
Alabama	District	N/J	6,383
Alabama	Probate	N/A	N/J
Louisiana	District	955	N/A
Louisiana	Family and Juvenile	436	688
Louisiana	City and Parish	N/J	650
Massachusetts	District Court Department	N/J	506
Massachusetts	Juvenile Court Department	462	2,392
Massachusetts	Probate & Family Court Dept	2,797	N/J
Tennessee	Circuit Criminal and Chancery	2,666	N/J
Tennessee	General Sessions	N/J	N/A
Tennessee	Juvenile	N/J	8,669
Total 2001 filings		84,486	384,887

Notes:
* = Data are over inclusive in that additional case types are included in the count of filings. back
** = Data are incomplete with Iowa and Puerto Rico being less than 75 percent complete. back
N/A = Data not available.
N/J = No jurisdiction for that case type.

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