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WASHINGTON — Texas is
leading the nation in adoptions, fol
lowed by California and New York,
according to the first detailed statis
tics on adoptions published in a de
cade.
There were 141,861 adoptions in
the United States in 1982, the most
recent year covered in the study
published Tuesday by the National
Committee for Adoption.
Of the adoptions reported in
1982, 91,141 were by individuals
related to the children and 50,720
were by unrelated individuals, the
study found.
Texas had the most adoptions at
12,176 that year, followed by Cali
fornia with 10,500 and New York at
9,000, according to the survey.
The non-profit Washington-
based group, which works to sim
plify the adoption process, com
piled the statistics in a volume enti
tled “Adoption Factbook.”
Adoption information was for
mally collected by the National
Center for Social Statistics, but that
agency closed down in the 1970s,
and since then there has been no
source for detailed information on
the process.
Dr. William L. Pierce said his
committee surveyed social welfare,
health and other state and private
groups to compile its report. Dr.
Paul J. Placek of the federal Na
tional Center for Health Statistics
assisted in the effort.
Pierce said his group generally
tends to encourage adoption, hav
ing concluded that it is a better so
lution for both children and their
unwed mothers than having a
young woman try to rear a child
alone.
A trend toward young women
keeping their babies in recent years
has allowed a comparison of
women who keep children with
those who give them up, he said.
Generally, Pierce said, when
adoption is the choice both the chil
dren and the mother are less likely
to end up living below the poverty
level and seeking public assistance.
Pierce estimated that 250,000 ba
bies are born out of wedlock an
nually, and that about 2 million
American couples who cannot have
children of their own are seeking to
adopt.
Here is regional rundown of the
estimated number of adoptions in
1982:
• New England: Maine, 1,011;
New Hampshire, 607; Vermont,
328; Massachusetts, 2,558; Rhode
Island, 470; Connecticut, 670.
• Middle Atlantic: New York,
9,000; New Jersey, 5,098; Pennsyl
vania, 2,949.
• East North Central: Ohio,
7,376; Indiana, 4,783; Illinois,
6,553; Michigan, 5,562; Wisconsin,
2,754.
• West North Central:Minne
sota, 2,905; Iowa, 1,787; Missouri,
3,084; North Dakota, 535; South
Dakota, 526; Nebraska, 1,318; Kan
sas, 2,498.
• South Atlantic: Delaware, 249;
Maryland, 1,529; District of Colum
bia, /17; Virginia, 3,037; West Vir
ginia, 1,932; North Carolina, 3,547;
South Carolina, 1,863; Georgia,
3,344; Florida, 8,365.
• East South Central: Kentucky,
1,270; Tennessee, 2,777; Alabama,
2,744; Mississippi, 1,694.
• West South Central: Arkansas,
1,495; Louisiana, 2,506; Oklahoma,
2,795; Texas, 12,175.
• Mountain: Montana, 714;
Idaho, 573; Wyoming, 252; Colo
rado, 2,830; New Mexico, 2,312;
Arizona, 1,027; Utah, 1,222; Ne
vada, 631.
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