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Total Adoption Filings per Year, 1985 to 1995

STATE NAME	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	>1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Alaska	720	627	594	671	639	611	625	633	590	571	517
Arizona	1,944	1,708	1,702	1,574	1,675	1,773	1,605	1,548	1,734	1,456	1,536
Arkansas	1,705	1,637	1,551	1,628	1,647	1,641	1,716	1,697	1,792	1,792	1,750
Colorado	1,896	1,921	1,985	1,794	1,890	1,894	1,981	1,989	1,737	1,706	2,039
Connecticut	981	1,109	1,080	1,266	1,254	1,186	1,260	1,124	1,009	875	847
Delaware	210	213	211	198	217	211	190	211	176	193	197
District of Columbia	316	290	287	309	269	297	205	334	353	475	247
Hawaii	770	677	690	717	724	822	620	687	567	458	438
Idaho	1,008	947	1,014	929	897	909	898	972	937	912	948
Kansas	1,951	1,745	1,811	1,833	1,765	1,810	1,730	1,838	1,785	1,715	1,815
Kentucky	2,238	2,185	1,827	2,186	2,120	2,213	2,099	1,982	2,139	1,924	1,951
Maryland	2,446	2,708	2,585	3,169	3,128	2,986	2,995	3,120	3,369	3,067	3,023
Massachusetts	2,428	2,334	2,371	2,630	2,809	2,986	2,736	2,946	2,773	3,037	3,273
Michigan	3,901	4,115	4,426	5,304	5,181	5,294	5,408	6,092	5,679	5,069	5,761
Montana	668	684	673	696	693	691	729	739	712	734	712
Nebraska	1,027	981	1,022	998	1,032	976	973	991	977	962	960
New Hampshire	670	727	677	743	726	701	562	551	546	534	529
New Jersey	2,204	2,477	2,265	2,538	2,613	2,544	2,400	2,410	2,274	2,158	2,047
New York	6,724	6,366	6,244	6,404	6,787	7,231	7,263	8,170	7,587	7,911	9,650
North Dakota	402	323	400	388	369	331	313	313	301	327	291
Ohio	5,715	5,449	5,426	5,410	5,340	5,045	5,498	5,247	4,895	4,797	4,677
Oregon	1,703	1,834	1,751	1,893	1,929	1,828	2,065	2,022	1,816	1,786	1,752
Pennsylvania	4,690	4,850	4,905	4,782	4,712	4,597	4,362	4,421	3,760	3,737	3,737
South Dakota	419	419	398	418	398	433	378	462	432	360	360
Tennessee	2,294	2,228	2,407	2,480	2,480	2,515	2,585	2,764	2,678	2,691	2,668
Vermont	510	508	521	499	546	484	502	509	466	401	446
Washington	2,714	2,792	2,698	2,723	2,843	2,889	2,944	2,611	2,364	2,419	2,352
West Virginia	968	903	898	970	942	816	941	869	788	763	758
Wisconsin	2,290	2,370	2,328	2,140	2,079	2,071	1,994	1,871	1,710	1,938	1,931

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