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Children exiting foster care by exit reason (Percent) – 2011

Data Provided by: National KIDS COUNT Program

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Scale: 0% - 69%

United States
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	52%
Living with other relatives	8%
Adoption	20%
Emancipation	10%
Guardianship	6%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Alabama
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	38%
Living with other relatives	30%
Adoption	14%
Emancipation	15%
Guardianship	0%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Alaska
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	54%
Living with other relatives	1%
Adoption	35%
Emancipation	5%
Guardianship	3%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Arizona
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	48%
Living with other relatives	1%
Adoption	31%
Emancipation	10%
Guardianship	7%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Arkansas
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	41%
Living with other relatives	34%
Adoption	15%
Emancipation	7%
Guardianship	3%
Transfer to another agency	0%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

California
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	59%
Living with other relatives	0%
Adoption	18%
Emancipation	12%
Guardianship	7%
Transfer to another agency	4%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Colorado
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	46%
Living with other relatives	21%
Adoption	14%
Emancipation	11%
Guardianship	4%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	2%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Connecticut
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	N.A.
Living with other relatives	N.A.
Adoption	N.A.
Emancipation	N.A.
Guardianship	N.A.
Transfer to another agency	N.A.
Runaway	N.A.
Death of child	N.A.

Scale: 0% - 69%

Delaware
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	36%
Living with other relatives	4%
Adoption	23%
Emancipation	23%
Guardianship	14%
Transfer to another agency	0%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Florida
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	46%
Living with other relatives	0%
Adoption	21%
Emancipation	9%
Guardianship	23%
Transfer to another agency	0%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Georgia
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	45%
Living with other relatives	18%
Adoption	19%
Emancipation	10%
Guardianship	6%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Hawaii
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	64%
Living with other relatives	0%
Adoption	19%
Emancipation	9%
Guardianship	7%
Transfer to another agency	1%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Idaho
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	64%
Living with other relatives	0%
Adoption	20%
Emancipation	7%
Guardianship	7%
Transfer to another agency	3%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Illinois
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	42%
Living with other relatives	3%
Adoption	29%
Emancipation	21%
Guardianship	5%
Transfer to another agency	0%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Indiana
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	60%
Living with other relatives	1%
Adoption	18%
Emancipation	6%
Guardianship	10%
Transfer to another agency	4%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Iowa
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	62%
Living with other relatives	0%
Adoption	20%
Emancipation	10%
Guardianship	8%
Transfer to another agency	0%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Kansas
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	54%
Living with other relatives	1%
Adoption	22%
Emancipation	13%
Guardianship	8%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Kentucky
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	42%
Living with other relatives	27%
Adoption	16%
Emancipation	13%
Guardianship	1%
Transfer to another agency	0%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Louisiana
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	53%
Living with other relatives	20%
Adoption	18%
Emancipation	7%
Guardianship	1%
Transfer to another agency	1%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Maine
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	40%
Living with other relatives	2%
Adoption	38%
Emancipation	10%
Guardianship	10%
Transfer to another agency	0%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Maryland
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	37%
Living with other relatives	21%
Adoption	17%
Emancipation	22%
Guardianship	2%
Transfer to another agency	1%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Massachusetts
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	58%
Living with other relatives	4%
Adoption	13%
Emancipation	17%
Guardianship	6%
Transfer to another agency	1%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Michigan
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	49%
Living with other relatives	3%
Adoption	29%
Emancipation	10%
Guardianship	5%
Transfer to another agency	1%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Minnesota
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	64%
Living with other relatives	4%
Adoption	10%
Emancipation	10%
Guardianship	9%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Mississippi
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	61%
Living with other relatives	13%
Adoption	15%
Emancipation	3%
Guardianship	6%
Transfer to another agency	1%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Missouri
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	52%
Living with other relatives	8%
Adoption	22%
Emancipation	8%
Guardianship	7%
Transfer to another agency	1%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Montana
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	57%
Living with other relatives	3%
Adoption	25%
Emancipation	8%
Guardianship	5%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Nebraska
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	67%
Living with other relatives	0%
Adoption	13%
Emancipation	9%
Guardianship	8%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Nevada
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	56%
Living with other relatives	3%
Adoption	28%
Emancipation	8%
Guardianship	4%
Transfer to another agency	1%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

New Hampshire
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	47%
Living with other relatives	6%
Adoption	33%
Emancipation	11%
Guardianship	2%
Transfer to another agency	0%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

New Jersey
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	54%
Living with other relatives	7%
Adoption	23%
Emancipation	10%
Guardianship	4%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

New Mexico
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	69%
Living with other relatives	1%
Adoption	20%
Emancipation	6%
Guardianship	2%
Transfer to another agency	1%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

New York
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	55%
Living with other relatives	11%
Adoption	18%
Emancipation	12%
Guardianship	0%
Transfer to another agency	4%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

North Carolina
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	44%
Living with other relatives	2%
Adoption	27%
Emancipation	11%
Guardianship	14%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

North Dakota
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	53%
Living with other relatives	11%
Adoption	16%
Emancipation	9%
Guardianship	0%
Transfer to another agency	10%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Ohio
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	43%
Living with other relatives	23%
Adoption	15%
Emancipation	14%
Guardianship	3%
Transfer to another agency	1%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Oklahoma
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	50%
Living with other relatives	4%
Adoption	28%
Emancipation	7%
Guardianship	7%
Transfer to another agency	4%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Oregon
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	67%
Living with other relatives	1%
Adoption	15%
Emancipation	6%
Guardianship	6%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	3%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Pennsylvania
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	52%
Living with other relatives	6%
Adoption	21%
Emancipation	9%
Guardianship	7%
Transfer to another agency	3%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Rhode Island
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	56%
Living with other relatives	2%
Adoption	15%
Emancipation	10%
Guardianship	9%
Transfer to another agency	3%
Runaway	4%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

South Carolina
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	47%
Living with other relatives	23%
Adoption	17%
Emancipation	10%
Guardianship	2%
Transfer to another agency	0%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

South Dakota
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	55%
Living with other relatives	2%
Adoption	12%
Emancipation	5%
Guardianship	8%
Transfer to another agency	17%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Tennessee
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	51%
Living with other relatives	19%
Adoption	15%
Emancipation	10%
Guardianship	3%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Texas
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	40%
Living with other relatives	19%
Adoption	30%
Emancipation	9%
Guardianship	2%
Transfer to another agency	0%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Utah
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	43%
Living with other relatives	8%
Adoption	25%
Emancipation	10%
Guardianship	8%
Transfer to another agency	4%
Runaway	2%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Vermont
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	49%
Living with other relatives	10%
Adoption	25%
Emancipation	11%
Guardianship	4%
Transfer to another agency	1%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Virginia
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	30%
Living with other relatives	16%
Adoption	27%
Emancipation	25%
Guardianship	0%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Washington
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	55%
Living with other relatives	0%
Adoption	29%
Emancipation	8%
Guardianship	7%
Transfer to another agency	1%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

West Virginia
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	62%
Living with other relatives	6%
Adoption	23%
Emancipation	2%
Guardianship	6%
Transfer to another agency	2%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Wisconsin
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	60%
Living with other relatives	2%
Adoption	15%
Emancipation	11%
Guardianship	9%
Transfer to another agency	1%
Runaway	1%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Wyoming
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	67%
Living with other relatives	7%
Adoption	7%
Emancipation	2%
Guardianship	8%
Transfer to another agency	7%
Runaway	2%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

District of Columbia
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	45%
Living with other relatives	5%
Adoption	13%
Emancipation	20%
Guardianship	16%
Transfer to another agency	1%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	0%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Puerto Rico
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	52%
Living with other relatives	35%
Adoption	11%
Emancipation	0%
Guardianship	0%
Transfer to another agency	0%
Runaway	0%
Death of child	1%

Scale: 0% - 69%

Virgin Islands
Reunified with parent or primary caretaker	N.A.
Living with other relatives	N.A.
Adoption	N.A.
Emancipation	N.A.
Guardianship	N.A.
Transfer to another agency	N.A.
Runaway	N.A.
Death of child	N.A.

Definitions: The number and percent of children and youth up to age 20, exiting the foster care system by exit reason. Exit reason explains the reason why child left the foster care system. Most states allow children to remain in the foster care system until their 18th birthday, though some states have age limits that extend a few years beyond this. The current indicator includes children up to age 20 regardless of their state limit. Percent estimates in each exit category are based on the total ages 0 to 20, exiting foster care, where the reason is known. Missing data are excluded from percentage and frequency distributions. Children and youth are categorized as leaving foster care if they exited during the current fiscal year and remained out of foster care on the last day of the year. Indicator includes children who have entered foster care in the current fiscal year or in a prior fiscal year. National estimates include Puerto Rico. More...

Data Source: Child Trends analysis of data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), made available through the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect.

Footnotes: Updated May 2013.
N.A. - Data not available.

Note: The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are not included in maps and rankings because they are not states and therefore comparisons on many indicators of child well being are not meaningful.

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