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Adoption Statistics

  • According to the United States 2000 Census, over 2 million children are identified in US households as adopted. 1.6 million adopted children are under the age of 18.

  • 473,000 adopted children are over the age of 18.

  • 4-5% of all households in the United States consist of adopted children.

  • International adoptions increased from about 7,000 in 1990 to almost 18,000 in 2000 resulting in 13% of adoptive children being foreign born. 48% of those adoptions coming from Asia, 33% from Latin America, and 16% from Europe.

  • Approximately 14,000 individuals in the United States place their children up for adoption.

  • More than 135,000 adoptions take place annually. 59% are from the foster care or the child welfare system, 26% are international, and 15% are domestic adoption from voluntarily relinquished adoptions.

Sources:

Census 2000 Special Reports: Adopted Children and Stepchildren: 2000 - http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/censr-6.pdf

Christianson, Laura. 2007 "Exploring Adoption" - http://adoptionblogs.typepad.com

US Census Press Releases - http://www.census.gov/

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