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How Many Children Were Adopted in 2000 and 2001?
Numbers and Trends
Author(s):  Child Welfare Information Gateway
Year Published:  2004
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The purpose of this report is to estimate the number of children adopted in each of the States for 2000 and 2001 and to use these numbers to estimate the composition and trends of all adoptions in the United States. Key findings, presented in How Many Children Were Adopted in 2000 and 2001?-Highlights (http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/s_adoptedhighlights.cfm), include: (1) In 2000 and 2001, about 127,000 children were adopted annually in the United States; (2) Public agency and intercountry adoptions account for more than half of alladoptions; (3) Adoptions through publicly funded child welfare agencies accounted for two-fifths of all adoptions; (4) Intercountry adoptions ...

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Highlights

1 - Findings: Children Adopted

2 - Findings: Data Sources

3 - Methodology

4 - Conclusion

References

Appendix A: Total Adoptions for 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000, and 2001

Appendix B: Public Agency Adoptions as Percentage of Total Adoptions, 2000 and 2001

Appendix C: Adoption and Dependency Filings, 2001

Suggested citation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2004). How many children were adopted in 2000 and 2001? Washington, DC: Child Welfare Information Gateway.



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