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Adoption Statistics
These resources provide State, national, and international data and statistics on private, public foster care, and intercountry adoption. Research findings present trends and analyses in the field of adoption.
Because time is needed to compile, analyze, and publish data, statistical publications often are released 2 or more years after the time period being analyzed. Information Gateway makes every effort to ensure the resources provided are the most current statistics available.
Statistics: General
How Many Children Were Adopted in 2000 and 2001?
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 ...
How Many Children Were Adopted in 2000 and 2001? -- Highlights
This factsheet presents highlights from the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse's full report on How Many Children Were Adopted in 2000 and 2001? 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 are summarized. 2 references.
Persons Seeking to Adopt
Most Americans favor adoption, and many have at some point considered adoption. However, relatively few have taken concrete steps toward adopting a child, and fewer still have actually adopted a child. This factsheet examines some of the more recent statistics and trends regarding American adults who seek to adopt an infant or child.
Voluntary Relinquishment for Adoption
Voluntary placement of children for adoption is relatively rare in the United States. This paper examines some of the more recent statistics and trends regarding the relinquishment of children by birth mothers.
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Statistics: Domestic
Adopted Children and Stepchildren: 2000 (PDF - 535 KB)
U.S. Census Bureau (2003)
Presents information on the characteristics of 2.1 million adopted children and 4.4 million stepchildren, as estimated from the Census 2000 sample that collected data from approximately 1 out of every 6 households.
Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
AFCARS collects case-level information on all children in foster care for whom State child welfare agencies have responsibility of placement, care, or supervision and on children who are adopted under the auspices of the State's public child welfare agency.
Center for State Foster Care and Adoption Data
Chapin Hall Center for Children & American Public Human Services Association
Provides subscribing State child welfare agencies with a national database to assess the impact of their program initiatives over time.
Child Welfare Outcomes 2003 : Annual Report
Mandated by the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, this annual report analyzes the performance of state child welfare agencies on seven child welfare outcomes including the recurrence of child abuse and neglect, permanency planning, placement stability, and the safety of children in foster care. See a list of all Child Welfare Outcomes Reports. Data were obtained from state reports provided to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting Systems (AFCARS) and the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) in 2003. Information for a qualitative analysis also was extracted from Child and Family Service Review ...
Children in Public Foster Care Waiting to be Adopted: FY 1999 thru FY 2005
Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2007)
Presents State-level statistics from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System.
Children's Living Arrangements and Characteristics: March 2002 (PDF - 521 KB)
U.S. Census Bureau (2003)
Provides information on several characteristics of U.S. children, including the presence of "coresident" grandparents.
Foster Care Adoption in the United States: An Analysis of Interest in Adoption and a Review of State Recruitment Strategies
Urban Institute (2005)
Provides a national look at the state of adoption recruitment by describing: levels of interest in adoption, who takes steps toward adopting, and how interest might be generated for foster care adoption.
National Data Analysis System
Child Welfare League of America
Searchable online database that provides access to all States' adoption and child welfare data for the most recent years available. Users can customize tables and graphs by state and data year.
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
Cornell University's data archive acquires and sells Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System data sets to researchers for secondary analysis.
Placement Change Definitions Implementation Guide (PDF – 476 KB)
Child Welfare League of America & National Working Group to Improve Child Welfare Data (2006)
Tool to help States consistently interpret Federal guidance when extracting data from their information systems to report placement change data to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS).
Using AFCARS, NCANDS, and census data to obtain demographic data for your state/city/county (PDF - 118 KB)
National Data Analysis System (2005)
Information for researchers on obtaining State and local child welfare and adoption data.
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Statistics: Intercountry
Immigrant Visas Issued to Orphans Coming to the United States
U.S. Department of State
This charts outlines the number of immigrant visas issued to orphans coming to the U.S for Fiscal Years 1990-2005.
Immigrant-Orphans Adopted by U.S. Citizens by Gender, Age, and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2006 (MS Excel - 20 KB)
Office of Immigration Statistics (2007)
This table, included in the 2006 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, presents data on children adopted by U.S. citizens through intercountry adoption.
Immigrant-Orphans Adopted by U.S. Citizens by State of Intended Residence, Gender, and Age: Fiscal Year 2005 (MS Excel - 20 KB)
Office of Immigration Statistics (2006)
This table, included in the 2005 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, presents data on children adopted by U.S. citizens through intercountry adoption.
International Adoption: Trends and Issues (PDF - 75 KB)
Child Welfare League of America (2007)
This issue brief illustrates the increasing number of intercountry adoptions and compares the characteristics of children adopted from other countries and children adopted from the U.S. public child welfare system.
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Research Findings
Adoption Disruption and Dissolution
This factsheet reports statistics about adoption disruption (before finalization of the placement) and dissolution (after legal finalization). Differences in disruption rates by age of the child and placement history, reasons why disruption and dissolution occur, and disruption and dissolution trends are noted.
Adoptive Family Structure (PDF - 307 KB)
Hansen (2006)
Traces the evolution of adoptive family structure and discusses current trends in the characteristics of adoptive families using data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System from 1996 to 2003.
Age of Children at Adoption and Time from Termination of Parental Rights to Adoption (PDF - 324 KB)
Hansen (2006)
Discusses the history of adoption in the United States and provides administrative data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System from 1996 to 2003 on the age of children when they are adopted and the time between the termination of parental rights to adoption.
Children in Kinship Care
Urban Institute (2003)
Numbers of children in kinship care by type of care.
Concurrent Planning: What the Evidence Shows
Concurrent planning is an approach that seeks to eliminate delays in attaining permanent family placements for children in the foster care system. This process involves considering all reasonable options for permanency at the earliest possible point following a child's entry into foster care. This issue brief examines examples of and support for concurrent planning across the United States; reports on practices and evaluations of research in recent literature; emphasizes the important roles of court personnel in achieving timely permanence via concurrent planning; illustrates examples associated with the successful planning and implementation of concurrent planning in public agencies; and establishes some ...
Fostering the Future: Safety, Permanence and Well-Being for Children in Foster Care (PDF - 264 KB)
Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care (2004)
Recommends changes to the U.S. foster care system.
Health of Children Adopted From Guatemala: Comparison of Orphanage and Foster Care
Miller, Chan, Comfort, & Tirella
Pediatrics, 115(6), 2005
This study, assessing the health and development of 103 children adopted from Guatemala upon arrival in the U.S., showed that children coming from Guatemalan foster homes prior to adoption had significantly better physical growth and cognitive scores than children who had resided in orphanages.
Minnesota Texas Adoption Research Project
The only nationwide longitudinal research project which focuses on the consequences of variations in openness in adoption for all members of the adoption triad: birthmothers, adoptive parents, and adopted children, and for the relationships within these family systems.
Understanding Adoption Subsidies: An Analysis of AFCARS Data. Final Report.
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United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation., Research Triangle Institute.
Dalberth, Gibbs, Berkman |
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2005 - 58 pages |
Adoption subsidies are perhaps the single-most powerful tool by which the child welfare system can encourage adoption and support adoptive families. Yet little is known about the factors associated with the receipt and amount of subsidies. Data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) offer an opportunity to examine how states use adoption subsidies to help achieve goals of permanency and well-being for children. Of particular interest to this study are patterns of subsidy receipt, the role of federal support for adoption subsidies under Title IV-E, and the relationship between adoption subsidies and adoption outcomes, including ...
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