Adoption Statistics on the Web

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• Finalized Adoptions from Foster Care by State
• Adoption Statistics - A Brief Overview of the Data
• Adoption: Numbers and Trends
• Total Adoption Filings per Year, 1985 to 1995
• Filing Trends in Adoption, 1988 to 1997
• 2000 Green Book, CHILD PROTECTION, FOSTER CARE, AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE TEXT , PDF

Adoption Data (2001)

• Gender of Public Agency Children Adopted October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001
• Race/Ethnicity of Public Agency Children Adopted October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001
• Child's Finalization Age (Grouped) October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001
• Time Between TPR and Finalization October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001
• Receiving State or Federal Subsidy October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001
• Prior Relationship of Adoptive Parent(s) to Child October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001

• Archive of earlier data above: 1998 |  1999  |  2000

Child Welfare Outcome Data (see section D. Children Waiting to Be Adopted and E. Children Adopted)