What race is adopted the most?

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Child White: 50% Black: 25% Hispanic: 13% Asian: 4% Other: 8%

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The first modern adoption law was passed in Massachusetts in 1851. Called the Adoption of Children Act, it was the first to focus on the best interests of the child rather than adult interests. Since then, adoption has grown tremendously into what it is today.

U.S. Adoption Statistics

1 in 35 children in the United States is adopted

More than 50,000 children are adopted through foster care every year

An estimated 100,000 children are adopted through all adoption types every year

Around 700,000 children are living with adoptive parents

More than 1.2 million children are living with at least one adoptive parent The following are general statistics representative of all adopted children in the United States.

Gender

Male: 49%

Female: 51%

Race/Ethnic Origin White: 37%

Black: 23%

Hispanic: 15%

Asian: 15%

Other: 10% Age Age 0-2: 5%

Age 3-4: 9%

Age 5-9: 30%

Age 10-12: 19%

Age 13-14: 14%

The following are general statistics representative of all adoptive families in the United States.

Average Age

44 years old

Median Household Income

$73,378 per year

Educational Level

Less than high school: 9%

High school graduate: 20%

Some college: 32%

Bachelor’s degree: 22%

Graduate or professional school degree: 17%

To provide a permanent home for a child: 81%

A desire to expand family: 69%

Inability to have a biological child: 52%

Wanted sibling for another child: 24%

Had previously adopted the child’s siblings: 7%

Of all families who adopted via private domestic adoption, 87% would definitely make the same decision to adopt again. The following are general statistics representative of private domestic adoption in the United States.

Male: 51%

Female: 49%

White: 50%

Black: 25%

Hispanic: 13%

Asian: 4%

Other: 8%

Age at Placement

Of children adopted privately, 62% were placed with their adoptive family as a newborn or when they were less than one month old. Transracial adoptions are where the parent(s) and adopted child are of a different race or ethnicity. Of all domestic adoptions in the United States, 21% are transracial adoptions.

To provide a permanent home for a child: 70%

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A desire to expand family: 60%

Inability to have a biological child/Infertility: 52%

Wanted sibling for another child: 16%

Had previously adopted the child’s siblings: 7%

Child has adopted siblings only: 22%

Child has siblings born to parent and no adopted siblings: 33%

Child has adopted siblings and siblings born to parent: 21%

93% of parents who adopted domestically would adopt again

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