Link to current adoption statistics?

Question

Does anyone have any links that have current statistics on adoption? Looking for how many adoptions occur each year between the different types (domestic, international, foster, family). Mostly looking for some sort of estimate on how many people in the United States have some connection to adoption. I can find links that give me statistics from the early 1990s, looking for something more current.

Answer 1

The US Department of Health and Human Services has completed info up to 2002 and statistics based on what's still being processed through 2005.  There is a lot of information on here, with some links to their reports.  You'll need to browse through to get exactly what you want, I'm sure.

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/stats...

Answer 2

child welfare information gateway also has loads of stats.

http://www.childwelfare.gov

Heres foster care stats:

http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/s...

how many children are adopted? from 2002

http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/s...

Heres immigrant visas for orphans to be adopted for 2005 and 2006:

http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/...

and I "think" this is the one laurie just gave you but I'm not sure because her answer isn't visible in the reply section now so I'm going to put it just incase, my apologies if its the same link:

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/...