Adoption in the U.S. - number of adopted children 2021, by family structure

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Veera Korhonen,
Jul 21, 2023
In 2021, about 35,940 children who were adopted in the United States with public agency involvement were adopted by a married couple. In that same year, a further 13,307 children in the country were adopted by a single woman.

Number of children being adopted with public agency involvement in the United States in 2021, by adoptive family structure

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Release date

June 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

FY 2021

Supplementary notes

Data is for the government financial year 2021. This runs from October 1st to September 30.

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