November is Adoption Awareness Month

FOSTER CARE STATISTICS



*Currently, there are approximately 513,000 children in foster care in the United States. It's estimated that 114,000 are eligible for adoption.


*In 2005, about 51,000 children were adopted from foster care.


*68% of parents who adopt from foster care are married couples, 27% are single females, 2% are unmarried couples, and 3% are single males.


*Median age of child in foster care: 10.6 years.


*Race/ethnicity of children in foster care: 41% Caucasian, 32% African-American, 18% Hispanic, and 1% Asian; 8% other.


*The average child in foster care goes through three different placements and stays in the system for nearly 29 months.


*Each year, about 20,000 children age out of foster care.