Adoptions in the U.S. by prior adoptive parent-child relationship 2021| Statista

During the fiscal year of 2021, 27,912 children who were adopted in the United States with public agency involvement were adopted by their foster parents. In that same year, a further 5,018 children were adopted by a non-relative.

Number of children adopted with public agency involvement in the United States in the fiscal year of 2021, by prior adoptive parent-child relationship

Characteristic	Number of adoptive parents
Foster parent	27,912
Other relative	17,345
Non-relative	5,018
Stepparent	100

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June 2022

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United States

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Fiscal year 2021

Supplementary notes

The U.S. government fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year.

Relatives who are also foster parents are classified as other relatives.

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