MORE ADOPTION STATISTICS

Adoption statistics are tricky! This place has a plethora of statistics from which some of these questions come:

1. What percentage of children adopted privately are adopted as newborns?

100%

98%

71%

62%

2. What percentage of school-age children adopted privately participate in extra-curricular activities?

85%60%

75%

50%

45%

3. What percentage of children adopted in the United States is non-Hispanic White?

89%

66%

37%

21%

4. What percentage of adoptive parents in the United States are non-Hispanic White?

90%

87%

81%

73%

5. What percent of adopted children in the United States are a different race than their adoptive parents?

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

6. True or False: Adopted children are more likely to live in neighborhoods that are safe, that have good amenities and are in good physical condition than are non-adopted children.

True

False

7. What percent of children living with same-sex parents are adopted? (US Census, 2010)

21.2%

43.6%

71%

8. True or False: Birth mothers are more likely to be employed 12 months after the birth and less likely to repeat out-of-wedlock pregnancy than unwed mothers who choose to parent.

True

False