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In 1992, there were 127,441 children adopted in the United States. (Flango and
Flango, 1994)
In the 1990s, there are approximately 120,000 adoptions of children each
year. This number has remained fairly constant in the 1990s, and is still
relatively proportionate to population size in the U.S. (Flango and Flango,
1994)
104,000 children were adopted in 1986, 53,000 of whom were related
adoptions and 51,000 of whom were unrelated. In addition, approximately
10,000 children were adopted from abroad, bringing the total number of
unrelated adoptions to 61,000. (Bachrach, London, Maza, 1991)
The estimated total number of adoptions has ranged from a low of 50,000 in
1944 to a high of 175,000 in 1970. (Maza, 1994) The number of adoptions
by unrelated petitioners declined from a high of 89,200 in 1970 to 47,700 in
1975, while the number of adoptions by related petitioners remained constant
between 81,000 and 89,000 during this period. (Maza, 1984)
The National Center for State Courts, Court Statistics Project, has released detailed adoption
statistics for the decade 1985 to 1995, and the years 1988 to 1997. The statistics are available
for 29 states only and only include data collected from State courts, and are presented in these
areas: CLICK HERE.
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