The following information comes from a variety of sources, which can be found linked below.
- In 1992, 15.5% of adoptions (19,753) were public agency adoptions.
- In 1992, 37.5% of adoptions (47,627) were private agency adoptions.
- In 1993, 8% of adoptions were transracial.
- In 1992, California had the highest number of adoptions with 14,722. New York was second with 9,570, Texas third with 8,235, Florida fourth with 6,839, and Illinois fifth with 6,599 adoptions.
- In 2000, 33% of children adopted from Foster Care were done so by a single parent, as oppossed to 4-5% in 1970.
- 64,400 children were in the care of local authorities on 31st March 2010.
- 73% (47,200) of children looked after on this date were living with foster carers.
- 10% (6,200) were living in children's homes (including secure units, children's homes and hostels).
- 6% (4,200) were living with their parents.
- 4% (2,300) were placed for adoption.
- 4% (1,970) were placed in residential schools or other residential settings.
- In 2010, the average age at adoption was 3 years and 9 months.
- The ten most popular countries of international adoption (in the United States) from the year of 2009 are : 1. China (3,001), 2. Ethiopia (2,277), 3. Russia (1,586), 4. South Korea (1,080), 5. Guatemala (756), 6. Ukraine (601), 7. Vietnam (481), 8. Haiti (330), 9. India (297), 10. Kazakhstan (295).
- Full, joint adoption by same-sex couples is currently legal in the following countries: andorra, argentina, belgium, brazil, denmark, iceland, netherlands, norway, south africa, spain, sweden, united kingdom, and uruguay.
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