Adoption

Ever adopted

• Percent of women aged 18-44 who have ever adopted a child: 0.9% (2006-2010)
• Percent of men aged 18-44 who have ever adopted a child: 1.4% (2006-2010)

Source: Key statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth

Adoption experiences

• Percent of women aged 18-44 currently seeking to adopt a child: 1.6%
• Percent of infants who were relinquished for adoption within the first month of life among infants born to never-married women: 1.0% (1996-2002)

Source: Adoption Experiences of Women and Men and Demand for Children to Adopt by Women 18-44 Years of Age in the United States, 2002: tables 7, and 16 [PDF - 1.7 MB]