- Approximately 135,00 children are adopted every year in the U.S.
- According to Statista Research Department, approximately 122,216 children in the U.S. were waiting to be adopted (Statista Research Department, 2021)
- In 2019, with the participation of the public child welfare agency, about 66,035 children were adopted in the U.S. (Statista Research Department, 2021)
- At the time of adoption, 9,378 children adopted in the U.S., were two years old in 2019. (Statista Research Department, 2021)
- As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, adoption rates have decreased significantly
- According to The Conversation, almost 46,000 children were adopted worldwide in 2005.
- In 1851, the state of Massachusetts passed the first adoption law in the U.S.