INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION BY THE NUMBERS
Here are the stats. What do you think?
INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION BY THE NUMBERS
THE POLITICS OF FOREIGN ADOPTION
226,546
Number of children adopted from foreign countries by U.S. families in the past 15 years
22,728
Number of children adopted from foreign countries by U.S. families last year
1,497
Number of children adopted from foreign countries by California families in 2003. Only New York had more.
700,000
Children living in Russian orphanages
375,000
Children living in Kazakh orphanages
13.2 million
Children orphaned because of AIDS in Africa. That number is expected to rise to 42 million by the year 2010.
60
Percentage of children with medical issues adopted from foreign countries by U.S. families
80
Percentage of those adoptive parents who had no idea their child had medical issues until he or she arrived
28
International adoption clinics in the United States
$10,000-$35,000
Cost of an international adoption versus the $4,000 to $30,000 for a domestic adoption
786
Number of U.S. children adopted by Canadians between 1993 and 2002
Sources: U.S. Department of State, National Adoption Clearinghouse of Information
