International Adoption Facts
Immigrant Visas Issued To Orphans Coming To the United States
| |
FY 2003 |
FY 2002 |
FY 2001 |
| 1 |
6,859 - China (Mainland) |
5,053 - China (Mainland) |
4,681 - China (Mainland) |
| 2 |
5,209 - Russia |
4,939 - Russia |
4,279 - Russia |
| 3 |
2,328 - Guatemala |
2,219 - Guatemala |
1,870 - South Korea |
| 4 |
1,790 - South Korea |
1,779 - South Korea |
1,609 - Guatemala |
| 5 |
825 - Kazakhstan |
1,106 - Ukraine |
1,246 - Ukraine |
| 6 |
702 - Ukraine |
819 - Kazakhstan |
782 - Romania |
| 7 |
472 - India |
766 - Vietnam |
737 - Vietnam |
| 8 |
382 - Vietnam |
466 - India |
672 - Kazakhstan |
| 9 |
272 - Colombia |
334 - Colombia |
543 - India |
| 10 |
250 - Haiti |
260 - Bulgaria |
407 - Colombia |
| 11 |
214 - Philippines |
254 - Cambodia |
297 - Bulgaria |
| 12 |
200 - Romania |
221 - Philippines |
266 - Cambodia |
| 13 |
198 - Bulgaria |
187 - Haiti |
219 - Philippines |
| 14 |
191 - Belarus |
169 - Belarus |
192 - Haiti |
| 15 |
135 - Ethiopia |
168 - Romania |
158 - Ethiopia |
| 16 |
124 - Cambodia |
105 - Ethiopia |
129 - Belarus |
| 17 |
97 - Poland |
101 - Poland |
86 - Poland |
| 18 |
72 - Thailand |
67 - Thailand |
74 - Thailand |
| 19 |
62 - Azerbaijan |
65 - Peru |
73 - Mexico |
| 20 |
61 - Mexico |
61 - Mexico |
51 - Jamaica & Liberia (tie) |
| Year |
Adoptions |
| 2003 |
21,616 |
| 2002 |
20,099 |
| 2001 |
19,237 |
| 2000 |
17,718 |
| 1999 |
16,363 |
| 1998 |
15,774 |
| 1997 |
12,743 |
| 1996 |
10,641 |
| 1995 |
8,987 |
| 1994 |
8,333 |
| 1993 |
7,377 |
| 1992 |
6,472 |
| 1991 |
8,481 |
Almost 90 percent of children adopted internationally are less than five years old, while a majority of those adopted from foster care are more than five years old. Almost half of the children adopted internationally are infants, compared with 2 percent of the children adopted from foster care. 64% of children adopted internationally are female and 36% are male, while the percentage for children adopted domestically are split 50-50.
- 1.6-million "adopted children" are under age 18
- 1.4-million were domestic adoptions
- 2.5% of the U.S. population is estimate to be adopted children
- 2.5% are estimated to be age 18 or over
- 4.4-million step-kids are under 18
- 5% of the population is estimated to be step-children
Since 1971, U.S. citizens have adopted more than 265,000 children internationally.
Source: US Department of State and
statistics.adoptions.com