Special 1.B Adoption: Number and percentage of adopted children ages 0–17 by adoption type and selected characteristics, 2007

Characteristic	All adopted children	Adoption type
Characteristic	All adopted children	Foster care	Domestic private	International
Number of adopted children (in thousands)	1,782,000	661,000	677,000	444,000
Percentage of adopted children	–	37	38	25
Gender of child
Male	49	57	51	33
Female	51	43	49	67
Current age of child^a
Ages 0–2	6	3	6	10
Ages 3–4	9	6	7	14
Ages 5–9	30	31	22	39
Ages 10–12	19	18	22	17
Ages 13–14	14	19	14	8
Ages 15–17	23	23	29	12
Age of child at adoption
< Age 1	33	14	47	39
Age 1	17	14	13	28
Ages 2–5	30	42	21	25
Ages 6–10	14	20	14	7
Ages 11–17	6	10	6	2
Race and Hispanic origin of child^b
White, non-Hispanic	37	37	50	19
Black, non-Hispanic	23	35	25	3
Asian, non-Hispanic	15	*	*	59
Other, non-Hispanic	9	10	12	*
Hispanic	15	16	13	17
Race and Hispanic origin of the child's responding adoptive parent^b
White, non-Hispanic	73	63	71	92
Black, non-Hispanic	17	27	19	*
Asian, non-Hispanic	1	*	*	*
Other, non-Hispanic	4	6	*	*
Hispanic	5	5	7	*
Family structure
Two married adoptive parents	60	59	52	70
Two unmarried parents in the household	1	*	*	*
Only one adoptive parent in the household	39	40	47	26
Education of parent^c
Less than high school	5	7	6	*
High school diploma or equivalent	15	22	15	*
More than high school	80	70	79	95
Poverty status
Below 100% poverty	12	16	17	*
100–199% poverty	19	30	18	*
200% poverty and above	68	53	65	93
– Not available.
* Estimates are considered unreliable (relative standard error is greater than 30 percent).
^a Refers to the age of the child on the date the data collection interview was conducted.
^b The 1997 OMB Standards for Data on Race and Ethnicity were used, allowing persons to select one or more of five racial groups: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Included under "other" are American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and respondents with "Two or more races." Data on race and Hispanic origin are collected separately. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
^c Refers to the education of the parent with the highest educational attainment.
Source: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and Administration for Children and Families and National Center for Health Statistics, State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey, National Survey of Adoptive Parents.