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title: Adoption by the Numbers
description:   This is a comprehensive compilation of adoption statistics, including public, private, stepparent, and intercountry.  It is the only report providing a count of private domestic adoptions and includes state factsheets showing how adoption has changed over time in each…
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updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Data
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  - TA sites
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# Adoption by the Numbers

 

This is a comprehensive compilation of adoption statistics, including public, private, stepparent, and intercountry.  It is the only report providing a count of private domestic adoptions and includes state factsheets showing how adoption has changed over time in each state.  

 

Report: **[*Adoption by the Numbers, 2019-2020*](https://adoptioncouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Adoption-by-the-Numbers-National-Council-For-Adoption-Dec-2022.pdf) **

 

**Source: **National Council for Adoption

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