COUNTRY NEWS

Family Helper    ADOPTION NEWS CENTRAL

INFERTILITY   ADOPTION   POST-ADOPTION   FAMILY TREE   Adoption Resource Central    Heart of Adoption Articles to inspire   International adoption guide   You can order Family Helper publications		U.S. census reports on adopted children BY ROBIN HILBORN, Family Helper editor
		(Aug. 22, 2003) The first-ever census profile of America's adopted children shows that 2.5% of children under 18 -- 1.6 million -- were adopted. The United States Census Bureau's report, "Adopted Children and Stepchildren: 2000" found that: -- The U.S. has 2.1 million adopted children and 4.4 million stepchildren. -- There are 65 million children under 18. Of that age group, 1.586 million (2.5%) were adopted, and 3.292 million (5.1%) are stepchildren. 92.5% are children living with birth parents. -- 87% of adoptees under 18 were born in the U.S. -- Among the 1.7 million households with adopted children, 82% had one adopted child, 15% had two, and 3% had three or more. For more, see Adoption Council of Canada, "U.S. Census", www.adoption.ca/news/030822uscensus.htm ________________________________________ You may reproduce this item with the credit: "Source: Family Helper (www.familyhelper.net)"