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Home > Statistics & Research > AFCARS Report - Preliminary FY 2010 Estimates as of June 2011 (18) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau, www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb The AFCARS Report Preliminary FY 2010 Estimates as of June 2011 (18) SOURCE: Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) FY 2010 data (October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010). NOTES: Data from both the regular and revised AFCARS file submissions received by June 1, 2011 are included in the information below. Missing data are excluded from the distributions presented below. Therefore, the totals within each distribution may not equal the total provided for that subpopulation (e.g. number in care on September 30th may not match the sum across ages for that group). How many children were in foster care on September 30, 2010? 408,425 What were the ages of the children in foster care? Mean Age 9.4 Median Age 9.2 Less than 1 Year 6% 24,634 1 Year 7% 30,385 2 Years 7% 28,765 3 Years 6% 24,945 4 Years 5% 21,885 5 Years 5% 19,327 6 Years 4% 17,824 7 Years 4% 16,727 8 Years 4% 15,861 9 Years 4% 15,184 10 Years 4% 14,994 11 Years 4% 14,952 12 Years 4% 15,769 13 Years 4% 17,484 14 Years 5% 20,716 15 Years 6% 26,060 16 Years 8% 31,667 17 Years 8% 33,993 18 Years 3% 10,589 19 Years 1% 3,609 20 Years 1% 2,514 What were the lengths of stay of children in foster care? Mean Months 25.3 Median Months 14.0 Less than 1 Month 5% 21,147 1 – 5 Months 21% 86,081 6 – 11 Months 19% 75,684 12 – 17 Months 13% 54,231 18 – 23 Months 9% 36,395 24 – 29 Months 7% 28,384 30 – 35 Months 5% 19,026 3 – 4 Years 11% 44,379 5 Years or More 11% 43,083 What were the placement settings of children in foster care? Pre-Adoptive Home 4% 14,886 Foster Family Home (Relative) 26% 103,943 Foster Family Home (Non-Relative) 48% 194,900 Group Home 6% 25,066 Institution 9% 36,607 Supervised Independent Living 1% 4,050 Runaway 2% 6,563 Trial Home Visit 5% 21,340 What were the case goals of the children in foster care? Reunify with Parent(s) or Principal Caretaker(s) 51% 202,389 Live with Other Relative(s) 4% 14,092 Adoption 25% 96,772 Long Term Foster Care 6% 24,697 Emancipation 6% 24,131 Guardianship 4% 14,574 Case Plan Goal Not Yet Established 5% 18,102 What was the gender of the children in foster care? Male 52% 214,354 Female 48% 193,998 What was the race/ethnicity of the children in foster care? Alaska Native/American Indian 2% 7,839 Asian 1% 2,469 Black 29% 117,610 Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0% 718 Hispanic (of any race) 21% 84,727 White 41% 165,135 Unknown/Unable to Determine 2% 6,820 Two or more races 5% 21,830 NOTE: All races exclude children of Hispanic origin. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation. How many children entered foster care during FY 2010? 254,375 What were the ages of the children who entered care during FY 2010? Mean Age 7.7 Median Age 6.7 Less than 1 Year 16% 40,857 1 Year 8% 19,419 2 Years 7% 17,497 3 Years 6% 15,256 4 Years 5% 13,252 5 Years 5% 12,140 6 Years 4% 10,956 7 Years 4% 10,133 8 Years 4% 9,168 9 Years 3% 8,685 10 Years 3% 8,414 11 Years 3% 8,364 12 Years 4% 9,115 13 Years 4% 10,864 14 Years 5% 13,384 15 Years 7% 16,505 16 Years 7% 17,011 17 Years 5% 11,755 18 Years 0% 558 19 Years 0% 94 20 Years 0% 37 What was the race/ethnicity of the children who entered care during FY 2010? Alaska Native/American Indian 2% 5,072 Asian 1% 1,839 Black 24% 61,375 Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0% 544 Hispanic (of any race) 21% 51,805 White 45% 113,510 Unknown/Unable to Determine 2% 5,515 Two or more races 5% 13,038 NOTE: All races exclude children of Hispanic origin. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation. How many children exited foster care during FY 2010? 254,114 What were the ages of the children who exited care during FY 2010? Mean Age 9.6 Median Age 8.8 Less than 1 Year 5% 11,561 1 Year 7% 18,934 2 Years 8% 19,774 3 Years 7% 17,449 4 Years 6% 14,740 5 Years 5% 13,190 6 Years 5% 11,774 7 Years 4% 10,865 8 Years 4% 10,297 9 Years 4% 9,466 10 Years 3% 8,705 11 Years 3% 8,345 12 Years 3% 8,123 13 Years 3% 8,367 14 Years 4% 9,463 15 Years 5% 11,574 16 Years 6% 14,205 17 Years 9% 22,823 18 Years 7% 18,030 19 Years 1% 3,791 20 Years 1% 2,162 What were the outcomes for the children exiting foster care during FY 2010? Reunification with Parent(s) or Primary Caretaker(s) 51% 128,913 Living with Other Relative(s) 8% 20,423 Adoption 21% 52,340 Emancipation 11% 27,854 Guardianship 6% 16,208 Transfer to Another Agency 2% 5,114 Runaway 1% 1,504 Death of Child 0% 338 NOTE: Deaths are attributable to a variety of causes, including medical conditions, accidents, and homicide. What were the lengths of stay of the children who exited foster care during FY 2010? Mean Months 21.7 Median Months 13.5 Less than 1 Month 13% 32,104 1 – 5 Months 15% 39,080 6 – 11 Months 18% 46,060 12 – 17 Months 14% 35,710 18 – 23 Months 10% 25,605 24 – 29 Months 7% 18,517 30 – 35 Months 5% 12,989 3 – 4 Years 10% 26,529 5 Years or More 7% 17,359 What was the race/ethnicity of the children who exited care during FY 2010? Alaska Native/American Indian 2% 5,002 Asian 1% 1,890 Black 27% 68,101 Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0% 590 Hispanic (of any race) 20% 50,974 White 43% 109,169 Unknown/Unable to Determine 2% 4,481 Two or more races 5% 13,177 NOTE: All races exclude children of Hispanic origin. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation. How many children were waiting to be adopted on September 30, 2010? 107,011 NOTES: Waiting children are identified as children who have a goal of adoption and/or whose parental rights have been terminated. Children 16 years old and older whose parents' parental rights have been terminated and who have a goal of emancipation have been excluded from the estimate. What is the gender distribution of the waiting children? Male 53% 56,404 Female 47% 50,596 How many months have the waiting children been in continuous foster care? Mean Months 37.3 Median Months 28.3 Less than 1 Month 0% 455 1 – 5 Months 4% 4,126 6 – 11 Months 9% 9,506 12 – 17 Months 14% 14,748 18 – 23 Months 14% 14,825 24 – 29 Months 13% 13,624 30 – 35 Months 9% 9,538 36 – 59 Months 21% 22,571 60 or more Months 16% 17,618 What is the racial/ethnic distribution of the waiting children? Alaska Native/American Indian 2% 1,801 Asian 0% 464 Black 29% 30,812 Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0% 187 Hispanic (of any race) 22% 23,389 White 39% 42,059 Unknown/Unable to Determine 1% 1,457 Two or more races 6% 6,771 NOTE: All races exclude children of Hispanic origin. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation. How old were the waiting children when they were removed from their parents or caretakers? Mean Age 5.0 Median Age 4.1 Less than 1 Year 25% 26,291 1 Year 9% 9,764 2 Years 8% 8,455 3 Years 7% 7,499 4 Years 7% 7,209 5 Years 6% 6,730 6 Years 6% 6,687 7 Years 6% 6,111 8 Years 5% 5,704 9 Years 5% 4,952 10 Years 4% 4,397 11 Years 4% 3,718 12 Years 3% 3,090 13 Years 2% 2,436 14 Years 2% 1,704 15 Years 1% 963 16 Years 0% 403 17 Years 0% 90 Where were the waiting children living on September 30, 2010? Pre-Adoptive Home 13% 13,603 Foster Family Home (Relative) 22% 23,739 Foster Family Home (Non-Relative) 55% 58,681 Group Home 4% 3,872 Institution 5% 5,814 Supervised Independent Living 0% 84 Runaway 0% 466 Trial Home Visit 1% 622 How old were the waiting children on September 30, 2010? Mean Age 8.1 Median Age 7.4 Less than 1 Year 4% 3,795 1 Year 8% 9,070 2 Years 9% 9,746 3 Years 8% 8,551 4 Years 7% 7,408 5 Years 6% 6,582 6 Years 6% 6,025 7 Years 5% 5,627 8 Years 5% 5,519 9 Years 5% 5,333 10 Years 5% 5,260 11 Years 5% 5,115 12 Years 5% 5,057 13 Years 5% 5,050 14 Years 5% 5,095 15 Years 5% 5,452 16 Years 4% 4,637 17 Years 3% 3,689 How many children in foster care on the last day of the year had their parental rights terminated for all living parents? 64,084 As of September 30, 2010, how many months had elapsed since the parental rights of these foster children were terminated? Mean Months 24.3 Median Months 12.5 How many children were adopted with public agency involvement in FY 2010? 52,891 SOURCE: Adoptions can be reported to the AFCARS adoption database at any time after the adoption has been finalized. This report includes adoptions finalized in FY 2010 reported in regular and revised submissions by June 1, 2011. NOTES: The number of adoptions reported here do not equal the number of adoption discharges reported under foster care exits because the adoptions reported here include adoptions of some children who were not in foster care but received other support from the public agency. Missing data are not used in the calculation of the percentages. What is the gender distribution of the children adopted from the public foster care system? Male 51% 26,750 Female 49% 26,132 How old were the children when they were adopted from the public foster care system? Mean Age 6.4 Median Age 5.2 Less than 1 Year 2% 1,126 1 Year 11% 5,823 2 Years 14% 7,461 3 Years 12% 6,103 4 Years 9% 4,833 5 Years 8% 4,182 6 Years 7% 3,587 7 Years 6% 3,107 8 Years 5% 2,813 9 Years 5% 2,531 10 Years 4% 2,183 11 Years 4% 1,981 12 Years 3% 1,702 13 Years 3% 1,528 14 Years 2% 1,190 15 Years 2% 973 16 Years 2% 903 17 Years 1% 675 18 Years 0% 151 19 Years 0% 25 20 Years 0% 7 What percentage of the children adopted receive an adoption subsidy? Yes 90% 47,553 No 10% 5,257 What is the racial/ethnic distribution of the children adopted from the public foster care system? Alaska Native/American Indian 3% 1,822 Asian 0% 219 Black 24% 12,795 Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0% 94 Hispanic (of any race) 21% 11,192 White 43% 22,764 Unknown/Unable to Determine 1% 536 Two or more races 7% 3,464 NOTE: All races exclude children of Hispanic origin. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation. How many months did it take after termination of parental rights for the children to be adopted? Mean Months 13.7 Median Months 9.9 Less than 1 Month 3% 1,389 1 – 5 Months 25% 12,778 6 – 11 Months 33% 17,075 12 – 17 Months 18% 9,067 18 – 23 Months 9% 4,498 24 – 29 Months 5% 2,464 30 – 35 Months 3% 1,481 3 – 4 Years 4% 2,177 5 Years or More 2% 813 What is the family structure of the child's adoptive family? Married Couple 67% 34,973 Unmarried Couple 2% 1,140 Single Female 28% 14,465 Single Male 3% 1,392 What was the relationship of the adoptive parents to the child prior to the adoption? Non-Relative 15% 7,383 Foster Parent 53% 26,308 Stepparent 0% 49 Other Relative 32% 15,714 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau, www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb Preliminary Estimates for FY 2010 as of June 2011 (18).