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Foster care in the United States - number of children 2009-2016

Number of children in foster care in the United States from 2009 to 2016

The data displays the number of children in foster care in the U.S. from 2009 to 2016. In 2016, about 437,465 children in the United States were in foster care.

2007 463792
2008 463792
2009 418672
2010 404878
2011 397605
2012 396966
2013 400911
2014 414435
2015 427444
2016 437465

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