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Foster care in the United States - number of children entering care 2007-2016

Number of children entered in foster care in the United States from 2007 to 2016

The data displays the number of children entering foster care in the U.S. from 2007 to 2016. In 2016, about 273,539 children in the United States entered foster care that year.

2007	293276
2008	280423
2009	254896
2010	256092
2011	251450
2012	251352
2013	254719
2014	264364
2015	268720
2016	273539

Foster care in the United States - number of children entering care 2007-2016

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