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Foster care in the United States - number of children 2016, by age

Number of children in foster care in the United States in 2016, by age

The data displays the number of children in foster care in the U.S. in 2016, by age. In 2016, about 26,166 children, aged seventeen year old, were in foster care.

Less than a year	31295
1	36942
2	33034
3	28754
4	25607
5	23190
6	21999
7	21580
8	20957
9	19546
10	18006
11	16858
12	15984
13	17077
14	18831
15	22034
16	24835
17	26166
18	8353
19	2834
20	2129

Foster care in the United States - number of children 2016, by age

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