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

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

The data displays the number of children in foster care in the U.S. in 2016, by placement settings. In 2016, about 196 thousand children were in a foster family home with people to whom they were not related.

Pre-Adoptive Home	16572
Foster family home (relative)	139017
Foster family home (non-relative)	196446
Group home	21649
Institution	31679
Supervised independent living	4599
Runaway	4660
Trial home visit	21566

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

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