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Distribution of children age at time of adoption in the United States fiscal year 2016

Number of children adopted with public agency involvement in the United States in fiscal year 2016, by age

The data displays the distribution of age at adoption of children adopted with public agency involvement in the U.S. in fiscal year 2016. In fiscal year 2016, 7,055 children adopted in the United States were two years old at the time of adoption.

Less than 1 year	1276
1 year	7055
2 years	8085
3 years	6301
4 year	5103
5 years	4446
6 years	3891
7 years	3629
8 years	3162
9 years	2859
10 years	2329
11 years	2040
12 years	1608
13 years	1407
14 years	1175
15 years	1014
16 years	920
17 years	758
18 years	98
19 years	25
20 years	18

Distribution of children age at time of adoption in the United States fiscal year 2016

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