Data & Trends
Increase Exits from Foster Care to Permanence through Adoption
Trends: Exits from Foster Care to Adoption
This table shows the percentage of children in foster care on the first day of the year who were in foster care for at least 17 months who were adopted by the end of the year.
To view Exits from Foster Care to Adoption, select a jurisdiction and click "View Data" below. You may also compare data to the national median, which is a comparison that is made in the Child Welfare Outcomes Report to Congress (2002-2005) . Comparisons of states should be considered cautiously given the significant differences in state policies regarding placement and permanency.
- United States
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virgin Islands
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming