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Number of orphans adopted by gender, age, and country of birth
Additional Background
This data is archived and will no longer be updated due to low usage.
This database lists immigrant orphans adopted by U.S. citizens by gender, age, and country of birth by Fiscal Year (Oct. 1-Sept. 30).
Korea includes North and South Korea in 2008.
United Kingdom includes Northern Ireland in all years.
Palestine is included in the category unknown.
Totals from 1998-2005 include a small number of orphans of unknown ages.
The 2004 total includes 11,741 orphan children (with IR3 class of admission) who were not included in the Annual Flow Report, U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2004.
2003-2004 data for the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia include former residents.
2003-2004 data for Servia and Montenegro include former residents of Yugoslavia.
2001 and 2003 totals include one orphan of unknown gender.
2002 total includes a small number of orphans of unknown age.
2002 figures for Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia include former residents.
2001 total includes 27 of unknown age.
1999 and 2001 data for Soviet Union and Yugoslavia include former residents.
2000 total includes 40 of unknown age and one of unknown gender.
2000 data for Yugoslavia include former residents.
1999 total includes 24 of unknown age and one of unknown gender.
1998 total includes nine of unknown age and one of unknown gender.
United Kingdom includes Northern Ireland in all years.
Palestine is included in the category unknown.
Totals from 1998-2005 include a small number of orphans of unknown ages.
The 2004 total includes 11,741 orphan children (with IR3 class of admission) who were not included in the Annual Flow Report, U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2004.
2003-2004 data for the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia include former residents.
2003-2004 data for Servia and Montenegro include former residents of Yugoslavia.
2001 and 2003 totals include one orphan of unknown gender.
2002 total includes a small number of orphans of unknown age.
2002 figures for Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia include former residents.
2001 total includes 27 of unknown age.
1999 and 2001 data for Soviet Union and Yugoslavia include former residents.
2000 total includes 40 of unknown age and one of unknown gender.
2000 data for Yugoslavia include former residents.
1999 total includes 24 of unknown age and one of unknown gender.
1998 total includes nine of unknown age and one of unknown gender.
Geographic Coverage: U.S.
Periodicity: Annually
Series Begins/Ends: 1996 - 2015
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