This report presents data on the total number of adoptions in the United States as well as the number of public, intercountry, and other adoptions. Data for this report were obtained from multiple sources, including State courts, State departments of social services, State bureaus of vital records, and the Federal Government. This report primarily presents data from 2008 to 2012, the most recent year for which data are available. It also includes data from 2001 and 2005, which were included in two previous iterations of this report, to serve as a way to show trends beyond 5 years.
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