Who Adopts the Most? (2024)

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What religion has the highest adoption rate? ›

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Barna Research found that practicing Christians are twice as likely to foster or adopt than the general population. They are also more likely to welcome sibling groups, older youth, and children with special needs.

At nearly 6,500 annually, the US adopts more children than the rest of the world combined — but the truth is more nuanced than the numbers let on. In a racial twist on intercountry adoptions, most adopted children are non-white, while 73% of adoptive parents are Caucasian.

Evangelicals have been twice as likely to adopt a child (at 5 percent) than other Americans (2 percent), according to Barna Research, a California group that publishes cultural and religious trends.

Practicing Christians (5%) are more than twice as likely to adopt than the general population (2%). Catholics are three times as likely.

African-American Babies and Boys Least Likely to Be Adopted, Study Shows - www.caltech.edu.

In fact, it's estimated that 75-80% of adoptive parents prefer to adopt girls both domestically and internationally. No one knows exactly why this is true, but the reality is that boys are more likely to remain in residential care or in foster care without the permanency of adoption.

Ethiopia. In 2018, Ethiopia banned the adoption of children by foreigners.

In the fiscal year of 2021, about 156 children from other countries were adopted by American families living in California, the highest of any U.S. state.

What happens to most adopted kids? ›

Adopted children are at a higher risk of mental health issues than non-adoptees. Evidence suggests that adopted children face higher risks for childhood adversity, trauma, and attachment issues. Such problems can include anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and an increased risk for suicide.

A primary reason the Church supports adoption is that children who are adopted by temple-worthy Latter-day Saint couples can be sealed to their adoptive parents. The sealing ordinance is the capstone ordinance in the Church, and its blessings are present in this life as well as in the next.

He said, “Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me” (Matthew 18:5). Jesus' heart is to save and rescue us from our sins, adopting us so that we are not abandoned or orphaned. He promises us the Holy Spirit, the spirit of adoption, and never leaves us (John 14:18).

Adoption Supports Marriage and Parenting:

The union between man and woman was biblically established as God's design for creating and raising children. Infertility and other reasons might prevent a couple from creating children. Adoption allows that couple to fulfill their calling to parent and raise godly children.

Globally, Muslims have the highest fertility rate, an average of 3.1 children per woman – well above replacement level (2.1), the minimum typically needed to maintain a stable population.

The fertility rate of Buddhists is at a “lowest-low” level (defined as fertility rate<1.3). Jains had a similar fertility level during 2015-16, but showed a slight improvement after that.

Of the 53,500 children and youth who were adopted in 2021: 55% were adopted by their foster parent(s) and 34% by a relative. 29% were age nine years or older and the average age of adoption is six years old.