Despite a 67 percent reduction in child arrests between and , , children were arrested in the U. S and a child or teen was arrested every 59 seconds. Black children were 2. Black youth represented less than 15 percent of the total youth population but 52 percent of youth prosecuted in adult criminal court in Gun violence was the leading cause of death for children and teens ages in , surpassing motor vehicle accidents for the first time.
In , 3, children and teens were killed with guns—one every 2 hours and 36 minutes. Black children and teens were 4 times more likely to die from gun violence than their white peers. The United States has more guns than people—and nearly 1 in 5 are sold without background checks. Nearly 1 in 4, approximately 18 million, U. More than 1 in 4 immigrant children did not have health coverage in , An estimated 6. Be a champion for all children. First Name Last Name. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
In what capacity are you using this report? There are about 1. Nearly million Americans have adoption in their immediate family, whether this includes adopting, placing, or being adopted. About , children are adopted in the United States each year. There are no national statistics on how many people are waiting to adopt , but experts estimate it is somewhere between one and two million couples. Every year there are about 1. There are , foster children eligible for and waiting to be adopted.
In , 50, foster kids were adopted — a number that has stayed roughly consistent for the past five years. The average age of a waiting child is 7. The average child waits for an adoptive family for more than three years.
The average age of children waiting for an adoptive family is 8. On any given day, there are nearly , children in foster care in the United States. In , over , children spent time in U. Unfortunately, instead of being safely reunified with their families — or moved quickly into adoptive homes — many will languish for years in foster homes or institutions. Some never get adopted. Of the over , children in foster care in the U. Among these children, males outnumber females, African American children are disproportionately represented, and over half are 6 years old or older.
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