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Rate of children in foster care with more than two placement types by race and Hispanic origin in United States

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Definition

Foster children still in care at the end of the fiscal year were included if they had ever had more than two placements in foster care. The number of placements is based only on the current spell (removal from home, including trial home visits) in foster care.

Data Source

Child Trends analysis of data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), made available through the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect.

Population data: U.S. Census Bureau. "Annual State Resident Population Estimates for 6 Race Groups (5 Race Alone Groups and Two or More Races) by Age, Sex, and Hispanic Origin.


Starting with data from FY2022, files released by the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) are now referred to as “AB” files as opposed to annual files. The new AB file format produces slightly different estimates than the old annual file format (used for and prior to FY2021), which limits comparability across years. Furthermore, the data presented here will not match the ACF Dashboards because the Dashboards use files that are different than the AB files. 

Notes

N.A. - Data not available.
N.R. - Data are not reported.

All racial categories are mutually exclusive.  Children missing racial/Hispanic origin data were included in totals.

Last Updated

August 2025