[Puffer Fish]

https://priceonomics.com/why-did-intern ... denly-end/
(the above graph shows international adoptions to the USA peaking at 23,000 in 2005, dipping below 20,000 in 2007, a very steep decline from 2008 to 2009, in 2009 it was 12,500, and reaching about 6,500 in 2014, continuing to slowly further decline from there)


This goes hand in hand with Americans delaying formation of families and fertility rates turning negative.

Overseas Adoptions by Americans Continue to Decline
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/us/o ... cline.html


Admittedly, one part of the reason adoptions are down is because in 2012 Russia and Guatemala chose to temporarily halt adoptions to the U.S. and the standard of living in China has been improving. But that can't explain all of the decrease.

Another minor contributory reason could be that white Christian America—the demographic most likely to adopt—hasn't been doing so well in recent years.

This 2018 article says that U.S. international adoptions are down 81% (since 2004) and projected to completely end by 2022.
https://adoption.com/how-to-solve-the-u ... ion-crisis


The reason the U.S. has adopted so many children from other parts of the world is because it has traditionally been a wealthy country.
What does it mean when international adoptions from other parts of the world completely come to an end?

[Bob Alou]

The reason the U.S. has adopted so many children from other parts of the world is because it has traditionally been a wealthy country.

What does it mean when international adoptions from other parts of the world completely come to an end?

OBAMA!!!

[Puffer Fish]

The decline has continued.

In 2019, there were 2,971 international adoptions to the United States.
In 2020, there were only 1,622. Although no doubt that may have been in large part due to the coronavirus pandemic which began in January 2020, with an associated economic and travel shutdown.


2015 - 5,648
2016 - 5,370
2017 - 4,714
2018 - 4,059
2019 - 2,971