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Adoption Exhibit 20A
Children Waiting to be Adopted, Classified by Age (Question 22)
VCIS Survey 1990 to 1994 Qualified Reporting States Totals and National Estimates*

  Question Category  
Year Number of States Specification Less than 1 year old 1 to 5 years old 6 to 10 years old 11 to 15 years old 16 to 18 years old 19 years and older Age Unknown or Not Reported Total Median Age
1994 17 National Estimate 1,425 12,923 12,375 8,366 1,954 529 1,139 38,712 7.8
    Qualified States 299 2,711 2,596 1,755 410 111 239 8,121  
    Percentage 3.7% 33.4% 32.0% 21.6% 5.0% 1.4% 2.9% 100.0%  
    AFCARS Percentage† N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A  
1993 14 National Estimate 726 7,239 7,735 6,416 1,497 616 13 24,241 8.7
    Qualified States 224 2,234 2,387 1,980 462 190 4 7,481  
    Percentage 3.0% 29.9% 31.9% 26.5% 6.2% 2.5% 0.1% 100.0%  
1992 14 National Estimate 818 7,592 7,417 5,611 1,204 395 67 23,104 8.1
    Qualified States 257 2,384 2,329 1,762 378 124 21 7,255  
    Percentage 3.5% 32.9% 32.1% 24.3% 5.2% 1.7% 0.3% 100.0%  
1991 14 National Estimate 833 6,931 6,506 4,779 1,251 385 0 20,686 8.0
    Qualified States 247 2,055 1,929 1,417 371 114 0 6,133  
    Percentage 4.0% 33.5% 31.5% 23.1% 6.0% 1.9% 0.0% 100.0%  
1990 20 National Estimate 790 7,216 6,398 4,429 933 135 16 19,918 7.5
    Qualified States 385 3,518 3,119 2,159 455 66 8 9,710  
    Percentage 4.0% 36.2% 32.1% 22.2% 4.7% 0.7% 0.1% 100.0%  

* National estimates are calculated from the totals for qualified reporting states (states which reported less than ten percent of counts in an "unknown or not reported" category). As these totals are based on differing groups of states for each year, they should NOT be compared across years. For comparisons across years, use the trend national estimates.

† The categories for this VCIS question had no corresponding AFCARS data elements. Therefore, all AFCARS values are labeled as not available (N/A).