Table 2

Children Adopted From the Public Foster Care System, by Race, by Fiscal Year

	Fiscal Year 2002^*		Fiscal 2003^†
	Number	%	Number	%
Black/non‐Hispanic	18,957	36	16,570	33
White/non‐Hispanic	27,272	52	20,940	42
Total	52,138	100	50,000	100

* Reference 37.
† Reference 38.