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Aging out occurs when a child in custody reaches the age of 18+ and whose exit reason is emancipation. Note that the length of time in foster care is baed on the total time a child spend in foster care across all PAs. Fro example, if a child had two PAs, the days in care in each PA are counted. Additionally, days in care after age 18 are also counted.

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Demographics: Count of children aged <19 years in previous 5 years

Youth aging out of foster care

Demographics

From Number of youth who aged out Male Female White African American American Indian/Alaskan Other races Hispanic Non-Hispanic
2026 Jan. 587 251 336 304 213 8 62 68 519
2025 Oct. 703 299 404 371 250 9 73 82 621
2025 July 846 368 478 454 294 10 88 96 750
2025 April 945 419 526 500 337 12 96 104 841
2025 Jan. 464 223 241 247 161 9 47 52 412
2024 Oct. 475 237 238 258 162 11 44 53 422
2024 July 494 240 254 261 174 12 47 53 441
2024 April 518 240 278 274 179 15 50 63 455
2024 Jan. 539 244 295 296 188 11 44 63 476
2023 Oct. 551 251 300 291 199 11 50 64 487
2023 July 528 251 277 281 197 11 39 62 466
2023 April 525 253 272 286 188 9 42 57 468
2023 Jan. 518 248 270 284 178 11 45 58 460
2022 Oct. 486 232 254 259 173 12 42 51 435
2022 July 471 220 251 242 172 12 45 53 418
2022 April 446 213 233 229 166 9 42 47 399
2022 Jan. 463 227 236 223 183 9 48 48 415
2021 Oct. 484 234 250 249 186 5 44 51 433
2021 July 502 232 270 266 183 4 49 49 453
2021 April 484 222 262 272 165 5 42 54 430
2021 Jan. 468 209 259 266 160 6 36 47 421
2020 Oct. 464 204 260 270 153 6 35 56 408
2020 July 438 189 249 253 144 8 33 56 382
2020 April 493 214 279 269 178 8 38 64 429
2020 Jan. 481 205 276 269 171 5 36 66 415
2019 Oct. 469 205 264 253 175 8 33 56 413
2019 July 473 223 250 252 184 9 28 53 420
2019 April 453 218 235 242 173 9 29 40 413
2019 Jan. 442 223 219 246 161 9 26 36 406
2018 Oct. 421 218 203 237 149 9 26 34 387
2018 July 413 207 206 238 136 7 32 33 380
2018 April 414 193 221 231 146 7 30 34 380
2018 Jan. 417 199 218 227 152 9 29 33 384
2017 Oct. 419 187 232 221 153 7 38 34 385
2017 July 406 188 218 218 151 6 31 34 372
2017 April 411 209 202 222 154 6 29 32 379
2017 Jan. 425 198 227 218 166 4 37 37 388
2016 Oct. 456 226 230 233 183 5 35 42 414
2016 July 511 244 267 254 212 6 39 47 464
2016 April 554 242 312 288 220 7 39 49 505
2016 Jan. 579 271 308 299 236 8 36 47 532
2015 Oct. 580 267 313 289 251 7 33 36 544
2015 July 574 275 299 290 247 7 30 34 540
2015 April 530 265 265 261 227 5 37 37 493
2015 Jan. 510 245 265 238 230 5 37 37 473
2014 Oct. 506 238 268 245 222 4 35 40 466
2014 July 497 222 275 235 224 4 34 39 458
2014 April 526 238 288 253 240 4 29 42 484
2014 Jan. 512 241 271 266 219 2 25 37 475
2013 Oct. 495 245 250 260 209 4 22 38 457
2013 July 485 236 249 260 196 4 25 35 450
2013 April 469 235 234 247 190 7 25 32 437
2013 Jan. 501 242 259 264 203 9 25 34 467
2012 Oct. 504 236 268 254 212 8 30 31 473
2012 July 523 257 266 251 238 6 28 34 489
2012 April 560 267 293 263 262 7 28 36 524
2012 Jan. 554 265 289 252 263 9 30 38 516
2011 Oct. 571 277 294 268 264 9 30 39 532
2011 July 587 283 304 284 262 10 31 45 542
2011 April 541 263 278 261 245 6 29 39 502
2011 Jan. 555 269 286 285 241 2 27 35 520
2010 Oct. 559 258 301 291 241 1 26 39 520
2010 July 535 252 283 264 245 4 22 35 500
2010 April 565 260 305 290 253 5 17 36 529
2010 Jan. 567 265 302 271 274 6 16 38 529
2009 Oct. 586 287 299 278 286 8 14 39 547
2009 July 596 281 315 292 286 4 14 32 564
2009 April 584 286 298 271 289 7 17 39 545
2009 Jan. 568 268 300 265 278 7 18 42 526
2008 Oct. 544 254 290 248 273 9 14 37 507
2008 July 537 248 289 234 275 12 16 37 500
2008 April 557 263 294 251 277 9 20 26 531
2008 Jan. 562 271 291 256 275 11 20 18 544
2007 Oct. 548 255 293 257 262 9 20 17 531
2007 July 546 264 282 266 258 7 15 17 529
2007 April 516 236 280 246 251 7 12 18 498
2007 Jan. 511 231 280 236 256 8 11 16 495
2006 Oct. 532 253 279 234 275 7 16 13 519
2006 July 557 258 299 256 275 8 18 15 542
2006 April 558 258 300 254 281 9 14 14 544
2006 Jan. 528 240 288 250 258 8 12 19 509
2005 Oct. 506 214 292 241 249 7 9 22 484
2005 July 481 203 278 220 248 5 8 19 462
2005 April 455 191 264 213 230 3 9 20 435
2005 Jan. 451 195 256 207 229 2 13 20 431
2004 Oct. 445 200 245 217 212 3 13 21 424
2004 July 427 193 234 212 197 5 13 25 402
2004 April 429 203 226 208 204 5 12 24 405
2004 Jan. 420 202 218 205 201 6 8 22 398
2003 Oct. 405 195 210 192 200 6 7 17 388
2003 July 389 192 197 173 203 7 6 12 377
2003 April 385 181 204 177 194 9 5 13 372
2003 Jan. 403 185 218 181 208 8 6 14 389
2002 Oct. 408 181 227 185 211 7 5 16 392
2002 July 405 181 224 195 202 5 3 14 391
2002 April 378 164 214 186 184 5 3 12 366
2002 Jan. 352 151 201 162 183 6 1 8 344
2001 Oct. 340 151 189 153 175 7 5 10 330
2001 July 324 139 185 141 169 6 8 16 308
2001 April 327 157 170 140 175 4 8 15 312
2001 Jan. 333 160 173 155 168 2 8 18 315
2000 Oct. 334 167 167 155 173 2 4 17 317
2000 July 328 161 167 150 171 3 4 11 317
2000 April 347 163 184 153 183 5 6 11 336
2000 Jan. 341 152 189 156 174 6 5 14 327
1999 Oct. 260 109 151 119 131 5 5 10 250
1999 July 178 73 105 86 86 4 2 9 169
1999 April 81 27 54 41 38 2 0 7 74


Citations- The suggested way to cite this website is as follows: Duncan, D. F., Stewart, C. J., Seminara, G., Malley, K. M. D., Reives, W., Francis, A., & Guest, S. (2026). Creating Indicators for Child Welfare. Retrieved [month day, year], from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work. https://cip.ssw.unc.edu/ or https://creatingindicators.ssw.unc.edu