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Table 12. Immigrant Orphans Adopted by U.S. Citizens by Sex, Age, and Region and Country Of Birth: Fiscal Year 2021

By Sex

By Region of Birth

Region of birth	Total	Female	Male
Total	1,788	927	861
Africa	275	144	131
Asia	612	325	287
Europe	411	186	225
North America	160	91	69
Oceania	D	D	D
South America	321	175	146
Unknown	D	D	D

By Country of Birth

Country of birth	Total	Female	Male
Total	1,788	927	861
Brazil	13	9	4
Bulgaria	108	47	61
Burundi	14	6	8
Colombia	299	162	137
Dominican Republic	15	9	6
Haiti	46	23	23
Hungary	16	6	10
India	241	156	85
Jamaica	23	14	9
Korea, South	162	38	124
Kyrgyzstan	11	6	5
Latvia	28	11	17
Liberia	24	13	11
Malawi	D	D	D
Mexico	30	20	10
Morocco	30	8	22
Nigeria	107	58	49
Philippines	65	45	20
Sierra Leone	17	12	5
South Africa	11	D	D
Taiwan	49	28	21
Thailand	38	23	15
Ukraine	234	108	126
Vietnam	13	4	9
All other countries ^[1]	182	109	73
Unknown	D	D	D

By Age

By Region of Birth

Region of birth	Total	Under 1 year	1 to 4 years	5 years and over
Total	1,788	35	729	1,024
Africa	275	15	95	165
Asia	612	D	428	D
Europe	411	D	D	303
North America	160	-	18	142
Oceania	D	-	D	D
South America	321	12	78	231
Unknown	D	-	D	D

By Country of Birth

Country of birth	Total	Under 1 year	1 to 4 years	5 years and over
Total	1,788	35	729	1,024
Brazil	13	-	3	10
Bulgaria	108	-	51	57
Burundi	14	-	9	5
Colombia	299	12	74	213
Dominican Republic	15	-	3	12
Haiti	46	-	8	38
Hungary	16	-	7	9
India	241	D	190	D
Jamaica	23	-	4	19
Korea, South	162	-	D	D
Kyrgyzstan	11	-	5	6
Latvia	28	-	-	28
Liberia	24	-	9	15
Malawi	D	-	D	D
Mexico	30	-	D	D
Morocco	30	15	D	D
Nigeria	107	-	34	73
Philippines	65	-	9	56
Sierra Leone	17	-	D	D
South Africa	11	-	5	6
Taiwan	49	-	20	29
Thailand	38	-	23	15
Ukraine	234	D	D	193
Vietnam	13	-	7	6
All other countries ^[2]	182	D	D	126
Unknown	D	-	D	D

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Table 12. Immigrant Orphans Adopted by U.S. Citizens by Sex, Age, and Region and Country Of Birth: Fiscal Year 2021

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