Myth: Most American Households are made up of a married husband and wife.

Fact:

• According to the US Census Bureau, 2000 marked the first time that less than 25% (23.5%) of American households were made up of a married man, women and one or more children. In 1960, only 45% of American households fit this picture. (By 2010 that is expected to fall to 20%)
• An estimated 2 million GLB people are interested in adoption
• An estimated 65,500 adopted children are living with a lesbian or gay parent
• Gay and lesbian parents are raising 4% of all adopted children in the U.S.
• 3% of foster youth are being raised in a gay or lesbian foster home, that’s more than 14,000 kids
• WA has the 5th largest number of adopted children living in a gay or lesbian home nationally

 

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Resources:

• 2000 U.S. Census, and The Changing American Family, American Baby Magazine May 2005
• Adoption and Foster Care by Gay and Lesbian Parents in the United States, March 2007 The Williams Institute and the Urban Institute