Data | The Administration for Children and Families

Referrals

View the number of referrals ORR receives from the Department of Homeland Security by fiscal year.

Daily Data : Number of unaccompanied alien children who are in ORR’s care after being referred by the Department of Homeland Security.

Average Monthly Data

General statistics related to unaccompanied alien children, as of the last day of the month, in FY2026.

Statistic	OCT
Average Number of Children in Care	2,244
Maximum Number of Operational Beds*	9,625
Average Occupancy Rate**	24%
Average Length of Care (for those discharged)***	173
Average Length of Care (for those in care)***	166
30-Day Average Number of UAC Referrals	15
30-Day Average UAC Discharge Rate	0.5

*Includes Influx shelters.
**Includes all discharge types and all program types.
***Length of Care calculated as of the last day of the corresponding month showing above.

Referrals

Average Length of Care

Average number of days an unaccompanied alien child remained in ORR care.

FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020	FY2019	FY2018	FY2017	FY2016	FY2015
30	27	29	33	69	61	64	51	40	38

Average Monthly Data

Sex

Breakdown of unaccompanied alien children in ORR's care, by sex, as of the last day of the month, for FY2026.

SEX	OCT
Male	1,786
Female	834

Breakdown of unaccompanied alien children in ORR's care by sex in previous fiscal years.

FISCAL Year	Males	Females
FY2024	61%	38%
FY2023	61%	39%
FY2022	64%	36%
FY2021	66%	34%
FY2020	68%	32%
FY2019	66%	34%
FY2018	71%	29%
FY2017	68%	32%
FY2016	67%	33%
FY2015	68%	32%
FY2014	66%	34%
FY2013	73%	27%
FY2012	77%	23%

Average Length of Care

Age

Breakdown of unaccompanied alien children in ORR's care, by age, as of the last day of the month, for FY2026.

Age Group	OCT
0-5	83
6-12	359
13-14	276
15-16	833
17+	1,069

Age breakdown of unaccompanied alien children in ORR's care by fiscal year.

Age	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020	FY2019	FY2018	FY2017	FY2016	FY2015	FY2014	FY2013	FY2012
0-12	24%	19%	15%	16%	16%	16%	15%	17%	18%	17%	21%	14%	11%
13-14	12%	12%	13%	13%	12%	12%	12%	13%	14%	14%	16%	13%	11%
15-16	31%	34%	36%	39%	37%	37%	37%	37%	37%	38%	36%	40%	39%
17+*	33%	35%	36%	33%	35%	35%	35%	32%	31%	30%	27%	34%	38%

*Includes unaccompanied alien children who were identified as 18 years old after ORR’s initial evaluation (0.13%).

Sex

Tender Age (0-12) Children by Shelter Type

Breakdown of tender age (0-12) unaccompanied alien children in ORR's care by shelter type, as of the last day of the month, in FY2026.

SHELTER TYPE	OCT
Shelter	123
Transitional Foster Care	285
Residential Treatment Center	0
Staff Secure	0
Secure	0
Therapeutic Staff Secure	0
Therapeutic Group Home	0
Long Term Foster Care	34
Emergency Intake Facility	0
Influx Care Facility	0

Age

Country of Origin

View the primary countries of origin of youth in ORR's care by fiscal year.

Tender Age (0-12) Children by Shelter Type

Primary Language

Five predominant languages spoken by unaccompanied alien children in ORR’s care, by fiscal year.

Language	FY2024
Spanish	88,291 (87.95%)
Haitian Creole	3,259 (3.25%)
Q'eqchi'	1,475 (1.47%)
Mam	966 (0.96%)
French	922 (0.92%)

Country of Origin

Home Studies

Number of home studies conducted by ORR care providers, by fiscal year.

Fiscal Year	Home Studies
FY2024	10,334
FY2023	8,175
FY2022	8,726
FY2021	5,373
FY2020	2,204
FY2019	4,859
FY2018	3,698
FY2017	3,064

Primary Language

Released to Sponsors

Total monthly discharges by category to individual sponsors, as of the last day of the month, in FY2026.

CATEGORY	OCT
Category 1	55
Category 2	36
Category 3	15
Total	106

County Data

Unaccompanied Alien Children Released to Sponsors by County

State Data

Unaccompanied Alien Children Released to Sponsors by State and Fiscal Year

Home Studies

Post-Release Services

Number of unaccompanied alien children referred for post-release services (PRS) out of the total number of children released to sponsors in each fiscal year.

Fiscal Year	Children Released to Sponsor*	Children Referred for PRS**	Percentage of Children Referred for PRS***
FY2024	99,419	81,588	82.1%
FY2023	113,602	67,620	59.5%
FY2022	128,106	56,171	43.8%
FY2021	108,245	29,773	27.5%

*Number of unaccompanied alien children released to sponsors in each fiscal year.
**Number of unaccompanied alien children referred for post-release services out of the total number of children released to sponsors in each fiscal year.
***Percentage of unaccompanied alien children referred for post-release services out of the total number of children released to sponsors in each fiscal year.

Note: From 2015 to 2020, the method used to calculate post-release services (PRS) utilization was the number of active PRS cases in a fiscal year. Thereby, a child who received PRS across several fiscal years would have been counted as an active case in each fiscal year.

For example, a child was released to a sponsor in July of 2016 with a referral to post-release services (PRS). The child received PRS for 18 months, from August of 2016 to February of 2018, so, the case was open in FY2016 and remained an active case through FY2018. Thus, the case would have been counted in as a child served by PRS in each fiscal year.

Released to Sponsors