Foster Care Data in Missouri

Missouri foster care statistics: 12,774 children in care, 369 waiting for adoption, 5,047 licensed homes. View county-level data.

Missouri Foster Care Statistics (2025)

Counties in Missouri

Explore foster care data for 114 counties in Missouri:

• Adair
• Andrew
• Atchison
• Audrain
• Barry
• Barton
• Bates
• Benton
• Bollinger
• Boone
• Buchanan
• Butler
• Caldwell
• Callaway
• Camden
• Cape Girardeau
• Carroll
• Carter
• Cass
• Cedar
• Chariton
• Christian
• Clark
• Clay
• Clinton
• Cole
• Cooper
• Crawford
• Dade
• Dallas
• Daviess
• De Kalb
• Dent
• Douglas
• Dunklin
• Franklin
• Gasconade
• Gentry
• Greene
• Grundy
• Harrison
• Henry
• Hickory
• Holt
• Howard
• Howell
• Iron
• Jackson
• Jasper
• Jefferson
• Johnson
• Knox
• Laclede
• Lafayette
• Lawrence
• Lewis
• Lincoln
• Linn
• Livingston
• Macon
• Madison
• Maries
• Marion
• McDonald
• Mercer
• Miller
• Mississippi
• Moniteau
• Monroe
• Montgomery
• Morgan
• New Madrid
• Newton
• Nodaway
• Oregon
• Osage
• Ozark
• Pemiscot
• Perry
• Pettis
• Phelps
• Pike
• Platte
• Polk
• Pulaski
• Putnam
• Ralls
• Randolph
• Ray
• Reynolds
• Ripley
• Saline
• Schuyler
• Scotland
• Scott
• Shannon
• Shelby
• St. Charles
• St. Clair
• St. Francois
• St. Louis
• Ste. Genevieve
• Stoddard
• Stone
• Sullivan
• Taney
• Texas
• Vernon
• Warren
• Washington
• Wayne
• Webster
• Worth
• Wright

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Data sources: AFCARS Federal Data, MTE State Metrics. Updated daily.