Foster Care Data in North Carolina

North Carolina foster care statistics: 11,559 children in care, 1,131 waiting for adoption, 5,820 licensed homes. View county-level data.

North Carolina Foster Care Statistics (2025)

Counties in North Carolina

Explore foster care data for 100 counties in North Carolina:

• Alamance
• Alexander
• Alleghany
• Anson
• Ashe
• Avery
• Beaufort
• Bertie
• Bladen
• Brunswick
• Buncombe
• Burke
• Cabarrus
• Caldwell
• Camden
• Carteret
• Caswell
• Catawba
• Chatham
• Cherokee
• Chowan
• Clay
• Cleveland
• Columbus
• Craven
• Cumberland
• Currituck
• Dare
• Davidson
• Davie
• Duplin
• Durham
• Edgecombe
• Forsyth
• Franklin
• Gaston
• Gates
• Graham
• Granville
• Greene
• Guilford
• Halifax
• Harnett
• Haywood
• Henderson
• Hertford
• Hoke
• Hyde
• Iredell
• Jackson
• Johnston
• Jones
• Lee
• Lenoir
• Lincoln
• Macon
• Madison
• Martin
• McDowell
• Mecklenburg
• Mitchell
• Montgomery
• Moore
• Nash
• New Hanover
• Northampton
• Onslow
• Orange
• Pamlico
• Pasquotank
• Pender
• Perquimans
• Person
• Pitt
• Polk
• Randolph
• Richmond
• Robeson
• Rockingham
• Rowan
• Rutherford
• Sampson
• Scotland
• Stanly
• Stokes
• Surry
• Swain
• Transylvania
• Tyrrell
• Union
• Vance
• Wake
• Warren
• Washington
• Watauga
• Wayne
• Wilkes
• Wilson
• Yadkin
• Yancey

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