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The U.S. Social Security Administration estimates the 2003 orphan
child population in the U.S. to be 2,504,200.
source:
Table III.B18?Non-Orphan and Orphan Population, Under 18, in the
Social Security Area, Source: Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/NOTES/as115/as115Tbl_III_B18.html#1204840
Note that the Social Security Administration defines "orphan" as a
child with at least one deceased parent.
Be aware that the population of "full orphans" (i.e., children with
two deceased parents) is actually relatively small. According to the
1990 edition of the Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract of the United
States, only 0.04% of American children were "full orphans."
The Statistical Abstract of the United States 1990 (110th edition)
reported the following totals:
orphans (percent of the youth population)
Father died: 1,625,000 2.5%
Mother died: 561,000 0.9%
Both died: 27,000 0.04%
source:
Statistical Abstract of the United States 1990 (110th edition),
cited in:
Robert J. Haggerty's book "Stress, Risk, and Resilience in Children
and Adolescents" (1996), page 103, [read using the "search inside"
feature on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521576628/
If you applied the 0.04% "full orphan" rate to the United States'
current total of 72.3 million children, it would suggest that there
are approximately 29,000 "full orphans" in the U.S. in 2003.
(The source for the total population of 72.3 million children is a
2003 U.S. Census Bureau press release: "...nation's 72.3 million
children..."
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2003/cb03-97.html )
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