Adoptions and parental custody
Adopted children and young people by personal characteristics, kinship ties with the adoptive parents and their citizenship

Adopted children and young people by personal characteristics, kinship ties with the adoptive parents and their citizenship

Sex Age from … to under … years Citizenship	Total	Kinship ties with the adoptive parents			Of whom (column 1) citizenship of adoptive parents
		related	stepfather/stepmother	not related	german	not german	german/ not german
1: Children and young people with sex "not stated" (in accordance with Section 23 (3) of the Civil Status Act - PStG) are shown under "male".
Total	3,662	74	2,697	891	3,479	121	62
unter 3	2,083	25	1,407	651	1,999	50	34
3 bis 9	572	14	397	161	528	30	14
9 bis 15	695	23	617	55	661	23	11
15 bis 18	312	12	276	24	291	18	3
davon
Deutsche	3,392	47	2,569	776	3,267	91	34
Nichtdeutsche	270	27	128	115	212	30	28
Männlich1	1,872	39	1,350	483	1,783	66	2
unter 3	1,106	14	733	359	1,071	25	10
3 bis 9	277	9	186	82	251	18	8
9 bis 15	346	11	306	29	330	11	5
15 bis 18	143	5	125	13	131	12	0
davon
Deutsche	1,754	30	1,296	428	1,691	49	14
Nichtdeutsche	118	9	54	55	92	17	9
Weiblich	1,790	35	1,347	408	1,696	55	39
unter 3	977	11	674	292	928	25	24
3 bis 9	295	5	211	79	277	12	6
9 bis 15	349	12	311	26	331	12	6
15 bis 18	169	7	151	11	160	6	3
davon
Deutsche	1,638	17	1,273	348	1,576	42	20
Nichtdeutsche	152	18	74	60	120	13	19

As at 04 July 2025