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   Note: A fiscal year begins October 1 and ends on September 30. 

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Referrals

Number of referrals ORR receives from the Department of Homeland Security each fiscal year. 

FISCAL YearReferrals
FY202498,356
FY2023118,938
FY2022128,904
FY2021122,731
FY202015,381
FY201969,488
FY201849,100
FY201740,810
FY201659,170
FY201533, 726
FY201457, 496
FY201324, 668
FY201213, 625

Read more about referrals to ORR and initial placement.

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

Average Monthly Data

General statistics related to unaccompanied alien children, as of the last day of the month, in FY2025.

StatisticOCTNOVDECJANFEBMar
Average Number of Children in Care6,2126,0906,6435,0512,7782,173
Maximum Number of Operational Beds*16,47516,41015,28215,28915,38215,441
Average Occupancy Rate**38%39%44%33%18% 14% 
Average Length of Care (for those discharged)***3535353749112
Average Length of Care (for those in care)***676567109161175
30-Day Average Number of UAC Referrals178180194842011
30-Day Average UAC Discharge Rate2.83.12.73.42.60.7

*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 Length of Care

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

FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016FY2015
30272933696164514038

Note: Data revised as of January 8, 2024, to present an annual average.

Average Monthly Data
Sex

Sex

Breakdown of unaccompanied alien children in ORR's care, by sex, as of the last day of the month, for FY2025.

SEXOCTNOVDECJANFEBMar
Male4,0564,0824,0412,4021,6071,533
Female2,3432,4352,3431,195739710

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

FISCAL YearMalesFemales
FY202461%38%
FY202361%39%
FY202264%36%
FY202166%34%
FY202068%32%
FY201966%34%
FY201871%29%
FY201768%32%
FY201667%33%
FY201568%32%
FY201466%34%
FY201373%27%
FY201277%23%
Average Length of Care
Age

Age

Breakdown of unaccompanied alien children in ORR's care, by age, as of the last day of the month, for FY2025. 

Age GroupOCTNOVDECJANFEBMar
0-52272222611218070
6-12901987908426213229
13-14728749736392223217
15-162,1232,2152,1291,196834786
17+2,4202,3442,3501,462996941

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

AgeFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016FY2015FY2014FY2013FY2012
0-1224%19%15%16%16%16%15%17%18%17%21%14%11%
13-1412%12%13%13%12%12%12%13%14%14%16%13%11%
15-1631%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

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 FY2025.

SHELTER TYPEOCTNOVDECJANFEBMAR
Shelter393453530261109115
Transitional Foster Care714735612258155149
Residential Treatment Center000000
Staff Secure000000
Secure  000000
Therapeutic Staff Secure000000
Therapeutic Group Home000000
Long Term Foster Care 212127282935
Emergency Intake Facility000000
Influx Care Facility000000
Age
Country of Origin

Country of Origin

Primary countries of origin of youth in ORR's care by fiscal year.

Country of OriginFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016FY2015FY2014FY2013FY2012
Honduras20%28%29%32%25%30%26%23%21%17%34%30%27%
Guatemala32%42%47%47%48%45%54%45%40%45%32%37%34%
El Salvador8%9%13%13%14%18%12%27%34%29%29%26%27%
Mexico20%8%3%1%6%2%3%<3%3%6%<2%3%8%
All Other Countries19%13%8%7%8%5%<5%3%2%3%<3%5%4%
Tender Age (0-12) Children by Shelter Type
Primary Language

Primary Language

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

LanguageFY2024
Spanish88,291 (87.95%)
Haitian Creole3,259 (3.25%)
Q'eqchi'1,475 (1.47%)
Mam966 (0.96%)
French922 (0.92%)
Country of Origin
Home Studies

Home Studies

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

Fiscal YearHome Studies
FY202410,334
FY20238,175
FY20228,726
FY20215,373
FY20202,204
FY20194,859
FY20183,698
FY20173,064
Primary Language
Released to Sponsors

Released to Sponsors

Total monthly discharges by category to individual sponsors, as of the last day of the month, in FY2025.

CATEGORYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMAR
Category 12,5592,6772,8402,630787116
Category 22,0942,1902,1662,114847172
Category 345848038640722455
Total 5,1115,3475,3925,1511,858343
Home Studies
Post-Release Services

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 YearChildren Released 
to Sponsor*		Children Referred 
for PRS**		Percentage of Children Referred for PRS***
FY202499,41981,58882.1%
FY2023113,60267,62059.5%
FY2022128,10656,17143.8%
FY2021108,24529,77327.5%

*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

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL FY2025 UAC DATA REPRESENTED HERE IS UNRECONCILED AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.