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ach year the State Department compiles a list of the top countries of immigrant adopted children coming to the states. Here is 2008's Top 20...

Country Total

Guatemala - 4,123
China - 3,909
Russia - 1,861
Ethiopia - 1,725
South Korea - 1,065
Vietnam - 751
Ukraine - 457
Kazakhstan - 380
India - 307
Columbia - 306
Haiti - 302
Philippines - 291
Taiwan - 267
Liberia - 249
Nigeria - 148
Mexico - 103
Ghana - 101
Kyrgyzstan - 78
Poland - 77
Thailand - 59

Source: U.S. State Department