Is it Prevalent in the USA?
Between 325,000 to 421,000 youth in the U.S. are either actively involved in sex trafficking or are at high risk of becoming involved.
A University of Pennsylvania Study estimated the following:
Numbers of children at risk of Commercial Sexual Exploitation:
- 208,000 children not living in their own homes
- 7,000 children living in their own homes
- 400 gang members and street youth
- 32,000 international youth
- Total is approx. 325,000
A second study* performed in 2006 looking at a nationally representative sample of 13,294 adolescents found that 3.5% of American adolescents had exchanged sex for money or drugs.
According to U.S. Census data, that’s 421,415 American adolescents!
