Government and public statistics
Data and Statistics on Autism Spectrum Disorder
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2025
Read the originalRead on October 16, 2026
- What it is
- The CDC's summary of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence from its Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network, which reviews health and education records of 8-year-olds at US surveillance sites. Updated 27 May 2025 with the 2022 surveillance year.
- How much weight it carries
- Official US public health agency and the standard US source for autism prevalence. ADDM covers selected sites, not a national random sample, and prevalence varies widely between sites.
Facts taken from this source
- According to the CDC's ADDM Network, about 1 in 31 children aged 8 (3.2 percent) has been identified with autism spectrum disorder.
“About 1 in 31 (3.2%) children aged 8 years has been identified with ASD according to estimates from CDC's ADDM Network.” (At a glance, Prevalence of ASD)