Footnote placement -- inside or outside terminal quote?

Question

When you are referencing information in the footnote, is it customary to put the footnote number inside the quote or outside?

For instance is it:

"The pink pig."¹

or:

"The pink pig.¹"

Answer 1

If you're referring to APA style and you want to cite a quote you're using, then you don't use numbered lists, instead you use authors and page numbers to reference the specific quote. If you want to reference specific content, without a quote, that adds to the material you've described, then I'd say that the footnote ID, ¹, would follow your text.

• APA Citations
• APA Footnotes