California Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 8,923,423 130,510 117,937 6,251
  White 35% 33.0% 29.5% 37.0%
  African American 7% 18.0% 34.6% 25.0%
  Hispanic 44% 37.0% 32.3% 22.0%
  Asian 10% 4.0% 2.1% 0.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 2,634,556,447

 $ per capita

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