California:  Child Welfare Report Card

Child Abuse
Substantiated

Children in
Foster Care

Completed
Adoptions

   

 

Although African American children are less than 7 % of the population they are the largest group in foster care and the least likely to be adopted. 

 
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  Population 130,510 117,937 6,251
   White 38 % 30 % 43%
   African American 16 % 35 % 20 %
   Hispanic 33 % 32 % 22 %
   Asian 3 % 2 % 2 %
   Other

1%

1 %

1 %

Child Welfare Costs = $2,634,556,447      $80.65 per capita

 Source: ACF, Census Bureau, CWLA