Colorado State Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 1,100,795 6,989 7,639 713
  White 66% 62.8% 51.0% 60.0%
  African American 4% 8.4% 15.9% 14.0%
  Hispanic 24% 18.6% 26.0% 23.0%
  Asian 2% 0.8% 0.9% 0.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 242,245,638

 $ per capita

61
 

 
 

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