Florida Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 3,646,340 67,530 34,292 1,355
  White 55% 66.6% 46.7% 49.0%
  African American 21% 31.9% 46.5% 40.0%
  Hispanic 19% 8.1% 5.3% 10.0%
  Asian 2% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 414,695,687  $ per capita 28

 

 
 

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