Georgia Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 2,169,234 26,888 11,991 1,098
  White 55% 45.9% 32.9% 37.0%
  African American 34% 47.4% 59.0% 59.0%
  Hispanic 6% 3.1% 4.1% 2.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 244,547,064  $ per capita 32
 

 
 

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