Illinois Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 3,245,451 33,125 40,270 7,028
  White 59% 48.6% 17.6% 18.0%
  African American 18% 39.1% 75.8% 76.0%
  Hispanic 17% 8.5% 4.9% 5.0%
  Asian 3% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 1,300,315,000  $ per capita 108

 
 

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