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