Indiana Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 1,574,396 21,608 8,933 759
  White 82% 71.3% 56.2% 80.0%
  African American 10% 17.6% 33.9% 11.0%
  Hispanic 5% 1.7% 1.3% 3.0%
  Asian 1% 0.2% 1.0% 1.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 370,343,984

 $ per capita

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