Iowa Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 733,638 9,763 4,854 296
  White 89% 74.2% 71.5% 71.0%
  African American 3% 8.0% 12.0% 19.0%
  Hispanic 4% 3.7% 4.0% 3.0%
  Asian 1% 0.7% 0.9% 2.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 218,673,017  $ per capita 76
 

 
 

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