Kentucky Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 994,818 18,650 5,698 359
  White 86% 78.3% 67.8% 60.0%
  African American 9% 13.9% 23.0% 25.0%
  Hispanic 2% 0.1% 0.4% 5.0%
  Asian 1% 0.2% 0.1% 1.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 190,198,358  $ per capita 48
 

 
 

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