Maryland Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1998 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 1,356,172 14,234 13,455 583
  White 56% 19.3% 32.0%
  African American 32%   78.1% 63.0%
  Hispanic 5% 0.9% 3.0%
  Asian 4%   0.3% 1.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 286,100,287

 $ per capita

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