Minnesota Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 1,286,894 11,113 8,996 633
  White 82% 58.7% 54.2% 40.0%
  African American 5% 26.3% 20.9% 43.0%
  Hispanic 4% 6.9% 5.2% 6.0%
  Asian 4% 3.8% 1.5% 1.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 436,401,323  $ per capita 92.35

 
 

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