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Mississippi Child
Welfare System Profile |
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2000 |
1999 |
1999 |
1999 |
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Child
Population |
Child
Abuse Substantiated |
Children
in Foster Care |
Completed
Adoptions |
| Population |
775,187 |
6,523 |
3,196 |
237 |
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White |
52% |
46.3% |
39.5% |
44.0% |
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African American |
45% |
52.8% |
59.2% |
52.0% |
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Hispanic |
2% |
1.6% |
0.7% |
2.0% |
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Asian |
1% |
0.5% |
0.3% |
1.0% |
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| Child
welfare costs |
(1998) |
49,981,611 |
$
per capita
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18 |
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