Nevada Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 511,799 8,238 not available 123
  White 54% 65.3% not available 74.8%
  African American 8% 20.2% not available 17.1%
  Hispanic 29% 7.2% not available 6.5%
  Asian 4% 1.0% not available 0.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 42,448,394  $ per capita 24
 

 
 

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