New Jersey Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 2,087,558 9,222 9,494 729
  White 59% 33.6% 22.8% 21.0%
  African American 16% 47.2% 63.8% 70.0%
  Hispanic 16% 15.3% 8.4% 9.0%
  Asian 6% 0.7% 0.2% 1.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 402,659,107  $ per capita 50
 

 
 

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