North Dakota Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 160,849 1,284 1143 139
  White 87% 68.8% 61.4% 73.4%
  African American 1% 3.5% 2.5% 1.0%
  Hispanic 2% 3.3% 3.1% 1.0%
  Native American 8.5% 26.2% 31.1% 14.4%
Child welfare costs (1998) 21,456,344  $ per capita 33.62
 

 
 

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