South Carolina Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 1,009,641 9,580 4,645 456
  White 58% 52.5% 36.0% 30.0%
  African American 36% 45.8% 62.5% 67.0%
  Hispanic 2% 1.5% 1.0% 0.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 169,602,175

 $ per capita

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