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Texas 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 |
5,886,759 |
39,488 |
19,680 |
2,052 |
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White |
43% |
73.2% |
32.3% |
27.0% |
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African American |
12% |
24.5% |
30.5% |
40.0% |
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Hispanic |
11% |
33.7% |
31.8% |
28.0% |
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Asian |
2% |
0.7% |
0.3% |
0.0% |
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| Child
welfare costs |
(1998) |
475,586,609 |
$
per capita
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