Delaware Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 194,587 2,082 1,480 33
  White 64% 53.1% 31.0% 51.5%
  African American 24% 45.2% 59.0% 39.4%
  Hispanic 7% 8.0% 5.8% 6.1%
  Asian 2% 0.5% 1.0% 0.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 34,737,266

 $ per capita

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