Mississippi Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 775,187 6,523 3,196 237
  White 52% 46.3% 39.5% 44.0%
  African American 45% 52.8% 59.2% 52.0%
  Hispanic 2% 1.6% 0.7% 2.0%
  Asian 1% 0.5% 0.3% 1.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 49,981,611

 $ per capita

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