North Carolina Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 1,964,047 36,976 11,339 949
  White 63% 57.1% 40.7% 40.0%
  African American 26% 37.9% 50.7% 55.0%
  Hispanic 6% 6.9% 6.3% 3.0%
  Asian 2% 1.1% 0.2% 0.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 196,629,327  $ per capita 26
 

 
 

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