Virginia Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 1,738,262 8,199 7,264 326
  White 64% 51.6% 40.8% 48.0%
  African American 23% 39.3% 53.6% 49.0%
  Hispanic 12% 3.1% 3.5% 1.0%
  Asian 4% 1.1% 0.8% 1.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 103,010,599  $ per capita 15
 

 
 

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