Washington Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 1,513,843 8,039 8,688 1,047
  White 71% 71.0% 57.6% 67.0%
  African American 4% 9.9% 13.9% 19.0%
  Hispanic 1% 12.1% 11.8% 7.0%
  Asian 5% 2.4% 1.1% 1.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 321,639,795

 $ per capita

57
 

 
 

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