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Washington Child Welfare
System Profile |
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2000 |
1999 |
1999 |
1999 |
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Child
Population |
Child
Abuse Substantiated |
Children
in Foster Care |
Completed
Adoptions |
| Population |
1,513,843 |
8,039 |
8,688 |
1,047 |
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White |
71% |
71.0% |
57.6% |
67.0% |
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African American |
4% |
9.9% |
13.9% |
19.0% |
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Hispanic |
1% |
12.1% |
11.8% |
7.0% |
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Asian |
5% |
2.4% |
1.1% |
1.0% |
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| Child
welfare costs |
(1998) |
321,639,795 |
$
per capita
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57 |
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