West Virginia Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 402,393 8,609 3,169 312
  White 93% 84.0% 84.9% 84.0%
  African American 4% 5.1% 11.4% 9.0%
  Hispanic 5% 0.6% 0.9% 1.0%
  Asian 1% 0.1% 0.1% 1.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 121,014,974

 $ per capita

67
 

 
 

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