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Foster care in the United States - number of children 2016, by race/ethnicity

Number of children in foster care in the United States in 2016, by race/ethnicity

The data displays the number of children in foster care in the U.S. in 2016, by race/ethnicity. In 2016, about 101,825 Black or African American children were in foster care in the United States

White	191433
Black or African American	101825
Hispanic (of any race)	91352
Two or more races	30224
American Indian/Alaskan Native	10366
Unknown/unable to determine	8418
Asian	2290
Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander	936

Foster care in the United States - number of children 2016, by race/ethnicity

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