Race/Ethnicity of Children in Foster Care

Preliminary Analysis of AFCARS Data for Children in Foster Care as of December 31, 1994

RACE-ETHNICITY

State	White Non-Hispanic*	Black Non-Hispanic*	Hispanic+	Asian/PI Non-Hispanic*	AI/AN Non-Hispanic	UnKnown/ Unable to Determine	%	N
Alaska**	36%	11%	2%	1%	45%	5%	100%	1,105
Arizona	55%	17%	22%	0%	2%	3%	100%	3,997
Arkansas	55%	43%	1%	0%	0%	1%	100%	2,049
California	36%	37%	25%	2%	1%	0%	100%	87,382
Dist of Col	1%	95%	1%	0%	0%	3%	100%	2,380
Florida***	50%	49%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	12,587
Georgia	35%	60%	1%	0%	0%	0%	100%	12,631
Idaho	86%	1%	0%	0%	4%	9%	100%	1,032
Illinois	18%	77%	4%	0%	0%	1%	100%	45,657
Kansas	65%	26%	6%	1%	1%	2%	100%	5,911
Kentucky	67%	27%	1%	0%	0%	4%	100%	3,949
Massachusetts	52%	26%	17%	1%	0%	3%	100%	14,337
New Jersey	23%	63%	11%	1%	1%	2%	100%	6,920
New Mexico	36%	11%	45%	1%	7%	0%	100%	1,506
New York	13%	52%	15%	0%	0%	20%	100%	60,216
Ohio	46%	47%	1%	0%	0%	5%	100%	14,531
Oregon	71%	13%	6%	1%	5%	4%	100%	5,439
Rhode Island	55%	26%	11%	1%	1%	6%	100%	3,047
South Carolina	35%	64%	0%	0%	0%	2%	100%	4,482
Texas	34%	30%	25%	0%	0%	11%	100%	1,415
Utah	81%	3%	8%	1%	6%	1%	100%	1,415
Total	32%	47%	14%	1%	1%	6%	100%	307,015

* The Race and Ethnicity categories have been determined using two AFCARS data elements, "Race" and "Hispanic Origin". The four Race-Ethnicity categories defined as "Non Hispanic" resulted from States' coding data element "Race" as White, Black, AI/AN (American Indian/Alaskan Native), or Asian/PI (Asian/Pacific Islander), and leaving data element "Hispanic Origin" blank (missing) or coding it as "No" or "Unable to Determine."

** Data were extracted from an Information System under development.

*** Does not include relative placement cases and Information System at the time of data extraction did not contain "Hispanic Origin."

+ Hispanic may be of any race.