Children in Foster Care - North Carolina

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Children in Foster Care (Number) – 2010

Data Provided by: Action for Children North Carolina

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0 - 88
Gates	0
Hyde	1
Perquimans	2
Tyrrell	2
Jones	7
Washington	9
Camden	10
Chowan	15
Caswell	21
Northampton	21
Montgomery	22
Warren	22
Hertford	22
Bertie	23
Avery	24
Pamlico	26
Jackson	32
Currituck	33
Mitchell	33
Pasquotank	35
Alleghany	37
Ashe	37
Anson	38
Clay	39
Greene	40
Transylvania	42
Martin	44
Swain	45
Polk	46
Alexander	47
Dare	48
Graham	51
Macon	52
Halifax	53
Duplin	53
Richmond	55
Bladen	55
Stanly	57
Hoke	57
Lee	57
Davie	60
Watauga	67
Yancey	68
Surry	71
Granville	72
Cabarrus	79
Lenoir	81
Moore	83
Nash	84
Pender	88

89 - 194
Franklin	93
Johnston	95
Lincoln	97
Wilson	100
Person	100
Stokes	101
Yadkin	101
Scotland	105
Cherokee	105
Carteret	107
Madison	108
Columbus	108
Vance	109
McDowell	116
Beaufort	117
Chatham	124
Brunswick	127
Wayne	132
Rutherford	139
Harnett	148
Haywood	155
Sampson	157
Union	166
Pitt	169
Randolph	172
Burke	173
Alamance	176
Davidson	178
Edgecombe	185
Rockingham	186
Craven	188
Orange	189
Henderson	194
195 - 358
Wilkes	226
Onslow	246
Caldwell	250
Rowan	255
Robeson	256
Forsyth	259
Durham	275
Iredell	315
Cleveland	325
Buncombe	330
Catawba	331
Gaston	358
359 - 1,086
New Hanover	556
Guilford	580
Wake	795
Cumberland	922
Mecklenburg	1,086

Definitions:

The number of children ages 0-17 placed in foster care.

Data Source: Duncan, D.F., Kum, H.C., Flair, K.A., and Stewart, C.J. (2010). Management Assistance for Child Welfare, Work First, and Food & Nutrition Services in North Carolina. Special data request, March 2011. Also available online through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jordan Institute for Families website at http://ssw.unc.edu/ma/.

Footnotes: Rolling quarters are used to specify a year. Foster care refers to children placed under legal custody of the North Carolina Department of Social Services who are placed with relatives, in emergency shelters, group homes, residential facilities or other approved placements.

Last updated April 2011.

Note: Maps use the natural break classification method, which reflects patterns in the data by dividing the map into naturally occurring groups. Using statistical tools, this method determines cut-off points for each group by identifying large gaps in data values.

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Laila A. Bell, Director of Research and Data

The mission of Action for Children North Carolina is to advocate for child well-being by educating and engaging all people across the state to ensure that our children are health, safe, well-educated and have every opportunity for success.

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