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Statistics on children, youth and families in Louisiana from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Agenda for Children
Children in foster care by race and ethnicity
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Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
Number - children and youth in the foster care system.
Rate - the number of children in foster care per 1,000 children under age 18 in the population.
Rate - the number of children in foster care per 1,000 children under age 18 in the population.
Data Source
Agenda for Children's analysis of data provided by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, by special request and Puzzanchera, C., Sladky, A. and Kang, W. (2021). "Easy Access to Juvenile Populations: 1990-2020."
Notes
Note that data are reported by race and Hispanic origin. Hispanic origin was unknown for a significant portion of children in foster care in Louisiana. In 2020, Hispanic origin was unknown for about 9% of the children in foster care, so the Hispanic numbers reported here should be considered minimum figures, though the true numbers could be higher.
Data are reported according to the location of court of entry into foster care. Note that the parish location data was missing for a small number of children each year, and a very small (<5) number of children in foster care have cases that originated in other states. As a result, the statewide total is larger than the sum of data from all parishes.
Data are unduplicated, so if a child entered and exited foster care multiple times over the course of the year, he/she would only be counted once.
LNE - "low number event" reflects a number or rate based on at least one but fewer than five events.
N.A. - rates are not reported for the "other" category.
Data are reported according to the location of court of entry into foster care. Note that the parish location data was missing for a small number of children each year, and a very small (<5) number of children in foster care have cases that originated in other states. As a result, the statewide total is larger than the sum of data from all parishes.
Data are unduplicated, so if a child entered and exited foster care multiple times over the course of the year, he/she would only be counted once.
LNE - "low number event" reflects a number or rate based on at least one but fewer than five events.
N.A. - rates are not reported for the "other" category.
Last Updated
December 2022