Brooklyn Statistics


  • There are 3,977 children in the foster care system.

  • 89% of the foster care population consists of Blacks and Latinos.

  • 67% of the foster care population consists of Blacks.

    • Foster Care Population vs. Race in Brooklyn:
    Asian- .5%
    Black- 67%
    Latino- 22%
    White- 3.7%
    Other- 6%

  • In 2008, there were 1,896 children placed into foster care. That is 25.5% of the total foster care placement.

  • Some of the neighborhoods with the most amount of placements include Bedford Stuyvesant, East New York and Brownsville.



Statistics obtained from Administration for Children's Services- Community Snapshots 2008