Children's Services in Hamilton County
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Children Served	18,608	17,758	18,584	16,108	15,679	17,460	17,717	16,469	15,422
Proportion of child population	1 in 12	1 in 12	1 in 12	1 in 13	1 in 13	1 in 12	1 in 12	1 in 13	1 in 13
Investigations of alleged abuse & neglect initiated	5,822	5,580	5,496	5,578	5,661	6,141	6,437	5,899	5,353
Children in HCJFS custody and in substitute care at some point during the year (unduplicated)	2,373	2,298	2,204	2,084	2,057	1,920	1,979	2,079	2,105
Finalized adoptions	92	95	89	94	77	85	135	113	91