statistics
• 27 million slaves worldwide, $32 billion annually, 50% are children
• 100,000-300,000 domestic victims under age 18
• Average earnings in the US is $500 x 365 days = $182,500 a year per girl, tax
free
• Average age of entry in the US is 12-14 for girls and 11-13 for boys
• 75% of predators have also reported being abused as a child
• Up to 50% of child victims are boys
• 41% of all the calls received by Polaris Project in the last five years have been
domestic victims
• 1 in 3 homeless children will be trafficked within 48 hours of becoming
homeless (1,000 homeless children in Durham County alone)
• 80% of all domestic minor trafficking victims have had contact with foster care
or the juvenile justice system (NC has 12,000 foster children as of 2012)
• Between five organizations in NC, we served 75 survivors in two years (20122013)
*Statistics gathered from sharehope.org, polarisproject.org, and NC Dept of
Health & Human Services.