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How many missing and exploited children are there in the United States?
Missing and exploited children statistics are available in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual NCIC Missing Person and Unidentified Person Statistics reports and in the Statistics section of the Office of Justice Program's Missing Children Special Feature.