Add It Up: Child prostitution
Estimated number of teenage prostitutes working in Atlanta in 2009: 334
Estimated number of teenage prostitutes working in Atlanta in 2007: 251
Estimated minimum number of children at risk for sexual exploitation in the United States: __200,000
Rank of Atlanta among cities with children living in extreme poverty, as of the 2000 census: 1
Estimated percentage of street youth nationwide who engage in “survival sex”: 28
Number of studies that the United States Department of Justice has conducted on child prostitution: 0
Price of sex with a 14-year-old Atlanta prostitute profiled in 2005 study PDF: $25
Fine for pimping minors in the state of Georgia, prior to 2001: __$50
Maximum for pimping minors after the passage of Georgia’s Child Sexual Commerce Prevention Act of 2001: __$10,000
Sources: New York Times, Atlanta Women’s Agenda