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TABLE 6

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF FAMILIES WITH ONE ADULT BY NUMBER OF RECIPIENT CHILDREN
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006

STATE TOTAL
FAMILIES
NUMBER OF RECIPIENT CHILDREN
AVERAGE ONE TWO THREE FOUR 5 OR MORE UNKNOWN
U.S. TOTAL 908,126 1.8 47.3 27.8 13.7 5.0 2.5 3.7
               
ALABAMA 9,767 1.9 43.1 33.2 17.0 3.9 2.8 0.0
ALASKA 2,072 1.8 52.1 27.0 12.5 4.3 2.6 1.5
ARIZONA 19,859 1.7 51.3 26.9 11.5 4.4 1.5 4.5
ARKANSAS 3,835 1.6 58.9 25.1 12.3 2.5 1.3 0.0
CALIFORNIA 184,214 1.8 49.5 26.4 14.9 5.1 2.4 1.6
COLORADO 8,408 1.9 45.8 29.2 13.4 5.2 3.2 3.2
CONNECTICUT 9,828 1.6 58.1 21.8 7.8 3.3 0.7 8.3
DELAWARE 2,959 1.9 44.1 32.2 13.3 4.9 3.6 1.9
DIST. OF COL. 9,201 2.0 44.2 26.5 13.1 6.7 5.1 4.4
FLORIDA 15,523 1.9 44.3 27.9 13.8 5.7 1.8 6.5
GEORGIA 7,427 1.9 44.8 30.1 17.4 5.3 1.8 0.6
GUAM a/                
HAWAII 4,575 1.9 46.9 27.6 14.3 6.4 3.0 2.0
IDAHO 390 1.6 55.2 28.2 9.4 3.7 0.8 2.8
ILLINOIS 18,409 2.1 41.3 30.7 15.7 7.2 5.0 0.0
INDIANA 23,391 1.8 50.9 28.8 12.1 4.0 2.0 2.2
IOWA 10,977 1.7 50.5 30.8 12.4 4.2 1.3 0.8
KANSAS 10,804 1.9 42.4 28.2 14.5 4.8 2.9 7.2
KENTUCKY 15,656 1.7 52.7 29.3 12.0 3.1 1.2 1.6
LOUISIANA 3,421 2.0 40.3 31.3 14.4 8.2 3.0 2.9
MAINE 6,582 1.7 51.2 29.0 11.4 3.7 1.4 3.4
MARYLAND 10,305 2.0 39.6 30.2 14.8 6.5 2.7 6.2
MASSACHUSETTS 27,746 1.4 63.8 18.7 6.7 1.9 0.4 8.5
MICHIGAN 50,449 2.1 39.5 27.6 13.4 8.5 4.3 6.7
MINNESOTA 18,191 1.8 53.4 19.9 11.7 4.9 4.1 6.2
MISSISSIPPI 6,514 1.6 56.4 26.9 9.8 3.8 1.4 1.7
MISSOURI 27,823 1.7 51.5 29.5 12.8 4.0 1.2 1.0
MONTANA 2,132 1.9 45.0 27.9 15.2 5.0 1.8 5.2
NEBRASKA 6,555 1.9 47.2 27.6 13.8 5.4 3.0 3.0
NEVADA 2,135 2.0 44.0 28.2 15.9 6.1 3.4 2.4
NEW HAMPSHIRE 3,947 1.6 56.9 27.7 9.5 2.4 0.5 3.0
NEW JERSEY 29,203 1.8 48.5 28.3 12.5 5.7 2.6 2.4
NEW MEXICO 10,018 1.9 43.7 30.4 16.1 4.8 1.9 3.1
NEW YORK 66,324 1.8 47.0 30.1 11.5 4.0 1.9 5.6
NORTH CAROLINA 11,510 1.7 52.3 31.4 11.1 3.0 0.9 1.3
NORTH DAKOTA 1,991 1.9 45.1 29.9 13.6 5.0 2.9 3.5
OHIO 32,768 1.8 49.1 27.5 11.7 4.3 2.1 5.4
OKLAHOMA 3,868 2.0 42.8 27.9 16.6 6.6 2.7 3.4
OREGON 9,192 1.8 47.3 27.3 13.3 5.1 2.2 4.9
PENNSYLVANIA 61,101 1.9 40.9 28.8 16.0 5.1 2.6 6.6
PUERTO RICO 10,366 1.9 43.4 30.8 17.5 6.3 2.0 0.0
RHODE ISLAND 6,880 1.8 47.4 29.7 12.2 4.1 2.6 4.0
SOUTH CAROLINA 7,021 1.8 46.2 31.2 15.0 4.8 1.9 0.9
SOUTH DAKOTA 996 2.1 41.2 27.0 17.2 9.1 4.8 0.7
TENNESSEE 49,811 2.0 41.2 30.2 16.6 5.7 4.0 2.3
TEXAS 26,049 2.0 43.5 27.0 19.0 5.5 4.0 1.0
UTAH 4,478 1.9 46.3 29.2 12.9 5.3 2.9 3.5
VERMONT 2,789 1.7 50.2 30.3 10.5 3.7 1.0 4.3
VIRGIN ISLANDS 297 2.3 32.8 32.1 17.5 11.9 5.6 0.0
VIRGINIA 8,924 1.9 44.8 33.1 14.5 4.7 1.8 1.2
WASHINGTON 29,695 1.8 46.8 25.6 12.0 3.9 1.7 10.0
WEST VIRGINIA 5,134 1.7 51.9 32.5 11.6 3.1 0.9 0.0
WISCONSIN 6,568 2.0 45.0 25.9 17.0 8.7 3.3 0.0
WYOMING 50 1.6 54.0 30.7 10.7 2.2 0.0 2.4
NOTE: a/ = DATA NOT REPORTED.
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 4/12/2007

Last Updated on 7/15/2007
By ACF


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