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TABLE 8

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF FAMILIES BY ETHNICITY/RACE
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006
STATE TOTAL
FAMILIES		 HISPANIC* WHITE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN		 NATIVE
AMERICAN		 ASIAN HAWAIIAN MULTI-
RACIAL		 UNKNOWN
U.S. TOTAL 1,802,567 26.1 33.4 35.7 1.4 1.8 0.4 0.5 0.7
                 
ALABAMA 19,162 1.2 28.8 69.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.0
ALASKA 3,614 4.1 52.2 9.6 22.2 6.0 3.7 2.2 0.0
ARIZONA 39,369 50.1 29.4 11.0 8.2 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.0
ARKANSAS 8,176 2.8 36.6 59.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.7
CALIFORNIA 449,200 50.9 22.4 20.7 0.4 4.6 0.6 0.4 0.0
COLORADO 14,468 22.8 65.4 9.8 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.0
CONNECTICUT 18,245 37.3 28.8 33.2 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
DELAWARE 5,504 7.7 27.6 64.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0
DIST. OF COL. 15,717 2.8 0.4 96.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
FLORIDA 52,470 17.0 32.0 50.5 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
GEORGIA 30,232 2.9 24.4 72.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
GUAM a/                  
HAWAII 6,953 6.3 19.4 1.6 0.3 16.1 41.9 14.2 0.2
IDAHO 1,818 17.2 74.6 1.7 4.8 0.1 0.2 1.5 0.0
ILLINOIS 36,573 10.5 20.5 68.3 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0
INDIANA 42,471 7.0 49.7 40.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 2.3 0.0
IOWA 16,675 4.7 61.7 14.8 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.8 16.5
KANSAS 17,226 11.6 58.2 25.8 1.7 0.7 0.1 0.4 1.5
KENTUCKY 33,092 1.9 74.1 23.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1
LOUISIANA 11,916 1.8 18.7 78.8 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0
MAINE 9,258 0.9 92.6 2.9 1.7 1.0 0.1 0.9 0.0
MARYLAND 20,341 1.8 18.2 79.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
MASSACHUSETTS 46,582 35.1 39.8 20.6 0.5 2.5 0.7 0.1 0.6
MICHIGAN 82,953 4.5 47.4 46.2 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.0
MINNESOTA 27,479 9.6 36.5 35.2 9.6 7.5 0.0 1.6 0.0
MISSISSIPPI 13,416 0.5 17.4 82.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
MISSOURI 38,748 3.0 52.6 43.3 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0
MONTANA 3,812 3.4 51.6 0.9 43.1 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.0
NEBRASKA 10,097 14.9 45.0 29.8 6.2 0.5 0.1 0.7 2.8
NEVADA 5,399 26.9 31.8 36.6 1.8 1.8 0.1 1.0 0.0
NEW HAMPSHIRE 6,105 5.5 90.8 3.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0
NEW JERSEY 40,832 26.3 15.7 56.8 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.0
NEW MEXICO 16,896 70.0 20.2 3.9 5.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0
NEW YORK 134,900 36.4 20.1 40.6 0.4 1.2 0.1 1.2 0.0
NORTH CAROLINA 30,172 4.1 29.2 63.3 2.5 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.0
NORTH DAKOTA 2,678 2.7 32.9 2.5 57.8 0.2 0.0 3.9 0.0
OHIO 79,485 3.2 49.3 46.7 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
OKLAHOMA 10,203 9.6 45.3 32.3 12.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0
OREGON 18,496 15.0 70.1 8.9 3.6 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.6
PENNSYLVANIA 94,696 14.4 36.4 46.5 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.4
PUERTO RICO 14,325 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
RHODE ISLAND 9,688 24.5 35.4 13.0 0.3 2.8 0.0 0.0 24.0
SOUTH CAROLINA 15,678 1.8 27.1 69.7 0.2 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.0
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,823 1.4 20.8 2.1 72.4 0.1 0.1 3.1 0.0
TENNESSEE 68,129 2.2 40.8 56.7 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0
TEXAS 71,766 52.2 17.1 29.9 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.1
UTAH 7,463 19.5 69.3 4.8 4.3 1.3 0.4 0.4 0.0
VERMONT 4,429 0.4 96.5 2.6 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 433 34.0 0.9 64.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGINIA 9,133 3.1 28.7 66.9 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.0
WASHINGTON 54,167 17.2 56.3 11.6 3.9 2.1 1.3 0.3 7.3
WEST VIRGINIA 10,864 0.4 88.1 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0
WISCONSIN 17,949 9.0 27.3 54.9 2.1 2.6 0.1 1.9 2.2
WYOMING 291 11.6 72.3 5.7 10.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
NOTES: * = CAN BE OF ANY RACE.
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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