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TABLE 12

 TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF FAMILIES WITH PARENTS NOT IN THE ASSISTANCE UNIT (AU) BY REASONS FOR PARENTS LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD BUT NOT IN AU
 OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006

 
STATE FAMILIES
w/ NO
ADULTS
IN AU		 PERCENT FAMILIES w/
PARENTS
NOT IN AU		 NUMBER OF FAMILIES w/
PARENTS
NOT IN AU		 FAMILIES WITH PARENTS IN HOUSEHOLD BUT NOT IN ASSISTANCE UNIT
PERCENT w/SANCTION* CHILD-ONLY FAMILIES** REASON NOT IN ASSISTANCE UNIT
SSI BENEFIT UNKNOWN CITIZENSHIP/ ALIENAGE STATUS OTHER/ UNKNOWN
U.S. TOTAL 850,881 55.8 475,190 10.5 425,295 40.7 37.5 21.8
               
ALABAMA 9,344 42.6 3,981 3.9 3,825 92.9 0.0 7.1
ALASKA 1,072 1.1 12 0.0 12 0.0 62.7 37.3
ARIZONA 18,727 0.8 145 0.0 145 0.0 85.6 14.4
ARKANSAS 4,163 55.7 2,321 12.1 2,040 0.0 0.0 100.0
CALIFORNIA 263,437 81.8 215,569 18.3 176,120 33.7 56.3 10.0
COLORADO 5,063 0.0 --          
CONNECTICUT 8,388 33.8 2,832 0.0 2,832 41.7 17.9 40.4
DELAWARE 2,544 21.7 552 3.0 535 0.0 11.1 88.9
DIST. OF COL. 6,393 77.6 4,962 58.7 2,049 35.6 14.5 49.9
FLORIDA 36,882 24.3 8,964 1.9 8,793 63.4 0.0 36.6
GEORGIA 22,803 40.9 9,325 0.0 9,325 59.2 15.3 25.5
GUAM a/                
HAWAII 2,281 2.6 60 0.0 60 4.4 1.3 94.3
IDAHO 1,403 1.5 21 3.9 21 0.0 0.0 100.0
ILLINOIS 18,165 59.6 10,817 0.0 10,817 40.4 3.1 56.5
INDIANA 18,767 74.8 14,034 0.1 14,020 28.9 6.4 64.7
IOWA 5,336 43.6 2,325 5.1 2,207 70.5 16.5 13.0
KANSAS 4,806 51.3 2,468 0.0 2,468 48.1 0.9 51.0
KENTUCKY 16,543 41.5 6,864 1.8 6,741 88.2 0.0 11.8
LOUISIANA 8,413 36.8 3,094 0.0 3,094 0.0 0.0 100.0
MAINE 2,458 48.4 1,189 5.1 1,129 92.9 0.0 7.1
MARYLAND 9,991 0.0 --          
MASSACHUSETTS 18,386 100.0 18,386 8.6 16,805 58.5 14.1 27.4
MICHIGAN 27,400 40.1 10,998 0.0 10,998 51.4 11.2 37.4
MINNESOTA 9,288 57.7 5,355 0.9 5,307 67.3 29.2 3.5
MISSISSIPPI 6,886 56.6 3,896 1.6 3,834 99.6 0.0 0.4
MISSOURI 10,925 1.2 136 0.0 136 0.0 0.0 100.0
MONTANA 1,206 0.0 --          
NEBRASKA 3,542 53.1 1,880 0.2 1,876 44.4 0.0 55.6
NEVADA 3,253 44.2 1,436 0.0 1,436 45.5 51.0 3.5
NEW HAMPSHIRE 2,013 49.7 1,001 7.1 930 79.8 0.0 20.2
NEW JERSEY 11,629 49.7 5,783 0.0 5,783 51.7 0.0 48.3
NEW MEXICO 5,704 71.6 4,086 0.7 4,057 34.1 62.3 3.6
NEW YORK 58,667 62.9 36,881 1.2 36,438 44.8 40.8 14.4
NORTH CAROLINA 18,357 27.5 5,048 1.5 4,973 69.3 22.7 8.0
NORTH DAKOTA 679 37.9 257 29.1 182 19.9 0.0 80.1
OHIO 42,971 34.5 14,809 0.0 14,809 71.1 0.0 28.9
OKLAHOMA 6,297 0.0 --          
OREGON 8,568 46.4 3,971 5.0 3,773 45.9 43.7 10.4
PENNSYLVANIA 28,167 63.7 17,953 13.6 15,511 0.0 0.0 100.0
PUERTO RICO 3,221 41.9 1,351 94.2 78 0.0 13.8 86.2
RHODE ISLAND 2,533 48.5 1,229 0.1 1,228 51.3 0.0 48.7
SOUTH CAROLINA 8,356 38.9 3,248 3.4 3,138 84.1 3.1 12.8
SOUTH DAKOTA 1,827 17.1 312 2.1 306 94.9 0.0 5.1
TENNESSEE 17,502 2.0 346 0.0 346 0.0 0.0 100.0
TEXAS 45,716 65.4 29,917 0.0 29,917 17.8 64.6 17.6
UTAH 2,774 34.7 962 0.0 962 56.9 38.4 4.7
VERMONT 1,142 55.1 629 2.1 616 100.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 133 62.9 83 73.3 22 0.0 45.3 54.7
VIRGINIA 0              
WASHINGTON 19,974 50.2 10,019 0.2 9,999 44.4 54.3 1.3
WEST VIRGINIA 5,309 0.3 15 0.0 15 34.4 0.0 65.6
WISCONSIN 11,238 50.4 5,666 0.0 5,666 95.8 0.0 4.2
WYOMING 239 0.0 --          
NOTES: a/ = DATA NOT REPORTED.
-- = DATA NOT AVAILABLE.
* = SANCTIONED PARENTS COULD ALSO RECEIVE SSI BENEFITS OR BE IN UNKNOWN CITIZENSHIP/ALIENAGE STATUS.
** = EXCLUDES CASES WHERE THE PARENT HAS BEEN SANCTIONED.
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 4/12/2007

Last Updated on 7/15/2007
By ACF

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