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TABLE 16

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF FAMILIES BY FEDERAL TIME LIMIT EXEMPTION STATUS
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006

STATE TOTAL
FAMILIES
FEDERAL 5-YEAR TIME LIMIT EXEMPTION STATUS
NOT
EXEMPT
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD OR SPOUSE RECEIVING ASSISTANCE
NOT
INCLUDED
EXEMPT
INCLUDED BUT EXEMPT FROM
ACCRUAL
OF
MONTHS
TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
U.S. TOTAL 1,802,567 46.5 44.7 3.9 4.9
         
ALABAMA 19,162 51.2 48.8 0.0 0.0
ALASKA 3,614 56.5 29.7 10.6 3.3
ARIZONA 39,369 50.6 47.9 1.5 0.0
ARKANSAS 8,176 49.1 50.9 0.0 0.0
CALIFORNIA 449,200 39.0 52.3 0.2 8.5
COLORADO 14,468 64.5 35.0 0.0 0.4
CONNECTICUT 18,245 53.1 46.0 0.4 0.5
DELAWARE 5,504 53.5 46.5 0.0 0.0
DIST. OF COL. 15,717 42.6 39.1 0.0 18.3
FLORIDA 52,470 27.8 70.3 1.9 0.0
GEORGIA 30,232 24.4 75.4 0.0 0.2
GUAM a/          
HAWAII 6,953 37.4 33.0 29.5 0.0
IDAHO 1,818 22.8 77.2 0.0 0.0
ILLINOIS 36,573 46.1 49.6 4.3 0.0
INDIANA 42,471 55.8 44.2 0.0 0.0
IOWA 16,675 66.1 32.0 0.0 2.0
KANSAS 17,226 67.1 28.0 0.0 4.9
KENTUCKY 33,092 49.9 50.0 0.0 0.1
LOUISIANA 11,916 29.3 70.6 0.0 0.1
MAINE 9,258 54.3 27.7 0.0 18.0
MARYLAND 20,341 47.7 49.1 3.2 0.0
MASSACHUSETTS 46,582 23.2 39.5 37.3 0.0
MICHIGAN 82,953 54.7 33.4 0.0 11.9
MINNESOTA 27,479 49.1 34.8 7.4 8.8
MISSISSIPPI 13,416 48.6 51.4 0.0 0.0
MISSOURI 38,748 68.9 28.6 0.0 2.4
MONTANA 3,812 47.9 32.0 19.6 0.5
NEBRASKA 10,097 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NEVADA 5,399 39.7 60.3 0.0 0.0
NEW HAMPSHIRE 6,105 64.1 33.0 0.0 2.9
NEW JERSEY 40,832 61.0 28.5 0.0 10.5
NEW MEXICO 16,896 66.3 33.7 0.0 0.0
NEW YORK 134,900 48.4 46.0 0.0 5.6
NORTH CAROLINA 30,172 39.4 60.4 0.0 0.2
NORTH DAKOTA 2,678 48.0 25.4 26.4 0.2
OHIO 79,485 45.0 55.0 0.0 0.0
OKLAHOMA 10,203 37.7 61.7 0.0 0.6
OREGON 18,496 53.6 46.4 0.0 0.0
PENNSYLVANIA 94,696 55.5 29.5 2.7 12.3
PUERTO RICO 14,325 77.9 22.0 0.0 0.1
RHODE ISLAND 9,688 55.9 26.8 3.5 13.7
SOUTH CAROLINA 15,678 46.9 53.1 0.0 0.0
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,823 14.0 64.8 21.0 0.2
TENNESSEE 68,129 43.1 0.6 56.3 0.0
TEXAS 71,766 36.0 63.7 0.0 0.3
UTAH 7,463 66.4 31.9 0.2 1.6
VERMONT 4,429 74.0 26.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 433 67.5 30.7 0.0 1.8
VIRGINIA 9,133 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
WASHINGTON 54,167 52.9 36.9 2.0 8.2
WEST VIRGINIA 10,864 50.8 49.2 0.0 0.0
WISCONSIN 17,949 34.2 62.6 0.0 3.2
WYOMING 291 17.9 82.1 0.0 0.0
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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