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TABLE 22

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF ADULT RECIPIENTS BY MARITAL STATUS
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006

STATE TOTAL
ADULTS
MARITAL STATUS
SINGLE MARRIED SEPARATED WIDOWED DIVORCED
U.S. TOTAL 996,312 69.6 10.5 11.4 0.6 7.9
           
ALABAMA 9,869 69.9 3.3 17.3 0.2 9.2
ALASKA 3,011 47.4 27.2 12.1 1.0 12.2
ARIZONA 21,424 58.0 12.7 15.0 0.8 13.6
ARKANSAS 4,191 68.2 12.1 10.9 0.3 8.6
CALIFORNIA 187,313 67.7 7.7 14.4 1.0 9.1
COLORADO 10,402 75.4 17.1 3.7 0.1 3.7
CONNECTICUT 9,886 79.9 4.6 10.2 0.5 4.9
DELAWARE 2,962 78.0 5.5 9.9 0.3 6.4
DIST. OF COL. 9,447 91.4 4.1 3.2 0.1 1.2
FLORIDA 15,654 66.2 8.2 15.6 0.6 9.3
GEORGIA 7,431 82.8 2.6 10.1 0.0 4.5
GUAM a/            
HAWAII 4,773 60.9 6.9 19.2 0.8 12.2
IDAHO 439 47.2 13.0 22.5 1.5 15.8
ILLINOIS 18,409 94.6 2.1 0.2 0.0 3.1
INDIANA 24,017 66.7 10.9 11.1 0.3 11.0
IOWA 11,714 69.7 17.7 5.5 0.3 6.8
KANSAS 14,039 56.9 20.1 10.9 0.4 11.7
KENTUCKY 17,441 60.8 12.0 16.9 0.2 10.0
LOUISIANA 3,585 77.3 4.4 11.7 0.0 6.6
MAINE 7,017 67.5 8.6 10.1 0.5 13.3
MARYLAND 10,395 87.8 2.7 7.3 0.2 2.0
MASSACHUSETTS 28,646 77.9 7.9 8.9 0.5 4.8
MICHIGAN 60,657 61.0 15.4 9.8 0.8 13.0
MINNESOTA 18,191 71.7 4.6 15.0 1.7 6.9
MISSISSIPPI 6,546 80.7 2.6 11.3 0.2 5.2
MISSOURI 27,823 75.8 7.3 8.8 0.3 7.8
MONTANA 3,082 59.3 19.8 9.1 0.1 11.7
NEBRASKA 6,555 68.6 2.7 20.1 0.6 8.0
NEVADA 2,157 69.7 9.3 10.4 0.3 10.3
NEW HAMPSHIRE 4,238 61.0 12.5 12.5 0.3 13.7
NEW JERSEY 29,203 82.0 2.5 11.3 0.4 3.8
NEW MEXICO 12,368 66.9 18.0 10.0 0.4 4.8
NEW YORK 87,067 75.1 13.3 8.3 0.7 2.5
NORTH CAROLINA 12,121 74.3 4.8 14.3 0.5 6.2
NORTH DAKOTA 2,008 65.7 9.9 10.1 0.5 13.8
OHIO 40,267 67.1 17.9 7.8 0.3 6.9
OKLAHOMA 3,944 61.7 10.8 17.6 0.3 9.7
OREGON 10,664 63.7 12.9 11.8 0.4 11.2
PENNSYLVANIA 72,058 74.9 10.5 8.6 0.5 5.5
PUERTO RICO 11,842 75.8 15.4 5.0 0.6 3.2
RHODE ISLAND 7,430 85.0 7.7 5.5 0.0 1.8
SOUTH CAROLINA 7,622 73.9 6.5 14.8 0.5 4.4
SOUTH DAKOTA 996 69.9 10.5 9.5 0.8 9.2
TENNESSEE 51,444 65.8 9.6 13.4 0.4 10.7
TEXAS 26,049 68.0 6.6 17.4 0.3 7.8
UTAH 4,900 45.4 16.0 23.0 0.4 15.3
VERMONT 3,785 62.7 17.8 9.8 0.0 9.8
VIRGIN ISLANDS 305 82.2 2.3 9.2 0.1 6.2
VIRGINIA 9,349 65.6 8.5 16.7 0.7 8.5
WASHINGTON 38,691 52.3 19.7 14.2 0.6 13.2
WEST VIRGINIA 5,978 41.6 25.9 15.3 0.3 16.9
WISCONSIN 6,853 79.8 5.7 7.5 0.3 6.6
WYOMING 54 52.7 16.9 10.9 0.0 19.5
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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