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TABLE 27

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF ADULT RECIPIENTS BY WORK PARTICIPATION STATUS
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006
STATE TOTAL ADULTS DISREGARDED EXEMPT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE DEEMED ENGAGED IN WORK
CHILD UNDER 12 MONTHS SANCTION/ WAIVER TRIBAL WORK PARENT w/ CHILD UNDER
AGE 6*		 DISABLED/ OTHER NOT PARTICIPATED PARTICIPATED TEEN PARENT IN EDUCATION PARENT w/ CHILD UNDER
AGE 6
U.S. TOTAL 996,312 10.8 2.9 0.3 1.5 13.3 30.0 30.7 0.9 9.5
                   
ALABAMA 9,869 16.0 7.1 0.0 0.0 13.9 20.6 35.1 0.7 6.7
ALASKA 3,011 5.4 5.0 10.2 0.0 7.9 27.2 27.5 0.9 15.9
ARIZONA 21,424 5.8 1.4 4.1 0.0 7.4 45.2 21.9 0.4 13.8
ARKANSAS 4,191 20.9 7.7 0.0 0.1 11.0 31.7 23.1 0.8 4.7
CALIFORNIA 187,313 9.3 0.0 0.0 7.5 13.0 36.6 29.4 0.7 3.5
COLORADO 10,402 11.1 1.3 0.0 0.5 15.8 38.2 14.7 0.9 17.5
CONNECTICUT 9,886 21.3 2.6 0.0 0.1 1.6 52.3 15.8 0.0 6.3
DELAWARE 2,962 2.9 2.6 0.0 0.0 23.3 49.2 8.1 1.7 12.3
DIST. OF COL. 9,447 18.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 5.9 49.5 16.7 0.0 8.7
FLORIDA 15,654 15.9 13.7 0.0 0.0 1.7 28.2 34.0 1.3 5.2
GEORGIA 7,431 22.7 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.6 22.4 4.3 26.7
GUAM a/                    
HAWAII 4,773 22.1 30.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 25.8 0.5 19.0
IDAHO 439 9.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.2 52.9 0.0 12.4
ILLINOIS 18,409 30.3 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 23.4 39.0 1.7 2.2
INDIANA 24,017 15.7 2.9 0.0 0.0 12.1 37.6 22.8 1.6 7.4
IOWA 11,714 17.1 4.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 30.3 28.5 1.3 18.5
KANSAS 14,039 9.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 13.9 70.5 1.3 2.2
KENTUCKY 17,441 10.7 5.0 0.0 0.0 6.2 32.6 29.6 2.1 13.9
LOUISIANA 3,585 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.9 23.4 23.2 2.2 26.7
MAINE 7,017 1.8 1.9 0.2 0.1 16.9 25.7 44.3 1.4 7.8
MARYLAND 10,395 30.8 1.0 0.0 0.3 3.6 0.0 53.9 1.5 9.0
MASSACHUSETTS 28,646 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 48.6 19.6 8.9 2.3 5.3
MICHIGAN 60,657 13.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.3 29.1 22.5 0.2 3.8
MINNESOTA 18,191 13.2 3.3 4.1 0.0 7.0 20.2 29.8 6.1 16.4
MISSISSIPPI 6,546 32.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.5 0.0 41.3 2.3 18.7
MISSOURI 27,823 11.4 1.6 0.0 0.3 4.2 51.2 20.4 0.6 10.3
MONTANA 3,082 7.8 3.3 11.1 0.0 0.1 26.4 31.8 0.3 19.1
NEBRASKA 6,555 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 57.9 39.1 0.4 2.6
NEVADA 2,157 21.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 12.8 56.6 0.2 8.7
NEW HAMPSHIRE 4,238 15.8 5.1 0.0 0.2 28.2 19.3 13.8 0.9 16.6
NEW JERSEY 29,203 9.8 3.9 0.0 0.0 15.7 38.2 27.5 0.0 5.0
NEW MEXICO 12,368 12.8 4.8 0.0 0.0 12.8 5.8 43.5 0.3 20.0
NEW YORK 87,067 4.8 6.5 0.0 0.0 17.3 32.9 22.0 0.2 16.3
NORTH CAROLINA 12,121 15.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 14.8 2.4 55.5 2.8 8.3
NORTH DAKOTA 2,008 12.0 0.0 21.9 0.0 3.8 20.7 33.3 1.5 6.8
OHIO 40,267 6.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.5 25.7 41.8 0.5 23.5
OKLAHOMA 3,944 23.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 26.1 39.1 0.8 9.8
OREGON 10,664 16.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 35.0 9.4 30.9 2.0 4.7
PENNSYLVANIA 72,058 5.8 0.2 0.0 0.2 18.6 29.0 38.0 0.0 8.1
PUERTO RICO 11,842 4.8 0.1 0.0 1.1 24.3 56.3 12.5 0.0 0.9
RHODE ISLAND 7,430 13.7 2.7 0.0 0.0 15.2 38.7 20.3 0.1 9.3
SOUTH CAROLINA 7,622 11.6 1.8 0.0 0.0 6.4 24.5 27.3 1.3 27.2
SOUTH DAKOTA 996 19.4 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.1 35.0 2.4 25.2
TENNESSEE 51,444 11.8 16.3 0.0 0.0 4.2 17.1 50.6 0.1 0.0
TEXAS 26,049 6.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 22.9 24.8 16.0 0.7 29.3
UTAH 4,900 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 38.1 51.4 1.2 6.3
VERMONT 3,785 9.3 3.6 0.0 0.2 4.2 48.2 27.1 1.9 5.5
VIRGIN ISLANDS 305 0.0 0.0 0.5 10.8 15.6 50.3 22.3 0.0 0.5
VIRGINIA 9,349 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 2.2 33.1 54.5 0.0 6.6
WASHINGTON 38,691 8.6 3.3 0.0 0.2 7.7 26.6 38.6 2.1 12.9
WEST VIRGINIA 5,978 19.5 3.2 0.0 0.2 23.1 28.0 13.6 0.4 12.1
WISCONSIN 6,853 11.7 13.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 13.3 35.6 1.6 23.8
WYOMING 54 13.0 13.2 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.2 68.2 0.0 3.3
NOTES: a/ = DATA NOT REPORTED.
* = CHILD CARE UNAVAILABLE.
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 4/12/2007 

Last Updated on 7/15/2007
By ACF

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