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TABLE 28

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF ADULT RECIPIENTS PARTICIPATING IN WORK ACTIVITIES*
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006
STATE TOTAL ADULTS WORK PARTICIPATION ? TYPE OF WORK ACTIVITIES
NO YES UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT WORK PREPARATION** JOB SEARCH JOB TRAINING/ EDUCATION OTHER WORK ACTIVITIES
U.S. TOTAL 996,312 55.4 44.6 21.7 10.0 7.1 9.3 6.6
               
ALABAMA 9,869 52.6 47.4 29.7 4.5 10.6 9.9 1.6
ALASKA 3,011 43.2 56.8 32.3 13.4 14.4 12.0 8.4
ARIZONA 21,424 62.6 37.4 20.1 4.6 10.9 7.8 0.0
ARKANSAS 4,191 65.9 34.1 14.4 5.9 5.5 10.7 3.0
CALIFORNIA 187,313 64.5 35.5 24.4 1.9 4.1 7.7 2.1
COLORADO 10,402 62.5 37.5 15.5 9.2 5.0 13.8 0.0
CONNECTICUT 9,886 75.2 24.8 24.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
DELAWARE 2,962 66.5 33.5 22.7 16.8 5.2 2.4 0.1
DIST. OF COL. 9,447 74.2 25.8 19.8 1.0 3.1 3.4 0.1
FLORIDA 15,654 59.1 40.9 20.6 12.1 7.0 12.0 0.0
GEORGIA 7,431 45.1 54.9 20.3 18.9 8.0 21.5 3.9
GUAM a/                
HAWAII 4,773 65.4 34.6 27.4 3.8 9.0 8.4 0.0
IDAHO 439 10.2 89.8 36.6 4.2 32.4 27.3 58.1
ILLINOIS 18,409 20.5 79.5 14.8 15.2 0.9 21.7 42.9
INDIANA 24,017 66.1 33.9 27.0 1.4 3.9 4.6 0.0
IOWA 11,714 42.0 58.0 36.3 0.7 5.0 17.6 10.4
KANSAS 14,039 25.0 75.0 18.1 54.8 10.1 6.2 0.0
KENTUCKY 17,441 52.4 47.6 25.8 5.3 2.1 20.4 1.9
LOUISIANA 3,585 46.8 53.2 24.1 7.4 8.9 22.2 0.0
MAINE 7,017 49.8 50.2 29.7 8.4 7.6 11.2 0.0
MARYLAND 10,395 50.1 49.9 28.8 19.3 13.5 8.7 0.4
MASSACHUSETTS 28,646 75.6 24.4 16.5 1.8 0.7 6.8 0.0
MICHIGAN 60,657 72.1 27.9 21.8 0.5 6.8 1.5 0.0
MINNESOTA 18,191 38.4 61.6 28.5 4.4 9.9 12.8 26.2
MISSISSIPPI 6,546 66.5 33.5 17.2 11.4 2.4 5.0 0.0
MISSOURI 27,823 62.3 37.7 15.4 1.7 4.4 14.1 9.8
MONTANA 3,082 17.3 82.7 22.4 82.7 9.2 15.5 0.0
NEBRASKA 6,555 58.7 41.3 19.7 0.9 11.0 14.6 0.0
NEVADA 2,157 19.9 80.1 40.0 64.8 9.3 6.3 0.0
NEW HAMPSHIRE 4,238 56.0 44.0 20.2 7.8 8.8 11.9 12.5
NEW JERSEY 29,203 64.7 35.3 13.2 13.4 4.2 13.4 0.0
NEW MEXICO 12,368 58.2 41.8 26.8 7.2 6.2 10.1 0.1
NEW YORK 87,067 60.3 39.7 20.7 16.5 0.5 4.1 0.2
NORTH CAROLINA 12,121 46.0 54.0 18.9 4.1 7.4 15.0 23.2
NORTH DAKOTA 2,008 31.2 68.8 23.8 26.4 15.1 14.0 0.0
OHIO 40,267 22.6 77.4 23.9 27.3 8.2 19.6 19.8
OKLAHOMA 3,944 44.5 55.5 15.8 2.7 16.2 20.8 0.0
OREGON 10,664 64.8 35.2 9.3 14.1 3.4 8.5 7.0
PENNSYLVANIA 72,058 53.2 46.8 18.9 9.4 6.2 13.8 7.4
PUERTO RICO 11,842 86.6 13.4 1.5 7.4 1.1 4.2 0.1
RHODE ISLAND 7,430 62.9 37.1 22.8 1.4 4.2 6.7 5.5
SOUTH CAROLINA 7,622 40.6 59.4 38.7 14.3 5.7 8.7 1.7
SOUTH DAKOTA 996 31.6 68.4 16.2 42.5 4.0 14.8 0.4
TENNESSEE 51,444 40.5 59.5 19.4 0.8 32.9 1.1 45.4
TEXAS 26,049 53.6 46.4 28.8 7.9 16.0 4.6 1.9
UTAH 4,900 41.1 58.9 26.1 12.5 14.7 23.0 0.0
VERMONT 3,785 59.2 40.8 19.0 6.9 11.1 10.5 0.0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 305 80.7 19.3 0.3 4.3 6.4 7.9 0.4
VIRGINIA 9,349 24.4 75.6 57.9 5.5 23.9 3.1 0.0
WASHINGTON 38,691 35.9 64.1 16.1 44.1 7.6 12.5 5.3
WEST VIRGINIA 5,978 64.4 35.6 8.4 17.8 2.3 10.6 0.0
WISCONSIN 6,853 38.2 61.8 4.0 41.0 8.1 34.3 0.0
WYOMING 54 31.8 68.2 9.3 55.6 11.6 0.6 0.0
NOTES: a/ = DATA NOT REPORTED.
* = SOME PARTICIPATED IN 2 OR 3 WORK ACTIVITIES.
** = SUBSIDIZED JOBS, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, OR COMMUNITY SERVICES.
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 4/12/2007

Last Updated on 7/15/2007
By ACF

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