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TABLE 55

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - CLOSED CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF CLOSED-CASE ADULT RECIPIENTS BY EDUCATIONAL LEVELOCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006

STATE ADULT RECIPIENTS NO FORMAL EDUCATION YEARS OF EDUCATION
1 -6 7 - 9 10 - 11 12 MORE THAN 12
U.S. TOTAL 1,466,729 1.4 1.5 7.9 30.0 54.8 4.5
             
ALABAMA 16,919 1.5 0.2 12.1 30.5 41.6 14.1
ALASKA 4,737 -- -- -- -- -- --
ARIZONA 29,936 2.9 2.1 12.1 27.1 49.7 6.2
ARKANSAS 5,836 0.1 0.8 10.6 26.3 61.0 1.2
CALIFORNIA 288,512 0.3 1.8 1.1 46.1 49.6 1.1
COLORADO 15,857 -- -- -- -- -- --
CONNECTICUT 11,868 0.8 0.8 10.0 28.0 52.4 7.9
DELAWARE 5,439 0.0 0.5 4.9 15.1 78.7 0.8
DIST. OF COL. 4,912 0.0 2.6 23.2 44.4 27.9 1.9
FLORIDA 53,235 -- -- -- -- -- --
GEORGIA 18,269 1.8 0.1 8.8 29.0 53.3 7.0
GUAM a/              
HAWAII 5,416 0.0 0.6 5.4 22.6 67.1 4.2
IDAHO 1,698 -- -- -- -- -- --
ILLINOIS 13,809 0.0 0.2 11.0 36.2 49.0 3.6
INDIANA 41,054 2.8 0.5 11.1 26.5 55.8 3.3
IOWA 16,104 5.4 0.5 11.8 14.5 66.8 1.1
KANSAS 21,186 2.3 0.9 8.6 24.1 54.7 9.4
KENTUCKY 29,210 3.0 1.8 10.9 23.9 59.8 0.6
LOUISIANA 5,146 0.0 0.7 12.8 27.4 58.4 0.7
MAINE 11,121 0.6 0.3 6.9 20.4 67.9 3.9
MARYLAND 33,804 0.0 1.9 11.5 32.6 50.1 3.9
MASSACHUSETTS 23,168 0.3 0.0 6.0 24.7 63.2 5.7
MICHIGAN 71,546 0.2 0.3 6.1 30.5 56.0 6.9
MINNESOTA 27,433 2.9 2.0 5.0 27.6 52.6 9.9
MISSISSIPPI 11,221 0.0 0.6 10.6 26.5 52.3 10.0
MISSOURI 32,293 0.3 0.1 3.8 6.7 79.0 10.1
MONTANA 8,798 0.0 0.2 9.4 23.9 61.8 4.8
NEBRASKA 9,877 0.0 0.9 3.6 14.2 78.4 2.8
NEVADA 6,025 0.2 0.3 7.1 34.5 44.0 14.0
NEW HAMPSHIRE 6,136 0.6 0.4 8.5 17.5 65.6 7.4
NEW JERSEY 38,566 0.3 1.6 17.9 22.5 54.0 3.7
NEW MEXICO 31,875 0.0 2.1 7.4 22.9 65.2 2.4
NEW YORK 93,404 2.3 2.3 10.3 32.8 49.9 2.3
NORTH CAROLINA 22,913 0.8 0.3 14.1 38.7 43.2 2.9
NORTH DAKOTA 2,513 2.7 0.3 6.8 11.9 67.7 10.6
OHIO 71,946 0.0 0.7 8.6 28.4 58.4 3.8
OKLAHOMA 22,922 2.7 6.0 13.8 32.8 41.0 3.7
OREGON 15,678 0.1 0.4 1.7 5.6 90.0 2.2
PENNSYLVANIA 68,952 4.8 0.8 7.3 21.1 59.9 6.1
PUERTO RICO 7,660 2.2 7.6 21.1 16.4 47.0 5.8
RHODE ISLAND 9,015 0.0 3.2 12.3 26.4 45.5 12.6
SOUTH CAROLINA 15,648 0.4 0.1 8.5 23.4 66.3 1.4
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,574 0.0 0.6 11.5 28.6 58.4 0.8
TENNESSEE 47,193 6.0 3.9 9.0 20.8 56.9 3.4
TEXAS 70,739 2.1 1.6 13.6 26.1 54.6 2.1
UTAH 10,247 0.0 6.8 5.6 26.8 53.3 7.5
VERMONT 6,860 1.5 0.7 8.4 20.8 64.4 4.3
VIRGIN ISLANDS 237 1.7 3.4 27.4 23.6 38.4 5.5
VIRGINIA 9,439 0.7 0.4 8.5 24.2 62.7 3.6
WASHINGTON 60,110 0.7 1.3 8.1 23.4 51.1 15.5
WEST VIRGINIA 16,993 2.3 1.0 17.9 25.4 43.3 10.1
WISCONSIN 10,520 0.6 0.7 8.8 38.1 50.7 1.2
WYOMING 164 0.0 1.8 5.4 15.0 77.2 0.6
NOTES: a/ = DATA NOT REPORTED.
-- = DATA REPORTED IN ERROR.
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 4/12/2007

Last Updated on 7/15/2007
By ACF


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