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TABLE III-5

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - NEWLY APPROVED CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF FAMILIES WITH NO ADULTS BY NUMBER
OF RECIPIENT CHILDREN
OCTOBER 1999 - SEPTEMBER 2000
STATE TOTAL
FAMILIES
NUMBER OF RECIPIENT CHILDREN
AVERAGE 1 2 3 4 5 OR
MORE
UN-
KNOWN
U.S. TOTAL 31,285 1.7 59.2 23.8 9.7 4.7 1.5 1.0
                 
ALABAMA 856 2.3 49.0 9.9 11.2 23.2 6.0 0.7
ALASKA 38 1.7 59.0 24.6 8.1 8.4 0.0 0.0
ARIZONA 647 1.8 52.6 24.8 16.3 3.9 2.5 0.0
ARKANSAS 190 1.8 50.1 27.9 14.6 6.9 0.5 0.0
CALIFORNIA 3,041 1.7 54.9 31.0 7.9 4.9 1.2 0.0
COLORADO 183 1.7 55.2 29.9 8.3 5.7 0.9 0.0
CONNECTICUT 195 1.3 75.4 18.5 4.6 1.5 0.0 0.0
DELAWARE 122 1.9 48.8 27.2 15.5 5.1 2.9 0.5
DIST. OF COL. 347 1.5 67.8 17.9 13.5 0.7 0.2 0.0
FLORIDA 5,076 1.6 60.5 23.3 10.4 4.5 1.2 0.0
                 
GEORGIA 839 1.7 57.7 23.6 13.8 2.4 2.5 0.0
GUAM -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
HAWAII 65 1.6 64.7 23.2 3.0 4.5 4.6 0.0
IDAHO 58 1.5 65.8 24.1 4.9 3.4 1.4 0.4
ILLINOIS 778 1.6 55.0 28.7 13.2 2.7 0.5 0.0
INDIANA 514 1.8 56.3 25.9 11.6 1.9 4.4 0.0
IOWA 344 1.6 57.0 28.0 10.5 3.1 0.9 0.5
KANSAS 382 1.7 55.6 25.5 6.9 7.7 0.6 3.6
KENTUCKY 1,026 1.5 68.7 17.0 7.6 6.7 0.0 0.0
LOUISIANA 179 1.8 55.9 26.2 7.9 8.1 2.0 0.0
                 
MAINE 17 1.4 72.1 14.7 10.2 0.0 1.5 1.5
MARYLAND 378 1.8 56.4 23.9 10.6 5.6 3.5 0.0
MASSACHUSETTS 394 1.2 77.6 21.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0
MICHIGAN 594 1.9 52.6 25.6 12.3 4.9 4.6 0.0
MINNESOTA 277 1.5 65.0 24.4 4.3 5.1 0.0 1.2
MISSISSIPPI 95 2.0 44.0 31.1 14.2 6.6 4.0 0.0
MISSOURI 302 1.7 57.7 25.5 11.2 4.3 1.2 0.0
MONTANA 34 1.8 56.3 16.2 16.6 3.5 3.8 3.8
NEBRASKA 119 1.8 50.5 30.4 12.4 5.6 0.5 0.5
NEVADA 601 1.4 69.6 23.3 4.8 1.7 0.2 0.4
                 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 65 1.5 67.3 20.0 5.2 5.0 0.0 2.5
NEW JERSEY 626 1.7 56.3 24.0 14.2 3.5 0.7 1.4
NEW MEXICO 267 1.9 50.6 23.0 19.6 4.6 2.3 0.0
NEW YORK 2,251 1.4 73.5 18.9 5.2 1.8 0.6 0.0
NORTH CAROLINA 742 1.5 64.8 28.0 3.3 3.1 0.8 0.0
NORTH DAKOTA 59 1.8 51.9 29.4 12.0 3.4 3.4 0.0
OHIO 1,577 1.5 66.6 22.0 6.6 3.4 0.7 0.7
OKLAHOMA 256 1.5 14.1 8.0 0.6 1.3 0.0 76.0
OREGON 268 1.7 50.5 31.0 9.8 6.7 0.6 1.3
PENNSYLVANIA 959 1.6 58.7 24.9 11.9 2.8 1.7 0.0
                 
PUERTO RICO 191 2.1 17.2 23.7 21.4 0.0 0.8 36.8
RHODE ISLAND 22 1.6 60.9 27.0 6.6 5.4 0.0 0.0
SOUTH CAROLINA 221 1.8 58.6 22.0 12.7 3.3 3.3 0.0
SOUTH DAKOTA 80 1.6 59.7 28.8 6.8 2.1 2.6 0.0
TENNESSEE 623 1.5 72.7 15.4 8.0 1.0 3.0 0.0
TEXAS 3,536 1.8 52.4 25.5 13.2 7.2 1.8 0.0
UTAH 89 1.6 60.7 22.5 13.2 3.6 0.0 0.0
VERMONT 16 1.3 78.8 17.2 2.1 1.9 0.0 0.0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 25 2.3 34.8 30.4 14.4 12.7 6.7 1.0
VIRGINIA 370 1.7 59.6 23.1 12.5 2.5 2.3 0.0
                 
WASHINGTON 721 1.6 58.9 26.6 8.2 5.1 1.1 0.0
WEST VIRGINIA 174 1.6 61.1 24.5 7.6 3.4 0.9 2.6
WISCONSIN 438 1.7 62.9 21.6 6.2 4.0 5.3 0.0
WYOMING 18 1.5 63.0 23.4 13.1 0.0 0.5 0.0
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 5/23/2001

Last Updated on 05/24/2002
By ACF


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