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TABLE III-7

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - NEWLY APPROVED CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF FAMILIES BY ETHNICITY/RACE
OCTOBER 1999 - SEPTEMBER 2000
STATE TOTAL
FAMILIES		 HISPANIC* WHITE BLACK AMERICAN
NATIVE		 ASIAN NATIVE
HAWAIIAN
OR PACIFIC
ISLANDER		 MULTI-
RACIAL		 UNKNOWN
U.S. TOTAL 147,174 20.1 36.7 38.9 2.0 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.9
                   
ALABAMA 2,338 0.4 25.9 72.8 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.0
ALASKA 681 3.7 43.1 8.0 41.6 2.1 1.5 0.0 0.0
ARIZONA 2,795 37.7 31.8 11.6 17.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.4
ARKANSAS 1,064 0.9 36.3 61.6 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.0
CALIFORNIA 10,666 48.3 27.1 20.6 0.2 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0
COLORADO 708 34.9 44.6 11.8 1.3 2.2 0.2 0.4 4.7
CONNECTICUT 1,597 39.2 26.6 33.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
DELAWARE 471 8.7 29.6 60.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 1.3
DIST. OF COL. 1,432 2.3 0.3 95.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.1 1.4
FLORIDA 16,792 23.1 30.2 46.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0
                   
GEORGIA 3,343 1.9 24.1 73.6 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0
GUAM a/ 228 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
HAWAII 573 2.7 18.7 1.9 0.4 14.7 35.8 0.0 25.8
IDAHO 174 12.6 81.1 1.4 3.6 0.3 0.0 1.0 0.0
ILLINOIS 3,171 11.3 19.7 66.7 0.1 0.2 0.0 1.8 0.2
INDIANA 3,696 5.5 50.3 43.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.4
IOWA 1,010 4.2 78.5 14.6 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.0
KANSAS 2,352 7.7 63.4 25.8 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.0
KENTUCKY 4,221 0.7 77.2 21.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
LOUISIANA a/ 1,031 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
                   
MAINE 189 0.2 95.6 1.1 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 1.5
MARYLAND 2,310 1.0 18.2 77.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.9
MASSACHUSETTS 2,728 33.3 46.7 16.3 0.8 2.8 0.0 0.1 0.0
MICHIGAN 5,317 4.3 44.7 49.6 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
MINNESOTA 3,160 9.4 50.0 26.1 9.4 5.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
MISSISSIPPI 412 0.4 20.1 79.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
MISSOURI 2,050 1.0 62.1 36.6 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTANA 404 1.8 54.9 0.6 42.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0
NEBRASKA 880 17.8 51.0 23.2 6.5 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.0
NEVADA 1,330 10.3 37.6 21.8 2.1 1.6 1.7 0.3 24.6
                   
NEW HAMPSHIRE 523 3.3 93.6 2.5 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0
NEW JERSEY 2,960 24.3 15.7 58.5 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0
NEW MEXICO 1,855 60.6 20.7 2.7 16.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NEW YORK 9,328 31.4 25.0 42.1 0.4 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
NORTH CAROLINA 4,230 4.6 28.5 61.0 2.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.9
NORTH DAKOTA 336 2.6 47.5 1.9 46.9 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.0
OHIO 9,348 3.9 49.6 46.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0
OKLAHOMA 1,073 3.9 40.4 34.3 9.4 0.0 0.0 10.2 1.8
OREGON 1,235 9.3 77.2 8.3 2.7 1.9 0.1 0.1 0.4
PENNSYLVANIA 5,828 11.3 37.3 50.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.9
                   
PUERTO RICO 1,840 98.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3
RHODE ISLAND 251 21.7 54.9 14.6 0.3 1.8 0.0 0.0 6.6
SOUTH CAROLINA 1,494 0.8 29.8 68.7 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
SOUTH DAKOTA 294 0.7 23.4 1.3 74.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
TENNESSEE 5,225 1.4 45.6 52.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEXAS 13,765 46.6 20.5 31.7 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.1
UTAH 703 15.7 71.9 3.2 8.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
VERMONT 217 0.4 97.0 1.5 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 26 24.6 0.6 74.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGINIA 1,939 5.1 34.9 59.6 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
                   
WASHINGTON 4,909 13.9 60.6 12.3 5.9 1.4 1.4 0.0 4.6
WEST VIRGINIA 1,329 0.4 89.4 9.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.0
WISCONSIN 1,278 6.4 27.8 50.1 1.4 1.8 0.0 0.0 12.6
WYOMING 68 8.3 62.8 2.2 26.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
NOTE: '*'= CAN BE OF ANY RACE. 'a/'=DATA REPORTED BUT NOT RELIABLE.
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 5/23/2001

Last Updated on 05/24/2002
By ACF

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