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TABLE 23

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF ADULT RECIPIENTS BY MARITAL STATUS
OCTOBER 2000 - SEPTEMBER 2001
STATE TOTAL
ADULTS
MARITAL STATUS
SINGLE MARRIED SEPARATED WIDOWED DIVORCED
U.S. TOTAL 1,408,752 66.9 11.7 12.5 0.8 8.2
             
ALABAMA 8,972 68.7 4.5 17.1 0.0 9.6
ALASKA 5,462 41.8 26.9 15.4 0.7 15.2
ARIZONA 18,952 54.0 15.7 15.7 1.2 13.4
ARKANSAS 6,957 72.0 7.6 10.4 0.4 9.5
CALIFORNIA 278,069 68.4 7.0 13.6 1.9 9.1
COLORADO 6,619 71.1 14.6 8.8 0.0 5.6
CONNECTICUT 16,907 73.6 5.8 12.1 1.0 7.5
DELAWARE 3,245 72.7 11.9 9.4 0.2 5.7
DIST. OF COL. 12,144 92.5 4.0 2.6 0.1 0.7
FLORIDA 24,823 58.5 10.1 17.5 0.6 13.3
             
GEORGIA 25,608 76.0 4.4 12.3 0.5 6.9
GUAM a/ -- -- -- -- -- --
HAWAII 11,067 54.6 7.9 22.0 0.8 14.7
IDAHO 361 45.5 19.0 18.0 0.1 17.4
ILLINOIS 38,483 90.6 3.4 0.1 0.0 5.9
INDIANA 32,539 63.0 10.2 13.3 0.5 13.0
IOWA 17,584 58.7 27.3 6.5 0.3 7.3
KANSAS 9,496 52.9 19.0 14.0 0.5 13.5
KENTUCKY 22,448 49.7 17.6 18.4 0.8 13.4
LOUISIANA 13,756 79.4 4.5 9.6 0.5 6.0
             
MAINE 7,864 66.2 13.9 8.6 0.5 10.8
MARYLAND 17,000 82.5 2.8 11.0 0.1 3.6
MASSACHUSETTS 27,202 73.7 12.8 8.8 0.3 4.3
MICHIGAN 48,989 65.0 11.8 10.8 0.6 11.9
MINNESOTA 34,851 57.1 18.9 15.3 0.9 8.0
MISSISSIPPI 7,920 73.6 3.4 14.0 0.6 8.3
MISSOURI 34,635 73.1 9.4 9.5 0.3 7.7
MONTANA 4,782 50.2 25.6 9.8 0.3 14.2
NEBRASKA 6,265 99.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
NEVADA 4,282 59.2 18.5 9.0 0.8 12.5
             
NEW HAMPSHIRE 4,274 54.7 3.3 11.3 0.7 29.9
NEW JERSEY 27,915 76.4 3.0 15.5 0.5 4.6
NEW MEXICO 17,136 65.6 16.8 10.3 0.6 6.7
NEW YORK 189,299 75.4 12.9 8.5 0.3 2.9
NORTH CAROLINA 21,414 73.0 5.4 13.2 0.6 7.8
NORTH DAKOTA 2,216 62.7 7.3 13.0 0.7 16.3
OHIO 50,982 65.7 16.1 9.7 0.4 8.2
OKLAHOMA 8,067 60.8 7.3 20.9 0.2 10.7
OREGON 8,869 65.0 13.1 12.1 0.4 9.4
PENNSYLVANIA 58,471 72.6 11.7 10.1 0.5 5.1
             
PUERTO RICO 23,266 60.0 24.9 7.6 1.1 6.4
RHODE ISLAND 12,808 79.5 7.4 9.2 0.1 3.8
SOUTH CAROLINA 9,655 58.1 11.7 21.1 0.9 8.2
SOUTH DAKOTA 1,209 68.2 11.5 9.3 0.5 10.5
TENNESSEE 42,456 65.5 8.7 15.0 0.4 10.3
TEXAS 93,313 49.9 17.8 22.3 1.0 9.0
UTAH 5,269 36.3 15.6 24.4 0.7 23.0
VERMONT 5,183 64.6 11.7 19.2 0.4 4.0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 677 82.2 2.8 7.3 0.3 7.3
VIRGINIA 16,788 65.2 9.5 16.2 0.7 8.4
             
WASHINGTON 43,282 44.8 25.1 15.1 0.7 14.3
WEST VIRGINIA 12,612 33.0 38.2 13.7 0.4 14.8
WISCONSIN 6,149 76.6 6.5 8.2 0.7 7.9
WYOMING 162 40.1 16.0 19.3 1.4 23.2
NOTE: 'a/' = DATA NOT REPORTED.
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 5/15/2002

Last Updated on 11/27/2002
By ACF


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