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Table 10:8

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - Active Cases
Percent Distribution of TANF Families by Ethnicity/Race*
FY 2003
STATE TOTAL FAMILIES HISPANIC** WHITE AFRICAN-AMERICAN NATIVE AMERICAN ASIAN HAWAIIAN MULTI- RACIAL UNKNOWN
U.S. TOTAL 2,027,581 24.8 31.8 38.0 1.5 2.0 0.5 0.4 1.0
                 
ALABAMA 18,844 1.1 25.7 72.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0
ALASKA 5,334 4.1 47.2 9.5 31.1 5.2 2.6 0.3 0.0
ARIZONA 47,792 49.5 31.9 10.2 7.8 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0
ARKANSAS 11,162 2.4 35.8 61.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2
CALIFORNIA 449,651 50.0 20.5 21.9 0.6 5.7 0.8 0.6 0.0
COLORADO 13,534 34.9 40.4 18.2 0.6 1.1 0.1 0.4 4.4
CONNECTICUT 21,015 37.0 27.8 34.1 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
DELAWARE 5,597 8.7 27.2 63.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
DIST. OF COL. 16,589 1.0 0.1 98.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
FLORIDA 58,118 19.6 28.9 51.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0
GEORGIA 55,914 2.1 21.6 75.7 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
GUAM a/ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
HAWAII 9,776 3.2 20.7 2.3 0.3 18.1 47.3 6.2 1.9
IDAHO 1,680 17.7 74.6 1.4 4.5 0.2 0.0 1.5 0.0
ILLINOIS 37,895 7.5 17.8 74.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0
INDIANA 52,564 5.9 48.7 43.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.7 0.0
IOWA 19,968 4.5 70.0 14.1 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.4 9.7
KANSAS 15,267 10.3 58.1 28.8 1.9 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0
KENTUCKY 34,923 1.2 72.2 26.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
LOUISIANA 22,834 1.4 15.4 82.4 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0
MAINE 9,123 1.1 81.0 2.9 1.7 1.2 0.1 0.7 11.3
MARYLAND 26,134 1.2 18.2 80.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
MASSACHUSETTS 49,378 32.5 43.5 19.7 0.3 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
MICHIGAN 75,111 4.1 45.5 48.4 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.1
MINNESOTA 36,500 8.5 41.5 32.9 9.8 6.6 0.1 0.7 0.0
MISSISSIPPI 19,828 0.4 16.4 83.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
MISSOURI 40,869 2.2 46.5 50.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
MONTANA 6,169 2.4 51.4 0.4 45.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
NEBRASKA 10,945 10.8 38.0 23.6 5.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 21.5
NEVADA 10,635 18.2 42.9 33.9 2.3 2.1 0.2 0.4 0.0
NEW HAMPSHRE 6,077 4.6 92.3 2.8 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
NEW JERSEY 42,410 25.7 15.2 57.8 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.1
NEW MEXICO 16,639 70.2 20.8 3.6 4.9 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
NEW YORK 148,781 34.6 19.5 43.8 0.3 0.9 0.2 0.6 0.0
NORTH CAROLINA 40,432 7.2 25.6 64.6 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
NORTH DAKOTA 3,371 2.7 38.0 1.2 56.3 0.2 0.0 1.6 0.0
OHIO 84,292 3.2 48.1 48.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0
OKLAHOMA 15,045 5.5 46.4 36.0 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
OREGON 18,658 14.1 70.4 9.4 2.8 2.2 0.1 0.2 0.7
PENNSYLVANIA 80,446 5.4 37.5 47.4 0.1 1.6 0.1 0.0 7.9
PUERTO RICO 18,929 99.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
RHODE ISLAND 13,346 26.5 39.8 15.2 0.1 2.8 0.0 0.0 15.5
SOUTH CAROLINA 20,725 1.1 28.9 68.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.2 0.1
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,791 1.8 23.2 2.3 70.9 0.4 0.0 1.4 0.0
TENNESSEE 68,660 1.6 39.4 58.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEXAS 133,286 50.0 18.5 30.4 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.0
UTAH 8,537 16.6 72.8 4.4 3.6 2.3 0.0 0.3 0.1
VERMONT 4,907 0.3 97.5 1.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 473 35.9 0.3 63.1 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGINIA 25,244 3.1 29.3 66.8 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0
WASHINGTON 54,699 15.0 58.3 11.8 5.4 1.9 1.6 0.0 6.0
WEST VIRGINIA 15,822 0.2 89.7 9.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0
WISCONSIN 20,460 8.5 25.3 52.8 2.1 2.9 0.0 1.2 7.2
WYOMING 408 12.0 71.1 5.4 11.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
NOTES: '*' = ETHNICITY/RACE IS BASED ON HEAD OF FAMILY OR OLDEST CHILD IF CHILD ONLY CASE.
'**' = CAN BE OF ANY RACE.
'a/' = DATA NOT REPORTED.
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 3/04/2004

Last Updated on 5/31/2005
By ACF

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