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TABLE 8

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES
 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF FAMILIES BY ETHNICITY/RACE
OCTOBER 2004 - SEPTEMBER 2005
STATE
TOTAL
FAMILIES
HISPANIC*
WHITE
AFRICAN-
AMERICAN
NATIVE
AMERICAN
ASIAN
HAWAIIAN
MULTI-
RACIAL
UNKNOWN
U.S. TOTAL 1,914,036 25.5 32.1 37.1 1.4 2.1 0.4 0.6 0.7
                 
ALABAMA 20,040 1.3 27.9 70.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.0
ALASKA 4,382 3.9 48.9 8.7 29.3 4.6 2.8 1.9 0.0
ARIZONA 43,738 50.4 30.1 10.6 8.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.0
ARKANSAS 8,642 1.6 35.6 61.6 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.5
CALIFORNIA 459,095 50.5 20.7 21.1 0.4 5.7 0.6 1.0 0.0
COLORADO 15,268 27.2 57.2 12.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.0
CONNECTICUT 19,830 36.2 28.4 34.6 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
DELAWARE 5,606 6.9 27.4 65.3 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
DIST. OF COL. 16,874 2.3 0.3 96.6 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2
FLORIDA 59,852 18.3 29.8 51.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0
GEORGIA 41,586 2.8 22.9 73.8 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0
GUAM a/ - - - - - - - - -
HAWAII 7,997 5.5 20.0 1.8 0.3 17.0 42.2 13.0 0.2
IDAHO 1,859 15.6 77.9 1.5 3.2 0.2 0.1 1.5 0.0
ILLINOIS 38,391 7.8 19.0 72.3 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.0
INDIANA 43,957 6.7 49.1 42.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.7 0.0
IOWA 17,707 5.4 64.5 14.1 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.5 14.0
KANSAS 17,616 11.1 56.9 27.2 1.5 1.3 0.1 0.6 1.3
KENTUCKY 34,701 1.4 74.8 23.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
LOUISIANA 16,103 1.8 15.6 82.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0
MAINE 9,490 0.7 93.1 3.2 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.0
MARYLAND 23,097 1.4 17.8 80.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
MASSACHUSETTS 48,824 34.1 42.2 19.8 0.3 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
MICHIGAN 80,590 4.4 43.8 49.0 1.0 0.7 0.1 1.0 0.0
MINNESOTA 29,041 8.8 36.1 35.4 9.8 8.3 0.1 1.5 0.0
MISSISSIPPI 16,071 0.5 16.8 82.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
MISSOURI 40,062 2.6 53.4 43.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0
MONTANA 4,614 3.0 43.4 0.9 52.0 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.0
NEBRASKA 10,030 19.9 36.8 21.4 6.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 15.1
NEVADA 6,788 23.7 35.8 35.7 2.1 1.6 0.3 0.7 0.0
NEW HAMPSHIRE 6,139 5.2 90.8 3.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.0
NEW JERSEY 43,071 27.7 15.0 56.5 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.0
NEW MEXICO 17,566 70.4 19.6 4.1 5.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
NEW YORK 141,522 34.4 20.8 42.3 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.9 0.0
NORTH CAROLINA 33,773 3.8 27.6 65.6 2.7 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0
NORTH DAKOTA 2,850 2.6 35.3 1.7 56.5 0.5 0.0 3.3 0.0
OHIO 82,597 3.3 48.8 47.3 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0
OKLAHOMA 11,781 8.1 44.4 34.6 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0
OREGON 19,358 17.0 67.1 9.2 4.1 1.9 0.2 0.0 0.5
PENNSYLVANIA 96,635 13.1 34.6 48.4 0.2 1.7 0.0 0.0 2.0
PUERTO RICO 15,147 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
RHODE ISLAND 10,744 25.5 37.9 12.5 0.3 3.2 0.0 0.0 20.6
SOUTH CAROLINA 15,854 1.8 25.0 72.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.0
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,773 1.5 22.6 1.6 72.0 0.3 0.0 2.0 0.0
TENNESSEE 70,572 1.6 38.1 59.9 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0
TEXAS 88,465 49.6 17.0 31.7 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.0
UTAH 9,030 19.2 70.3 4.0 4.1 1.8 0.2 0.4 0.0
VERMONT 4,580 0.5 96.5 2.3 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 472 33.1 0.8 65.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGINIA 9,914 2.6 26.5 69.8 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0
WASHINGTON 56,822 16.7 56.4 12.2 3.9 2.0 1.2 0.3 7.3
WEST VIRGINIA 12,003 0.5 88.5 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
WISCONSIN 20,208 7.5 25.3 56.9 2.1 2.6 0.0 1.9 3.7
WYOMING 310 13.1 71.4 6.7 8.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NOTES: '*'= CAN BE OF ANY RACE.
a/'= DATA NOT REPORTED.
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 9/19/2006

Last Updated on 1/28/2007
By ACF

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