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TABLE 1

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF HOUSEHOLDS BY NUMBER OF PERSONS LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006

STATE TOTAL
HOUSEHOLDS
AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
1 2 3 4 5 6 - 10 OVER 10
U.S. TOTAL 1,802,567 2.8 10.0 38.7 26.1 14.4 6.6 4.3 0.0
                 
ALABAMA 19,162 2.9 0.2 43.8 31.6 16.9 4.6 2.7 0.0
ALASKA 3,614 3.1 0.9 41.7 28.9 15.0 6.7 6.7 0.3
ARIZONA 39,369 2.7 18.7 32.1 23.5 14.9 7.0 3.7 0.0
ARKANSAS 8,176 2.2 26.8 44.9 18.0 7.6 1.9 0.8 0.0
CALIFORNIA 449,200 3.2 0.6 38.0 28.5 17.6 9.1 6.2 0.0
COLORADO 14,468 2.6 17.7 37.5 24.0 12.7 5.2 2.8 0.0
CONNECTICUT 18,245 2.5 4.9 59.1 23.1 8.4 3.4 1.0 0.0
DELAWARE 5,504 2.1 33.2 36.4 20.4 6.5 2.4 1.0 0.0
DIST. OF COL. 15,717 3.0 1.3 45.5 26.1 13.7 7.6 5.8 0.1
FLORIDA 52,470 1.8 59.3 17.5 13.2 6.3 2.7 1.0 0.0
GEORGIA 30,232 2.9 0.1 44.5 30.4 16.1 6.0 2.8 0.0
GUAM a/                  
HAWAII 6,953 2.5 20.4 38.6 22.3 10.7 5.3 2.7 0.0
IDAHO 1,818 2.9 0.7 40.4 39.0 14.8 3.5 1.6 0.0
ILLINOIS 36,573 2.5 24.5 33.6 23.3 10.9 4.6 3.1 0.0
INDIANA 42,471 3.1 0.0 39.2 30.6 17.6 7.5 5.1 0.0
IOWA 16,675 2.9 0.3 46.8 30.2 14.5 6.1 2.1 0.1
KANSAS 17,226 2.6 19.1 36.0 24.0 12.9 5.0 3.1 0.0
KENTUCKY 33,092 2.1 34.3 37.1 18.2 7.4 2.2 0.9 0.0
LOUISIANA 11,916 2.3 33.3 32.2 18.7 9.3 4.8 1.8 0.0
MAINE 9,258 2.4 18.7 43.8 23.7 9.4 3.3 1.2 0.0
MARYLAND 20,341 2.3 31.9 33.9 19.3 9.2 3.9 1.7 0.0
MASSACHUSETTS 46,582 2.7 2.0 51.1 27.1 13.1 4.7 2.0 0.0
MICHIGAN 82,953 3.1 1.7 39.0 28.8 16.3 8.4 5.7 0.1
MINNESOTA 27,479 3.1 2.9 44.3 23.8 14.5 7.0 7.3 0.2
MISSISSIPPI 13,416 2.1 33.0 40.9 17.4 5.9 2.1 0.7 0.0
MISSOURI 38,748 2.8 0.0 49.5 30.5 13.3 4.7 2.0 0.0
MONTANA 3,812 2.6 21.8 33.2 23.2 12.5 5.7 3.5 0.1
NEBRASKA 10,097 2.9 3.6 43.1 28.3 14.5 6.7 3.8 0.0
NEVADA 5,399 2.5 22.2 37.2 21.2 11.4 4.6 3.4 0.0
NEW HAMPSHIRE 6,105 2.7 0.0 53.8 28.2 12.0 4.3 1.7 0.0
NEW JERSEY 40,832 2.9 0.3 47.2 28.4 14.0 6.8 3.3 0.0
NEW MEXICO 16,896 3.3 0.8 30.7 30.7 21.8 9.2 6.6 0.0
NEW YORK 134,900 2.9 6.5 40.5 29.5 14.1 5.4 3.9 0.0
NORTH CAROLINA 30,172 2.0 40.5 33.9 17.3 5.8 1.8 0.7 0.0
NORTH DAKOTA 2,678 2.9 2.6 44.1 29.7 14.5 5.8 3.2 0.0
OHIO 79,485 2.1 37.1 33.1 17.3 7.7 3.1 1.8 0.0
OKLAHOMA 10,203 2.2 33.0 34.2 18.7 9.2 3.3 1.7 0.0
OREGON 18,496 2.8 9.5 41.9 25.0 13.1 6.8 3.7 0.1
PENNSYLVANIA 94,696 3.0 4.7 38.3 27.8 16.7 7.7 4.6 0.1
PUERTO RICO 14,325 3.7 0.3 19.7 29.1 27.4 13.8 9.7 0.1
RHODE ISLAND 9,688 2.7 7.8 44.5 27.2 12.9 4.6 3.0 0.0
SOUTH CAROLINA 15,678 2.9 0.1 44.3 32.0 15.6 5.3 2.6 0.0
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,823 2.2 38.9 30.3 16.2 8.2 4.0 2.3 0.0
TENNESSEE 68,129 2.6 17.7 36.5 24.6 13.4 4.7 3.0 0.0
TEXAS 71,766 3.2 5.2 34.7 24.4 18.6 9.5 7.7 0.0
UTAH 7,463 2.9 1.7 46.8 28.7 14.0 5.3 3.4 0.0
VERMONT 4,429 2.9 1.0 45.8 30.7 14.7 5.6 2.4 0.0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 433 4.0 0.0 22.4 24.8 20.1 15.8 16.1 0.8
VIRGINIA 9,133 3.1 0.0 37.0 32.5 19.0 7.4 4.1 0.0
WASHINGTON 54,167 2.9 4.6 44.1 26.6 13.9 5.9 4.9 0.0
WEST VIRGINIA 10,864 2.2 27.8 39.0 21.7 7.9 2.7 0.9 0.0
WISCONSIN 17,949 2.9 0.0 49.2 26.0 13.6 6.6 4.5 0.0
WYOMING 291 1.8 47.1 35.5 12.3 4.2 0.9 0.1 0.0
NOTE: a/ = DATA NOT REPORTED.
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 4/12/2007

Last Updated on 7/15/2007
By ACF


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