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TABLE 3

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF FAMILIES BY NUMBER OF ADULT RECIPIENTS
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006

STATE TOTAL
FAMILIES
NUMBER OF ADULT RECIPIENTS
NONE ONE TWO OR MORE
U.S. TOTAL 1,802,567 47.2 50.4 2.4
       
ALABAMA 19,162 48.8 51.0 0.3
ALASKA 3,614 29.7 57.3 13.0
ARIZONA 39,369 47.6 50.4 2.0
ARKANSAS 8,176 50.9 46.9 2.2
CALIFORNIA 449,200 58.6 41.0 0.3
COLORADO 14,468 35.0 58.1 6.9
CONNECTICUT 18,245 46.0 53.9 0.2
DELAWARE 5,504 46.2 53.8 0.0
DIST. OF COL. 15,717 40.7 58.5 0.8
FLORIDA 52,470 70.3 29.6 0.1
GEORGIA 30,232 75.4 24.6 0.0
GUAM a/        
HAWAII 6,953 32.8 65.8 1.4
IDAHO 1,818 77.2 21.5 1.3
ILLINOIS 36,573 49.7 50.3 0.0
INDIANA 42,471 44.2 55.1 0.7
IOWA 16,675 32.0 65.8 2.2
KANSAS 17,226 27.9 62.7 9.4
KENTUCKY 33,092 50.0 47.3 2.7
LOUISIANA 11,916 70.6 28.7 0.7
MAINE 9,258 26.6 71.1 2.3
MARYLAND 20,341 49.1 50.7 0.2
MASSACHUSETTS 46,582 39.5 59.6 1.0
MICHIGAN 82,953 33.0 60.8 6.2
MINNESOTA 27,479 33.8 66.2 0.0
MISSISSIPPI 13,416 51.3 48.6 0.1
MISSOURI 38,748 28.2 71.8 0.0
MONTANA 3,812 31.6 55.9 12.4
NEBRASKA 10,097 35.1 64.9 0.0
NEVADA 5,399 60.3 39.5 0.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE 6,105 33.0 64.7 2.4
NEW JERSEY 40,832 28.5 71.5 0.0
NEW MEXICO 16,896 33.8 59.3 6.9
NEW YORK 134,900 43.5 49.2 7.3
NORTH CAROLINA 30,172 60.8 38.1 1.0
NORTH DAKOTA 2,678 25.4 74.3 0.3
OHIO 79,485 54.1 41.2 4.7
OKLAHOMA 10,203 61.7 37.9 0.4
OREGON 18,496 46.3 49.7 4.0
PENNSYLVANIA 94,696 29.7 64.5 5.7
PUERTO RICO 14,325 22.5 72.4 5.2
RHODE ISLAND 9,688 26.1 71.0 2.8
SOUTH CAROLINA 15,678 53.3 44.8 1.9
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,823 64.7 35.3 0.0
TENNESSEE 68,129 25.7 73.1 1.2
TEXAS 71,766 63.7 36.3 0.0
UTAH 7,463 37.2 60.0 2.8
VERMONT 4,429 25.8 63.0 11.2
VIRGIN ISLANDS 433 30.6 68.5 0.9
VIRGINIA 9,133 0.0 97.7 2.3
WASHINGTON 54,167 36.9 54.8 8.3
WEST VIRGINIA 10,864 48.9 47.3 3.9
WISCONSIN 17,949 62.6 36.6 0.8
WYOMING 291 82.2 17.1 0.8
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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