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TABLE 7

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF FAMILIES WITH TWO OR MORE ADULTS BY NUMBER OF RECIPIENT CHILDREN
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006

STATE TOTAL
FAMILIES
NUMBER OF RECIPIENT CHILDREN
AVERAGE ONE TWO THREE FOUR 5 OR MORE UNKNOWN
U.S. TOTAL 43,556 2.3 32.6 30.1 18.2 8.7 6.4 4.1
ALABAMA 51 2.5 30.8 8.2 47.0 9.1 3.4 1.5
ALASKA 470 2.8 25.3 30.7 16.8 12.2 15.0 0.0
ARIZONA 783 2.2 38.4 30.1 12.5 9.3 8.7 1.0
ARKANSAS 178 2.0 39.7 33.7 19.7 3.8 3.1 0.0
CALIFORNIA 1,549 1.8 45.9 32.5 20.0 0.0 1.6 0.0
COLORADO 997 2.3 30.7 32.1 23.3 7.4 4.8 1.8
CONNECTICUT 29 2.0 35.5 35.2 23.1 6.2 0.0 0.0
DELAWARE 0
DIST. OF COL. 123 2.8 23.4 29.8 19.3 12.4 13.2 1.9
FLORIDA 65 1.8 25.0 75.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GEORGIA 0
GUAM                     a/
HAWAII 97 2.6 24.0 27.0 26.4 18.6 4.0 0.0
IDAHO 24 1.8 51.7 29.6 11.6 2.9 1.9 2.3
ILLINOIS 0
INDIANA 313 2.5 17.2 39.4 22.4 4.8 11.5 4.7
IOWA 363 2.2 26.0 37.9 26.1 6.6 1.7 1.7
KANSAS 1,615 2.2 30.6 32.2 18.0 8.2 5.1 6.0
KENTUCKY 893 2.2 32.0 32.9 24.4 6.6 3.3 0.7
LOUISIANA 82 2.2 31.2 32.1 20.4 9.3 4.6 2.4
MAINE 218 2.1 27.0 44.1 21.5 4.5 1.5 1.5
MARYLAND 45 2.1 24.0 35.0 16.4 0.0 6.6 17.9
MASSACHUSETTS 450 2.1 42.8 28.1 13.2 3.4 9.1 3.4
MICHIGAN 5,104 2.5 24.5 30.4 21.8 14.1 7.8 1.5
MINNESOTA 0
MISSISSIPPI 16 1.7 65.3 2.6 32.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
MISSOURI 0
MONTANA 474 2.4 30.3 30.8 19.0 12.4 6.5 1.0
NEBRASKA 0
NEVADA 11 3.3 15.0 10.2 15.0 44.9 15.0 0.0
NEW HAMPSHIRE 145 2.3 26.4 37.6 22.6 9.4 3.4 0.7
NEW JERSEY 0
NEW MEXICO 1,174 2.1 34.0 33.4 19.8 7.5 2.0 3.4
NEW YORK 9,909 2.2 36.6 23.8 12.8 9.1 6.6 11.1
NORTH CAROLINA 306 2.2 32.2 35.5 19.3 6.4 5.4 1.3
NORTH DAKOTA 9 1.9 58.0 0.0 31.6 10.4 0.0 0.0
OHIO 3,745 2.3 34.8 30.8 19.2 8.0 6.7 0.6
OKLAHOMA 38 2.5 22.2 33.7 18.1 17.3 5.3 3.5
OREGON 736 2.3 35.5 34.4 14.1 7.8 7.5 0.7
PENNSYLVANIA 5,428 2.4 27.5 29.3 21.5 8.7 7.4 5.6
PUERTO RICO 738 2.1 40.7 26.0 21.1 8.4 3.8 0.0
RHODE ISLAND 275 2.4 24.0 35.4 23.1 10.4 6.6 0.6
SOUTH CAROLINA 300 2.4 29.5 29.8 23.6 7.9 8.9 0.3
SOUTH DAKOTA 0
TENNESSEE 816 2.1 26.6 51.2 15.3 2.8 4.1 0.0
TEXAS 0
UTAH 211 2.4 18.2 41.3 23.1 9.3 5.9 2.3
VERMONT 498 2.0 38.2 35.2 17.5 5.8 2.2 1.1
VIRGIN ISLANDS 4 1.4 56.0 44.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGINIA 209 2.2 27.4 33.2 32.8 6.6 0.0 0.0
WASHINGTON 4,498 2.3 34.4 31.8 16.8 8.9 7.6 0.5
WEST VIRGINIA 422 2.0 33.9 35.5 23.4 6.4 0.9 0.0
WISCONSIN 143 2.1 44.1 25.0 14.7 11.5 4.7 0.0
WYOMING 2 1.8 40.7 45.9 3.3 10.0 0.0 0.0
NOTE:  'a/'=DATA NOT REPORTED.
SOURCE:  NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 4/12/2007


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