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TABLE 17

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD OR SPOUSE WHO RECEIVED ASSISTANCE BY NUMBER OF MONTHS COUNTABLE TOWARD THE FEDERAL TIME LIMIT
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006

STATE
H-of-H
OR
SPOUSE
NUMBER OF MONTHS COUNTABLE TOWARD THE FEDERAL TIME LIMIT
EXEMPT*
0
01-12
13-24
25-36
37-48
49-60
OVER 60
U.S. TOTAL 971,867 3.6 3.2 34.3 20.6 14.1 9.4 7.9 6.8
                 
ALABAMA 9,799 0.0 0.1 46.1 26.1 13.5 8.2 5.2 0.9
ALASKA 2,822 5.5 13.6 31.7 19.4 11.5 7.8 6.2 4.2
ARIZONA 20,989 2.3 3.0 39.6 22.7 18.8 13.6 0.0 0.0
ARKANSAS 4,131 0.0 3.8 50.8 31.0 10.0 3.4 0.9 0.1
CALIFORNIA 187,098 0.0 2.0 29.5 19.0 15.7 11.7 16.6 5.6
COLORADO 10,115 0.0 2.3 32.3 20.9 13.1 6.2 3.5 21.6
CONNECTICUT 9,862 0.2 0.6 39.0 28.0 19.0 9.1 3.1 0.9
DELAWARE 2,945 0.0 7.1 55.5 18.2 10.3 6.9 1.9 0.0
DIST. OF COL. 9,300 0.0 1.0 20.3 15.7 11.6 10.5 27.6 13.3
FLORIDA 15,558 6.4 0.0 52.6 19.7 14.3 4.4 1.6 1.0
GEORGIA 7,421 0.0 0.1 47.2 23.9 18.5 8.9 0.6 0.8
GUAM a/                  
HAWAII 4,749 38.8 5.2 16.9 13.1 10.1 8.7 7.2 0.0
IDAHO 433 0.0 0.1 80.4 19.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
ILLINOIS 18,409 8.3 2.0 41.8 22.5 13.9 7.2 4.4 0.0
INDIANA 23,852 0.0 0.4 53.7 28.5 11.7 5.2 0.6 0.0
IOWA 11,544 0.0 0.6 36.3 23.7 16.9 12.2 7.2 2.9
KANSAS 13,377 0.0 0.1 39.5 23.9 14.9 10.1 5.9 5.6
KENTUCKY 17,128 0.0 0.6 37.8 23.5 17.3 12.0 8.3 0.5
LOUISIANA 3,584 0.0 0.0 51.2 27.1 10.3 8.2 2.9 0.4
MAINE 6,871 0.0 0.3 28.2 18.5 15.2 11.1 8.7 18.0
MARYLAND 10,374 6.3 0.0 31.6 17.7 12.1 9.7 7.5 15.1
MASSACHUSETTS 28,465 30.4 33.5 17.1 8.6 5.8 3.5 1.1 0.0
MICHIGAN 58,536 0.0 4.0 30.1 17.3 14.7 9.9 7.1 16.9
MINNESOTA 17,928 4.0 7.5 29.2 16.8 12.4 9.2 7.6 13.4
MISSISSIPPI 6,536 0.0 0.0 50.5 23.0 15.2 8.1 3.0 0.2
MISSOURI 27,510 0.0 0.0 35.6 22.3 17.8 12.8 10.1 1.5
MONTANA 2,848 9.1 20.8 33.5 15.8 10.3 6.3 3.3 0.7
NEBRASKA 6,555 0.0 0.0 5.2 5.8 4.4 3.7 7.0 73.8
NEVADA 2,138 0.0 0.1 55.1 22.0 10.6 7.9 4.0 0.3
NEW HAMPSHIRE 4,197 0.0 1.7 41.7 22.7 14.9 8.6 6.3 4.2
NEW JERSEY 29,203 0.0 1.4 34.3 20.5 13.5 9.0 6.5 14.7
NEW MEXICO 12,352 0.0 0.2 45.0 23.1 14.4 10.8 6.6 0.0
NEW YORK 76,364 0.0 2.2 25.9 18.0 17.8 15.8 10.5 9.9
NORTH CAROLINA 11,482 0.0 0.3 48.7 24.1 13.8 8.1 4.8 0.2
NORTH DAKOTA 2,004 17.4 18.0 31.3 16.2 8.8 6.0 2.1 0.2
OHIO 38,098 0.0 0.1 44.9 28.2 18.7 4.8 2.5 0.8
OKLAHOMA 3,944 0.0 0.0 48.0 21.4 14.4 9.1 5.5 1.6
OREGON 10,408 0.0 0.0 51.4 24.7 22.6 1.3 0.0 0.0
PENNSYLVANIA 68,883 3.3 1.2 26.5 20.0 12.9 10.6 8.8 16.8
PUERTO RICO 11,736 0.0 0.8 33.0 22.5 17.4 17.2 8.9 0.2
RHODE ISLAND 7,245 4.5 1.0 24.0 17.7 13.3 11.6 9.5 18.4
SOUTH CAROLINA 7,612 0.0 0.4 65.9 29.9 3.3 0.3 0.3 0.0
SOUTH DAKOTA 994 0.2 59.5 24.1 9.9 3.3 1.6 0.8 0.6
TENNESSEE 51,088 31.1 12.2 29.9 21.6 3.8 1.2 0.1 0.0
TEXAS 26,021 0.0 0.0 53.1 21.2 13.1 7.1 5.5 0.0
UTAH 4,900 0.0 0.4 46.0 28.7 16.1 4.5 2.2 2.1
VERMONT 3,566 0.0 0.7 36.2 25.3 17.4 12.4 8.0 0.0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 302 0.0 3.7 27.9 19.6 22.1 14.5 9.5 2.6
VIRGINIA 9,242 0.0 1.1 47.0 30.3 11.6 7.4 2.6 0.0
WASHINGTON 38,691 2.5 1.0 34.5 20.7 14.0 9.1 6.6 11.7
WEST VIRGINIA 5,836 0.0 0.0 36.3 24.9 17.8 12.7 8.2 0.0
WISCONSIN 6,771 0.0 0.6 34.5 21.1 16.6 10.3 8.3 8.6
WYOMING 53 0.0 81.6 18.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NOTE: a/ = DATA NOT REPORTED.
* = IN THE TANF FAMILY WHO WAS EXEMPT FROM THE FEDERAL 5-YEAR TIME LIMIT.
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 4/12/2007

Last Updated on 7/15/2007
By ACF

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