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TABLE 21

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF ADULT RECIPIENTS BY ETHNICITY/RACE
OCTOBER 2005- SEPTEMBER 2006
STATE TOTAL
ADULTS		 HISPANIC* WHITE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN		 NATIVE
AMERICAN		 ASIAN HAWAIIAN MULTI-
RACIAL		 UNKNOWN
U.S. TOTAL 996,312 19.9 37.9 37.2 1.5 1.7 0.5 0.4 0.8
                 
ALABAMA 9,869 0.6 27.1 71.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0
ALASKA 3,011 3.6 51.8 6.9 28.1 4.8 3.1 1.6 0.0
ARIZONA 21,424 41.8 32.8 13.6 10.9 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.0
ARKANSAS 4,191 1.0 37.7 60.6 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3
CALIFORNIA 187,313 39.6 30.4 23.2 0.6 5.0 0.8 0.4 0.0
COLORADO 10,402 12.0 78.9 7.2 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.0
CONNECTICUT 9,886 37.7 29.6 32.0 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
DELAWARE 2,962 7.2 29.2 63.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
DIST. OF COL. 9,447 1.1 0.3 98.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
FLORIDA 15,654 25.1 25.5 48.6 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
GEORGIA 7,431 0.7 11.8 87.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
GUAM a/                  
HAWAII 4,773 6.0 21.7 1.7 0.3 16.8 39.2 14.2 0.0
IDAHO 439 11.5 83.4 2.3 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.0
ILLINOIS 18,409 6.9 16.7 75.7 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0
INDIANA 24,017 5.3 57.7 35.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.2 0.0
IOWA 11,714 3.2 63.2 14.5 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.4 17.3
KANSAS 14,039 9.0 63.0 24.1 1.7 0.6 0.2 0.2 1.3
KENTUCKY 17,441 1.0 70.3 28.4 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
LOUISIANA 3,585 2.1 19.8 77.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
MAINE 7,017 0.7 92.6 3.2 1.8 1.0 0.1 0.7 0.0
MARYLAND 10,395 1.3 15.8 82.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
MASSACHUSETTS 28,646 32.3 41.8 22.2 0.5 2.0 0.6 0.0 0.6
MICHIGAN 60,657 3.2 47.7 47.5 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0
MINNESOTA 18,191 5.0 41.2 38.6 9.0 5.2 0.0 1.0 0.0
MISSISSIPPI 6,546 0.5 14.5 84.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
MISSOURI 27,823 2.1 54.1 42.7 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTANA 3,082 3.3 46.8 0.8 48.2 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.0
NEBRASKA 6,555 8.4 46.3 35.8 5.3 0.4 0.1 0.9 2.8
NEVADA 2,157 19.5 34.7 40.1 2.3 2.6 0.0 0.8 0.0
NEW HAMPSHIRE 4,238 5.1 91.7 2.5 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0
NEW JERSEY 29,203 24.1 16.0 58.8 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.0
NEW MEXICO 12,368 62.8 25.4 4.1 7.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0
NEW YORK 87,067 32.3 21.9 42.4 0.2 1.7 0.2 1.3 0.0
NORTH CAROLINA 12,121 1.7 31.2 64.1 1.8 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.0
NORTH DAKOTA 2,008 2.4 34.6 2.0 58.3 0.3 0.0 2.4 0.0
OHIO 40,267 3.2 52.7 43.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0
OKLAHOMA 3,944 6.5 45.1 35.5 12.4 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0
OREGON 10,664 6.9 78.2 10.9 2.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.1
PENNSYLVANIA 72,058 13.6 37.1 46.2 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.6
PUERTO RICO 11,842 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
RHODE ISLAND 7,430 24.4 40.7 13.0 0.2 2.6 0.0 0.0 19.1
SOUTH CAROLINA 7,622 0.9 29.3 68.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.0
SOUTH DAKOTA 996 1.6 24.1 2.6 69.6 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0
TENNESSEE 51,444 1.0 40.2 58.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0
TEXAS 26,049 40.7 23.3 35.6 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
UTAH 4,900 14.9 74.3 5.7 3.7 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.0
VERMONT 3,785 0.5 96.0 2.9 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 305 31.2 1.2 67.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGINIA 9,349 3.1 29.8 65.9 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.0
WASHINGTON 38,691 11.7 61.0 12.7 4.0 2.1 1.4 0.4 6.7
WEST VIRGINIA 5,978 0.3 89.4 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0
WISCONSIN 6,853 9.7 18.9 68.6 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.5
WYOMING 54 0.0 89.5 6.5 2.8 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
NOTES: * = CAN BE OF ANY RACE.
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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