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TABLE 30

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF ADULT RECIPIENTS BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006

STATE TOTAL ADULTS EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED* NOT IN LABOR FORCE**
U.S. TOTAL 996,312 21.6 54.8 23.6
       
ALABAMA 9,869 32.8 50.3 16.8
ALASKA 3,011 32.4 67.6 0.0
ARIZONA 21,424 20.1 17.4 62.6
ARKANSAS 4,191 16.0 4.8 79.2
CALIFORNIA 187,313 25.1 49.9 24.9
COLORADO 10,402 32.1 67.9 0.0
CONNECTICUT 9,886 25.8 52.7 21.5
DELAWARE 2,962 22.5 42.2 35.4
DIST. OF COL. 9,447 20.3 53.8 25.9
FLORIDA 15,654 17.6 24.6 57.8
GEORGIA 7,431 20.6 0.0 79.4
GUAM a/        
HAWAII 4,773 28.8 31.8 39.5
IDAHO 439 36.9 57.5 5.6
ILLINOIS 18,409 14.8 85.2 0.0
INDIANA 24,017 27.8 37.8 34.4
IOWA 11,714 36.4 63.5 0.1
KANSAS 14,039 10.0 72.2 17.8
KENTUCKY 17,441 25.9 63.5 10.6
LOUISIANA 3,585 29.2 50.8 20.0
MAINE 7,017 30.2 8.5 61.2
MARYLAND 10,395 7.4 92.6 0.0
MASSACHUSETTS 28,646 16.5 83.5 0.0
MICHIGAN 60,657 27.1 34.1 38.8
MINNESOTA 18,191 29.0 61.8 9.2
MISSISSIPPI 6,546 18.8 35.3 45.9
MISSOURI 27,823 22.0 78.0 0.0
MONTANA 3,082 29.4 70.6 0.0
NEBRASKA 6,555 39.3 60.7 0.0
NEVADA 2,157 39.6 39.2 21.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE 4,238 20.3 17.4 62.3
NEW JERSEY 29,203 15.8 75.5 8.7
NEW MEXICO 12,368 26.9 12.3 60.7
NEW YORK 87,067 21.6 56.3 22.1
NORTH CAROLINA 12,121 20.0 43.9 36.1
NORTH DAKOTA 2,008 33.6 4.5 61.9
OHIO 40,267 4.4 94.6 1.0
OKLAHOMA 3,944 7.8 92.2 0.0
OREGON 10,664 13.1 54.5 32.4
PENNSYLVANIA 72,058 9.7 90.3 0.0
PUERTO RICO 11,842 2.4 58.3 39.3
RHODE ISLAND 7,430 23.0 32.1 45.0
SOUTH CAROLINA 7,622 38.9 46.8 14.3
SOUTH DAKOTA 996 21.1 78.9 0.0
TENNESSEE 51,444 19.4 62.0 18.6
TEXAS 26,049 36.4 38.0 25.7
UTAH 4,900 29.4 70.4 0.2
VERMONT 3,785 13.7 66.1 20.2
VIRGIN ISLANDS 305 5.2 94.1 0.7
VIRGINIA 9,349 63.4 10.4 26.2
WASHINGTON 38,691 18.9 5.6 75.6
WEST VIRGINIA 5,978 13.1 52.2 34.7
WISCONSIN 6,853 13.7 86.3 0.0
WYOMING 54 8.4 91.6 0.0
NOTES: a/ = DATA NOT REPORTED.
* = UNEMPLOYED, LOOKING FOR WORK.
** = UNEMPLOYED, NOT LOOKING FOR WORK (INCLUDES DISCOURAGED WORKERS).
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 4/12/2007

Last Updated on 7/15/2007
By ACF


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