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TABLE 35

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF RECIPIENT CHILDREN BY ETHNICITY/RACE
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006
STATE TOTAL
CHILDREN		 HISPANIC* WHITE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN		 NATIVE
AMERICAN		 ASIAN HAWAIIAN MULTI-
RACIAL		 UNKNOWN
U.S. TOTAL 3,203,631 29.2 28.8 36.4 1.3 2.1 0.5 0.0 1.7
                 
ALABAMA 34,573 1.5 26.2 71.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.9
ALASKA 6,768 4.0 42.6 8.5 26.1 9.6 4.5 0.0 4.7
ARIZONA 65,833 54.0 24.7 11.9 7.8 0.5 0.1 0.0 1.0
ARKANSAS 13,455 4.0 34.8 59.6 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 1.1
CALIFORNIA 863,466 54.6 19.5 19.6 0.3 4.8 0.7 0.0 0.4
COLORADO 27,262 35.9 44.4 15.5 1.0 0.4 1.8 0.0 1.0
CONNECTICUT 25,519 39.6 25.5 34.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0
DELAWARE 9,389 9.4 23.9 66.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
DIST. OF COL. 30,035 2.6 0.3 96.7 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1
FLORIDA 74,861 18.3 28.3 53.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
GEORGIA 51,963 3.8 22.6 73.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
GUAM a/                  
HAWAII 12,512 7.0 15.0 1.5 0.1 13.6 43.8 0.0 19.1
IDAHO 2,678 20.5 70.1 2.0 5.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 1.9
ILLINOIS 72,369 11.5 18.1 69.9 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
INDIANA 78,050 8.9 43.1 45.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9
IOWA 28,186 7.3 48.8 15.8 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 26.7
KANSAS 30,543 15.1 51.0 27.5 1.6 0.8 0.2 0.0 3.8
KENTUCKY 52,182 2.5 71.1 25.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
LOUISIANA 22,325 1.9 16.7 80.7 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3
MAINE 15,087 1.5 90.2 3.9 1.2 0.8 0.1 0.0 2.3
MARYLAND 35,485 1.9 15.5 82.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
MASSACHUSETTS 63,084 37.5 35.7 21.3 0.3 2.8 1.3 0.0 1.1
MICHIGAN 154,995 5.8 41.4 50.2 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.6
MINNESOTA 49,649 11.9 28.4 34.7 8.5 13.5 0.1 0.0 2.8
MISSISSIPPI 20,992 0.7 16.6 82.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
MISSOURI 66,383 5.0 47.7 46.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.4
MONTANA 6,921 4.6 45.2 1.7 47.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.1
NEBRASKA 17,751 16.7 40.7 31.6 6.5 0.7 0.1 0.0 3.7
NEVADA 10,211 31.9 26.9 36.3 1.8 1.8 0.1 0.0 1.4
NEW HAMPSHIRE 9,223 7.8 87.7 3.7 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.3
NEW JERSEY 71,394 27.6 13.0 58.0 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.5
NEW MEXICO 31,274 73.7 16.2 4.3 5.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
NEW YORK 224,599 38.7 18.4 39.4 0.2 1.5 0.2 0.0 1.6
NORTH CAROLINA 47,254 5.2 26.5 64.5 2.8 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.1
NORTH DAKOTA 4,779 3.9 27.8 3.1 57.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 7.4
OHIO 130,068 3.6 46.7 48.7 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5
OKLAHOMA 18,255 12.4 41.0 33.5 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
OREGON 30,969 20.7 60.6 11.9 3.5 1.9 0.4 0.0 1.2
PENNSYLVANIA 171,570 15.9 31.6 49.7 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.4
PUERTO RICO 27,571 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
RHODE ISLAND 16,881 21.9 20.8 10.8 0.2 2.9 0.0 0.0 43.3
SOUTH CAROLINA 26,980 2.4 25.0 69.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4
SOUTH DAKOTA 5,110 1.8 17.2 3.0 74.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 3.8
TENNESSEE 126,926 2.8 34.8 61.8 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
TEXAS 139,109 57.1 13.3 28.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.6
UTAH 13,252 23.6 63.1 6.1 4.7 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.1
VERMONT 7,144 0.6 96.3 2.7 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 943 33.3 0.8 65.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGINIA 16,791 3.9 26.1 68.4 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.8
WASHINGTON 89,477 21.8 48.0 11.0 3.5 2.1 1.5 0.0 12.1
WEST VIRGINIA 18,090 0.6 86.7 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3
WISCONSIN 32,991 8.7 22.5 57.5 1.6 3.9 0.1 0.0 5.7
WYOMING 454 13.8 69.8 6.7 9.7 0.0 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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