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TABLE 39

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF RECIPIENT CHILDREN BY EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006

STATE TOTAL
CHILDREN
NO FORMAL
EDUCATION
YEARS OF EDUCATION
1 - 6 7 - 9 10 - 11 12 AND MORE
U.S. TOTAL 3,203,631 47.5 31.2 14.0 6.5 0.8
           
ALABAMA 34,573 49.1 32.9 13.6 4.5 0.0
ALASKA 6,768 60.5 28.0 8.5 2.9 0.2
ARIZONA 65,833 47.3 35.4 13.3 3.6 0.3
ARKANSAS 13,455 48.2 32.8 13.1 5.1 0.8
CALIFORNIA 863,466 38.9 34.1 16.4 9.9 0.7
COLORADO 27,262 81.9 12.5 3.6 0.7 1.3
CONNECTICUT 25,519 51.7 29.8 13.3 5.0 0.3
DELAWARE 9,389 51.8 28.3 12.9 6.1 0.8
DIST. OF COL. 30,035 47.2 33.1 14.8 4.8 0.1
FLORIDA 74,861 40.5 33.7 15.0 8.3 2.1
GEORGIA 51,963 44.8 34.8 15.3 4.6 0.5
GUAM a/            
HAWAII 12,512 35.2 35.0 15.9 13.7 0.1
IDAHO 2,678 73.5 17.9 6.3 2.1 0.2
ILLINOIS 72,369 53.5 25.8 14.7 5.7 0.4
INDIANA 78,050 58.6 27.6 11.1 2.5 0.2
IOWA 28,186 69.9 22.1 6.0 1.2 0.8
KANSAS 30,543 67.0 23.2 7.1 2.3 0.3
KENTUCKY 52,182 64.4 21.5 9.4 3.9 0.8
LOUISIANA 22,325 46.8 34.9 14.0 3.9 0.4
MAINE 15,087 46.5 34.2 14.1 4.9 0.3
MARYLAND 35,485 40.9 41.4 13.4 3.9 0.4
MASSACHUSETTS 63,084 42.5 31.7 20.5 5.1 0.2
MICHIGAN 154,995 46.4 29.7 16.0 7.4 0.5
MINNESOTA 49,649 52.7 30.3 11.8 5.0 0.1
MISSISSIPPI 20,992 50.1 33.4 13.2 3.1 0.3
MISSOURI 66,383 60.2 21.7 10.8 6.1 1.1
MONTANA 6,921 56.8 23.4 12.6 6.0 1.2
NEBRASKA 17,751 50.4 28.8 12.8 6.6 1.4
NEVADA 10,211 53.7 30.6 12.4 3.2 0.1
NEW HAMPSHIRE 9,223 57.0 28.0 11.0 3.7 0.2
NEW JERSEY 71,394 53.6 29.1 13.0 3.8 0.6
NEW MEXICO 31,274 50.4 29.0 12.0 6.3 2.3
NEW YORK 224,599 52.8 29.9 12.4 4.7 0.2
NORTH CAROLINA 47,254 42.7 32.1 16.5 7.7 1.1
NORTH DAKOTA 4,779 59.7 27.4 9.8 2.8 0.2
OHIO 130,068 46.2 28.0 16.9 7.7 1.2
OKLAHOMA 18,255 49.3 31.5 13.2 5.4 0.5
OREGON 30,969 37.4 30.4 14.6 9.9 7.7
PENNSYLVANIA 171,570 49.9 35.8 9.8 4.4 0.1
PUERTO RICO 27,571 42.7 39.2 12.3 4.8 1.0
RHODE ISLAND 16,881 49.9 34.8 12.1 3.1 0.1
SOUTH CAROLINA 26,980 52.2 28.3 14.1 4.8 0.6
SOUTH DAKOTA 5,110 44.2 31.4 16.1 7.4 0.9
TENNESSEE 126,926 47.2 28.8 13.2 7.8 2.9
TEXAS 139,109 52.6 30.0 12.4 4.6 0.4
UTAH 13,252 46.4 30.5 12.0 7.8 3.4
VERMONT 7,144 64.7 24.1 8.3 2.7 0.1
VIRGIN ISLANDS 943 65.1 27.2 6.2 1.0 0.5
VIRGINIA 16,791 57.8 30.2 9.8 2.0 0.1
WASHINGTON 89,477 50.6 30.7 12.3 5.0 1.4
WEST VIRGINIA 18,090 49.7 31.2 13.9 5.0 0.2
WISCONSIN 32,991 46.2 31.8 16.3 5.4 0.3
WYOMING 454 52.6 32.0 10.3 3.9 1.1
NOTE: 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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