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TABLE 41

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - ACTIVE CASES

TANF FAMILIES RECEIVING CASH ASSISTANCE BY NUMBER OF RECIPIENT CHILDREN
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006

STATE TOTAL FAMILIES PERCENT NO. OF MONTHS RECEIVED AVERAGE MONTHLY AMOUNT OF CASH ASSISTANCE
ALL FAMILIES ONE CHILD TWO CHILDREN THREE CHILDREN FOUR OR MORE
U.S. TOTAL 1,802,567 99.5 35.4 $372.17 $313.98 $390.05 $465.44 $557.66
               
ALABAMA 19,162 100.0 30.8 197.25 178.66 198.98 228.70 266.71
ALASKA 3,614 100.0 37.3 602.09 535.35 618.38 696.45 815.59
ARIZONA 39,369 100.0 35.4 269.99 227.57 288.29 358.51 442.88
ARKANSAS 8,176 100.0 11.2 147.49 115.56 168.86 209.71 269.12
CALIFORNIA 449,200 99.7 42.4 536.50 454.82 552.78 637.32 722.21
COLORADO 14,468 100.0 28.8 293.92 220.43 299.90 387.86 503.74
CONNECTICUT 18,245 99.8 26.7 413.42 375.04 471.22 556.88 655.97
DELAWARE 5,504 100.0 31.7 246.84 209.16 266.73 312.74 382.99
DIST. OF COL. 15,717 100.0 56.8 327.14 262.04 328.14 401.43 530.43
FLORIDA 52,470 100.0 21.8 232.99 219.37 244.19 289.65 359.37
GEORGIA 30,232 100.0 43.0 204.65 164.67 231.47 268.76 315.33
GUAM a/                
HAWAII 6,953 100.0 46.7 517.88 424.99 542.97 659.62 819.74
IDAHO 1,818 100.0 8.0 301.79 301.97 301.25 301.00 304.06
ILLINOIS 36,573 100.0 28.1 247.30 177.05 278.28 307.50 374.13
INDIANA 42,471 99.6 24.8 203.05 178.66 210.71 235.18 275.20
IOWA 16,675 100.0 28.9 320.03 263.03 358.52 422.04 484.03
KANSAS 17,226 100.0 23.8 305.73 244.69 331.06 398.14 482.36
KENTUCKY 33,092 100.0 25.9 248.63 206.20 283.84 358.37 401.00
LOUISIANA 11,916 100.0 45.6 275.47 170.21 294.43 393.46 587.75
MAINE 9,258 99.6 17.2 361.33 288.14 408.64 494.39 674.34
MARYLAND 20,341 99.8 16.3 373.42 282.27 420.79 522.62 626.39
MASSACHUSETTS 46,582 100.0 36.2 499.61 464.11 552.69 669.53 775.39
MICHIGAN 82,953 95.6 26.1 386.65 291.46 399.20 501.17 627.87
MINNESOTA 27,479 100.0 40.0 348.30 290.31 373.02 422.33 571.35
MISSISSIPPI 13,416 100.0 39.2 163.58 144.98 180.40 209.26 236.12
MISSOURI 38,748 100.0 32.4 229.71 190.59 250.76 299.27 347.63
MONTANA 3,812 100.0 38.3 377.06 305.17 396.52 476.53 603.56
NEBRASKA 10,097 100.0 30.9 299.61 249.90 314.30 382.38 466.06
NEVADA 5,399 100.0 21.4 346.50 303.49 351.96 385.93 499.59
NEW HAMPSHIRE 6,105 100.0 23.1 463.01 430.36 492.85 545.88 657.11
NEW JERSEY 40,832 100.0 40.4 324.58 264.20 364.51 416.74 480.67
NEW MEXICO 16,896 100.0 23.2 306.45 243.45 317.63 390.19 493.98
NEW YORK 134,900 98.1 43.9 499.09 461.55 499.06 613.01 686.11
NORTH CAROLINA 30,172 100.0 36.8 213.59 192.76 235.47 256.67 296.85
NORTH DAKOTA 2,678 100.0 30.7 322.75 260.71 340.12 411.11 536.48
OHIO 79,485 100.0 18.2 323.76 269.58 354.24 438.16 553.29
OKLAHOMA 10,203 100.0 27.4 188.59 129.66 202.54 275.52 353.04
OREGON 18,496 100.0 32.1 389.45 319.38 416.22 536.15 662.33
PENNSYLVANIA 94,696 100.0 42.0 321.70 255.92 341.40 414.86 523.15
PUERTO RICO 14,325 100.0 27.2 155.87 111.70 161.59 209.88 260.32
RHODE ISLAND 9,688 100.0 46.5 417.18 357.88 452.63 504.80 596.64
SOUTH CAROLINA 15,678 100.0 32.4 172.39 146.12 183.10 220.44 260.99
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,823 100.0 43.0 350.48 305.82 365.14 417.21 490.60
TENNESSEE 68,129 100.0 38.0 167.39 138.55 175.95 204.28 246.49
TEXAS 71,766 99.5 30.3 195.01 206.55 151.92 201.38 246.51
UTAH 7,463 100.0 26.3 399.73 328.49 429.49 509.74 603.25
VERMONT 4,429 99.8 17.7 500.77 451.81 538.77 610.99 679.76
VIRGIN ISLANDS 433 100.0 27.6 250.96 181.41 244.21 301.27 375.75
VIRGINIA 9,133 99.5 13.3 323.16 263.47 336.53 405.01 498.46
WASHINGTON 54,167 100.0 30.7 427.84 369.26 459.27 545.10 646.71
WEST VIRGINIA 10,864 100.0 31.4 269.70 245.45 281.64 324.28 351.44
WISCONSIN b/ 17,949 100.0 32.2 428.08 328.00 463.96 567.65 704.18
WYOMING 291 96.5 35.9 218.23 169.41 276.37 307.82 308.69
NOTES: a/ = DATA NOT REPORTED.
b/ = IN CASH ASSISTANCE AMOUNT INCLUDED SUPPORTIVE SERVICE ASSISTANCE .
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 4/12/2007

Last Updated on 7/15/2007
By ACF


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