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TABLE 49

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - CLOSED CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF CLOSED-CASE FAMILIES BY ETHNICITY/RACE
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006
STATE TOTAL FAMILIES HISPANIC* WHITE AFRICAN-AMERICAN NATIVE AMERICAN ASIAN HAWAIIAN MULTI- RACIAL UNKNOWN
U.S. TOTAL 1,835,217 24.3 37.1 33.8 1.7 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.9
                 
ALABAMA 20,570 0.9 27.7 70.8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0
ALASKA 4,284 3.5 54.7 10.0 20.9 4.6 3.8 2.5 0.0
ARIZONA 35,887 47.7 31.7 10.1 8.2 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.2
ARKANSAS 7,209 1.4 41.5 56.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2
CALIFORNIA 418,649 49.8 24.8 19.9 0.3 3.3 1.0 0.1 0.7
COLORADO 17,205 15.7 75.9 6.7 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0
CONNECTICUT 14,063 37.2 31.2 31.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
DELAWARE 6,660 8.6 28.0 62.8 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
DIST. OF COL. 6,992 2.8 0.9 95.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3
FLORIDA 85,972 18.4 28.7 52.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GEORGIA 28,361 3.8 24.3 71.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
GUAM a/                  
HAWAII 5,803 6.8 19.1 1.3 0.3 13.5 41.7 17.5 0.0
IDAHO 2,207 14.3 79.6 1.5 3.4 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.0
ILLINOIS 30,610 7.1 31.5 60.3 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.1
INDIANA 58,095 5.8 58.3 34.6 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.0 0.0
IOWA 18,493 6.0 60.9 13.2 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.5 17.9
KANSAS 20,822 11.1 61.7 22.4 2.3 0.9 0.0 0.3 1.3
KENTUCKY 36,627 1.0 73.6 25.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
LOUISIANA 13,662 2.1 17.8 79.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0
MAINE 13,033 0.6 92.8 3.5 1.8 0.8 0.0 0.6 0.0
MARYLAND 32,526 1.5 16.4 81.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
MASSACHUSETTS 29,963 34.8 41.5 19.1 0.4 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.9
MICHIGAN 71,040 3.6 48.6 46.2 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0
MINNESOTA 32,212 8.8 47.0 29.7 10.0 3.0 0.1 1.4 0.0
MISSISSIPPI 13,254 0.4 18.8 79.6 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.1
MISSOURI 36,801 4.1 56.3 38.4 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0
MONTANA 7,920 3.5 54.0 1.1 40.8 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.0
NEBRASKA 11,708 14.1 50.1 23.9 7.5 0.8 0.0 0.8 2.8
NEVADA 8,238 26.4 35.3 33.8 1.6 1.6 0.3 0.9 0.0
NEW HAMPSHIRE 6,487 5.0 90.6 3.3 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.0
NEW JERSEY 42,419 22.7 19.5 57.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.0
NEW MEXICO 32,075 70.4 18.5 3.2 7.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2
NEW YORK 108,395 30.3 24.1 42.9 0.3 0.9 0.2 1.2 0.0
NORTH CAROLINA 34,501 7.1 27.2 63.3 1.6 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.0
NORTH DAKOTA 4,108 3.3 41.9 1.9 50.3 0.4 0.0 2.1 0.0
OHIO 84,293 3.2 50.4 45.9 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0
OKLAHOMA 20,981 7.1 48.7 31.1 12.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
OREGON 22,860 16.3 67.4 9.4 4.8 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.5
PENNSYLVANIA 70,032 13.5 44.5 39.4 0.2 1.2 0.2 0.0 1.1
PUERTO RICO 8,074 99.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
RHODE ISLAND 9,334 26.6 40.3 13.1 0.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 17.3
SOUTH CAROLINA 17,315 1.2 30.1 67.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.0
SOUTH DAKOTA 3,599 1.9 25.7 1.8 66.2 0.2 0.1 3.9 0.0
TENNESSEE 51,860 2.2 48.2 49.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0
TEXAS 112,688 43.9 26.9 27.7 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.5 0.0
UTAH 11,514 18.8 71.1 3.0 4.8 1.8 0.6 0.0 0.0
VERMONT 6,203 1.1 95.3 2.9 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 304 30.9 1.3 67.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
VIRGINIA 11,848 3.3 32.3 62.8 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.0
WASHINGTON 60,871 17.3 58.7 9.8 3.1 1.2 1.6 0.3 8.3
WEST VIRGINIA 12,184 0.4 89.8 9.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0
WISCONSIN 14,089 8.1 23.5 50.9 1.6 1.3 0.0 0.3 14.3
WYOMING 317 6.6 79.6 6.3 7.5 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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