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TABLE 56

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - CLOSED CASES

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

STATE ADULT RECIPIENTS EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED* NOT IN LABOR FORCE** UNKNOWN
U.S. TOTAL 1,466,729 30.0 44.4 24.5 1.1
         
ALABAMA 16,919 45.8 50.5 3.7 0.0
ALASKA 4,737 46.3 51.0 2.6 0.0
ARIZONA 29,936 14.0 0.0 86.0 0.0
ARKANSAS 5,836 39.8 1.1 59.1 0.0
CALIFORNIA 288,512 36.3 40.8 22.9 0.0
COLORADO 15,857 33.3 66.7 0.0 0.0
CONNECTICUT 11,868 30.7 48.3 21.0 0.0
DELAWARE 5,439 42.8 33.5 18.2 5.6
DIST. OF COL. 4,912 30.0 52.3 17.7 0.0
FLORIDA 53,235 14.6 4.0 81.4 0.0
GEORGIA 18,269 41.7 0.0 58.3 0.0
GUAM a/          
HAWAII 5,416 32.7 42.4 24.9 0.0
IDAHO 1,698 52.7 30.0 17.3 0.0
ILLINOIS 13,809 4.5 95.2 0.0 0.2
INDIANA 41,054 43.0 28.9 25.7 2.4
IOWA 16,104 47.4 49.4 3.3 0.0
KANSAS 21,186 15.6 71.3 13.1 0.0
KENTUCKY 29,210 0.0 90.1 7.1 2.8
LOUISIANA 5,146 49.3 34.5 16.2 0.0
MAINE 11,121 53.6 0.0 46.4 0.0
MARYLAND 33,804 27.1 59.5 13.4 0.0
MASSACHUSETTS 23,168 41.6 53.4 0.0 5.0
MICHIGAN 71,546 35.7 39.6 24.7 0.0
MINNESOTA 27,433 53.2 40.3 6.5 0.0
MISSISSIPPI 11,221 13.3 58.6 27.8 0.3
MISSOURI 32,293 3.6 81.2 12.7 2.5
MONTANA 8,798 43.7 56.3 0.0 0.0
NEBRASKA 9,877 51.6 48.4 0.0 0.0
NEVADA 6,025 0.0 65.6 34.4 0.0
NEW HAMPSHIRE 6,136 44.8 5.7 49.5 0.0
NEW JERSEY 38,566 29.5 67.8 2.7 0.0
NEW MEXICO 31,875 36.6 0.8 62.6 0.0
NEW YORK 93,404 20.2 66.6 9.2 4.0
NORTH CAROLINA 22,913 4.5 5.7 84.5 5.4
NORTH DAKOTA 2,513 45.9 3.3 49.5 1.4
OHIO 71,946 26.6 66.0 0.4 7.0
OKLAHOMA 22,922 20.3 79.7 0.0 0.0
OREGON 15,678 26.9 47.6 25.5 0.0
PENNSYLVANIA 68,952 34.1 65.9 0.0 0.0
PUERTO RICO 7,660 10.3 46.3 43.2 0.2
RHODE ISLAND 9,015 43.9 32.8 22.9 0.4
SOUTH CAROLINA 15,648 50.8 37.8 9.7 1.6
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,574 28.5 67.4 0.0 4.2
TENNESSEE 47,193 22.2 61.3 16.6 0.0
TEXAS 70,739 31.1 43.0 24.3 1.6
UTAH 10,247 22.5 77.3 0.2 0.0
VERMONT 6,860 34.8 44.4 19.2 1.6
VIRGIN ISLANDS 237 29.5 67.1 0.0 3.4
VIRGINIA 9,439 60.3 0.0 39.3 0.4
WASHINGTON 60,110 32.2 0.6 67.2 0.0
WEST VIRGINIA 16,993 5.8 17.2 77.0 0.0
WISCONSIN 10,520 39.4 55.2 5.4 0.0
WYOMING 164 13.8 82.0 4.2 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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