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Table 22

PERCENT DISTRIBUTIOIN OF TANF RECIPIENT CHILDREN BY AGE GROUP  
     
OCTOBER 1998 - SEPTEMBER 1999       

STATE TOTAL CHILDREN AGE OF RECIPIENT CHILDREN
0-1 2-5 6-11 12-15 16-19 UNKNOWN*
U.S. TOTAL 5,318,722 12.2 26.0 35.8 16.7 7.8 1.5
             
ALABAMA 38,428 14.9 26.6 35.0 15.4 6.8 1.4
ALASKA 17,260 14.2 25.7 34.4 17.2 8.1 0.3
ARIZONA 42,615 10.0 27.0 34.9 17.5 9.0 1.7
ARKANSAS 21,524 11.8 25.9 34.9 18.7 8.3 0.4
CALIFORNIA 1,381,384 10.5 27.2 36.9 17.0 7.8 0.5
COLORADO 29,855 14.6 25.2 34.7 15.7 8.5 1.3
CONNECTICUT 59,991 14.5 25.0 33.1 16.4 8.6 2.3
DELAWARE 12,639 14.0 22.9 33.6 17.4 7.4 4.7
DIST. OF COL. 40,080 13.1 29.7 37.4 12.8 6.1 0.9
FLORIDA 155,337 12.1 24.8 36.1 17.5 8.4 1.1
             
GEORGIA 115,620 13.3 24.3 36.2 17.7 8.0 0.4
GUAM 6,611 16.6 32.2 33.6 13.1 4.0 0.5
HAWAII 31,477 12.5 24.7 34.7 19.2 8.3 0.6
IDAHO 2,148 14.4 25.6 35.0 16.7 8.0 0.3
ILLINOIS 277,314 12.9 28.6 35.5 15.5 7.5 0.1
INDIANA 77,627 15.8 28.5 33.9 15.9 5.9 -
IOWA 40,006 16.7 28.5 33.4 14.8 6.1 0.5
KANSAS 23,910 19.0 25.3 31.0 14.9 7.3 2.5
KENTUCKY 71,792 13.3 25.4 34.2 18.5 7.5 1.0
LOUISIANA 104,742 13.5 23.9 29.7 14.5 10.1 8.3
             
MAINE 24,381 12.1 23.5 35.4 19.3 8.0 1.6
MARYLAND 64,493 13.7 24.7 37.0 16.5 6.8 1.2
MASSACHUSETTS 96,441 8.5 26.6 38.0 18.6 7.0 1.3
MICHIGAN 200,661 9.6 21.1 39.4 19.6 9.4 1.0
MINNESOTA 89,002 14.7 23.4 33.1 17.8 9.3 1.7
MISSISSIPPI 33,164 13.2 25.3 35.3 17.5 7.9 0.7
MISSOURI 102,356 14.2 26.8 34.3 16.6 8.0 0.1
MONTANA 9,182 16.2 24.3 33.6 18.0 6.2 1.7
NEBRASKA 23,118 17.1 27.4 33.1 13.5 7.5 1.4
NEVADA 15,287 17.8 25.8 35.1 15.4 4.8 1.2
             
NEW HAMPSHIRE 10,697 15.5 28.5 32.8 14.5 7.9 0.7
NEW JERSEY 124,835 12.0 24.6 36.1 17.7 9.3 0.3
NEW MEXICO 53,120 14.1 27.8 35.1 16.4 5.9 0.7
NEW YORK 568,349 10.0 25.5 37.1 15.9 9.3 2.2
NORTH CAROLINA 102,166 16.0 27.2 34.6 15.4 6.1 0.7
NORTH DAKOTA 6,202 15.1 25.7 34.5 16.5 6.5 1.7
OHIO 210,464 15.8 26.4 34.0 15.1 7.1 1.6
OKLAHOMA 36,984 11.0 27.9 35.3 17.1 7.6 1.1
OREGON 30,703 16.8 23.9 33.0 18.2 7.3 0.9
PENNSYLVANIA 212,041 14.2 24.5 36.7 16.4 6.1 2.2
             
PUERTO RICO 78,465 3.8 24.1 40.9 22.5 8.2 0.5
RHODE ISLAND 28,711 8.2 16.6 23.0 12.2 6.8 33.2
SOUTH CAROLINA 33,724 10.9 22.3 36.9 20.2 9.0 0.7
SOUTH DAKOTA 6,266 11.1 23.3 37.3 19.2 8.9 0.2
TENNESSEE 111,387 13.9 27.0 35.4 16.1 6.7 0.9
TEXAS 220,374 13.9 28.9 34.6 15.9 6.1 0.6
UTAH 18,541 14.9 26.7 34.5 15.6 6.4 2.0
VERMONT 11,746 14.7 27.0 34.6 16.6 5.9 1.2
VIRGIN ISLANDS 2,714 8.6 26.0 36.4 19.5 9.2 0.3
VIRGINIA 64,483 10.9 26.9 37.9 16.4 7.2 0.7
             
WASHINGTON 120,585 13.9 25.0 34.9 17.6 7.7 1.0
WEST VIRGINIA 20,545 15.3 25.1 34.8 16.7 7.4 0.8
WISCONSIN 35,859 18.3 14.1 20.3 13.3 6.7 27.4
WYOMING 1,317 11.2 25.9 37.3 17.8 7.1 0.8
NOTE: '*'= Including unborn child.       
SOURCE: NATIONAL EMERGENCY TANF DATAFILE AS OF 4/14/2000       

Last Updated on 08/27/2000
By ACF


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