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Table 1:111

Total Number of Applications Approved, Denied, and Cases Closed
Fiscal Year 2003
State Total
Applications
Received		 Total
Applications
Approved		 Total
Applications
Denied		 Cases
Closed
Number Percent Number Percent
U. S. Totals 3,721,572 1,927,366 51.8% 1,794,128 48.2% 1,995,178
             
Alabama 23,801 23,121 97.1% 680 2.9% 18,057
Alaska 11,794 5,606 47.5% 6,188 52.5% 5,756
Arizona 106,650 51,560 48.3% 55,071 51.6% 40,417
Arkansas 37,990 12,684 33.4% 25,306 66.6% 9,818
California 411,044 226,322 55.1% 184,722 44.9% 463,010
Colorado 45,122 29,716 65.9% 15,406 34.1% 28,361
Connecticut 24,010 15,081 62.8% 8,929 37.2% 15,727
Delaware 10,134 6,482 64.0% 3,652 36.0% 4,356
Dist. of Col. 8,725 6,401 73.4% 2,324 26.6% 5,327
Florida 291,294 120,841 41.5% 170,453 58.5% 120,550
Georgia 143,541 57,018 39.7% 86,523 60.3% 50,288
Guam N/A N/A   N/A   N/A
Hawaii 15,078 7,410 49.1% 7,668 50.9% 7,940
Idaho 20,915 2,823 13.5% 18,092 86.5% 2,540
Illinois 26,037 13,893 53.4% 12,144 46.6% 31,506
Indiana 105,513 48,574 46.0% 56,939 54.0% 43,359
Iowa 15,450 14,318 92.7% 1,132 7.3% 22,068
Kansas 37,619 18,879 50.2% 18,740 49.8% 18,273
Kentucky 64,313 39,701 61.7% 24,612 38.3% 38,884
Louisiana 28,628 27,323 95.4% 1,305 4.6% 21,757
Maine 2,781 1,195 43.0% 1,586 57.0% 11,064
Maryland 62,735 28,251 45.0% 34,484 55.0% 31,746
Massachusetts 70,061 53,851 76.9% 16,210 23.1% 27,185
Michigan 159,616 74,920 46.9% 84,696 53.1% 65,263
Minnesota 56,214 40,417 71.9% 15,797 28.1% 41,053
Mississippi 37,305 17,411 46.7% 19,894 53.3% 16,035
Missouri 55,942 36,153 64.6% 19,789 35.4% 30,859
Montana 10,219 7,670 75.1% 2,549 24.9% 9,765
Nebraska 21,647 14,222 65.7% 7,425 34.3% 12,079
Nevada 29,198 15,831 54.2% 13,367 45.8% 12,710
New Hampshire 13,401 8,176 61.0% 5,225 39.0% 6,267
New Jersey 51,954 42,708 82.2% 9,246 17.8% 40,228
New Mexico 46,664 25,308 54.2% 21,356 45.8% 33,003
New York 220,423 136,731 62.0% 83,692 38.0% 116,126
North Carolina 67,180 44,500 66.2% 22,680 33.8% 49,157
North Dakota 16,398 11,428 69.7% 4,970 30.3% 4,542
Ohio 227,144 76,865 33.8% 150,279 66.2% 93,104
Oklahoma 45,150 20,310 45.0% 24,840 55.0% 23,304
Oregon 25,759 20,980 81.4% 4,779 18.6% 19,066
Pennsylvania 167,455 110,821 66.2% 56,634 33.8% 41,049
Puerto Rico 11,093 8,433 76.0% 2,660 24.0% 9,027
Rhode Island 7,448 3,147 42.3% 4,301 57.7% 9,904
South Carolina 47,496 23,604 49.7% 23,892 50.3% 23,045
South Dakota 6,162 3,742 60.7% 2,420 39.3% 3,739
Tennessee 125,059 72,660 58.1% 52,399 41.9% 36,625
Texas 426,040 147,313 34.6% 278,727 65.4% 147,293
Utah 23,023 9,583 41.6% 13,440 58.4% 12,026
Vermont 13,140 7,855 59.8% 5,285 40.2% 6,233
Virgin Islands 282 179 63.5% 44 15.6% 290
Virginia 58,641 29,391 50.1% 29,250 49.9% 20,218
Washington 123,176 67,238 54.6% 55,938 45.4% 61,815
West Virginia 18,997 16,410 86.4% 2,587 13.6% 13,274
Wisconsin 44,842 21,630 48.2% 23,212 51.8% 19,537
Wyoming 1,269 680 53.6% 589 46.4% 553
1 Comparable to Table 1:12 and 1:13 in TANF 6th Annual Report to Congress
Source: TANF Data Report

Last Updated on 12/12/2006
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