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Table 3:5

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Average Hours of Participation in Work Activities, Including Waivers,
For All Adults Participating in the Work Activity
Fiscal Year 2003

STATE AVERAGE MONTHLY NUMBER OF HOURS OF PARTICIPATION IN WORK ACTIVITY BY ADULTS PARTICIPATING IN THE WORK ACTIVITY
Total Adults Adults with Hours of Participation 1/ Unsubsidized Employment Subsidized Private Employment Subsidized Public Employment Work Experience On-the-Job Training Job Search Community Service Vocational Education Job Skills Training Education Related to Employment Satisfactory School Attendance Providing Child Care Additional Waiver Activities Other All Fourteen Activities
United States 1,242,473 511,984 26.4 20.7 20.2 23.4 18.3 16.8 22.9 25.4 17.9 15.9 20.7 6.6 23.1 18.2 28.2
                                 
Alabama 9,763 4,201 26.9 23.0 22.5 26.1 27.4 22.5 27.4 20.6 33.2 - 20.9 - - 14.1 28.3
Alaska 4,827 2,445 29.9 - 27.4 19.9 30.2 17.2 16.6 18.1 - - 20.1 - - 14.0 30.0
Arizona 30,276 7,231 22.1 - 13.5 18.8 24.9 16.4 13.8 21.1 14.0 9.1 14.4 - - - 24.5
Arkansas 6,704 2,194 27.3 27.8 17.4 21.5 35.1 22.1 27.5 28.4 27.7 23.8 27.0 - - 29.5 27.8
California 244,301 87,726 25.8 21.6 9.2 16.7 7.3 19.0 22.0 24.2 22.3 21.3 22.0 2.0 2.0 21.5 26.5
Colorado 9,589 3,917 26.1 - 15.4 20.0 24.9 16.4 15.8 25.3 - 13.7 16.5 5.0 - - 25.7
Connecticut 12,819 6,089 23.2 29.7 29.3 21.2 15.8 16.6 19.8 22.6 18.3 14.7 25.3 16.2 - 24.2 28.2
Delaware 3,039 850 34.6 - - 24.1 - - - - - 30.0 21.0 - - - 32.4
Dist. of Col. 10,732 2,959 32.6 48.0 40.0 21.8 20.0 21.9 - 22.4 15.5 19.6 - - 41.0 29.3 31.5
Florida 24,142 9,278 22.9 17.4 18.6 22.7 - 24.4 19.8 27.6 15.0 14.3 29.8 7.0 - - 28.1
Georgia 31,225 7,543 23.9 28.1 28.5 15.6 22.5 19.8 24.4 20.2 9.9 15.7 16.8 29.0 - 11.3 21.9
Guam - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hawaii 7,667 2,873 25.5 - - 21.1 29.8 18.3 12.0 14.4 20.3 32.0 20.3 - 32.2 - 30.4
Idaho 643 551 21.1 15.3 9.9 12.5 - 14.2 9.8 17.8 - 12.2 19.7 - - 15.8 27.6
Illinois 17,227 12,040 29.4 - - 29.2 - 19.6 14.6 27.5 21.2 15.7 51.2 - - 20.6 29.6
Indiana 34,607 16,618 38.0 17.8 - 12.2 5.7 28.7 - 28.4 20.0 16.8 25.0 - - - 38.0
Iowa 17,264 8,964 37.7 49.5 - 15.1 - 6.9 11.9 29.0 - - 9.0 - - 23.8 36.8
Kansas 12,106 9,912 31.1 - - 28.8 29.7 - 29.7 31.9 20.8 17.7 25.4 - 31.2 - 36.7
Kentucky 19,964 7,790 23.5 29.2 - 25.5 33.0 28.8 24.8 27.7 16.6 17.6 - - - 19.3 28.0
Louisiana 11,462 4,082 27.2 24.2 19.3 20.3 21.6 14.1 - 20.0 - 16.0 14.1 - - - 25.9
Maine 7,307 3,201 24.4 - - 19.3 27.5 21.5 26.5 17.3 11.8 20.1 9.9 - - - 25.0
Maryland 16,036 3,302 22.8 - 17.5 16.2 - 14.4 16.3 17.4 10.9 8.0 9.0 - - - 20.0
Massachusetts 32,475 6,319 20.5 26.0 - - - 19.0 18.8 20.5 24.9 23.0 21.2 - - - 21.7
Michigan 52,132 16,025 25.3 20.0 - 20.2 - 20.9 18.8 19.8 6.8 11.1 25.8 - - 22.6 26.8
Minnesota 27,294 15,293 19.3 - - 16.3 - 15.8 21.4 27.6 26.4 20.9 29.3 26.3 - 21.8 27.6
Mississippi 11,832 3,394 22.6 - - 20.4 18.0 14.9 20.0 24.8 30.5 13.1 22.5 - - 29.0 23.0
Missouri 29,125 14,706 25.6 - - 23.6 35.0 15.5 - 26.3 - 21.9 28.2 - - 16.3 24.9
Montana 5,926 5,569 20.3 - - 26.9 - 23.4 - 2.0 7.5 - 9.6 - 23.4 - 30.4
Nebraska 7,523 3,157 20.8 - - 22.1 - 24.8 30.0 30.3 29.7 25.9 24.4 - 21.2 16.6 27.0
Nevada 5,716 2,196 27.1 - - 20.0 24.0 5.1 13.2 19.3 - 17.2 20.0 - - - 22.5
New Hampshire 4,430 2,070 20.5 - - 14.1 30.9 17.4 - 19.8 19.8 - 18.9 - 7.5 - 23.3
New Jersey 25,385 11,075 27.0 - - 20.4 22.0 18.3 20.6 23.2 11.9 13.3 29.3 30.1 - - 28.5
New Mexico 13,121 5,495 29.3 - 38.2 25.8 26.4 27.3 25.3 33.6 20.6 16.1 20.8 36.3 34.0 31.1 33.9
New York 92,033 32,723 29.9 7.9 30.0 25.5 30.1 17.3 32.2 32.0 20.5 23.3 16.7 - - 1.0 31.2
North Carolina 19,079 6,726 26.1 22.2 6.9 15.5 14.0 22.2 - 21.6 14.3 20.0 20.0 15.0 - - 26.9
North Dakota 2,633 1,214 22.6 20.8 - 14.2 32.5 13.4 12.6 34.4 18.1 19.1 19.1 - - - 25.2
Ohio 48,446 36,718 25.6 - 30.0 28.7 11.0 23.1 - 27.4 20.0 24.7 22.8 - - 20.2 32.6
Oklahoma 8,686 3,953 28.4 22.2 26.3 22.9 30.4 19.0 - 26.3 24.2 19.6 24.1 - - - 23.1
Oregon 11,218 8,016 21.2 25.9 19.3 14.5 24.4 14.6 10.0 17.6 15.3 11.9 21.8 6.1 15.6 5.7 24.1
Pennsylvania 56,318 15,024 17.6 - - 13.6 21.0 15.3 7.6 17.9 17.2 14.9 - - - 11.4 18.5
Puerto Rico 15,733 1,267 31.6 27.3 34.9 30.3 24.3 16.3 28.6 27.8 28.0 - 12.0 - - 15.9 29.1
Rhode Island 10,725 4,153 23.2 28.6 - 25.6 27.2 18.8 - 23.0 - 23.2 23.2 - - 22.0 24.9
South Carolina 13,131 5,585 26.0 - - 25.4 30.0 15.4 - 30.5 20.6 11.7 24.0 - 20.1 23.3 27.9
South Dakota 1,146 669 21.6 9.9 - - 30.7 10.3 17.8 22.8 - 13.0 21.0 14.7 - - 21.4
Tennessee 51,600 31,992 24.4 - - 17.7 24.0 10.2 20.3 29.8 28.3 - 19.2 - 23.3 20.9 32.0
Texas 73,423 21,272 27.8 16.1 20.0 17.5 - 15.9 20.6 25.9 6.5 7.0 20.7 - 10.4 - 27.7
Utah 6,170 3,337 23.7 - - 20.4 18.5 17.7 - 20.5 15.4 13.1 16.0 - - - 24.5
Vermont 4,569 2,922 20.0 - - 22.7 22.6 20.2 - 23.6 10.2 - 14.9 - - 4.9 17.3
Virgin Islands 380 31 23.8 - - 37.1 31.2 25.3 24.8 29.8 23.1 28.4 26.5 - - - 26.9
Virginia 16,530 6,641 27.0 16.2 - 16.5 16.7 15.7 - 18.6 17.5 9.9 17.1 - - - 26.5
Washington 40,996 28,863 25.7 17.7 21.5 16.0 27.7 12.0 19.9 17.3 20.4 16.3 17.3 18.7 - 12.7 27.3
West Virginia 13,086 3,458 28.0 22.0 26.4 24.9 21.2 16.4 20.0 25.8 5.0 13.9 13.1 - - - 24.7
Wisconsin 9,809 8,287 16.9 10.1 - 15.9 9.7 21.4 23.7 15.0 10.9 8.2 13.4 - - - 24.6
Wyoming 103 68 24.4 - - 31.5 - 20.6 - 24.2 - - 13.6 - - - 35.1
1/ Adults participating in more than one activity are included once in this total.
Source: TANF Data Report

Last Updated on 6/27/2005
By ACF


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