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Table 5:11 (FY 2002)

High Performance Bonus Awards for Performance Year 2002
Family Formation and Stability Measure*
Rates and Ranks of CY 2002 and CY 2001 Performance Rates and
Percentage Point Changes of CY 2002 Performance over 2001 (in percent)
State Performance Percentage Point Change
CY 2002 over CY 2001
CY 2002 CY 2001
Rate Rank Rate Rank Change Rank
U.S. Average 69.75   69.45   0.30  
Alabama 66.44 37 62.80 45 3.64 1
Alaska ** ** ** ** ** **
Arizona 69.02 32 66.44 39 2.58 4
Arkansas 71.60 20 69.31 32 2.29 8
California 70.77 22 70.03 30 0.74 15
Colorado 74.71 10 73.88 13 0.83 12
Connecticut 73.42 15 73.16 16 0.26 18
Delaware 65.44 39 67.18 38 (1.74) 38
Dist. of Col. 36.87 45 33.65 48 3.22 3
Florida 65.38 40 66.09 40 (0.71) 30
Georgia 66.16 38 65.99 41 0.17 19
Guam ** ** ** ** ** **
Hawaii 73.96 13 75.97 7 (2.01) 41
Idaho 80.25 2 76.89 4 3.36 2
Illinois ** ** 70.15 29 ** **
Indiana ** ** 70.87 27 ** **
Iowa 73.90 14 74.49 11 (0.59) 28
Kansas 74.14 11 74.62 10 (0.48) 26
Kentucky 70.55 28 73.36 15 (2.81) 43
Louisiana 58.65 43 59.32 46 (0.67) 29
Maine 70.57 26 73.71 14 (3.14) 44
Maryland 68.16 33 69.28 33 (1.12) 35
Massachusetts 72.48 16 71.51 24 0.97 11
Michigan 70.73 23 68.88 34 1.85 9
Minnesota 75.83 5 75.82 8 0.01 24
Mississippi 57.07 44 59.01 47 (1.94) 40
Missouri 70.66 25 69.88 31 0.78 13
Montana 75.40 6 73.05 17 2.35 6
Nebraska 75.06 8 75.42 9 (0.36) 25
Nevada 69.33 30 71.12 25 (1.79) 39
New Hampshire 76.38 4 77.21 2 (0.83) 31
New Jersey 74.13 12 74.03 12 0.10 22
New Mexico 61.61 42 65.97 42 (4.36) 45
New York ** ** ** ** ** **
North Carolina ** ** ** ** ** **
North Dakota 76.52 3 76.46 6 0.06 23
Ohio 67.40 36 67.93 36 (0.53) 27
Oklahoma 69.17 31 68.60 35 0.57 16
Oregon 72.29 17 71.53 23 0.76 14
Pennsylvania 70.15 29 71.03 26 (0.88) 32
Puerto Rico ** ** ** ** ** **
Rhode Island 67.51 35 65.13 43 2.38 5
South Carolina 64.10 41 63.95 44 0.15 21
South Dakota 74.87 9 77.10 3 (2.23) 42
Tennessee 68.00 34 67.84 37 0.16 20
Texas 71.77 19 70.30 28 1.47 10
Utah 82.23 1 83.69 1 (1.46) 36
Vermont 75.12 7 72.79 18 2.33 7
Virgin Islands ** ** ** ** ** **
Virginia 72.12 18 71.60 21 0.52 17
Washington 71.52 21 72.58 19 (1.06) 34
West Virginia 70.56 27 72.27 20 (1.71) 37
Wisconsin 70.69 24 71.58 22 (0.89) 33
Wyoming ** ** 76.51 5 ** **
*Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Only calendar year data are available. Rate is the number of children under 18 residing in married family couple groups as a percent of all children under 18 years in households.
**State not participating.

Last Updated on 12/12/2008
By ACF

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