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Table 5:11 (FY 2003)

High Performance Bonus Awards for Performance Year 2003
Family Formation and Stability Measure*
Rates and Ranks of CY 2003 and CY 2002 Performance Rates and
Percentage Point Changes of CY 2003 Performance over 2002 (in percent)
State Performance Percentage Point Change
CY 2003 over CY 2002
CY 2003 CY 2002
Rate Rank Rate Rank Change Rank
U.S. Average 69.29   69.75   (0.46)  
Alabama 64.18 43 66.44 37 (2.26) 43
Alaska ** ** ** ** ** **
Arizona 64.90 42 69.02 32 (4.12) 47
Arkansas 67.17 38 71.60 20 (4.43) 48
California 70.51 27 70.77 22 (0.26) 24
Colorado 73.08 11 74.71 10 (1.63) 40
Connecticut 71.72 19 73.42 15 (1.70) 41
Delaware 67.47 35 65.44 39 2.03 7
Dist. of Col. 38.01 48 36.87 45 1.14 11
Florida 63.85 44 65.38 40 (1.53) 39
Georgia 66.90 40 66.16 38 0.74 14
Guam ** ** ** ** ** **
Hawaii 71.78 18 73.96 13 (2.18) 42
Idaho 79.29 3 80.25 2 (0.96) 31
Illinois 70.55 26 70.63 ** (0.08) 19
Indiana 71.80 17 69.17 ** 2.63 3
Iowa 76.09 7 73.90 14 2.19 5
Kansas 73.89 10 74.14 11 (0.25) 23
Kentucky 70.36 29 70.55 28 (0.19) 20
Louisiana 57.63 47 58.65 43 (1.02) 33
Maine 71.37 22 70.57 26 0.80 13
Maryland 67.31 37 68.16 33 (0.85) 29
Massachusetts 71.57 20 72.48 16 (0.91) 30
Michigan 69.32 31 70.73 23 (1.41) 37
Minnesota 77.11 5 75.83 5 1.28 9
Mississippi 57.75 46 57.07 44 0.68 15
Missouri 70.44 28 70.66 25 (0.22) 21
Montana 72.15 14 75.40 6 (3.25) 45
Nebraska 79.40 2 75.06 8 4.34 1
Nevada 68.77 33 69.33 30 (0.56) 27
New Hampshire 73.90 9 76.38 4 (2.48) 44
New Jersey 73.03 12 74.13 12 (1.10) 34
New Mexico ** ** 61.61 42 ** **
New York 65.08 41 66.36 ** (1.28) 35
North Carolina ** ** ** ** ** **
North Dakota 76.63 6 76.52 3 0.11 16
Ohio 68.37 34 67.40 36 0.97 12
Oklahoma 71.29 23 69.17 31 2.12 6
Oregon 71.87 16 72.29 17 (0.42) 26
Pennsylvania 69.18 32 70.15 29 (0.97) 32
Puerto Rico ** ** ** ** ** **
Rhode Island 67.47 35 67.51 35 (0.04) 18
South Carolina 62.64 45 64.10 41 (1.46) 38
South Dakota 77.22 4 74.87 9 2.35 4
Tennessee 67.17 38 68.00 34 (0.83) 28
Texas 71.51 21 71.77 19 (0.26) 24
Utah 83.39 1 82.23 1 1.16 10
Vermont 71.05 24 75.12 7 (4.07) 46
Virgin Islands ** ** ** ** ** **
Virginia 71.90 15 72.12 18 (0.22) 21
Washington 70.21 30 71.52 21 (1.31) 36
West Virginia 70.64 25 70.56 27 0.08 17
Wisconsin 72.59 13 70.69 24 1.90 8
Wyoming 74.51 8 71.10 ** 3.41 2
*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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