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TABLE 1C

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES

Changes in Work Participation Rates From
FY 2003 to FY 2004

STATE
ALL FAMILIES RATES
TWO-PARENT FAMILIES RATES
FY 2003 RATE
FY 2004 RATE
DIFFERENCE
PERCENT CHANGE
FY 2003 RATE
FY 2004 RATE
DIFFERENCE
PERCENT CHANGE
UNITED STATES 31.3% 32.0% 0.7% 2.2% 48.4% 47.4% -1.0% -2.1%
                 
ALABAMA 37.1% 37.9% 0.8% 2.2% 1/ 1/ - -
ALASKA 41.1% 43.6% 2.5% 6.1% 44.6% 52.8% 8.2% 18.4%
ARIZONA 13.4% 25.5% 12.1% 90.3% 55.3% 65.6% 10.3% 18.6%
ARKANSAS 22.4% 27.3% 4.9% 21.9% 31.8% 34.4% 2.6% 8.2%
CALIFORNIA 24.0% 23.1% -0.9% -3.7% 1/ 1/ - -
COLORADO 32.5% 34.7% 2.2% 6.8% 40.1% 37.5% -2.6% -6.5%
CONNECTICUT 30.6% 24.3% -6.3% -20.6% 1/ 1/ - -
DELAWARE 18.2% 22.1% 3.9% 21.4% 1/ 1/ - -
DIST. OF COL. 23.1% 18.2% -4.9% -21.2% 19.6% 20.1% 0.5% 2.6%
FLORIDA 33.1% 40.4% 7.3% 22.1% 1/ 1/ - -
GEORGIA 10.9% 24.8% 13.9% 127.5% 1/ 1/ - -
GUAM 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%   0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -
HAWAII 65.8% 70.5% 4.7% 7.1% 1/ 1/ - -
IDAHO 43.7% 41.0% -2.7% -6.2% 42.3% 37.1% -5.2% -12.3%
ILLINOIS 57.8% 46.1% -11.7% -20.2% 1/ 1/ - -
INDIANA 40.3% 30.0% -10.3% -25.6% 1/ 1/ - -
IOWA 45.1% 50.0% 4.9% 10.9% 39.2% 1/ - -
KANSAS 87.9% 88.0% 0.1% 0.1% 87.1% 93.7% 6.6% 7.6%
KENTUCKY 32.8% 38.1% 5.3% 16.2% 46.2% 51.2% 5.0% 10.8%
LOUISIANA 34.6% 35.4% 0.8% 2.3% 39.0% 38.0% -1.0% -2.6%
MAINE 27.7% 32.1% 4.4% 15.9% 29.2% 1/ - -
MARYLAND 9.1% 16.0% 6.9% 75.8% 1/ 1/ - -
MASSACHUSETTS 61.0% 60.0% -1.0% -1.6% 73.9% 65.4% -8.5% -11.5%
MICHIGAN 25.3% 24.5% -0.8% -3.2% 36.2% 35.7% -0.5% -1.4%
MINNESOTA 25.0% 26.8% 1.8% 7.2% 1/ 1/ - -
MISSISSIPPI 17.2% 21.0% 3.8% 22.1% 1/ 1/ - -
MISSOURI 28.0% 19.5% -8.5% -30.4% 1/ 1/ - -
MONTANA 85.9% 92.7% 6.8% 7.9% 95.7% 95.7% 0.0% 0.0%
NEBRASKA 33.4% 34.5% 1.1% 3.3% 1/ 1/ - -
NEVADA 22.3% 34.5% 12.2% 54.7% 1/ 1/ - -
NEW HAMPSHIRE 28.2% 30.2% 2.0% 7.1% 1/ 1/ - -
NEW JERSEY 35.0% 34.6% -0.4% -1.1% 1/ 1/ - -
NEW MEXICO 42.0% 46.2% 4.2% 10.0% 52.0% 55.3% 3.3% 6.3%
NEW YORK 37.1% 37.8% 0.7% 1.9% 52.2% 48.3% -3.9% -7.5%
NORTH CAROLINA 25.3% 31.4% 6.1% 24.1% 49.2% 47.2% -2.0% -4.1%
NORTH DAKOTA 27.0% 25.3% -1.7% -6.3% 1/ 1/ - -
OHIO 62.3% 65.2% 2.9% 4.7% 67.8% 68.4% 0.6% 0.9%
OKLAHOMA 29.2% 33.2% 4.0% 13.7% 50.5% 1/ - -
OREGON 60.0% 32.1% -27.9% -46.5% 52.7% 35.5% -17.2% -32.6%
PENNSYLVANIA 9.9% 7.1% -2.8% -28.3% 8.8% 15.0% 6.2% 70.5%
PUERTO RICO 6.1% 7.5% 1.4% 23.0% 1/ 1/ - -
RHODE ISLAND 24.3% 23.7% -0.6% -2.5% 94.9% 94.9% 0.0% 0.0%
SOUTH CAROLINA 54.3% 53.7% -0.6% -1.1% 50.6% 55.9% 5.3% 10.5%
SOUTH DAKOTA 46.1% 54.8% 8.7% 18.9% 1/ 1/ - -
TENNESSEE 42.7% 50.6% 7.9% 18.5% 1/ 1/ - -
TEXAS 28.1% 34.2% 6.1% 21.7% 1/ 1/ - -
UTAH 28.1% 26.2% -1.9% -6.8% 1/ 1/ - -
VERMONT 24.3% 24.9% 0.6% 2.5% 37.5% 38.2% 0.7% 1.9%
VIRGIN ISLANDS 5.0% 10.6% 5.6% 112.0% 1/ 1/ - -
VIRGINIA 44.6% 50.1% 5.5% 12.3% 1/ 1/ - -
WASHINGTON 46.2% 35.4% -10.8% -23.4% 44.3% 31.1% -13.2% -29.8%
WEST VIRGINIA 14.2% 11.7% -2.5% -17.6% 25.2% 1/ - -
WISCONSIN 67.2% 61.3% -5.9% -8.8% 40.3% 33.1% -7.2% -17.9%
WYOMING 83.0% 77.8% -5.2% -6.3% 91.5% 87.5% -4.0% -4.4%
1/ State does not have any two-parent families in TANF Program.
ACF/OFA: 01-09-2006

Last Updated on 1/11/2006
By ACF


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