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TABLE 1C

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
Changes in Work Participation Rates
From FY 2005 to FY 2006

STATE ALL FAMILIES RATES TWO-PARENT FAMILIES RATES
FY 2005 RATE FY 2006 RATE DIFFERENCE PERCENT CHANGE FY 2005 RATE FY 2006 RATE DIFFERENCE PERCENT CHANGE
UNITED STATES 33.0% 32.5% -0.5% -1.5% 42.6% 45.9% 3.3% 7.7%
                 
ALABAMA 38.6% 41.6% 3.0% 7.8% 1/ 1/ . .
ALASKA 45.7% 45.6% -0.1% -0.2% 54.7% 54.2% -0.5% -0.9%
ARIZONA 30.3% 29.6% -0.7% -2.3% 74.2% 67.5% -6.7% -9.0%
ARKANSAS 28.3% 27.9% -0.4% -1.4% 45.9% 22.3% -23.6% -51.4%
CALIFORNIA 25.9% 22.2% -3.7% -14.3% 1/ 1/ . .
COLORADO 25.8% 30.0% 4.2% 16.3% 32.1% 35.2% 3.1% 9.7%
CONNECTICUT 33.8% 30.8% -3.0% -8.9% 1/ 1/ . .
DELAWARE 22.6% 25.3% 2.7% 11.9% 1/ 1/ . .
DIST. OF COL. 23.5% 17.1% -6.4% -27.2% 35.9% 13.1% -22.8% -63.5%
FLORIDA 38.0% 41.0% 3.0% 7.9% 1/ 1/ . .
GEORGIA 57.2% 64.9% 7.7% 13.5% 1/ 1/ . .
GUAM 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%   0.0% 0.0% 0.0% .
HAWAII 35.5% 37.3% 1.8% 5.1% 1/ 1/ . .
IDAHO 39.9% 44.2% 4.3% 10.8% 41.4% 39.2% -2.2% -5.3%
ILLINOIS 43.0% 53.0% 10.0% 23.3% 1/ 1/ . .
INDIANA 30.9% 26.7% -4.2% -13.6% 1/ 1/ . .
IOWA 47.8% 39.0% -8.8% -18.4% 1/ 1/ . .
KANSAS 86.7% 77.2% -9.5% -11.0% 92.8% 82.3% -10.5% -11.3%
KENTUCKY 39.7% 44.6% 4.9% 12.3% 48.9% 51.3% 2.4% 4.9%
LOUISIANA 34.6% 38.4% 3.8% 11.0% 37.0% 42.5% 5.5% 14.9%
MAINE 28.3% 26.6% -1.7% -6.0% 1/ 1/ . .
MARYLAND 20.5% 44.5% 24.0% 117.1% 1/ 1/ . .
MASSACHUSETTS 59.9% 13.6% -46.3% -77.3% 58.2% 1/ . .
MICHIGAN 22.0% 21.6% -0.4% -1.8% 30.4% 26.2% -4.2% -13.8%
MINNESOTA 28.9% 30.3% 1.4% 4.8% 1/ 1/ . .
MISSISSIPPI 22.6% 35.5% 12.9% 57.1% 1/ 1/ . .
MISSOURI 20.0% 18.7% -1.3% -6.5% 1/ 1/ . .
MONTANA 83.1% 79.2% -3.9% -4.7% 85.4% 83.3% -2.1% -2.5%
NEBRASKA 31.8% 32.0% 0.2% 0.6% 1/ 1/ . .
NEVADA 42.3% 47.8% 5.5% 13.0% 1/ 1/ . .
NEW HAMPSHIRE 24.6% 24.1% -0.5% -2.0% 1/ 1/ . .
NEW JERSEY 29.0% 29.2% 0.2% 0.7% 1/ 1/ . .
NEW MEXICO 41.6% 42.3% 0.7% 1.7% 57.5% 54.5% -3.0% -5.2%
NEW YORK 35.2% 37.8% 2.6% 7.4% 43.4% 48.9% 5.5% 12.7%
NORTH CAROLINA 27.5% 32.4% 4.9% 17.8% 44.7% 54.0% 9.3% 20.8%
NORTH DAKOTA 31.4% 51.9% 20.5% 65.3% 1/ 1/ . .
OHIO 58.3% 54.9% -3.4% -5.8% 58.1% 55.5% -2.6% -4.5%
OKLAHOMA 34.0% 32.9% -1.1% -3.2% 1/ 1/ . .
OREGON 14.9% 15.2% 0.3% 2.0% 21.1% 22.6% 1.5% 7.1%
PENNSYLVANIA 15.2% 26.1% 10.9% 71.7% 17.7% 32.5% 14.8% 83.6%
PUERTO RICO 13.1% 13.1% 0.0% 0.0% 1/ 1/ . .
RHODE ISLAND 24.2% 24.9% 0.7% 2.9% 95.1% 94.3% -0.8% -0.8%
SOUTH CAROLINA 54.3% 49.5% -4.8% -8.8% 63.7% 64.7% 1.0% 1.6%
SOUTH DAKOTA 57.5% 57.9% 0.4% 0.7% 1/ 1/ . .
TENNESSEE 52.1% 57.2% 5.1% 9.8% 1/ 1/ . .
TEXAS 38.9% 42.0% 3.1% 8.0% 1/ 1/ . .
UTAH 30.3% 42.5% 12.2% 40.3% 1/ 1/ . .
VERMONT 22.4% 22.2% -0.2% -0.9% 35.8% 33.9% -1.9% -5.3%
VIRGIN ISLANDS 16.9% 14.5% -2.4% -14.2% 1/ 1/ . .
VIRGINIA 46.3% 53.9% 7.6% 16.4% 1/ 1/ . .
WASHINGTON 38.6% 36.1% -2.5% -6.5% 37.7% 43.1% 5.4% 14.3%
WEST VIRGINIA 16.3% 26.2% 9.9% 60.7% 1/ 1/ . .
WISCONSIN 44.3% 36.2% -8.1% -18.3% 25.5% 17.1% -8.4% -32.9%
WYOMING 82.1% 77.2% -4.9% -6.0% 65.2% 75.9% 10.7% 16.4%
1/ State does not have any two-parent families in TANF Program.
ACF/OFA: 08-14-2007        

Last Updated on 8/15/2007
By ACF


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