Work Participaton Rates - 2009
TABLE 4B: TANF AVERAGE MONTHLY PERCENT OF WORK-ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN WORK ACTIVITIES FOR A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF HOURS FOR THE FAMILYTO COUNT AS MEETING THE ALL FAMILIES WORK REQUIREMENTS FISCAL YEAR 2009
April 22, 2011
- Audience:
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- Topics:
- Data Collection and Reporting, Work Participation Rates
- Types:
- Data Document
- Tags:
- Work Participation Rate (WPR)
| Average Monthly Percent of Work-Eligible Individuals Engaged in Work by Work Activity for Families Counted as Participating in the All Families Work Rate | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STATE | TOTAL | NUMBER OF | NUMBER OF | UNSUBSIDIZED | SUBSIDIZED | SUBSIDIZED | WORK | ON-THE-JOB | JOB | COMMUNITY | VOCATIONAL | JOB SKILLS | EDUCATION | SATISFACTORY | PROVIDING | OTHER |
|
UNITED STATES
|
1,796,698
|
931,738
|
275,943
|
64.5%
|
1.4%
|
1.0%
|
8.7%
|
0.2%
|
16.9%
|
5.6%
|
15.1%
|
3.9%
|
1.4%
|
2.9%
|
0.0%
|
2.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ALABAMA
|
18,442
|
7,974
|
2,580
|
79.7%
|
0.3%
|
3.6%
|
7.2%
|
0.1%
|
7.7%
|
0.0%
|
7.5%
|
1.6%
|
0.0%
|
3.8%
|
0.0%
|
1.2%
|
|
ALASKA
|
3,033
|
1,790
|
664
|
79.8%
|
0.0%
|
0.3%
|
1.1%
|
0.5%
|
12.5%
|
4.7%
|
9.8%
|
0.8%
|
2.3%
|
2.1%
|
0.0%
|
9.6%
|
|
ARIZONA
|
37,860
|
16,001
|
4,341
|
54.6%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
12.6%
|
0.3%
|
28.5%
|
3.3%
|
20.7%
|
1.4%
|
0.3%
|
2.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
ARKANSAS
|
8,463
|
3,711
|
1,380
|
78.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.4%
|
5.7%
|
2.2%
|
9.1%
|
0.3%
|
9.9%
|
0.3%
|
0.0%
|
2.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.6%
|
|
CALIFORNIA
|
532,907
|
324,800
|
86,487
|
60.7%
|
0.1%
|
2.0%
|
4.2%
|
0.4%
|
31.1%
|
4.9%
|
17.2%
|
2.3%
|
2.7%
|
2.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
COLORADO
|
9,275
|
4,133
|
1,667
|
34.5%
|
3.8%
|
0.0%
|
20.8%
|
2.4%
|
9.0%
|
15.7%
|
34.4%
|
1.0%
|
1.6%
|
3.8%
|
0.0%
|
1.3%
|
|
CONNECTICUT
|
16,722
|
6,509
|
2,235
|
69.4%
|
1.4%
|
0.6%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
30.0%
|
1.1%
|
15.7%
|
0.0%
|
2.8%
|
0.3%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
DELAWARE
|
4,511
|
1,339
|
500
|
75.0%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
12.6%
|
0.0%
|
16.8%
|
0.0%
|
12.6%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
1.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
DIST. OF COL.
|
7,956
|
3,767
|
887
|
61.4%
|
3.3%
|
2.4%
|
6.0%
|
0.8%
|
22.2%
|
0.2%
|
12.4%
|
0.1%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
FLORIDA
|
55,090
|
13,258
|
6,459
|
22.7%
|
0.1%
|
0.9%
|
21.9%
|
0.0%
|
6.3%
|
30.0%
|
30.0%
|
21.8%
|
0.6%
|
4.8%
|
0.0%
|
6.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
GEORGIA
|
21,091
|
3,306
|
1,620
|
23.5%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
51.0%
|
0.4%
|
7.3%
|
0.8%
|
16.9%
|
28.3%
|
0.0%
|
13.4%
|
3.3%
|
2.3%
|
|
GUAM
|
1,376
|
1,343
|
16
|
6.3%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
87.5%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
6.3%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
|
|
|
HAWAII
|
8,891
|
5,528
|
2,227
|
81.9%
|
7.6%
|
2.2%
|
10.9%
|
0.1%
|
4.8%
|
1.5%
|
3.5%
|
1.0%
|
0.6%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
1.0%
|
|
IDAHO
|
1,592
|
125
|
64
|
53.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
31.3%
|
0.0%
|
51.6%
|
1.6%
|
14.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
9.4%
|
0.0%
|
40.6%
|
|
ILLINOIS
|
19,611
|
4,110
|
2,012
|
29.8%
|
0.0%
|
1.4%
|
54.9%
|
0.0%
|
5.9%
|
5.8%
|
6.4%
|
5.9%
|
0.8%
|
8.3%
|
0.0%
|
0.5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
INDIANA
|
39,989
|
27,053
|
4,734
|
89.2%
|
0.4%
|
0.0%
|
2.4%
|
0.0%
|
7.9%
|
0.0%
|
1.4%
|
0.1%
|
0.3%
|
8.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
IOWA
|
19,721
|
9,974
|
3,524
|
78.3%
|
0.1%
|
1.2%
|
0.6%
|
0.0%
|
4.7%
|
0.9%
|
17.5%
|
0.8%
|
0.6%
|
3.5%
|
0.0%
|
11.3%
|
|
KANSAS
|
13,122
|
7,652
|
1,924
|
70.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.5%
|
6.2%
|
0.2%
|
8.3%
|
0.4%
|
18.8%
|
0.2%
|
0.5%
|
7.0%
|
0.0%
|
1.3%
|
|
KENTUCKY
|
29,473
|
9,108
|
3,484
|
50.3%
|
2.0%
|
0.0%
|
8.6%
|
0.0%
|
4.3%
|
20.7%
|
25.0%
|
2.2%
|
1.9%
|
7.1%
|
0.0%
|
1.1%
|
|
LOUISIANA
|
10,201
|
2,322
|
836
|
61.0%
|
0.2%
|
1.6%
|
8.5%
|
0.5%
|
7.3%
|
1.4%
|
31.2%
|
0.2%
|
0.2%
|
7.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
MAINE
|
13,516
|
10,557
|
1,772
|
78.7%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.7%
|
0.0%
|
8.4%
|
3.8%
|
18.2%
|
0.3%
|
1.3%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
|
MARYLAND
|
22,442
|
9,394
|
4,138
|
32.1%
|
0.9%
|
0.9%
|
46.1%
|
0.6%
|
14.3%
|
8.6%
|
15.9%
|
22.3%
|
0.3%
|
5.9%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
MASSACHUSETTS
|
61,899
|
37,671
|
17,973
|
87.9%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
1.5%
|
1.9%
|
7.7%
|
0.0%
|
0.3%
|
1.7%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
MICHIGAN
|
62,230
|
32,660
|
9,074
|
76.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.7%
|
2.0%
|
0.3%
|
21.7%
|
3.8%
|
9.8%
|
0.6%
|
0.4%
|
3.8%
|
0.0%
|
4.0%
|
|
MINNESOTA
|
21,772
|
8,397
|
2,589
|
59.9%
|
1.8%
|
2.3%
|
3.6%
|
0.2%
|
15.6%
|
2.6%
|
12.7%
|
2.8%
|
0.0%
|
20.3%
|
0.2%
|
21.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
MISSISSIPPI
|
11,322
|
4,221
|
2,843
|
39.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.5%
|
21.2%
|
0.1%
|
4.6%
|
29.9%
|
13.1%
|
0.1%
|
3.7%
|
2.8%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
MISSOURI
|
37,877
|
24,355
|
3,220
|
79.4%
|
1.1%
|
3.3%
|
1.4%
|
0.0%
|
3.7%
|
1.5%
|
13.8%
|
0.5%
|
0.0%
|
2.4%
|
0.0%
|
12.0%
|
|
MONTANA
|
3,446
|
1,526
|
786
|
51.7%
|
0.0%
|
2.3%
|
41.9%
|
0.0%
|
23.5%
|
14.0%
|
13.5%
|
1.8%
|
1.7%
|
1.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
NEBRASKA
|
8,253
|
4,120
|
2,076
|
73.7%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
9.6%
|
0.4%
|
6.1%
|
9.8%
|
14.8%
|
0.6%
|
0.2%
|
0.7%
|
0.0%
|
1.7%
|
|
NEVADA
|
8,333
|
4,221
|
1,646
|
84.3%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
4.9%
|
0.0%
|
4.4%
|
4.6%
|
10.6%
|
0.5%
|
0.1%
|
2.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
NEW HAMPSHIRE
|
5,612
|
2,433
|
1,126
|
45.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
7.5%
|
0.4%
|
30.4%
|
30.7%
|
15.6%
|
7.6%
|
0.0%
|
4.6%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
NEW JERSEY
|
32,548
|
19,080
|
4,120
|
48.6%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
22.4%
|
0.0%
|
5.6%
|
0.2%
|
34.1%
|
5.0%
|
0.1%
|
1.8%
|
0.0%
|
1.5%
|
|
NEW MEXICO
|
16,099
|
8,347
|
3,671
|
55.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.7%
|
17.9%
|
1.4%
|
18.7%
|
7.1%
|
16.1%
|
0.4%
|
0.9%
|
3.1%
|
0.5%
|
4.1%
|
|
NEW YORK
|
151,091
|
81,689
|
27,297
|
79.6%
|
3.5%
|
0.4%
|
12.6%
|
0.2%
|
4.6%
|
0.0%
|
6.4%
|
1.4%
|
1.8%
|
0.3%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
NORTH CAROLINA
|
25,680
|
6,268
|
2,050
|
45.5%
|
1.3%
|
0.4%
|
20.9%
|
0.0%
|
32.0%
|
3.1%
|
18.6%
|
2.6%
|
0.0%
|
4.5%
|
0.0%
|
17.5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
NORTH DAKOTA
|
2,198
|
963
|
582
|
63.4%
|
0.2%
|
0.7%
|
26.8%
|
0.2%
|
8.9%
|
2.1%
|
16.5%
|
9.8%
|
1.2%
|
2.6%
|
0.2%
|
0.2%
|
|
OHIO
|
90,057
|
38,142
|
8,877
|
62.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.9%
|
20.9%
|
0.1%
|
3.9%
|
0.5%
|
21.7%
|
2.7%
|
0.2%
|
2.3%
|
0.0%
|
5.9%
|
|
OKLAHOMA
|
8,745
|
2,486
|
990
|
25.6%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
12.3%
|
0.0%
|
12.0%
|
0.0%
|
49.9%
|
0.2%
|
0.3%
|
9.8%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
OREGON
|
24,253
|
14,610
|
1,398
|
43.5%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
29.9%
|
0.0%
|
7.4%
|
0.6%
|
20.7%
|
1.3%
|
0.9%
|
8.5%
|
0.0%
|
12.9%
|
|
PENNSYLVANIA
|
48,030
|
19,555
|
9,652
|
50.1%
|
9.0%
|
1.5%
|
0.3%
|
0.0%
|
14.4%
|
12.7%
|
30.4%
|
13.4%
|
1.5%
|
3.8%
|
0.0%
|
1.4%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
PUERTO RICO
|
12,178
|
9,686
|
964
|
5.9%
|
2.0%
|
0.0%
|
21.7%
|
0.5%
|
15.8%
|
24.4%
|
34.2%
|
2.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
RHODE ISLAND
|
8,495
|
5,193
|
719
|
86.8%
|
0.3%
|
0.0%
|
2.1%
|
0.0%
|
3.5%
|
0.0%
|
11.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.3%
|
0.0%
|
1.8%
|
|
SOUTH CAROLINA
|
17,085
|
9,320
|
4,207
|
61.4%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
17.0%
|
0.6%
|
9.8%
|
5.5%
|
6.3%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
9.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
|
SOUTH DAKOTA
|
2,976
|
708
|
420
|
26.4%
|
0.0%
|
9.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.2%
|
5.2%
|
64.5%
|
5.7%
|
0.5%
|
2.1%
|
2.9%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
|
TENNESSEE
|
58,936
|
43,448
|
11,097
|
82.7%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
1.1%
|
0.0%
|
8.7%
|
10.9%
|
12.3%
|
17.7%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
TEXAS
|
48,635
|
14,382
|
5,326
|
69.0%
|
2.0%
|
0.6%
|
16.0%
|
0.0%
|
24.4%
|
5.6%
|
13.6%
|
0.4%
|
0.0%
|
2.7%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
UTAH
|
6,158
|
2,899
|
938
|
57.8%
|
0.1%
|
1.2%
|
17.2%
|
0.3%
|
5.7%
|
9.6%
|
20.8%
|
3.1%
|
0.0%
|
4.9%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
VERMONT
|
2,987
|
1,325
|
384
|
66.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
11.5%
|
0.0%
|
4.7%
|
15.1%
|
5.2%
|
0.5%
|
0.5%
|
9.4%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
VIRGIN ISLANDS
|
469
|
420
|
31
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
48.4%
|
6.5%
|
16.1%
|
3.2%
|
29.0%
|
0.0%
|
3.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
VIRGINIA
|
34,358
|
18,117
|
8,018
|
78.4%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
1.2%
|
0.4%
|
14.7%
|
9.9%
|
7.3%
|
0.9%
|
0.1%
|
0.8%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
WASHINGTON
|
61,737
|
33,908
|
7,809
|
63.8%
|
14.5%
|
0.1%
|
2.1%
|
0.2%
|
12.6%
|
2.4%
|
11.1%
|
10.2%
|
0.1%
|
5.1%
|
0.0%
|
14.7%
|
|
WEST VIRGINIA
|
9,192
|
3,407
|
726
|
44.8%
|
0.0%
|
1.2%
|
8.5%
|
0.3%
|
8.8%
|
10.7%
|
32.6%
|
0.0%
|
0.6%
|
1.5%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
WISCONSIN
|
18,471
|
4,349
|
1,735
|
12.3%
|
0.1%
|
0.1%
|
51.6%
|
0.0%
|
59.0%
|
0.0%
|
5.0%
|
2.7%
|
18.4%
|
15.0%
|
0.0%
|
12.0%
|
|
WYOMING
|
292
|
78
|
48
|
20.8%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
56.3%
|
2.1%
|
29.2%
|
0.0%
|
16.7%
|
4.2%
|
4.2%
|
4.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
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