Table 30: TANF - Active Cases, Percent Distribution of TANF Adult Recipients by Employment Status, October 2008 - September 2009
Publication Date:
August 24, 2010
Current as of:
| STATE | TOTAL ADULTS |
EMPLOYMENT STATUS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMPLOYED | UNEMPLOYED* | NOT IN LABOR FORCE** | ||
|
U.S. Total
|
973,580
|
23.5
|
47.3
|
29.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alabama
|
10,203
|
30.1
|
57.7
|
12.2
|
|
Alaska
|
2,480
|
30.3
|
69.7
|
0.0
|
|
Arizona
|
19,351
|
16.2
|
17.2
|
66.5
|
|
Arkansas
|
5,135
|
27.9
|
5.7
|
66.5
|
|
California
|
294,177
|
27.6
|
43.8
|
28.6
|
|
Colorado
|
5,085
|
25.5
|
74.5
|
0.0
|
|
Connecticut
|
9,350
|
27.3
|
48.3
|
24.4
|
|
Delaware
|
1,907
|
28.5
|
34.0
|
37.5
|
|
Dist. Of Col.
|
4,698
|
19.9
|
44.7
|
35.3
|
|
Florida
|
18,551
|
10.9
|
34.3
|
54.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Georgia
|
2,895
|
12.3
|
0.0
|
87.7
|
|
Guam
|
659
|
2.6
|
0.0
|
97.4
|
|
Hawaii
|
6,560
|
37.1
|
49.5
|
13.4
|
|
Idaho
|
156
|
34.2
|
62.5
|
3.2
|
|
Illinois
|
4,467
|
15.2
|
84.8
|
0.0
|
|
Indiana
|
25,441
|
24.3
|
63.6
|
12.1
|
|
Iowa
|
12,316
|
37.2
|
62.8
|
0.0
|
|
Kansas
|
10,563
|
28.5
|
61.1
|
10.4
|
|
Kentucky
|
12,960
|
18.8
|
57.9
|
23.3
|
|
Louisiana
|
2,877
|
23.9
|
51.9
|
24.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maine
|
8,126
|
22.3
|
12.2
|
65.4
|
|
Maryland
|
12,534
|
15.7
|
84.3
|
0.0
|
|
Massachusetts
|
29,533
|
10.3
|
80.0
|
9.7
|
|
Michigan
|
42,816
|
26.4
|
33.3
|
40.3
|
|
Minnesota
|
11,550
|
30.6
|
64.3
|
5.1
|
|
Mississippi
|
5,711
|
21.5
|
46.3
|
32.3
|
|
Missouri
|
25,713
|
14.9
|
3.4
|
81.7
|
|
Montana
|
2,543
|
32.9
|
67.1
|
0.0
|
|
Nebraska
|
3,755
|
50.5
|
49.5
|
0.0
|
|
Nevada
|
5,340
|
40.4
|
51.1
|
8.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Hampshire
|
3,406
|
24.3
|
20.2
|
55.6
|
|
New Jersey
|
22,551
|
12.5
|
87.5
|
0.0
|
|
New Mexico
|
11,840
|
20.0
|
18.2
|
61.8
|
|
New York
|
64,580
|
26.6
|
38.0
|
35.5
|
|
North Carolina
|
9,174
|
14.4
|
46.2
|
39.4
|
|
North Dakota
|
1,483
|
39.8
|
1.4
|
58.8
|
|
Ohio
|
52,098
|
16.2
|
82.2
|
1.6
|
|
Oklahoma
|
3,365
|
9.2
|
90.8
|
0.0
|
|
Oregon
|
14,386
|
7.2
|
90.0
|
2.8
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
27,592
|
28.6
|
71.4
|
0.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
10,369
|
1.0
|
71.3
|
27.7
|
|
Rhode Island
|
6,465
|
17.7
|
40.5
|
41.8
|
|
South Carolina
|
12,750
|
28.6
|
47.3
|
24.2
|
|
South Dakota
|
930
|
20.4
|
76.6
|
3.0
|
|
Tennessee
|
41,410
|
32.1
|
49.4
|
18.5
|
|
Texas
|
14,528
|
31.5
|
38.7
|
29.8
|
|
Utah
|
3,390
|
17.2
|
82.8
|
0.0
|
|
Vermont
|
1,840
|
18.4
|
62.4
|
19.1
|
|
Virgin Islands
|
386
|
3.0
|
88.4
|
8.6
|
|
Virginia
|
19,955
|
26.6
|
9.2
|
64.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Washington
|
42,296
|
14.6
|
7.8
|
77.6
|
|
West Virginia
|
4,535
|
13.6
|
42.9
|
43.5
|
|
Wisconsin
|
6,693
|
19.1
|
80.9
|
0.0
|
|
Wyoming
|
108
|
9.3
|
90.7
|
0.0
|
NOTES: '*'=UNEMPLOYED, LOOKING FOR WORK. '**'=UNEMPLOYED, NOT LOOKING FOR WORK (INCLUDES DISCOURAGED WORKERS).
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 8/24/2010
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