Table 8: TANF - Active Cases, Percent Distribution of TANF Families by Ethnicity/Race, October 2008 - September 2009
Publication Date:
August 24, 2010
Current as of:
STATE | TOTAL FAMILIES |
HISPANIC* | WHITE | AFRICAN-AMERICAN | NATIVE AMERICAN |
ASIAN | HAWAIIAN | MULTI- RACIAL |
UNKNOWN |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
U.S. Total
|
1,726,560
|
28.8
|
31.2
|
33.3
|
1.3
|
2.1
|
0.6
|
1.8
|
1.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alabama
|
18,442
|
1.9
|
30.7
|
66.3
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
0.9
|
0.0
|
Alaska
|
3,033
|
5.4
|
51.3
|
10.9
|
16.1
|
7.9
|
3.8
|
4.7
|
0.0
|
Arizona
|
37,861
|
55.7
|
25.3
|
11.8
|
6.2
|
0.5
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
0.0
|
Arkansas
|
8,463
|
4.0
|
36.8
|
58.2
|
0.1
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
0.3
|
California
|
532,907
|
51.0
|
19.9
|
19.2
|
0.6
|
4.8
|
0.7
|
3.7
|
0.1
|
Colorado
|
9,275
|
27.6
|
61.3
|
8.3
|
1.1
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.0
|
Connecticut
|
16,723
|
37.8
|
28.0
|
32.5
|
0.7
|
0.7
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
Delaware
|
4,511
|
10.5
|
28.0
|
60.9
|
0.1
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
Dist. Of Col. **
|
7,955
|
0.0
|
0.4
|
99.4
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
Florida
|
55,090
|
18.9
|
31.2
|
46.6
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
2.9
|
0.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Georgia
|
21,087
|
3.5
|
25.5
|
70.2
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
0.6
|
0.0
|
Guam
|
1,077
|
0.3
|
1.3
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
0.8
|
95.3
|
0.0
|
2.0
|
Hawaii
|
8,307
|
5.6
|
17.0
|
1.3
|
0.2
|
14.6
|
39.4
|
21.9
|
0.0
|
Idaho
|
1,591
|
17.8
|
74.4
|
2.2
|
3.3
|
0.1
|
0.2
|
1.9
|
0.0
|
Illinois
|
19,611
|
12.1
|
22.6
|
64.2
|
0.0
|
0.6
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
Indiana
|
39,989
|
9.1
|
51.4
|
36.7
|
0.1
|
1.1
|
0.1
|
1.6
|
0.0
|
Iowa
|
16,154
|
6.7
|
57.8
|
15.0
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.2
|
1.5
|
17.5
|
Kansas
|
13,122
|
12.5
|
56.5
|
25.0
|
1.9
|
0.9
|
0.0
|
1.4
|
1.8
|
Kentucky
|
29,473
|
1.9
|
75.1
|
22.3
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
0.1
|
Louisiana
|
10,201
|
2.9
|
18.2
|
78.0
|
0.1
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
0.5
|
0.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maine
|
10,609
|
1.2
|
90.4
|
4.8
|
1.7
|
0.7
|
0.0
|
1.2
|
0.0
|
Maryland
|
22,425
|
3.3
|
17.0
|
77.1
|
0.2
|
0.5
|
0.0
|
1.9
|
0.0
|
Massachusetts
|
47,313
|
33.7
|
40.7
|
21.0
|
0.3
|
1.9
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
2.3
|
Michigan
|
62,230
|
4.9
|
34.2
|
59.7
|
0.3
|
0.5
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
Minnesota
|
21,772
|
11.9
|
31.5
|
35.6
|
10.3
|
7.6
|
0.2
|
2.8
|
0.0
|
Mississippi
|
11,322
|
0.9
|
15.3
|
83.6
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
Missouri
|
34,953
|
3.6
|
52.0
|
43.6
|
0.1
|
0.4
|
0.1
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
Montana
|
3,445
|
3.7
|
48.5
|
1.5
|
45.3
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
0.9
|
0.0
|
Nebraska
|
7,379
|
20.4
|
44.1
|
27.9
|
5.7
|
0.9
|
0.1
|
0.7
|
0.0
|
Nevada
|
8,332
|
31.0
|
32.5
|
31.2
|
1.5
|
2.0
|
0.6
|
1.0
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Hampshire
|
5,569
|
5.4
|
90.2
|
3.3
|
0.3
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
0.6
|
0.0
|
New Jersey
|
32,547
|
29.0
|
16.1
|
53.1
|
0.4
|
0.9
|
0.0
|
0.5
|
0.0
|
New Mexico
|
16,100
|
72.4
|
18.7
|
3.6
|
4.9
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
New York
|
116,693
|
38.3
|
18.7
|
40.3
|
0.2
|
1.1
|
0.1
|
1.3
|
0.0
|
North Carolina
|
25,680
|
9.0
|
29.6
|
58.6
|
2.2
|
0.5
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
North Dakota
|
2,151
|
3.2
|
28.8
|
4.4
|
53.3
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
10.1
|
0.0
|
Ohio
|
90,057
|
3.6
|
52.3
|
43.1
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
0.5
|
0.0
|
Oklahoma
|
8,738
|
10.6
|
44.2
|
33.0
|
11.9
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.4
|
0.0
|
Oregon
|
21,427
|
17.6
|
66.4
|
9.0
|
3.0
|
1.3
|
0.5
|
1.4
|
0.8
|
Pennsylvania
|
48,029
|
14.9
|
28.8
|
53.2
|
0.2
|
1.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
1.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
12,179
|
100.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
Rhode Island
|
8,420
|
24.3
|
34.1
|
11.4
|
0.5
|
2.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
27.7
|
South Carolina
|
17,085
|
2.0
|
27.2
|
69.2
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
1.2
|
0.0
|
South Dakota
|
2,976
|
2.2
|
17.3
|
2.9
|
73.7
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
3.7
|
0.0
|
Tennessee
|
58,138
|
2.2
|
43.5
|
53.6
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
Texas
|
48,635
|
57.5
|
15.6
|
25.5
|
0.1
|
0.5
|
0.3
|
0.3
|
0.1
|
Utah
|
5,944
|
22.1
|
66.3
|
5.1
|
4.2
|
1.4
|
1.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
Vermont
|
2,867
|
1.1
|
95.0
|
3.1
|
0.0
|
0.5
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
Virgin Islands
|
469
|
30.8
|
0.7
|
67.4
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
0.5
|
Virginia
|
31,906
|
6.1
|
28.7
|
61.4
|
0.2
|
0.6
|
0.5
|
0.1
|
2.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Washington
|
58,536
|
19.0
|
50.0
|
12.0
|
4.1
|
1.1
|
1.5
|
0.6
|
11.7
|
West Virginia
|
9,192
|
0.5
|
88.4
|
9.8
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
1.2
|
0.0
|
Wisconsin
|
18,278
|
9.8
|
28.7
|
49.8
|
2.5
|
3.0
|
0.2
|
1.6
|
4.4
|
Wyoming
|
293
|
18.4
|
67.0
|
5.1
|
9.6
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
NOTES: '*'= CAN BE OF ANY RACE. '**'=DATA REPORTED IN ERROR
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 8/24/2010
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