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TABLE 1C

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
Changes in Work Participation Rates
From FY 2004 to FY 2005

STATE ALL FAMILIES RATES TWO-PARENT FAMILIES RATES
FY 2004 RATE FY 2005 RATE DIFFERENCE PERCENT CHANGE FY 2004 RATE FY 2005 RATE DIFFERENCE PERCENT CHANGE
UNITED STATES 32.0% 33.0% 1.0% 3.1% 47.4% 42.6% -4.8% -10.1%
         
ALABAMA 37.9% 38.6% 0.7% 1.8% 1/ 1/ . .
ALASKA 43.6% 45.7% 2.1% 4.8% 52.8% 54.7% 1.9% 3.6%
ARIZONA 25.5% 30.3% 4.8% 18.8% 65.6% 74.2% 8.6% 13.1%
ARKANSAS 27.3% 28.3% 1.0% 3.7% 34.4% 45.9% 11.5% 33.4%
CALIFORNIA 23.1% 25.9% 2.8% 12.1% 1/ 1/ . .
COLORADO 34.7% 25.8% -8.9% -25.6% 37.5% 32.1% -5.4% -14.4%
CONNECTICUT 24.3% 33.8% 9.5% 39.1% 1/ 1/ . .
DELAWARE 22.1% 22.6% 0.5% 2.3% 1/ 1/ . .
DIST. OF COL. 18.2% 23.5% 5.3% 29.1% 20.1% 35.9% 15.8% 78.6%
FLORIDA 40.4% 38.0% -2.4% -5.9% 1/ 1/ . .
GEORGIA 24.8% 57.2% 32.4% 130.6% 1/ 1/ . .
GUAM 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% .
HAWAII 70.5% 35.5% -35.0% -49.6% 1/ 1/ . .
IDAHO 41.0% 39.9% -1.1% -2.7% 37.1% 41.4% 4.3% 11.6%
ILLINOIS 46.1% 43.0% -3.1% -6.7% 1/ 1/ . .
INDIANA 30.0% 30.9% 0.9% 3.0% 1/ 1/ . .
IOWA 50.0% 47.8% -2.2% -4.4% 1/ 1/ . .
KANSAS 88.0% 86.7% -1.3% -1.5% 93.7% 92.8% -0.9% -1.0%
KENTUCKY 38.1% 39.7% 1.6% 4.2% 51.2% 48.9% -2.3% -4.5%
LOUISIANA 35.4% 34.6% -0.8% -2.3% 38.0% 37.0% -1.0% -2.6%
MAINE 32.1% 28.3% -3.8% -11.8% 1/ 1/ . .
MARYLAND 16.0% 20.5% 4.5% 28.1% 1/ 1/ . .
MASSACHUSETTS 60.0% 59.9% -0.1% -0.2% 65.4% 58.2% -7.2% -11.0%
MICHIGAN 24.5% 22.0% -2.5% -10.2% 35.7% 30.4% -5.3% -14.8%
MINNESOTA 26.8% 28.9% 2.1% 7.8% 1/ 1/ . .
MISSISSIPPI 21.0% 22.6% 1.6% 7.6% 1/ 1/ . .
MISSOURI 19.5% 20.0% 0.5% 2.6% 1/ 1/ . .
MONTANA 92.7% 83.1% -9.6% -10.4% 95.7% 85.4% -10.3% -10.8%
NEBRASKA 34.5% 31.8% -2.7% -7.8% 1/ 1/ . .
NEVADA 34.5% 42.3% 7.8% 22.6% 1/ 1/ . .
NEW HAMPSHIRE 30.2% 24.6% -5.6% -18.5% 1/ 1/ . .
NEW JERSEY 34.6% 29.0% -5.6% -16.2% 1/ 1/ . .
NEW MEXICO 46.2% 41.6% -4.6% -10.0% 55.3% 57.5% 2.2% 4.0%
NEW YORK 37.8% 35.2% -2.6% -6.9% 48.3% 43.4% -4.9% -10.1%
NORTH CAROLINA 31.4% 27.5% -3.9% -12.4% 47.2% 44.7% -2.5% -5.3%
NORTH DAKOTA 25.3% 31.4% 6.1% 24.1% 1/ 1/ . .
OHIO 65.2% 58.3% -6.9% -10.6% 68.4% 58.1% -10.3% -15.1%
OKLAHOMA 33.2% 34.0% 0.8% 2.4% 1/ 1/ . .
OREGON 32.1% 14.9% -17.2% -53.6% 35.5% 21.1% -14.4% -40.6%
PENNSYLVANIA 7.1% 15.2% 8.1% 114.1% 15.0% 17.7% 2.7% 18.0%
PUERTO RICO 7.5% 13.1% 5.6% 74.7% 1/ 1/ . .
RHODE ISLAND 23.7% 24.2% 0.5% 2.1% 94.9% 95.1% 0.2% 0.2%
SOUTH CAROLINA 53.7% 54.3% 0.6% 1.1% 55.9% 63.7% 7.8% 14.0%
SOUTH DAKOTA 54.8% 57.5% 2.7% 4.9% 1/ 1/ . .
TENNESSEE 50.6% 52.1% 1.5% 3.0% 1/ 1/ . .
TEXAS 34.2% 38.9% 4.7% 13.7% 1/ 1/ . .
UTAH 26.2% 30.3% 4.1% 15.6% 1/ 1/ . .
VERMONT 24.9% 22.4% -2.5% -10.0% 38.2% 35.8% -2.4% -6.3%
VIRGIN ISLANDS 10.6% 16.9% 6.3% 59.4% 1/ 1/ . .
VIRGINIA 50.1% 46.3% -3.8% -7.6% 1/ 1/ . .
WASHINGTON 35.4% 38.6% 3.2% 9.0% 31.1% 37.7% 6.6% 21.2%
WEST VIRGINIA 11.7% 16.3% 4.6% 39.3% 1/ 1/ . .
WISCONSIN 61.3% 44.3% -17.0% -27.7% 33.1% 25.5% -7.6% -23.0%
WYOMING 77.8% 82.1% 4.3% 5.5% 87.5% 65.2% -22.3% -25.5%
1/ State does not have any two-parent families in TANF Program.
ACF/OFA: 04-23-2007

Last Updated on 7/31/2007
By ACF

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