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Administration for Children and Families US Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Planning Research and Evaluation

TABLE 1C

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES

Changes in Work Participation Rates From FY 1999 to FY 2000

 

STATE ALL FAMILIES RATES TWO-PARENT FAMILIES RATES
FY 1999 RATE FY 2000 RATE DIFFERENCE PERCENT CHANGE FY 1999 RATE FY 2000 RATE DIFFERENCE PERCENT CHANGE
UNITED STATES 38.3 34.0 -4.3 -11.2 54.7 48.9 -5.8 -10.6
                 
ALABAMA 37.4 37.7 0.3 0.8 1/ 1/ - -
ALASKA 46.0 42.1 -3.9 -8.5 44.8 46.4 1.6 3.6
ARIZONA 32.1 39.7 7.6 23.7 88.4 67.6 -20.8 -23.5
ARKANSAS 23.7 20.8 -2.9 -12.2 10.5 19.2 8.7 82.9
CALIFORNIA 42.2 27.5 -14.7 -34.8 54.3 1/ - -
COLORADO 36.4 36.6 0.2 0.5 41.2 46.9 5.7 13.8
CONNECTICUT 47.4 43.0 -4.4 -9.3 1/ 1/ - -
DELAWARE 24.9 27.6 2.7 10.8 1/ 1/ - -
DIST. OF COL. 26.7 24.4 -2.3 -8.6 19.5 22.5 3.0 15.4
FLORIDA 31.6 33.0 1.4 4.4 1/ 1/ - -
                 
GEORGIA 17.6 12.2 -5.4 -30.7 1/ 1/ - -
GUAM 16.1 0.0 -16.1 -100.0 10.7 0.0 -10.7 -100.0
HAWAII 41.1 29.7 -11.4 -27.7 1/ 1/ - -
IDAHO 43.7 47.7 4.0 9.2 44.0 41.8 -2.2 -5.0
ILLINOIS 60.4 59.2 -1.2 -2.0 92.4 92.1 -0.3 -0.3
INDIANA 33.3 72.3 39.0 117.1 41.4 1/ - -
IOWA 54.8 41.8 -13.0 -23.7 55.5 54.2 -1.3 -2.3
KANSAS 57.3 77.4 20.1 35.1 64.9 76.4 11.5 17.7
KENTUCKY 38.1 25.6 -12.5 -32.8 46.6 35.8 -10.8 -23.2
LOUISIANA 29.4 33.5 4.1 13.9 43.1 53.3 10.2 23.7
                 
MAINE 54.9 40.0 -14.9 -27.1 51.0 53.7 2.7 5.3
MARYLAND 11.2 6.3 -4.9 -43.8 1/ 1/ - -
MASSACHUSETTS 27.8 69.2 41.4 148.9 66.4 78.7 12.3 18.5
MICHIGAN 43.8 36.4 -7.4 -16.9 69.1 61.7 -7.4 -10.7
MINNESOTA 36.9 34.7 -2.2 -6.0 43.6 43.4 -0.2 -0.5
MISSISSIPPI 27.0 17.8 -9.2 -34.1 87.5 12.5 -75.0 -85.7
MISSOURI 28.2 34.0 5.8 20.6 29.8 40.4 10.6 35.6
MONTANA 92.3 68.2 -24.1 -26.1 87.0 89.2 2.2 2.5
NEBRASKA 34.7 22.6 -12.1 -34.9 53.8 1/ - -
NEVADA 34.8 37.4 2.6 7.5 69.6 60.5 -9.1 -13.1
                 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 29.9 53.1 23.2 77.6 31.6 27.7 -3.9 -12.3
NEW JERSEY 30.3 37.8 7.5 24.8 1/ 1/ - -
NEW MEXICO 27.6 36.9 9.3 33.7 29.3 37.9 8.6 29.4
NEW YORK 36.3 33.2 -3.1 -8.5 58.4 53.0 -5.4 -9.2
NORTH CAROLINA 16.0 19.2 3.2 20.0 30.3 34.7 4.4 14.5
NORTH DAKOTA 31.7 35.7 4.0 12.6 1/ 1/ - -
OHIO 53.7 52.9 -0.8 -1.5 65.4 64.9 -0.5 -0.8
OKLAHOMA 42.9 33.9 -9.0 -21.0 1/ 1/ - -
OREGON 96.7 64.0 -32.7 -33.8 96.1 47.0 -49.1 -51.1
PENNSYLVANIA 16.2 11.2 -5.0 -30.9 24.9 11.7 -13.2 -53.0
                 
PUERTO RICO 20.7 20.0 -0.7 -3.4 1/ 1/ - -
RHODE ISLAND 28.8 25.0 -3.8 -13.2 94.7 95.8 1.1 1.2
SOUTH CAROLINA 44.7 54.0 9.3 20.8 78.1 78.4 0.3 0.4
SOUTH DAKOTA 46.5 46.5 0.0 0.0 1/ 1/ - -
TENNESSEE 41.1 35.4 -5.7 -13.9 44.3 1/ - -
TEXAS 27.3 25.6 -1.7 -6.2 61.0 49.0 -12.0 -19.7
UTAH 44.0 31.1 -12.9 -29.3 1/ 1/ - -
VERMONT 2/ 2/ - - 2/ 2/ - -
VIRGIN ISLANDS 11.5 6.1 -5.4 -47.0 1/ 1/ - -
VIRGINIA 41.1 44.9 3.8 9.2 1/ 1/ - -
                 
WASHINGTON 40.3 52.8 12.5 31.0 55.3 57.8 2.5 4.5
WEST VIRGINIA 25.6 17.1 -8.5 -33.2 25.9 20.9 -5.0 -19.3
WISCONSIN 80.1 73.4 -6.7 -8.4 55.8 35.0 -20.8 -37.3
WYOMING 57.7 59.0 1.3 2.3 90.7 56.7 -34.0 -37.5
1/ State does not have any two-parent families in TANF Program.
2/ State claims waiver inconsistencies that exempts all cases from participation rates.
ACF/OPRE: 09-06-2001


Last Updated on 02/05/2002
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