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TABLE 1C

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES

CHANGES IN WORK PARTICIPATION RATES
From FY 2002 to FY 2003

STATE ALL FAMILIES RATES TWO-PARENT FAMILIES RATES
FY 2002
RATE
FY 2003
RATE
DIFFERENCE PERCENT
CHANGE
FY 2002
RATE
FY 2003
RATE
DIFFERENCE PERCENT
CHANGE
UNITED STATES 33.4% 31.3% -2.1% -6.3% 49.4% 48.4% -1.0% -2.0%skip over layout row
        
ALABAMA 37.3% 37.1% -0.2% -0.5% 1/ 1/ - -
ALASKA 39.6% 41.1% 1.5% 3.8% 44.5% 44.6% 0.1% 0.2%
ARIZONA 25.9% 13.4% -12.5% -48.3% 52.2% 55.3% 3.1% 5.9%
ARKANSAS 21.4% 22.4% 1.0% 4.7% 24.4% 31.8% 7.4% 30.3%
CALIFORNIA 27.3% 24.0% -3.3% -12.1% 1/ 1/ - -
COLORADO 35.9% 32.5% -3.4% -9.5% 45.6% 40.1% -5.5% -12.1%
CONNECTICUT 26.6% 30.6% 4.0% 15.0% 1/ 1/ - -
DELAWARE 25.8% 18.2% -7.6% -29.5% 1/ 1/ - -
DIST. OF COL. 16.4% 23.1% 6.7% 40.9% 13.4% 19.6% 6.2% 46.3%
FLORIDA 30.4% 33.1% 2.7% 8.9% 1/ 1/ - -
GEORGIA 8.2% 10.9% 2.7% 32.9% 1/ 1/ - -
GUAM 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%   0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -
HAWAII 58.8% 65.8% 7.0% 11.9% 1/ 1/ - -
IDAHO 40.7% 43.7% 3.0% 7.4% 40.2% 42.3% 2.1% 5.2%
ILLINOIS 58.4% 57.8% -0.6% -1.0% 1/ 1/ - -
INDIANA 62.6% 40.3% -22.3% -35.6% 1/ 1/ - -
IOWA 51.2% 45.1% -6.1% -11.9% 41.6% 39.2% -2.4% -5.8%
KANSAS 84.8% 87.9% 3.1% 3.7% 86.1% 87.1% 1.0% 1.2%
KENTUCKY 32.4% 32.8% 0.4% 1.2% 43.7% 46.2% 2.5% 5.7%
LOUISIANA 38.7% 34.6% -4.1% -10.6% 57.2% 39.0% -18.2% -31.8%
MAINE 44.5% 27.7% -16.8% -37.8% 58.2% 29.2% -29.0% -49.8%
MARYLAND 8.3% 9.1% 0.8% 9.6% 1/ 1/ - -
MASSACHUSETTS 60.9% 61.0% 0.1% 0.2% 69.7% 73.9% 4.2% 6.0%
MICHIGAN 28.9% 25.3% -3.6% -12.5% 46.5% 36.2% -10.3% -22.2%
MINNESOTA 40.4% 25.0% -15.4% -38.1% 1/ 1/ - -
MISSISSIPPI 18.5% 17.2% -1.3% -7.0% 1/ 1/ - -
MISSOURI 25.4% 28.0% 2.6% 10.2% 27.5% 1/ - -
MONTANA 84.2% 85.9% 1.7% 2.0% 93.5% 95.7% 2.2% 2.4%
NEBRASKA 28.1% 33.4% 5.3% 18.9% 1/ 1/ - -
NEVADA 21.6% 22.3% 0.7% 3.2% 1/ 1/ - -
NEW HAMPSHIRE 41.8% 28.2% -13.6% -32.5% 31.0% 1/ - -
NEW JERSEY 36.4% 35.0% -1.4% -3.8% 1/ 1/ - -
NEW MEXICO 42.7% 42.0% -0.7% -1.6% 57.5% 52.0% -5.5% -9.6%
NEW YORK 38.5% 37.1% -1.4% -3.6% 56.3% 52.2% -4.1% -7.3%
NORTH CAROLINA 27.4% 25.3% -2.1% -7.7% 46.7% 49.2% 2.5% 5.4%
NORTH DAKOTA 30.4% 27.0% -3.4% -11.2% 1/ 1/ - -
OHIO 56.3% 62.3% 6.0% 10.7% 60.0% 67.8% 7.8% 13.0%
OKLAHOMA 26.7% 29.2% 2.5% 9.4% 1/ 50.5% - -
OREGON 61.1% 60.0% -1.1% -1.8% 53.8% 52.7% -1.1% -2.0%
PENNSYLVANIA 10.4% 9.9% -0.5% -4.8% 11.0% 8.8% -2.2% -20.0%
PUERTO RICO 5.6% 6.1% 0.5% 8.9% 1/ 1/ - -
RHODE ISLAND 24.6% 24.3% -0.3% -1.2% 93.8% 94.9% 1.1% 1.2%
SOUTH CAROLINA 52.4% 54.3% 1.9% 3.6% 54.7% 50.6% -4.1% -7.5%
SOUTH DAKOTA 42.5% 46.1% 3.6% 8.5% 1/ 1/ - -
TENNESSEE 41.2% 42.7% 1.5% 3.6% 1/ 1/ - -
TEXAS 30.8% 28.1% -2.7% -8.8% 1/ 1/ - -
UTAH 27.9% 28.1% 0.2% 0.7% 1/ 1/ - -
VERMONT 21.4% 24.3% 2.9% 13.6% 32.7% 37.5% 4.8% 14.7%
VIRGIN ISLANDS 17.7% 5.0% -12.7% -71.8% 1/ 1/ - -
VIRGINIA 42.9% 44.6% 1.7% 4.0% 1/ 1/ - -
WASHINGTON 49.8% 46.2% -3.6% -7.2% 50.7% 44.3% -6.4% -12.6%
WEST VIRGINIA 19.2% 14.2% -5.0% -26.0% 26.5% 25.2% -1.3% -4.9%
WISCONSIN 69.4% 67.2% -2.2% -3.2% 39.3% 40.3% 1.0% 2.5%
WYOMING 82.9% 83.0% 0.1% 0.1% 93.8% 91.5% -2.3% -2.5%

1/ State does not have any two-parent families in the TANF Program.
ACF/OFA: 06-29-2004
Last Updated on 10/28/2004
By ACF


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This document was last modified on May-28-2008 .