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Table 23

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF YOUNGEST RECIPIENT CHILD BY AGE GROUP         
OCTOBER 1998 - SEPTEMBER 1999         
                   
STATE TOTAL FAMILIES AGE OF THE YOUNGEST CHILD
UNDER 1 1-2 3-5 6-8 9-11 12-15 16-19 UNKNOWN*
U.S. TOTAL 2,648,462 11.7 20.6 21.9 16.0 11.5 11.5 5.0 1.8
                 
ALABAMA 20,107 14.2 19.6 18.0 16.9 12.4 13.0 5.8 0.0
ALASKA 8,461 14.8 20.7 20.7 14.2 11.9 11.2 5.9 0.6
ARIZONA 34,618 5.9 12.9 20.6 18.7 14.8 16.6 8.5 2.0
ARKANSAS 12,095 9.1 20.3 20.7 15.8 13.7 14.4 5.8 0.3
CALIFORNIA 624,096 10.2 22.7 24.9 15.6 10.4 10.5 4.4 1.2
COLORADO 14,265 16.1 20.7 19.5 16.9 11.3 9.5 4.4 1.7
CONNECTICUT 34,807 12.0 20.4 19.7 15.7 9.8 11.6 6.7 4.0
DELAWARE 6,381 13.7 19.7 18.1 15.9 12.0 13.9 4.9 1.7
DIST. OF COL. 19,908 12.0 23.6 23.4 16.8 9.3 9.4 4.3 1.3
FLORIDA 82,009 12.1 17.5 20.0 16.7 11.9 13.8 5.9 2.1
                 
GEORGIA 61,119 12.5 17.7 18.9 17.4 13.4 13.0 6.3 0.8
GUAM 2,533 20.5 30.8 22.6 12.0 6.1 5.5 1.1 1.3
HAWAII 16,139 11.7 20.4 20.4 16.3 11.3 13.7 5.0 1.2
IDAHO 1,380 13.1 15.9 16.9 18.4 11.7 14.9 8.6 0.5
ILLINOIS 123,193 15.0 22.5 24.6 14.2 9.9 9.7 4.0 0.1
INDIANA 37,442 15.7 23.7 22.2 15.0 9.7 10.2 3.4 0.0
IOWA 21,952 15.9 20.9 21.1 15.0 10.8 10.7 4.6 1.0
KANSAS 12,846 20.2 19.8 16.0 12.8 9.7 11.3 5.5 4.7
KENTUCKY 42,527 10.9 18.2 18.8 15.4 13.6 15.2 6.1 1.7
LOUISIANA 39,372 16.4 25.3 19.5 13.1 10.2 10.6 4.3 0.6
                 
MAINE 13,473 10.8 18.0 19.5 16.3 14.0 13.1 5.4 2.8
MARYLAND 32,087 12.4 21.4 20.6 16.1 12.3 10.6 4.0 2.5
MASSACHUSETTS 54,463 7.6 16.5 27.6 18.4 11.2 11.7 4.6 2.3
MICHIGAN 95,208 10.3 15.0 19.0 17.5 15.7 13.7 6.7 2.0
MINNESOTA 44,307 16.2 19.2 17.8 15.4 10.3 12.2 5.4 3.5
MISSISSIPPI 16,644 14.2 17.6 19.3 15.3 13.5 13.5 5.1 1.5
MISSOURI 50,897 13.9 22.2 20.1 14.3 11.6 12.4 5.3 0.2
MONTANA 4,790 16.5 20.2 19.4 14.5 11.4 10.6 4.2 3.3
NEBRASKA 11,266 19.3 21.8 20.7 13.9 9.4 9.6 5.0 0.2
NEVADA 8,034 17.7 20.5 17.7 15.5 10.9 12.0 3.7 2.0
                 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 6,410 11.7 23.3 20.6 14.7 11.2 11.0 6.3 1.2
NEW JERSEY 62,241 11.7 20.9 21.3 16.2 12.6 11.2 5.9 0.1
NEW MEXICO 25,501 14.7 23.9 22.1 15.2 10.2 9.4 3.2 1.4
NEW YORK 294,442 7.7 21.0 23.0 17.6 11.6 9.5 5.3 4.3
NORTH CAROLINA 59,328 13.9 20.0 20.4 16.3 11.7 12.2 4.3 1.2
NORTH DAKOTA 3,098 15.6 22.8 20.2 16.0 9.9 9.6 3.6 2.4
OHIO 113,797 15.0 20.5 18.4 14.5 10.8 11.7 6.0 3.0
OKLAHOMA 19,484 9.0 21.6 21.6 16.8 10.4 12.9 5.6 2.0
OREGON 16,870 17.2 19.5 16.8 14.4 12.2 13.4 4.9 1.6
PENNSYLVANIA 105,611 15.2 20.2 17.6 16.3 12.1 10.6 3.6 4.5
                 
PUERTO RICO 36,459 1.9 15.1 26.2 18.6 16.1 16.6 5.0 0.5
RHODE ISLAND 17,981 6.2 12.7 20.6 17.7 15.2 16.4 9.3 1.9
SOUTH CAROLINA 18,366 9.6 15.6 18.7 18.3 14.0 15.6 7.0 1.3
SOUTH DAKOTA 3,225 10.8 16.7 19.8 17.4 13.8 15.2 5.8 0.3
TENNESSEE 57,630 13.0 21.7 19.1 15.8 11.6 12.3 4.9 1.7
TEXAS 114,112 12.7 22.3 21.4 15.0 10.7 12.2 4.7 1.1
UTAH 9,626 14.8 22.5 19.3 15.1 11.2 11.2 3.8 2.1
VERMONT 6,611 12.8 20.6 22.0 14.9 12.5 11.3 3.9 2.2
VIRGIN ISLANDS 961 7.3 27.7 26.4 15.0 10.1 9.3 4.1 0.1
VIRGINIA 36,849 7.5 18.8 24.0 17.2 12.8 13.1 5.2 1.3
                 
WASHINGTON 62,724 13.0 20.1 21.8 15.8 11.7 11.3 4.5 1.9
WEST VIRGINIA 10,767 16.1 18.9 20.5 15.1 12.1 12.3 4.7 0.2
WISCONSIN 19,141 24.4 15.2 15.7 12.2 11.7 13.5 7.1 0.1
WYOMING 811 9.8 15.1 20.7 18.2 12.8 16.7 5.5 1.3
NOTE: '*'= Including unborn child.         
SOURCE: NATIONAL EMERGENCY TANF DATAFILE AS OF 4/14/2000         

Last Updated on 08/27/2000
By ACF

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