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Table 24

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF RECIPIENT CHILDREN BY RACE        
OCTOBER 1998 - SEPTEMBER 1999        
                 
STATE TOTAL CHILDREN WHITE BLACK HISPANIC AMERICAN NATIVE ASIAN OTHER UNKNOWN
U.S. TOTAL 5,318,722 25.8 39.5 26.0 1.7 4.6 0.8 1.6
               
ALABAMA 38,428 21.5 78.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0
ALASKA 17,260 37.4 8.6 4.1 43.0 5.3 0.4 1.2
ARIZONA 42,615 25.0 11.0 40.3 21.0 0.4 0.6 1.7
ARKANSAS 21,524 31.6 66.9 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1
CALIFORNIA 1,381,384 20.2 17.3 49.0 0.6 12.4 0.0 0.5
COLORADO 29,855 39.3 17.3 38.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.6
CONNECTICUT 59,991 22.3 36.4 38.4 0.1 0.5 0.0 2.3
DELAWARE 12,639 23.2 62.1 8.6 0.4 0.5 0.8 4.4
DIST. OF COL. 40,080 0.1 99.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
FLORIDA 155,337 21.5 57.1 19.6 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.3
               
GEORGIA 115,620 18.0 78.9 2.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.7
GUAM 6,611 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 97.6 0.5 0.5
HAWAII 31,477 8.9 1.7 1.0 0.0 44.3 39.8 4.2
IDAHO 2,148 81.4 0.4 11.6 6.2 0.2 0.0 0.3
ILLINOIS 277,314 15.5 75.8 8.0 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0
INDIANA 77,627 42.1 51.9 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0
IOWA 40,006 74.1 18.4 4.0 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.8
KANSAS 23,910 47.9 35.0 9.4 1.5 0.3 1.8 4.1
KENTUCKY 71,792 75.0 22.7 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.2
LOUISIANA 104,742 12.0 86.7 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2
               
MAINE 24,381 94.2 1.5 0.4 1.2 1.1 0.0 1.7
MARYLAND 64,493 19.5 75.6 1.1 0.1 1.1 0.8 1.8
MASSACHUSETTS 96,441 38.6 19.4 33.8 0.1 6.8 0.0 1.3
MICHIGAN 200,661 34.3 58.6 0.4 0.8 1.4 3.5 1.0
MINNESOTA 89,002 33.2 32.8 8.4 9.2 14.6 0.0 1.8
MISSISSIPPI 33,164 11.1 87.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.7
MISSOURI 102,356 37.6 59.4 1.4 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.2
MONTANA 9,182 44.9 1.7 0.7 50.6 0.4 0.0 1.7
NEBRASKA 23,118 44.7 40.5 8.1 3.4 1.3 2.0 0.0
NEVADA 15,287 42.1 39.4 14.0 2.4 1.0 0.1 1.0
               
NEW HAMPSHIRE 10,697 76.7 2.9 3.2 0.0 0.4 0.1 16.6
NEW JERSEY 124,835 10.6 60.0 28.4 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.1
NEW MEXICO 53,120 18.3 3.8 58.1 17.4 0.3 1.5 0.7
NEW YORK 568,349 16.3 40.8 37.7 0.2 1.7 0.4 2.8
NORTH CAROLINA 102,166 24.7 66.1 2.8 2.9 0.4 2.5 0.7
NORTH DAKOTA 6,202 31.0 2.4 2.5 62.3 0.2 0.4 1.2
OHIO 210,464 39.3 54.3 3.3 0.1 0.3 1.0 1.7
OKLAHOMA 36,984 39.1 40.2 6.0 13.3 0.3 0.0 1.1
OREGON 30,703 70.0 9.8 13.6 2.6 2.5 0.5 1.0
PENNSYLVANIA 212,041 28.8 53.0 12.5 0.0 2.6 0.8 2.2
               
PUERTO RICO 78,465 0.2 0.1 99.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
RHODE ISLAND 28,711 51.9 16.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.0
SOUTH CAROLINA 33,724 21.2 77.2 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6
SOUTH DAKOTA 6,266 15.1 0.0 0.0 82.4 0.0 2.4 0.2
TENNESSEE 111,387 31.9 65.9 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.9
TEXAS 220,374 16.9 29.0 52.8 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.6
UTAH 18,541 66.0 4.2 17.8 8.4 2.2 0.0 1.3
VERMONT 11,746 79.6 1.7 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.0 17.7
VIRGIN ISLANDS 2,714 0.4 73.7 25.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
VIRGINIA 64,483 26.4 69.4 2.5 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.7
               
WASHINGTON 120,585 58.9 12.5 13.0 4.7 4.2 4.7 2.0
WEST VIRGINIA 20,545 87.3 10.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.8 0.1
WISCONSIN 35,859 7.2 24.4 2.1 21.6 0.2 1.6 42.9
WYOMING 1,317 60.6 5.8 11.2 21.6 0.0 0.0 0.8
SOURCE: NATIONAL EMERGENCY TANF DATAFILE AS OF 4/14/2000        

Last Updated on 08/27/2000
By ACF

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