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Table 1

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TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES        
TANF WORK PARTICIPATION RATES        
FISCAL YEAR 1997        
                 
STATE ALL FAMILY RATES      
TWO-PARENT FAMILY RATES  
RATE ADJUSTED STANDARD 3/ MET TARGET     RATE ADJUSTED STANDARD MET TARGET
UNITED STATES 30.7         44.5    
                 
ALABAMA 42.3 17.1% 3     31.5 35.8%  
ALASKA                
ARIZONA 26.9 16.1% 3     68.8 66.1% 3
ARKANSAS                
CALIFORNIA 29.7 19.5% 3     42.3 40.8% 3
COLORADO                
CONNECTICUT 58.4 20.3% 3     90.6 70.3% 3
DELAWARE              
DIST. OF COL. 31.3 21.0% 3     14 48.2%  
FLORIDA 28.4 16.4% 3     1/   NA
                 
GEORGIA 20.6 18.7% 3     1/   NA
GUAM                
HAWAII                
IDAHO                
ILLINOIS                
INDIANA 25.3 5.6% 3     35.2 35.1% 3
IOWA 52.8 14.9% 3     48.5 64.9%  
KANSAS 33.3 14.1% 3     33.7 44.0%  
KENTUCKY 33.1 20.3% 3     51.9 50.8% 3
LOUISIANA 13.5 13.4% 3     15.4 5.7% 3
                 
MAINE 41.6 19.3% 3     50.5 61.7%  
MARYLAND 18.3 16.3% 3     1/   NA
MASSACHUSETTS 31.5 12.6% 3     71.1 52.1% 3
MICHIGAN 41.1 13.3% 3     47.4 60.3%  
MINNESOTA                
MISSISSIPPI 17.2 16.3% 3     24.4 54.0%  
MISSOURI 23.2 17.6% 3     47.8 21.7% 3
MONTANA 49.5 19.2% 3     82.1 69.2% 3
NEBRASKA 34 20.5% 3     42 61.2%  
NEVADA 31.2 20.0% 3     39.2 45.8%  
                 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 36.1 13.3% 3     46 21.9% 3
NEW JERSEY 20.7 19.5% 3     25.2 55.8%  
NEW MEXICO                
NEW YORK 27.9 19.6% 3     63.6 61.1% 3
NORTH CAROLINA 25.9 15.1% 3     45.5 56.2%  
NORTH DAKOTA                
OHIO 38.3 15.6% 3     39.8 47.8%  
OKLAHOMA 27.8 11.6% 3     16.1 36.9%  
OREGON 96.7 10.2% 3     98.3 46.8% 3
PENNSYLVANIA                
                 
PUERTO RICO                
RHODE ISLAND                
SOUTH CAROLINA 38.9 18.4% 3     40.2 24.9% 3
SOUTH DAKOTA 44.8 20.4% 3     1/   NA
TENNESSEE 38.6 20.3% 3     52.4 46.0% 3
TEXAS 19.4 14.6% 3     34.3 55.4%  
UTAH 39.6 13.7% 3     64.1 63.7% 3
VERMONT 2/   NA     2/   NA
VIRGIN ISLANDS                
VIRGINIA 17.3 15.6% 3     19.4 65.6%  
                 
WASHINGTON 24 22.0% 3     18.6 66.0%  
WEST VIRGINIA 18.3 15.0% 3     49 61.3%  
WISCONSIN 52.8 8.0% 3     51.3 39.9% 3
WYOMING 52.6 16.0% 3     63.9 54.9% 3
                 
  State not required to submit TANF data for this period.       
1/ State does not have any two-parent families in its TANF Program.       
2/ State claims waiver inconsistencies exempt all cases from participation rates.       
                 
ACF/OPRE: 06-23-2000 -Revised        

Last Updated on 09/05/2000
By ACF