Table A-12. AFDC Recipiency Rates for Children by State, Selected Fiscal Years 1965 - 1998 [In percent]
1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1998 | Percent Change | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989-93 | 1993-98 | |||||||||
United States | 4.4 | 7.6 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 8.9 | 23 | -37 |
Alabama | 4.6 | 7.7 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 4.3 | 9 | -54 |
Alaska | 3.1 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 12.6 | 10.6 | 69 | -14 |
Arizona | 4.8 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 61 | -67 |
Arkansas | 3.1 | 5.2 | 10.9 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 3 | -50 |
California | 6.0 | 12.3 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 20.9 | 16.9 | 28 | -16 |
Colorado | 4.4 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 4.3 | 16 | -51 |
Connecticut | 4.4 | 6.1 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 14.4 | 11.1 | 46 | -20 |
Delaware | 4.7 | 7.5 | 12.3 | 13.4 | 10.2 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 33 | -23 |
Dist. of Columbia | 6.0 | 13.8 | 41.1 | 40.9 | 33.9 | 30.7 | 44.6 | 40.5 | 30 | 1 |
Florida | 4.3 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 12.9 | 6.1 | 78 | -59 |
Georgia | 3.2 | 9.1 | 15.5 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 11.8 | 14.0 | 7.5 | 38 | -50 |
Hawaii | 3.6 | 6.5 | 11.7 | 14.5 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 14.2 | 11.0 | 24 | -12 |
Idaho | 2.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 15 | -80 |
Illinois | 5.3 | 7.5 | 16.0 | 14.6 | 16.1 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 12.0 | 6 | -22 |
Indiana | 2.0 | 3.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 5.2 | 39 | -46 |
Iowa | 3.2 | 4.7 | 6.6 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 4 | -30 |
Kansas | 3.5 | 5.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 3.9 | 14 | -56 |
Kentucky | 4.9 | 8.3 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 9.2 | 38 | -39 |
Louisiana | 5.5 | 11.3 | 13.2 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 16.5 | 14.1 | 10.6 | -1 | -31 |
Maine | 3.9 | 7.7 | 16.4 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 9.5 | 32 | -31 |
Maryland | 4.6 | 7.3 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 12.0 | 7.1 | 18 | -41 |
Massachusetts | 3.8 | 8.1 | 14.2 | 15.3 | 11.2 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 8.3 | 31 | -44 |
Michigan | 3.7 | 5.8 | 15.0 | 16.7 | 17.7 | 17.4 | 15.7 | 9.9 | 6 | -45 |
Minnesota | 2.9 | 4.2 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 12 | -23 |
Mississippi | 7.0 | 11.1 | 17.3 | 15.7 | 14.0 | 17.6 | 14.0 | 6.3 | -3 | -62 |
Missouri | 5.2 | 6.9 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 12.7 | 8.5 | 23 | -32 |
Montana | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 6.3 | 22 | -34 |
Nebraska | 2.3 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 14 | -18 |
Nevada | 2.5 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 37 | -38 |
New Hampshire | 1.4 | 2.6 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 3.5 | 114 | -46 |
New Jersey | 3.4 | 8.8 | 14.1 | 16.0 | 13.5 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 7.7 | 10 | -38 |
New Mexico | 5.2 | 9.5 | 10.9 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 13.5 | 8.8 | 42 | -31 |
New York | 6.3 | 13.0 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.7 | 15.4 | 17.9 | 14.7 | 16 | -16 |
North Carolina | 4.4 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 9.3 | 11.8 | 7.1 | 54 | -46 |
North Dakota | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 23 | -44 |
Ohio | 3.6 | 5.3 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 9.2 | 14 | -45 |
Oklahoma | 6.4 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 5.2 | 31 | -52 |
Oregon | 3.3 | 7.4 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 4.2 | 22 | -59 |
Pennsylvania | 5.5 | 8.0 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 13.9 | 9.6 | 14 | -32 |
Rhode Island | 5.9 | 9.1 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 13.4 | 17.2 | 13.2 | 42 | -23 |
South Carolina | 2.3 | 4.2 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 5.2 | 35 | -54 |
South Dakota | 3.1 | 5.0 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3 | -44 |
Tennessee | 4.2 | 7.5 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 14.5 | 8.0 | 57 | -53 |
Texas | 1.7 | 4.1 | 7.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 5.1 | 34 | -52 |
Utah | 3.7 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 16 | -41 |
Vermont | 2.7 | 5.4 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 9.0 | 37 | -25 |
Virginia | 2.2 | 4.1 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 27 | -47 |
Washington | 4.7 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 9.6 | 17 | -28 |
West Virginia | 12.2 | 11.2 | 8.4 | 10.4 | 12.6 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 8.4 | 16 | -51 |
Wisconsin | 2.2 | 3.8 | 7.8 | 10.5 | 14.2 | 12.1 | 10.8 | 2.5 | -5 | -79 |
Wyoming | 2.1 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 1.7 | 37 | -81 |
Note: Recipiency rate refers to the average monthly number of AFDC child recipients in each State during the given fiscal year as a percent of the resident population under 18 years of age as of July 1 of that year. The numerators are from Table A-11.
Sources: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Bureau of the Census, (Resident population by state available on line at http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/state/).
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