Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Table A-12. AFDC Recipiency Rates for Children by State, Selected Fiscal Years 1965 - 1998

03/01/2000

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
	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	1998	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/).

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Table A-12. AFDC Recipiency Rates for Children by State, Selected Fiscal Years 1965 - 1998

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