| 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1989 | 1994 | 2001 | Percent Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-94 | 1994-01 | |||||||||
| Note: Recipiency rate refers to the average monthly number of AFDC recipients in each State during the given fiscal year expressed as a percent of the total resident population as of July 1 of that year. The numerators are from Table TANF 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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| Alabama | 2.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 1.0 | -3 | -69 |
| Alaska | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 2.7 | 78 | -58 |
| Arizona | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 66 | -68 |
| Arkansas | 1.5 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.0 | -5 | -64 |
| California | 2.9 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 40 | -59 |
| Colorado | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 10 | -81 |
| Connecticut | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 57 | -66 |
| Delaware | 2.4 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 33 | -60 |
| Dist. of Columbia | 2.5 | 5.3 | 14.6 | 13.3 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 13.1 | 7.5 | 71 | -43 |
| Florida | 1.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 85 | -84 |
| Georgia | 1.6 | 4.3 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 35 | -74 |
| Hawaii | 1.9 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 35 | -36 |
| Idaho | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 21 | -92 |
| Illinois | 2.5 | 3.3 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 9 | -76 |
| Indiana | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 41 | -50 |
| Iowa | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 11 | -53 |
| Kansas | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 13 | -64 |
| Kentucky | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 28 | -63 |
| Louisiana | 2.9 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 1.5 | -11 | -75 |
| Maine | 1.9 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 25 | -61 |
| Maryland | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 19 | -72 |
| Massachusetts | 1.8 | 3.7 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 27 | -69 |
| Michigan | 2.0 | 2.9 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 1.9 | 0 | -72 |
| Minnesota | 1.4 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 9 | -45 |
| Mississippi | 3.6 | 5.2 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 1.2 | -14 | -79 |
| Missouri | 2.4 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 25 | -57 |
| Montana | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 18 | -62 |
| Nebraska | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 7 | -50 |
| Nevada | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 48 | -65 |
| New Hampshire | 0.7 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 133 | -60 |
| New Jersey | 1.5 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 10 | -69 |
| New Mexico | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 59 | -51 |
| New York | 2.9 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 27 | -53 |
| North Carolina | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 54 | -76 |
| North Dakota | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 9 | -52 |
| Ohio | 1.8 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 6 | -72 |
| Oklahoma | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 24 | -75 |
| Oregon | 1.6 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 18 | -71 |
| Pennsylvania | 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 17 | -66 |
| Rhode Island | 2.7 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 51 | -38 |
| South Carolina | 1.2 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 23 | -71 |
| South Dakota | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.8 | -3 | -68 |
| Tennessee | 2.0 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 2.7 | 44 | -54 |
| Texas | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 34 | -62 |
| Utah | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1 | -67 |
| Vermont | 1.4 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 36 | -50 |
| Virginia | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 25 | -70 |
| Washington | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 18 | -57 |
| West Virginia | 6.4 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 4 | -66 |
| Wisconsin | 1.1 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 0.7 | -12 | -83 |
| Wyoming | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 15 | -94 |
| United States | 2.1 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 24 | -65 |
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