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THE STATE OF AMERICA'S CHILDRE YEARBOOK 199 8
TABLE B3
AFDC/TANF Benefit Levels and Participation-
Maximum monthly benefit for a three-person family
1970 maximum 1997 maximum Number of welfare
Inflation- Asa (AIDCrrANF) recipients
adjusted percentage 1997 Percentage
Actual value in Actual of poverty state change January August Percentage
State dollars 1997 dollars line rank' 1970-97 1993 1997 change
Alabama $ 65 $ 265 $164 14.8% 50 -38.2% 141,746 70,851 -50.0%
Alaska 328 1,338 923 66.5 I -31.0 34,951 33,082 -5.3
Arizona 138 563 347 31.2 33 -38.4 194,119 136,706 -29.6
Arkansas 89 363 204 18.4 45 -43.8 73,982 47,480 -35.8
California 186 759 565 50.9 6 -25.5 2,415,121 2,269,558 -6.0
Colorado 193 787 356 32.0 30 -54.8 123,308 59,634 -51.6
Connecticut 283 1,154 636 57.2 4 -44.9 160,102 151,542 -5.3
Delaware 160 653 338 30.4 35 -48.2 27,652 20,560 -25.6
District of Columbia 195 796 398 35.8 24 -50.0 65,860 63,627 -3.4
Florida 114 465 303 27.3 38 -34.8 701,842 394,343 -43.8
Georgia 107 437 280 25.2 41 -35.9 402,228 241,478 -40.0
Hawaii 226 922 712 55.7 2 -22.8 54,511 74,480 36.6
Idaho 211 861 317 28.5 36 -63.2 21,116 6,846 -67.6
Illinois 232 946 377 33.9 26 -60.2 685,508 555,668 -18.9
Indiana 120 490 288 25.9 40 -41.2 209,882 107,436 -48.8
Iowa 201 820 426 38.3 19 -48.0 100,943 75,106 -25.6
Kansas 222 906 429 38.6 18 -52.6 87,525 47,860 -45.3
Kentucky 147 600 262 23.6 43 -56.3 227,879 148,609 -34.8
Louisiana 88 359 190 17.1 47 -47.1 263,338 129,273 -50.9
Maine 135 551 418 37.6 23 -24.1 67,836 45,138 -33.5
Maryland 162 661 377 33.9 26 -43.0 221,338 149,028 -32.7
Massachusetts 268 1,093 565 50.9 6 -48.3 332,044 195,473 -41.1
Michigan 219 893 459 41.3 14 -48.6 686,356 419,777 -38.8
Minnesota 256 1,044 532 47.9 11 -49.1 191,526 152,765 -20.2
Mississippi 56 228 120 10.8 51 -47.5 174,093 86,910 -50.1
Missouri 104 424 292 26.3 39 -31.2 259,039 179,955 -30.5
Montana 202 824 438 39.4 15 -46.8 34,848 24,573 -29.5
Nebraska 171 698 364 32.8 28 -47.8 48,055 37,985 -21.0
Nevada 121 494 348 31.3 32 -29.5 34,943 28,854 -17.4
New Hampshire 262 1,069 550 49.5 9 -48.5 28,972 16,952 -41.5
New Jersey 302 1,232 424 38.2 21 -65.6 349,902 252,200 -27.9
New Mexico 149 608 389 35.0 25 -36.0 94,836 61,435 -35.2
New York 279 1,138 577 51.9 5 -49.3 1,179,522 989,200 -16.1
North Carolina 145 592 272 24.5 42 -54.0 331,633 222,883 -32.8
North Dakota 213 869 431 38.8 16 -50.4 18,774 10,404 -44.6
Ohio 161 657 341 30.7 34 -48.1 720,476 433,792 -39.8
Oklahoma 152 620 307 27.6 37 -50.5 146,454 73,837 -49.6
Oregon 184 751 460 41.4 13 -38.7 117,656 54,083 -54.0
Pennsylvania 265 1,081 421 37.9 22 -61.1 604,701 417,881 -30.9
Rhode Island 229 934 554 49.9 8 -40.7 61,116 54,628 -10.6
South Carolina 85 347 200 18.0 46 -42.3 151,026 78,316 -48.1
South Dakota 264 1,077 430 38.7 17 -60.1 20,254 12,233 -39.6
Tennessee 112 457 185 16.7 49 -59.5 320,709 157,924 -50.8
Texas 148 604 188 16.9 48 -68.9 785,271 468,611 -40.3
Utah 175 714 426 38.3 19 -40.3 53,172 30,990 -41.7
Vermont 267 1,089 639 57.5 3 -41.3 28,961 22,048 -23.9
Virginia 225 918 354 31.9 31 -61.4 194,212 117,360 -39.6
Washington 258 1,053 546 49.1 10 -48.1 286,258 237,198 -17.1
West Virginia 114 465 253 22.8 44 -45.6 119,916 75,313 -37.2
Wisconsin 184 751 517 46.5 12 -31.1 241,098 97,383 -59.6
Wyoming 213 869 360 32.4 29 -58.6 18,271 4,279 -76.6
United States b 184 751 377 33.9 -49.8 14,115,000 9,995,000 -29.2
•AFDC-Aid to Families with Dependent Children. TANF-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
a. States are ranked by ratio of maximum monthly benefit to poverty line, from highest to lowest.
b. Median for benefits; total for enrollment.
Source; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Family Assistance, and U.S. Congress, Congressional Research
Service. Calculations by Children's Defense Fund.
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