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TANF: Total Number of Child Recipients
Fiscal and Calendar Year 2004
As of 10/21/2008
State Oct-03 Nov-03 Dec-03 Jan-04 Feb-04 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Average
FY 2004 		Average
CY 2004 		Total
FY 2004 		Total
CY 2004
U.S. Totals 3,672,503 3,654,033 3,657,222 3,642,754 3,614,762 3,618,518 3,610,224 3,592,922 3,578,656 3,581,202 3,592,251 3,587,139 3,581,735 3,561,634 3,560,002 ######## ######## 43,402,186 43,121,799
Alabama 36,644 36,295 36,447 35,676 35,129 35,135 35,225 34,723 34,439 34,508 35,477 36,615 37,374 38,164 38,383 35,526 35,904 426,313 430,848
Alaska 9,236 8,962 9,319 9,614 9,869 10,019 10,051 9,690 9,298 8,961 8,774 8,732 8,463 8,300 8,567 9,377 9,195 112,525 110,338
Arizona 89,219 89,006 88,960 87,096 85,580 84,932 82,918 81,433 81,678 80,726 81,398 79,159 79,220 77,985 77,244 84,342 81,614 1,012,105 979,369
Arkansas 18,175 17,634 18,001 17,517 17,242 16,800 16,173 15,843 15,770 15,861 16,089 15,970 15,925 15,553 14,629 16,756 16,114 201,075 193,372
California 889,001 888,514 887,351 892,096 892,093 902,528 912,627 910,166 908,502 907,045 901,162 905,947 901,593 900,330 902,217 899,753 903,026 10,797,032 10,836,306
Colorado 27,423 27,287 27,962 28,038 27,750 28,061 28,303 28,293 28,241 28,258 28,384 24,703 26,937 27,325 27,325 27,725 27,635 332,703 331,618
Connecticut 31,455 31,218 31,013 30,533 30,316 30,613 30,845 30,528 30,384 29,790 29,963 29,877 30,143 29,829 29,693 30,545 30,210 366,535 362,514
Delaware 9,912 9,909 9,802 9,596 9,435 9,457 9,591 9,657 9,538 9,711 9,730 9,684 9,792 9,718 9,706 9,669 9,635 116,022 115,615
Dist. of Col. 32,228 32,649 32,804 32,484 32,534 32,909 32,722 32,501 32,495 32,615 32,685 32,638 32,870 32,839 32,651 32,605 32,662 391,264 391,943
Florida 98,490 99,062 98,924 97,657 94,975 91,851 90,769 90,785 91,176 92,465 93,918 95,857 96,751 98,331 98,578 94,661 94,426 1,135,929 1,133,113
Georgia 104,828 104,340 105,010 103,522 100,941 97,263 94,213 92,100 90,792 89,645 88,894 86,632 87,857 84,468 82,328 96,515 91,555 1,158,180 1,098,655
Guam 1/ -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   
Hawaii 17,025 16,958 16,576 16,452 16,364 16,039 16,006 15,829 15,726 15,771 15,891 15,690 15,644 15,413 15,342 16,194 15,847 194,327 190,167
Idaho 2,544 2,533 2,711 2,770 2,777 2,888 2,868 2,755 2,689 2,709 2,687 2,637 2,636 2,709 2,800 2,714 2,744 32,568 32,925
Illinois 69,641 71,511 71,980 73,342 72,864 72,768 72,800 73,276 73,601 74,193 74,851 75,271 76,043 76,884 78,031 73,008 74,494 876,098 893,924
Indiana 103,471 102,894 103,072 101,877 102,270 101,327 99,928 99,513 98,153 98,379 98,597 98,306 98,603 98,208 98,222 100,649 99,449 1,207,787 1,193,383
Iowa 31,160 31,003 30,741 31,136 30,852 30,839 31,036 30,766 30,626 31,025 31,572 31,315 31,527 30,773 30,400 31,006 30,989 372,071 371,867
Kansas 28,921 28,830 28,888 29,369 29,615 29,826 29,659 29,717 30,173 31,008 31,805 31,634 31,517 31,266 31,125 29,954 30,560 359,445 366,714
Kentucky 58,154 57,408 58,254 57,968 57,696 58,100 58,025 57,657 57,835 57,647 58,303 58,138 57,911 57,721 57,706 57,932 57,892 695,185 694,707
Louisiana 46,804 44,012 42,608 39,192 37,396 35,755 34,733 33,946 33,504 33,127 33,023 33,191 33,438 33,410 33,617 37,274 34,528 447,291 414,332
Maine 17,823 18,200 17,865 17,657 18,159 18,453 18,362 19,014 18,295 18,175 18,297 17,988 17,751 17,668 17,630 18,191 18,121 218,288 217,449
Maryland 46,755 46,027 47,539 44,673 44,385 44,713 44,412 44,180 43,855 44,137 44,144 44,213 44,282 42,891 44,155 44,919 44,170 539,033 530,040
Massachusetts 78,060 76,997 77,070 75,550 74,335 74,425 73,749 73,421 73,954 73,510 74,303 76,231 75,440 74,393 74,094 75,134 74,450 901,605 893,405
Michigan 154,426 153,525 155,146 154,405 155,749 156,944 157,103 155,910 154,849 154,913 155,768 156,300 157,505 156,375 158,199 155,420 156,168 1,865,038 1,874,020
Minnesota 65,585 65,370 63,831 64,564 63,111 63,802 64,840 63,962 63,528 62,857 60,703 58,340 57,316 55,678 54,587 63,374 61,107 760,493 733,288
Mississippi 33,427 33,692 33,165 32,767 32,266 30,949 30,621 30,589 29,879 29,874 29,406 28,944 28,836 28,426 28,169 31,298 30,061 375,579 360,726
Missouri 71,563 71,213 72,306 71,668 71,209 71,353 71,056 69,784 69,272 69,220 69,584 69,518 69,583 69,096 69,836 70,646 70,098 847,746 841,179
Montan 9,733 9,662 9,799 9,789 9,689 9,762 9,747 9,589 9,346 9,275 9,295 9,253 8,964 8,412 8,567 9,578 9,307 114,939 111,688
Nebraska 19,481 19,449 19,769 19,663 19,627 19,883 19,673 19,510 19,728 18,055 18,022 18,202 17,599 17,530 17,338 19,255 18,736 231,062 224,830
Nevada 17,094 16,962 17,066 17,115 16,248 16,179 15,729 15,586 15,855 15,723 15,685 14,526 14,521 13,282 13,042 16,147 15,291 193,768 183,491
New Hampshire 9,560 9,449 9,561 9,833 9,817 9,777 9,788 9,624 9,594 9,645 9,704 9,718 9,605 9,525 9,670 9,673 9,692 116,070 116,300
New Jersey 79,722 78,888 78,473 78,572 78,778 79,769 80,109 80,395 81,012 81,851 82,560 83,249 79,885 79,146 78,821 80,282 80,346 963,378 964,147
New Mexico 32,733 32,473 32,976 32,407 32,159 32,396 32,008 31,706 31,817 32,298 33,408 33,365 33,263 33,211 33,482 32,479 32,627 389,746 391,520
New York 240,581 239,349 241,050 241,007 241,318 243,204 242,905 242,662 239,613 239,806 240,715 239,468 239,562 237,920 237,023 240,973 240,434 2,891,678 2,885,203
North Carolina 63,491 62,993 63,119 61,314 59,859 59,621 59,375 58,812 58,823 58,559 59,133 59,799 59,777 59,051 58,476 60,408 59,383 724,898 712,599
North Dakota 5,872 5,752 5,666 5,634 5,437 5,449 5,473 5,409 5,337 5,298 5,368 5,290 5,195 5,200 5,146 5,499 5,353 65,985 64,236
Ohio 140,474 137,096 138,952 141,021 141,375 140,766 140,186 139,697 139,725 139,614 140,238 140,714 140,883 141,274 141,033 139,988 140,544 1,679,858 1,686,526
Oklahoma 28,428 28,050 27,845 27,128 26,092 25,794 25,613 25,336 25,410 25,495 26,043 26,053 25,631 25,578 25,384 26,441 25,796 317,287 309,557
Oregon 30,833 30,761 30,950 31,317 31,226 31,171 31,311 31,202 31,314 32,499 32,532 32,594 32,504 32,656 33,446 31,476 31,981 377,710 383,772
Pennsylvania 161,071 160,683 161,031 162,470 162,387 164,084 165,750 167,022 168,001 171,600 172,916 174,647 176,750 176,798 179,050 165,972 170,123 1,991,662 2,041,475
Puerto Rico 36,100 36,018 35,687 35,451 35,040 34,491 34,128 33,182 33,152 32,799 32,528 31,818 30,422 29,867 30,220 34,200 32,758 410,394 393,098
Rhode Island 23,728 23,418 23,148 23,025 22,888 22,729 22,522 21,787 21,472 21,267 20,871 20,526 20,095 20,158 19,789 22,282 21,427 267,381 257,129
South Carolina 33,201 32,248 30,898 29,990 28,932 28,738 28,497 27,907 28,035 28,242 28,450 28,630 29,109 29,026 28,359 29,481 28,660 353,768 343,915
South Dakota 5,065 5,072 5,167 5,080 4,851 4,941 5,037 5,054 5,003 5,020 4,953 4,944 5,075 5,095 5,230 5,016 5,024 60,187 60,283
Tennessee 136,672 136,154 136,048 135,042 135,321 135,960 135,003 135,424 135,546 135,831 136,867 136,355 136,286 136,493 135,462 135,852 135,799 1,630,223 1,629,590
Texas 226,284 222,834 217,883 212,519 200,362 195,392 187,604 187,479 183,842 186,866 191,973 190,316 189,928 185,313 182,234 200,280 191,152 2,403,354 2,293,828
Utah 16,394 16,356 16,453 16,380 16,521 16,669 16,533 16,344 16,428 16,464 16,527 16,544 16,526 16,901 16,872 16,468 16,559 197,613 198,709
Vermont 7,913 7,792 7,786 7,797 7,815 7,847 7,897 7,834 7,853 7,888 7,928 7,851 7,596 7,415 7,529 7,850 7,771 94,201 93,250
Virgin Islands 1,200 1,220 1,217 1,218 1,218 1,226 1,211 1,206 1,192 1,161 1,189 1,161 1,178 1,168 1,130 1,202 1,188 14,419 14,258
Virginia 15,303 16,629 16,830 17,028 17,065 17,144 17,532 17,870 17,734 17,737 17,903 18,220 18,564 19,000 19,090 17,250 17,907 206,995 214,887
Washington 92,442 92,661 95,258 97,147 98,130 99,028 98,924 97,630 96,617 94,500 94,725 94,698 93,943 95,360 97,300 95,980 96,500 1,151,760 1,158,002
West Virginia 24,790 24,872 24,820 24,784 24,639 24,959 25,329 24,774 24,207 24,037 23,214 22,419 21,718 21,257 21,042 24,404 23,532 292,844 282,379
Wisconsin 41,745 41,538 41,831 42,223 42,499 43,224 43,183 43,330 43,225 43,032 43,561 42,719 41,691 40,744 39,508 42,676 42,412 512,110 508,939
Wyoming 623 605 594 581 557 566 522 513 523 510 535 530 508 501 525 555 531 6,659 6,371
1/ Guam's TANF caseload figures reflect an estimate based on the first quarter of FY 2002.
As of 10/21/2008

Last Updated on 10/26/2008
By ACF

This is a Historical Document.