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COMBINED TANF AND SSP-MOE - Fiscal and Calendar Year 2008
Total Number of Adult Recipients
As of 10/21/2008
State Oct-07 Nov-07 Dec-07 Jan-08 Feb-08 Mar-08 Apr-08 May-08 Jun-08 Jul-08 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Average
FY 2008		 Average
CY 2008		 Total
FY 2008		 Total
CY 2008
U.S. Totals 958,680 947,066 946,507 942,817 928,477 922,721 918,731 920,547 917,481 - - - - - - 700,252 462,565 8,403,027 5,550,774
Alabama 9,771 9,752 9,845 9,450 8,906 8,923 8,780 8,685 8,726 -    -    -    -    -    -    6,903 4,456 82,838 53,470
Alaska 2,401 2,368 2,350 2,434 2,526 2,604 2,628 2,637 2,494 -    -    -    -    -    -    1,870 1,277 22,442 15,323
Arizona 19,991 19,633 19,469 18,928 18,390 18,068 18,400 18,059 17,817 -    -    -    -    -    -    14,063 9,139 168,755 109,662
Arkansas 5,497 5,320 5,193 5,192 5,069 4,888 4,951 4,816 4,781 -    -    -    -    -    -    3,809 2,475 45,707 29,697
California 238,831 238,333 239,645 241,144 241,603 242,999 245,007 246,956 247,491 -    -    -    -    -    -    181,834 122,100 2,182,009 1,465,200
Colorado 5,242 5,162 4,952 5,019 5,014 4,992 4,764 4,495 4,419 -    -    -    -    -    -    3,672 2,392 44,059 28,703
Connecticut 12,082 11,964 11,966 11,967 11,788 11,781 11,688 11,630 11,584 -    -    -    -    -    -    8,871 5,870 106,450 70,438
Delaware 1,630 1,609 1,592 1,545 1,576 1,619 1,702 1,697 1,643 -    -    -    -    -    -    1,218 815 14,613 9,782
Dist. of Col. 2,299 2,209 2,040 2,160 2,070 2,195 2,341 2,034 2,067 -    -    -    -    -    -    1,618 1,072 19,415 12,867
Florida 10,384 10,722 11,515 11,990 11,697 11,383 11,146 11,571 12,346 -    -    -    -    -    -    8,563 5,844 102,754 70,133
Georgia 3,317 3,295 3,040 2,831 2,614 2,389 2,306 2,296 2,220 -    -    -    -    -    -    2,026 1,221 24,308 14,656
Guam 1/ -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   
Hawaii 4,594 4,642 4,749 4,832 4,781 4,602 3,457 3,182 3,179 -    -    -    -    -    -    3,168 2,003 38,018 24,033
Idaho 121 115 137 137 120 118 117 131 113 -    -    -    -    -    -    92 61 1,109 736
Illinois 9,323 9,031 8,956 8,908 8,635 8,409 8,263 8,294 8,401 -    -    -    -    -    -    6,518 4,243 78,220 50,910
Indiana 29,234 28,890 28,154 27,718 28,175 28,297 27,673 27,709 27,400 -    -    -    -    -    -    21,104 13,914 253,250 166,972
Iowa 16,062 15,697 15,654 15,540 15,209 15,117 14,733 14,356 14,050 -    -    -    -    -    -    11,368 7,417 136,418 89,005
Kansas 10,698 10,196 9,985 9,931 9,737 9,494 9,243 9,167 9,204 -    -    -    -    -    -    7,305 4,731 87,655 56,776
Kentucky 12,798 12,672 12,448 12,685 12,338 12,362 12,429 12,159 11,913 -    -    -    -    -    -    9,317 6,157 111,804 73,886
Louisiana 3,304 3,200 3,157 3,050 2,832 2,619 2,560 2,496 2,455 -    -    -    -    -    -    2,139 1,334 25,673 16,012
Maine 10,716 10,360 10,501 10,408 10,505 11,000 10,959 10,957 11,353 -    -    -    -    -    -    8,063 5,432 96,759 65,182
Maryland 11,606 11,689 11,961 11,515 11,024 10,921 11,119 11,527 11,325 -    -    -    -    -    -    8,557 5,619 102,687 67,431
Massachusetts 29,384 28,730 28,748 28,278 27,801 28,185 28,035 28,302 28,396 -    -    -    -    -    -    21,322 14,083 255,859 168,997
Michigan 49,114 48,372 47,703 46,565 46,772 45,736 45,209 44,820 43,473 -    -    -    -    -    -    34,814 22,715 417,764 272,575
Minnesota 16,179 16,402 16,174 16,181 11,071 11,055 10,934 11,016 10,970 -    -    -    -    -    -    9,999 5,936 119,982 71,227
Mississippi 5,457 5,526 5,426 5,088 5,013 4,891 4,988 5,160 5,243 -    -    -    -    -    -    3,899 2,532 46,792 30,383
Missouri 29,831 29,396 29,226 29,007 28,172 27,874 27,794 27,021 26,653 -    -    -    -    -    -    21,248 13,877 254,974 166,521
Montana 2,176 2,136 2,243 2,389 2,207 2,248 2,253 2,136 2,005 -    -    -    -    -    -    1,649 1,103 19,793 13,238
Nebraska 3,978 4,116 4,188 4,318 4,365 4,211 3,455 3,489 3,351 -    -    -    -    -    -    2,956 1,932 35,471 23,189
Nevada 4,864 4,694 4,710 4,534 4,472 4,438 4,390 4,460 4,439 -    -    -    -    -    -    3,417 2,228 41,001 26,733
New Hampshire 2,547 2,421 2,372 2,345 2,631 2,622 2,312 2,191 2,126 -    -    -    -    -    -    1,797 1,186 21,567 14,227
New Jersey 25,879 25,829 25,891 23,627 23,141 22,966 22,831 22,911 23,072 -    -    -    -    -    -    18,012 11,546 216,147 138,548
New Mexico 6,690 6,639 6,786 8,074 7,739 7,845 7,793 7,873 8,029 -    -    -    -    -    -    5,622 3,946 67,468 47,353
New York 106,123 105,038 104,816 104,048 104,290 103,523 102,682 104,141 102,755 -    -    -    -    -    -    78,118 51,787 937,416 621,439
North Carolina 7,850 7,733 7,657 7,554 7,127 6,999 7,151 7,192 7,180 -    -    -    -    -    -    5,537 3,600 66,443 43,203
North Dakota 1,452 1,395 1,403 1,359 1,387 1,344 1,386 1,337 1,329 -    -    -    -    -    -    1,033 679 12,392 8,142
Ohio 40,306 40,646 41,182 41,667 41,364 41,388 42,063 41,911 41,419 -    -    -    -    -    -    30,996 20,818 371,946 249,812
Oklahoma 244 186 174 248 157 205 2,664 2,639 2,519 -    -    -    -    -    -    753 703 9,036 8,432
Oregon 11,398 11,685 12,383 13,070 13,596 13,947 12,269 12,348 12,475 -    -    -    -    -    -    9,431 6,475 113,171 77,705
Pennsylvania 36,415 33,406 33,546 35,325 34,430 32,754 30,548 30,586 28,567 -    -    -    -    -    -    24,631 16,018 295,577 192,210
Puerto Rico 9,886 9,909 9,944 9,812 9,845 9,879 9,724 9,849 10,049 -    -    -    -    -    -    7,408 4,930 88,897 59,158
Rhode Island 6,132 6,123 6,010 6,058 5,975 5,921 5,441 5,478 5,459 -    -    -    -    -    -    4,383 2,861 52,597 34,332
South Carolina 7,161 7,099 6,776 6,982 6,792 6,931 7,063 7,080 7,356 -    -    -    -    -    -    5,270 3,517 63,240 42,204
South Dakota 894 913 920 870 818 810 861 869 816 -    -    -    -    -    -    648 420 7,771 5,044
Tennessee 41,917 40,072 38,457 36,529 35,580 35,518 35,583 35,711 35,556 -    -    -    -    -    -    27,910 17,873 334,923 214,477
Texas 20,372 19,294 18,808 18,030 16,479 15,772 14,976 15,283 15,230 -    -    -    -    -    -    12,854 7,981 154,244 95,770
Utah 3,453 3,389 3,526 3,378 3,244 3,334 3,371 3,472 3,375 -    -    -    -    -    -    2,545 1,681 30,542 20,174
Vermont 3,013 3,008 3,483 2,925 2,900 2,862 2,825 2,954 2,808 -    -    -    -    -    -    2,232 1,440 26,778 17,274
Virgin Islands 328 332 320 337 339 338 340 329 328 -    -    -    -    -    -    249 168 2,991 2,011
Virginia 19,686 19,759 19,311 19,262 18,938 18,862 18,849 18,974 19,092 -    -    -    -    -    -    14,394 9,498 172,733 113,977
Washington 34,073 34,249 35,454 36,256 36,230 34,402 35,513 34,808 37,018 -    -    -    -    -    -    26,500 17,852 318,003 214,227
West Virginia 5,473 5,393 5,236 4,985 4,775 4,855 4,903 5,222 5,350 -    -    -    -    -    -    3,849 2,508 46,192 30,090
Wisconsin 6,432 6,253 6,259 6,253 6,145 6,147 6,171 6,065 5,997 -    -    -    -    -    -    4,644 3,065 55,722 36,778
Wyoming 72 64 66 79 73 79 88 66 65 -    -    -    -    -    -    54 38 652 450
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 10/21/2008
By ACF



This is a Historical Document.