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TANF: Total Number of Families
Fiscal and Calendar Year 2008
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 1,668,485 1,657,424 1,654,906 1,651,216 1,637,799 1,629,835 1,634,587 1,632,664 1,628,422 - - - - - - 1,232,945 817,877 14,795,338 9,814,523
Alabama 18,539 18,478 18,584 18,120 17,528 17,479 17,272 17,192 17,121 -    -    -    -    -    -    13,359 8,726 160,313 104,712
Alaska 3,052 3,020 2,989 3,039 3,127 3,203 3,218 3,211 3,073 -    -    -    -    -    -    2,328 1,573 27,932 18,871
Arizona 37,690 37,339 37,122 36,713 36,176 35,830 35,836 35,284 34,910 -    -    -    -    -    -    27,242 17,896 326,900 214,749
Arkansas 9,032 8,845 8,741 8,738 8,611 8,415 8,466 8,300 8,217 -    -    -    -    -    -    6,447 4,229 77,365 50,747
California 473,939 475,481 477,465 480,455 483,317 486,214 489,125 490,604 491,562 -    -    -    -    -    -    362,347 243,440 4,348,162 2,921,277
Colorado 9,410 9,354 9,094 9,163 9,128 9,087 8,856 8,533 8,484 -    -    -    -    -    -    6,759 4,438 81,109 53,251
Connecticut 19,542 19,412 19,424 19,394 19,165 19,153 19,012 18,998 18,759 -    -    -    -    -    -    14,405 9,540 172,859 114,481
Delaware 4,026 4,033 4,036 3,985 4,035 4,096 4,146 4,143 4,096 -    -    -    -    -    -    3,050 2,042 36,596 24,501
Dist. of Col. 5,600 5,467 5,237 5,355 5,302 5,385 5,646 5,177 5,293 -    -    -    -    -    -    4,039 2,680 48,462 32,158
Florida 46,980 47,481 48,608 49,109 48,648 48,114 47,919 48,265 49,112 -    -    -    -    -    -    36,186 24,264 434,236 291,167
Georgia 23,519 23,525 22,719 22,856 22,481 22,032 21,768 21,678 21,345 -    -    -    -    -    -    16,827 11,013 201,923 132,160
Guam 1/ 3,078 3,066 3,072 3,078 3,066 3,072 3,078 3,066 3,072 -    -    -    -    -    -    2,304 1,536 27,648 18,432
Hawaii 5,734 5,734 5,809 5,811 5,769 5,624 5,534 5,234 5,212 -    -    -    -    -    -    4,205 2,765 50,461 33,184
Idaho 1,500 1,504 1,527 1,507 1,503 1,490 1,472 1,495 1,479 -    -    -    -    -    -    1,123 746 13,477 8,946
Illinois 25,812 25,544 25,424 25,313 24,942 24,559 24,340 24,260 24,276 -    -    -    -    -    -    18,706 12,308 224,470 147,690
Indiana 42,759 42,073 41,136 40,644 41,093 41,056 40,293 40,199 39,779 -    -    -    -    -    -    30,753 20,255 369,032 243,064
Iowa 16,760 16,573 16,475 16,243 16,076 15,881 15,615 15,582 15,285 -    -    -    -    -    -    12,041 7,890 144,490 94,682
Kansas 13,496 13,062 12,853 12,784 12,597 12,328 12,065 11,942 11,946 -    -    -    -    -    -    9,423 6,139 113,073 73,662
Kentucky 29,697 29,562 29,323 29,568 29,185 29,141 29,247 28,992 28,597 -    -    -    -    -    -    21,943 14,561 263,312 174,730
Louisiana 11,181 11,113 11,107 10,930 10,590 10,306 10,830 10,089 9,969 -    -    -    -    -    -    8,010 5,226 96,115 62,714
Maine 9,343 9,268 9,424 9,575 9,427 9,529 9,641 9,355 9,569 -    -    -    -    -    -    7,094 4,758 85,131 57,096
Maryland 19,595 19,641 19,901 19,309 18,782 18,634 18,808 19,131 18,899 -    -    -    -    -    -    14,392 9,464 172,700 113,563
Massachusetts 46,434 45,979 45,970 45,619 45,071 45,389 45,227 45,447 45,317 -    -    -    -    -    -    34,204 22,673 410,453 272,070
Michigan 70,962 70,060 69,327 68,017 68,191 66,837 66,153 65,641 64,123 -    -    -    -    -    -    50,776 33,247 609,311 398,962
Minnesota 26,393 26,707 26,387 26,401 21,572 21,564 21,497 21,618 21,510 -    -    -    -    -    -    17,804 11,180 213,649 134,162
Mississippi 11,771 11,781 11,631 11,210 11,066 10,809 10,913 11,138 11,130 -    -    -    -    -    -    8,454 5,522 101,449 66,266
Missouri 38,069 37,622 37,375 37,104 36,239 35,843 35,742 34,849 34,444 -    -    -    -    -    -    27,274 17,852 327,287 214,221
Montana 3,158 3,127 3,192 3,315 3,176 3,207 3,200 3,100 2,961 -    -    -    -    -    -    2,370 1,580 28,436 18,959
Nebraska 6,272 6,467 6,573 6,790 6,990 6,846 6,851 6,853 6,665 -    -    -    -    -    -    5,026 3,416 60,307 40,995
Nevada 7,518 7,365 7,409 7,221 7,192 7,165 7,112 7,196 7,169 -    -    -    -    -    -    5,446 3,588 65,347 43,055
New Hampshire 4,631 4,522 4,471 4,452 4,761 4,731 4,410 4,310 4,246 -    -    -    -    -    -    3,378 2,243 40,534 26,910
New Jersey 36,406 36,359 36,420 34,039 33,586 33,344 33,231 33,261 33,258 -    -    -    -    -    -    25,825 16,727 309,904 200,719
New Mexico 12,436 12,040 12,195 12,739 12,510 12,600 13,035 13,216 13,425 -    -    -    -    -    -    9,516 6,460 114,196 77,525
New York 119,748 118,742 118,006 118,083 117,961 117,356 116,773 117,147 116,081 -    -    -    -    -    -    88,325 58,617 1,059,897 703,401
North Carolina 24,792 24,689 24,544 24,418 23,886 23,673 23,862 23,924 23,722 -    -    -    -    -    -    18,126 11,957 217,510 143,485
North Dakota 2,124 2,099 2,071 2,006 2,025 2,006 2,025 1,986 1,992 -    -    -    -    -    -    1,528 1,003 18,334 12,040
Ohio 80,269 80,481 80,629 80,743 80,319 80,250 80,974 80,803 80,411 -    -    -    -    -    -    60,407 40,292 724,879 483,500
Oklahoma 374 262 244 351 237 285 8,055 7,968 7,790 -    -    -    -    -    -    2,131 2,057 25,566 24,686
Oregon 18,735 18,808 19,168 19,588 19,640 19,721 19,900 20,060 20,144 -    -    -    -    -    -    14,647 9,921 175,764 119,053
Pennsylvania 59,411 55,519 55,389 56,567 55,456 53,907 50,024 50,135 48,437 -    -    -    -    -    -    40,404 26,211 484,845 314,526
Puerto Rico 12,531 12,366 12,356 12,099 12,305 11,629 11,470 11,604 11,797 -    -    -    -    -    -    9,013 5,909 108,157 70,904
Rhode Island 8,332 8,306 8,178 8,218 8,119 8,054 8,020 8,041 8,012 -    -    -    -    -    -    6,107 4,039 73,280 48,464
South Carolina 14,875 14,769 14,428 14,592 14,389 14,519 14,718 14,738 14,982 -    -    -    -    -    -    11,001 7,328 132,010 87,938
South Dakota 2,861 2,917 2,904 2,848 2,780 2,792 2,854 2,869 2,799 -    -    -    -    -    -    2,135 1,412 25,624 16,942
Tennessee 57,892 56,216 54,704 52,609 51,807 51,867 51,829 51,990 52,046 -    -    -    -    -    -    40,080 26,012 480,960 312,148
Texas 59,349 57,595 57,002 55,947 53,750 52,582 51,081 51,335 51,211 -    -    -    -    -    -    40,821 26,326 489,852 315,906
Utah 4,701 4,647 4,796 4,642 4,532 4,670 4,710 4,768 4,654 -    -    -    -    -    -    3,510 2,331 42,120 27,976
Vermont 3,941 3,946 4,242 3,849 3,804 3,769 3,772 3,868 3,761 -    -    -    -    -    -    2,913 1,902 34,952 22,823
Virgin Islands 398 409 399 411 409 404 405 402 409 -    -    -    -    -    -    304 203 3,646 2,440
Virginia 29,143 29,121 28,576 28,573 28,353 28,302 28,431 28,568 28,585 -    -    -    -    -    -    21,471 14,234 257,652 170,812
Washington 47,941 48,331 49,652 50,646 50,892 48,731 49,741 48,762 50,915 -    -    -    -    -    -    37,134 24,974 445,611 299,687
West Virginia 8,665 8,666 8,725 8,632 8,486 8,569 8,566 8,604 8,694 -    -    -    -    -    -    6,467 4,296 77,607 51,551
Wisconsin 17,793 17,664 17,608 17,516 17,474 17,512 17,523 17,478 17,432 -    -    -    -    -    -    13,167 8,745 158,000 104,935
Wyoming 276 267 265 282 273 274 296 255 245 -    -    -    -    -    -    203 135 2,433 1,625
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.