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TANF: Total Number of Recipients
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 3,897,819 3,864,357 3,863,680 3,852,137 3,808,958 3,787,626 3,793,262 3,795,131 3,783,511 - - - - - - 2,870,540 1,901,719 34,446,481 22,820,625
Alabama 43,419 43,422 43,740 42,262 40,354 40,186 39,598 39,374 39,404 -    -    -    -    -    -    30,980 20,098 371,759 241,178
Alaska 7,956 7,833 7,815 8,007 8,224 8,466 8,532 8,496 8,091 -    -    -    -    -    -    6,118 4,151 73,420 49,816
Arizona 80,532 79,686 79,229 78,493 76,997 75,996 75,405 75,224 74,356 -    -    -    -    -    -    57,993 38,039 695,918 456,471
Arkansas 20,924 20,401 19,998 19,945 19,479 18,965 19,146 18,785 18,600 -    -    -    -    -    -    14,687 9,577 176,243 114,920
California 1,167,045 1,166,843 1,175,334 1,183,058 1,188,713 1,195,251 1,202,808 1,208,637 1,208,868 -    -    -    -    -    -    891,380 598,945 10,696,557 7,187,335
Colorado 23,239 22,989 22,303 22,472 22,378 22,260 21,546 20,754 20,584 -    -    -    -    -    -    16,544 10,833 198,525 129,994
Connecticut 40,273 39,966 39,986 40,005 39,509 39,397 39,045 38,920 38,657 -    -    -    -    -    -    29,647 19,628 355,758 235,533
Delaware 8,432 8,367 8,375 8,224 8,306 8,496 8,681 8,656 8,492 -    -    -    -    -    -    6,336 4,238 76,029 50,855
Dist. of Col. 12,547 12,281 11,655 12,012 11,772 11,965 12,663 11,296 11,582 -    -    -    -    -    -    8,981 5,941 107,773 71,290
Florida 75,289 76,070 78,783 80,127 78,852 77,480 76,670 77,829 80,104 -    -    -    -    -    -    58,434 39,255 701,204 471,062
Georgia 42,781 42,810 41,096 41,038 40,031 38,971 38,374 38,278 37,461 -    -    -    -    -    -    30,070 19,513 360,840 234,153
Guam 1/ 10,692 10,873 10,783 10,692 10,873 10,783 10,692 10,873 10,783 -    -    -    -    -    -    8,087 5,391 97,044 64,696
Hawaii 14,006 13,987 14,236 14,281 14,164 13,739 13,435 12,574 12,570 -    -    -    -    -    -    10,249 6,730 122,992 80,763
Idaho 2,230 2,244 2,311 2,269 2,233 2,187 2,161 2,221 2,173 -    -    -    -    -    -    1,669 1,104 20,029 13,244
Illinois 60,035 59,146 58,882 58,551 57,527 56,473 55,865 55,607 55,837 -    -    -    -    -    -    43,160 28,322 517,923 339,860
Indiana 122,620 121,152 118,434 116,825 117,593 117,361 114,836 114,773 113,627 -    -    -    -    -    -    88,102 57,918 1,057,221 695,015
Iowa 42,291 41,803 41,625 41,036 40,473 39,996 39,179 38,964 38,095 -    -    -    -    -    -    30,289 19,812 363,462 237,743
Kansas 34,415 33,082 32,624 32,395 31,728 31,002 30,266 29,976 30,004 -    -    -    -    -    -    23,791 15,448 285,492 185,371
Kentucky 59,994 59,635 59,035 59,658 58,714 58,681 58,948 58,219 57,370 -    -    -    -    -    -    44,188 29,299 530,254 351,590
Louisiana 24,852 24,648 24,604 24,083 23,088 22,262 21,991 21,815 21,560 -    -    -    -    -    -    17,409 11,233 208,903 134,799
Maine 25,228 24,379 24,788 24,738 24,473 25,379 25,289 24,928 25,547 -    -    -    -    -    -    18,729 12,530 224,749 150,354
Maryland 44,812 44,923 45,817 44,492 42,934 42,550 43,080 44,077 43,437 -    -    -    -    -    -    33,010 21,714 396,122 260,570
Massachusetts 93,824 92,238 92,404 90,974 89,777 90,531 89,895 90,139 90,043 -    -    -    -    -    -    68,319 45,113 819,825 541,359
Michigan 185,310 182,732 180,662 177,255 177,538 173,760 171,675 170,519 166,179 -    -    -    -    -    -    132,136 86,411 1,585,630 1,036,926
Minnesota 62,328 63,246 62,317 62,122 47,919 47,742 47,462 47,673 47,411 -    -    -    -    -    -    40,685 25,027 488,220 300,329
Mississippi 24,028 24,155 23,889 22,788 22,457 21,896 22,163 22,650 22,768 -    -    -    -    -    -    17,233 11,227 206,794 134,722
Missouri 92,026 90,885 90,397 89,700 87,322 86,405 86,062 83,785 82,851 -    -    -    -    -    -    65,786 43,010 789,433 516,125
Montana 7,843 7,788 8,042 8,413 7,908 8,008 7,951 7,708 7,357 -    -    -    -    -    -    5,918 3,945 71,018 47,345
Nebraska 14,720 15,298 15,629 16,359 16,779 16,232 16,280 16,243 15,879 -    -    -    -    -    -    11,952 8,148 143,419 97,772
Nevada 19,202 18,812 18,881 18,449 18,186 18,066 17,931 18,155 18,183 -    -    -    -    -    -    13,822 9,081 165,865 108,970
New Hampshire 9,668 9,368 9,255 9,208 9,921 9,886 8,934 8,595 8,479 -    -    -    -    -    -    6,943 4,585 83,314 55,023
New Jersey 87,099 87,040 87,037 80,802 79,683 79,136 78,863 78,867 79,047 -    -    -    -    -    -    61,465 39,700 737,574 476,398
New Mexico 32,624 32,146 32,593 34,302 33,516 33,531 33,943 34,400 34,790 -    -    -    -    -    -    25,154 17,040 301,845 204,482
New York 263,785 261,388 260,645 259,858 258,948 257,416 256,197 257,631 255,592 -    -    -    -    -    -    194,288 128,804 2,331,460 1,545,642
North Carolina 46,590 46,332 46,103 45,961 44,545 44,066 44,571 44,714 44,414 -    -    -    -    -    -    33,941 22,356 407,296 268,271
North Dakota 5,369 5,240 5,205 5,059 5,133 5,040 5,078 4,950 4,939 -    -    -    -    -    -    3,834 2,517 46,013 30,199
Ohio 172,311 173,085 174,147 174,827 173,507 173,264 175,098 174,813 173,257 -    -    -    -    -    -    130,359 87,064 1,564,309 1,044,766
Oklahoma 921 656 634 876 565 730 17,153 16,994 16,448 -    -    -    -    -    -    4,581 4,397 54,977 52,766
Oregon 42,750 42,696 43,679 44,951 45,462 45,702 46,132 46,527 46,898 -    -    -    -    -    -    33,733 22,973 404,797 275,672
Pennsylvania 141,713 132,212 132,702 136,987 133,829 128,842 121,058 121,350 116,567 -    -    -    -    -    -    97,105 63,219 1,165,260 758,633
Puerto Rico 31,932 31,845 31,630 30,996 31,096 31,255 30,775 31,113 31,678 -    -    -    -    -    -    23,527 15,576 282,320 186,913
Rhode Island 19,717 19,648 19,355 19,393 19,156 19,030 18,864 18,887 18,758 -    -    -    -    -    -    14,401 9,507 172,808 114,088
South Carolina 33,286 33,008 32,080 32,541 31,956 32,399 32,945 32,988 33,735 -    -    -    -    -    -    24,578 16,380 294,938 196,564
South Dakota 5,895 6,006 6,007 5,831 5,626 5,673 5,875 5,889 5,682 -    -    -    -    -    -    4,374 2,881 52,484 34,576
Tennessee 149,770 144,909 140,323 133,719 131,063 131,024 130,809 131,295 131,542 -    -    -    -    -    -    102,038 65,788 1,224,454 789,452
Texas 134,600 130,052 128,331 125,476 119,357 116,201 112,328 113,002 112,738 -    -    -    -    -    -    91,007 58,259 1,092,085 699,102
Utah 11,243 11,144 11,600 11,270 11,015 11,364 11,447 11,685 11,337 -    -    -    -    -    -    8,509 5,677 102,105 68,118
Vermont 9,412 9,400 10,214 9,080 8,969 8,858 8,813 9,073 8,803 -    -    -    -    -    -    6,885 4,466 82,622 53,596
Virgin Islands 1,186 1,203 1,173 1,203 1,179 1,153 1,161 1,154 1,179 -    -    -    -    -    -    883 586 10,591 7,029
Virginia 64,706 64,710 63,338 63,127 62,525 62,469 62,567 63,148 63,382 -    -    -    -    -    -    47,498 31,435 569,972 377,218
Washington 111,807 112,583 116,161 118,676 119,080 113,364 116,154 113,910 119,418 -    -    -    -    -    -    86,763 58,384 1,041,153 700,602
West Virginia 19,561 19,527 19,483 19,048 18,541 18,702 18,710 19,216 19,359 -    -    -    -    -    -    14,346 9,465 172,147 113,576
Wisconsin 38,456 37,962 37,823 37,708 37,485 37,522 37,597 37,318 37,149 -    -    -    -    -    -    28,252 18,732 339,020 224,779
Wyoming 525 503 488 515 500 513 561 464 447 -    -    -    -    -    -    376 250 4,516 3,000
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.