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TANF: Total Number of Adult Recipients
Fiscal and Calendar Year 2003
As of 4/24/2007
State Oct-02 Nov-02 Dec-02 Jan-03 Feb-03 Mar-03 Apr-03 May-03 Jun-03 Jul-03 Aug-03 Sep-03 Oct-03 Nov-03 Dec-03 Average
FY 2003		 Average
CY 2003		 Total
FY 2003		 Total
CY 2003
U.S. Totals 1,239,486 1,242,657 1,245,401 1,242,941 1,236,844 1,228,058 1,218,257 1,219,307 1,211,523 1,200,259 1,211,113 1,194,609 1,189,496 1,174,537 1,175,557 1,224,205 1,208,542 14,690,455 14,502,501
Alabama 8,848 8,899 9,181 9,271 9,330 9,437 9,582 9,733 9,874 9,855 9,963 9,780 10,224 10,062 10,129 9,479 9,770 113,753 117,240
Alaska 4,903 4,704 4,743 4,990 5,118 5,141 5,161 5,118 4,910 4,533 4,388 4,216 4,182 4,096 4,353 4,827 4,684 57,925 56,206
Arizona 27,882 28,625 28,964 29,075 29,155 29,417 29,568 30,440 31,114 31,717 32,743 32,983 33,247 32,960 32,956 30,140 31,281 361,683 375,375
Arkansas 7,083 6,811 6,444 6,290 6,168 6,564 6,394 6,385 6,237 6,285 6,208 6,291 6,227 6,031 6,228 6,430 6,276 77,160 75,308
California 233,597 234,712 233,465 225,700 224,416 218,535 216,952 214,928 211,681 208,535 210,674 209,432 208,193 205,447 203,966 220,219 213,205 2,642,627 2,558,459
Colorado 8,643 8,797 9,025 9,189 9,346 9,466 9,758 10,172 10,202 10,095 10,007 10,003 10,153 10,095 10,467 9,559 9,913 114,703 118,953
Connecticut 14,435 14,419 14,374 12,264 12,145 12,346 12,335 12,335 12,338 12,381 12,471 12,564 12,530 12,458 12,406 12,867 12,381 154,407 148,573
Delaware 3,112 3,100 3,044 3,065 2,964 2,941 2,940 3,022 3,040 3,067 3,065 3,111 3,154 3,164 3,122 3,039 3,055 36,471 36,655
Dist. of Col. 9,747 10,384 10,446 10,591 10,605 10,666 10,413 10,528 10,656 10,809 10,910 10,873 10,853 11,210 11,158 10,552 10,773 126,628 129,272
Florida 24,096 24,693 24,645 24,348 23,412 22,842 21,149 21,646 21,646 21,999 23,198 23,893 23,684 23,662 23,276 23,131 22,896 277,567 274,755
Georgia 30,766 31,054 31,328 31,516 31,039 30,133 29,815 30,177 30,164 30,544 30,906 31,144 31,632 31,469 31,825 30,716 30,864 368,586 370,364
Guam 1/ -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
Hawaii 8,096 8,197 8,091 7,811 7,764 7,564 7,652 7,539 7,412 7,336 7,294 7,243 7,139 7,092 6,921 7,667 7,397 91,999 88,767
Idaho 503 564 636 660 663 678 700 726 684 651 667 640 649 654 718 648 674 7,772 8,090
Illinois 20,214 21,160 20,704 18,477 18,793 18,284 16,709 16,918 16,383 15,242 15,464 15,220 14,322 14,942 15,184 17,797 16,328 213,568 195,938
Indiana 36,540 36,134 36,098 35,588 34,925 34,385 34,145 34,677 34,227 33,162 32,540 32,091 31,927 31,547 31,398 34,543 33,384 414,512 400,612
Iowa 16,928 17,015 17,016 16,965 17,237 17,164 17,604 17,654 17,405 17,313 17,484 17,386 13,798 13,719 13,656 17,264 16,449 207,171 197,385
Kansas 11,418 11,466 11,430 11,746 11,688 11,888 12,068 12,286 12,591 12,808 13,224 12,750 13,056 13,016 13,105 12,114 12,519 145,363 150,226
Kentucky 20,225 19,927 19,949 20,188 19,927 19,944 19,861 19,870 19,727 19,880 19,921 20,147 20,453 20,014 20,433 19,964 20,030 239,566 240,365
Louisiana 11,925 11,773 12,038 11,538 11,363 10,905 10,959 10,909 11,185 11,540 11,647 11,766 11,808 10,799 10,379 11,462 11,233 137,548 134,798
Maine 7,466 7,752 7,928 11,474 11,767 11,640 8,334 8,055 8,172 8,398 8,590 8,256 8,251 8,524 8,300 8,986 9,147 107,832 109,761
Maryland 15,263 15,334 15,529 15,616 15,402 15,250 15,058 15,015 14,898 15,072 15,055 14,934 15,045 14,866 15,125 15,202 15,111 182,426 181,336
Massachusetts 32,191 31,812 31,504 32,519 32,368 32,381 32,459 32,151 32,287 32,918 32,988 34,477 34,172 33,418 33,350 32,505 32,957 390,055 395,488
Michigan 48,135 48,694 49,905 51,255 53,439 53,685 53,992 54,219 53,474 54,612 56,002 56,052 56,069 55,479 56,299 52,789 54,548 633,464 654,577
Minnesota 26,747 26,900 26,259 26,413 26,349 26,415 26,915 26,866 27,080 26,899 27,090 26,712 26,149 25,910 25,240 26,720 26,503 320,645 318,038
Mississippi 12,054 12,667 12,466 12,300 12,230 11,916 11,674 11,858 11,953 11,890 12,275 12,057 12,196 12,326 12,002 12,112 12,056 145,340 144,677
Missouri 30,020 29,569 29,680 29,192 29,182 28,597 28,108 28,034 28,051 28,170 28,778 29,334 28,769 28,741 29,309 28,893 28,689 346,715 344,265
Montana 5,574 5,725 6,000 6,237 6,181 6,236 6,310 6,209 6,056 5,934 5,364 4,989 4,777 4,820 4,896 5,901 5,667 70,815 68,009
Nebraska 7,351 7,214 7,391 7,565 7,673 7,646 7,548 7,495 7,481 7,538 7,589 7,764 7,538 7,589 7,764 7,521 7,599 90,255 91,190
Nevada 6,893 6,521 6,531 6,336 6,229 6,198 6,042 5,906 5,749 5,575 5,485 5,387 5,240 5,214 5,260 6,071 5,718 72,852 68,621
New Hampshire 4,360 4,327 4,425 4,441 4,454 4,504 4,516 4,498 4,427 4,409 4,368 4,370 4,326 4,265 4,335 4,425 4,409 53,099 52,913
New Jersey 24,689 24,571 24,775 24,979 24,832 25,309 25,162 25,275 25,534 26,051 26,628 26,759 26,744 26,498 26,486 25,380 25,855 304,564 310,257
New Mexico 13,014 12,835 12,929 12,934 12,530 12,491 12,489 12,430 12,717 12,904 13,387 13,419 13,584 13,416 13,595 12,840 12,991 154,079 155,896
New York 97,682 96,957 96,328 95,851 96,048 95,918 94,644 94,970 94,146 93,392 93,120 94,078 95,973 94,519 95,161 95,261 94,818 1,143,134 1,137,820
North Carolina 19,743 19,732 19,682 19,380 18,837 18,705 18,723 18,734 18,317 18,216 18,072 17,881 17,984 17,701 17,674 18,835 18,352 226,022 220,224
North Dakota 2,420 2,488 2,525 2,567 2,563 2,555 2,748 2,760 2,685 2,660 2,716 2,647 2,567 2,521 2,481 2,611 2,623 31,334 31,470
Ohio 48,490 47,871 48,517 49,308 49,003 48,736 48,207 48,058 47,393 47,710 48,058 48,447 48,825 47,267 48,230 48,317 48,270 579,798 579,242
Oklahoma 9,195 9,037 9,038 9,335 8,550 8,424 8,324 8,339 8,353 8,449 8,620 8,763 8,765 8,576 8,503 8,702 8,583 104,427 103,001
Oregon 10,920 11,005 11,357 11,673 11,755 11,544 11,652 11,512 11,309 10,734 10,653 10,553 10,525 10,461 10,576 11,222 11,079 134,667 132,947
Pennsylvania 54,743 55,640 55,651 55,949 55,915 55,907 56,386 56,218 56,208 57,706 59,323 60,192 61,134 60,978 61,368 56,653 58,107 679,838 697,284
Puerto Rico 16,129 16,133 15,427 16,893 16,705 16,671 16,671 16,441 16,431 16,352 16,222 15,833 15,655 15,592 15,461 16,326 16,244 195,908 194,927
Rhode Island 11,081 11,037 11,065 11,071 10,913 10,814 10,664 10,536 10,417 10,391 10,391 10,314 10,312 10,153 10,058 10,725 10,503 128,694 126,034
South Carolina 15,611 15,570 15,313 15,298 14,851 14,681 14,594 14,468 14,349 14,386 14,413 14,340 11,121 10,510 9,747 14,823 13,563 177,874 162,758
South Dakota 1,186 1,196 1,213 1,201 1,149 1,118 1,121 1,107 1,063 1,084 1,054 1,000 1,051 1,032 1,066 1,124 1,087 13,492 13,046
Tennessee 48,260 48,965 49,652 49,890 50,398 51,041 51,264 51,809 52,425 52,827 53,560 54,815 54,860 54,492 54,425 51,242 52,651 614,906 631,806
Texas 79,566 79,074 79,240 79,048 76,306 75,119 74,380 74,960 74,561 75,412 75,749 56,506 60,516 57,088 55,549 74,993 69,600 899,921 835,194
Utah 5,805 5,863 5,958 6,125 6,169 6,204 6,238 6,257 6,227 6,294 6,397 6,501 6,552 6,492 6,533 6,170 6,332 74,038 75,989
Vermont 4,624 4,576 4,676 4,636 4,620 4,615 4,661 4,633 4,485 4,452 4,480 4,371 4,378 4,312 4,360 4,569 4,500 54,829 54,003
Virgin Islands 402 400 390 374 373 358 354 363 364 374 393 405 411 414 411 379 383 4,550 4,594
Virginia 19,060 19,164 19,147 19,293 19,421 19,369 19,155 19,586 19,323 8,155 8,282 8,400 8,533 9,300 9,381 16,530 14,017 198,355 168,198
Washington 39,614 39,436 40,712 41,741 41,924 42,755 43,065 42,461 40,992 40,050 39,672 39,407 39,300 38,618 39,647 40,986 40,803 491,829 489,632
West Virginia 12,550 12,573 12,920 13,146 13,120 13,515 13,353 13,094 12,999 13,080 13,078 13,319 10,017 10,057 9,990 13,062 12,397 156,747 148,768
Wisconsin 9,567 9,475 9,536 9,507 9,419 9,341 9,596 9,834 10,031 10,312 10,389 10,707 10,834 10,878 11,220 9,810 10,172 117,714 122,068
Wyoming 120 110 111 122 111 100 85 93 90 101 98 87 92 73 75 102 94 1,228 1,127
1/ Guam's TANF caseload figures reflect an estimate based on the first quarter of FY 2002.
As of 4/24/2007

Last Updated on 5/9/2007
By ACF

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This document was last modified on Nov-28-2008 .





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