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TANF: Total Number of Child 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 3,741,493 3,749,870 3,757,544 3,765,523 3,758,431 3,737,167 3,731,310 3,736,086 3,727,232 3,683,014 3,714,587 3,673,736 3,672,503 3,654,033 3,657,222 3,731,333 3,709,237 44,775,993 44,510,844
Alabama 34,025 34,130 34,665 34,884 34,973 35,209 35,439 35,716 35,918 35,816 36,168 35,748 36,644 36,295 36,447 35,224 35,771 422,691 429,257
Alaska 10,618 10,207 10,273 10,607 10,814 10,786 10,838 10,850 10,448 9,858 9,626 6,434 9,236 8,962 9,319 10,113 9,815 121,359 117,778
Arizona 78,025 79,875 80,666 81,030 81,234 81,549 81,776 83,453 84,557 85,519 87,768 88,288 89,219 89,006 88,960 82,812 85,197 993,740 1,022,359
Arkansas 20,346 19,676 19,798 19,543 19,117 18,818 18,539 18,404 18,166 18,279 18,080 18,178 18,175 17,634 18,001 18,912 18,411 226,944 220,934
California 877,194 881,818 881,854 894,136 903,715 894,261 899,888 899,066 894,943 885,106 893,826 890,263 889,001 888,514 887,351 891,339 893,339 10,696,070 10,720,070
Colorado 24,195 24,368 24,723 24,983 25,252 25,396 25,859 27,068 27,162 27,035 26,840 27,111 27,423 27,287 27,962 25,833 26,615 309,992 319,378
Connecticut 35,551 35,339 35,243 31,414 30,941 31,144 31,033 31,066 31,031 30,488 30,636 31,280 31,455 31,218 31,013 32,097 31,060 385,166 372,719
Delaware 9,806 9,819 9,766 9,728 9,538 9,410 9,400 9,571 9,638 9,671 9,710 9,840 9,912 9,909 9,802 9,658 9,677 115,897 116,129
Dist. of Col. 32,074 31,721 31,868 31,922 31,771 31,495 31,263 31,380 31,515 32,014 32,351 32,107 32,228 32,649 32,804 31,790 31,958 381,481 383,499
Florida 98,923 100,156 100,193 100,032 98,035 96,238 92,792 94,052 93,864 93,792 96,481 98,028 98,490 99,062 98,924 96,882 96,649 1,162,586 1,159,790
Georgia 103,744 104,410 104,905 105,442 104,081 101,870 100,956 101,528 101,185 102,008 102,876 103,675 104,828 104,340 105,010 103,057 103,150 1,236,680 1,237,799
Guam 1/ -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
Hawaii 18,885 19,064 18,946 18,500 18,321 17,845 17,931 17,789 17,582 17,333 17,245 17,141 17,025 16,958 16,576 18,049 17,521 216,582 210,246
Idaho 2,141 2,261 2,395 2,438 2,476 2,526 2,595 2,638 2,576 2,548 2,583 2,535 2,544 2,533 2,711 2,476 2,559 29,712 30,703
Illinois 87,460 90,095 88,658 82,078 83,458 81,668 77,077 77,856 76,284 72,791 73,274 72,325 69,641 71,511 71,980 80,252 75,829 963,024 909,943
Indiana 106,236 106,257 107,292 107,293 107,326 106,186 105,952 106,055 105,747 104,126 103,394 103,248 103,471 102,894 103,072 105,759 104,897 1,269,112 1,258,764
Iowa 34,763 34,783 34,765 34,554 34,800 34,549 35,184 35,340 34,944 34,841 35,199 35,142 31,160 31,003 30,741 34,905 33,955 418,864 407,457
Kansas 26,672 26,688 26,595 27,005 26,935 27,205 27,546 27,872 28,351 28,792 29,373 28,538 28,921 28,830 28,888 27,631 28,188 331,572 338,256
Kentucky 57,353 57,055 57,094 57,312 56,699 56,744 56,650 56,704 56,484 57,019 57,324 57,550 58,154 57,408 58,254 56,999 57,192 683,988 686,302
Louisiana 47,570 47,284 48,165 47,095 46,251 45,252 45,077 44,888 45,246 46,029 46,157 46,738 46,804 44,012 42,608 46,313 45,513 555,752 546,157
Maine 16,637 16,996 17,235 17,388 17,737 17,594 17,799 17,289 17,593 17,938 18,121 17,888 17,823 18,200 17,865 17,518 17,770 210,215 213,235
Maryland 47,659 46,968 47,218 46,698 45,446 45,603 45,371 45,298 44,874 45,942 45,477 45,041 46,755 46,027 47,539 45,966 45,839 551,595 550,071
Massachusetts 78,672 77,931 77,301 76,680 76,285 76,088 75,835 75,263 75,168 75,684 75,824 78,333 78,060 76,997 77,070 76,589 76,441 919,064 917,287
Michigan 139,780 140,627 142,885 144,894 148,435 148,784 149,167 150,181 149,110 151,089 154,166 154,102 154,426 153,525 155,146 147,768 151,085 1,773,220 1,813,025
Minnesota 68,442 68,852 67,316 67,653 67,370 67,250 68,443 68,051 68,675 67,980 67,789 66,796 65,585 65,370 63,831 67,885 67,066 814,617 804,793
Mississippi 33,875 35,155 34,624 34,233 33,892 33,275 32,630 32,934 33,199 32,993 33,642 33,125 33,427 33,692 33,165 33,631 33,351 403,577 400,207
Missouri 76,914 75,527 75,683 74,163 73,752 72,201 71,194 71,042 70,720 70,357 71,749 72,697 71,563 71,213 72,306 73,000 71,913 875,999 862,957
Montana 10,917 11,123 11,499 11,743 11,693 11,838 11,993 11,922 11,787 11,536 10,637 10,028 9,733 9,662 9,799 11,393 11,031 136,716 132,371
Nebraska 19,196 18,851 19,238 19,560 19,603 19,433 19,269 19,079 19,323 19,481 19,449 19,769 19,481 19,449 19,769 19,354 19,472 232,251 233,665
Nevada 20,554 19,902 20,196 19,920 19,735 19,634 19,322 18,958 18,563 18,120 17,829 17,487 17,094 16,962 17,066 19,185 18,391 230,220 220,690
New Hampshire 9,706 9,669 9,752 9,725 9,687 9,756 9,824 9,828 9,712 9,708 9,679 9,674 9,560 9,449 9,561 9,727 9,680 116,720 116,163
New Jersey 76,576 76,455 76,755 76,928 76,030 76,660 76,535 77,101 77,493 77,955 78,770 78,943 79,722 78,888 78,473 77,183 77,792 926,201 933,498
New Mexico 31,665 31,456 31,569 31,367 30,490 30,508 30,513 30,401 30,823 31,318 32,315 32,466 32,733 32,473 32,976 31,241 31,532 374,891 378,383
New York 251,925 249,328 247,340 245,920 245,356 245,086 244,188 242,057 239,376 237,346 235,893 237,066 240,581 239,349 241,050 243,407 241,106 2,920,881 2,893,268
North Carolina 67,763 67,765 67,471 66,576 65,330 65,201 65,151 65,031 63,995 63,783 63,402 63,075 63,491 62,993 63,119 65,379 64,262 784,543 771,147
North Dakota 6,011 6,029 6,083 6,175 6,151 6,047 6,023 6,044 6,050 6,003 6,155 6,020 5,872 5,752 5,666 6,066 5,997 72,791 71,958
Ohio 140,562 138,965 139,715 140,961 140,076 139,372 138,102 138,210 137,739 138,583 138,822 139,779 140,474 137,096 138,952 139,241 139,014 1,670,886 1,668,166
Oklahoma 29,221 28,768 28,822 29,288 27,579 27,408 27,333 27,363 27,507 27,677 28,159 28,406 28,428 28,050 27,845 28,128 27,920 337,531 335,043
Oregon 30,321 30,592 31,384 32,220 32,377 32,047 32,348 32,110 31,928 31,049 30,874 30,749 30,833 30,761 30,950 31,500 31,521 377,999 378,246
Pennsylvania 151,606 153,035 152,566 152,634 152,113 151,460 152,358 152,259 152,765 155,701 158,627 159,944 161,071 160,683 161,031 153,756 155,887 1,845,068 1,870,646
Puerto Rico 36,722 36,718 35,194 38,235 37,879 37,873 37,873 37,375 37,514 37,382 37,199 36,462 36,100 36,018 35,687 37,202 37,133 446,426 445,597
Rhode Island 25,688 25,598 25,563 25,483 25,123 24,900 24,560 24,352 24,130 24,102 24,107 23,873 23,728 23,418 23,148 24,790 24,244 297,479 290,924
South Carolina 40,114 40,049 39,358 39,125 38,207 37,754 37,441 37,059 36,915 37,182 37,362 37,276 33,201 32,248 30,898 38,154 36,222 457,842 434,668
South Dakota 5,345 5,326 5,337 5,259 5,101 5,025 5,099 5,198 5,134 5,125 5,059 4,919 5,065 5,072 5,167 5,161 5,102 61,927 61,223
Tennessee 123,594 125,342 126,741 127,131 128,183 129,425 129,857 130,318 131,828 132,699 134,415 136,837 136,672 136,154 136,048 129,698 132,464 1,556,370 1,589,567
Texas 265,392 264,603 265,609 265,856 260,073 258,316 257,148 259,548 261,345 261,741 268,055 225,259 226,284 222,834 217,883 259,412 248,695 3,112,945 2,984,342
Utah 14,835 15,068 15,284 15,541 15,446 15,596 15,709 15,810 15,805 15,920 16,251 16,443 16,394 16,356 16,453 15,642 15,977 187,708 191,724
Vermont 8,349 8,269 8,346 8,243 8,147 8,122 8,137 8,092 8,009 7,933 8,066 7,872 7,913 7,792 7,786 8,132 8,009 97,585 96,112
Virgin Islands 1,087 1,086 1,063 1,038 1,046 1,001 1,014 1,027 1,064 1,110 1,174 1,186 1,200 1,220 1,217 1,075 1,108 12,896 13,297
Virginia 50,244 50,492 50,391 50,678 50,768 50,830 50,052 51,132 50,605 14,730 14,970 15,127 15,303 16,629 16,830 41,668 33,138 500,019 397,654
Washington 91,826 92,202 95,521 97,203 97,091 97,966 98,074 96,962 94,895 92,725 92,107 92,314 92,442 92,661 95,258 94,907 94,975 1,138,886 1,139,698
West Virginia 26,900 26,872 27,383 27,678 27,397 27,963 27,835 27,601 27,586 27,929 28,065 28,431 24,790 24,872 24,820 27,637 27,081 331,640 324,967
Wisconsin 37,151 38,590 38,589 38,675 38,451 38,371 38,705 39,284 39,760 40,506 40,854 41,573 41,745 41,538 41,831 39,209 40,108 470,509 481,293
Wyoming 663 655 649 656 645 629 613 611 601 622 613 607 623 605 594 630 618 7,564 7,419
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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