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TANF: Total Number of Families
Fiscal and Calendar Year 2004
As of 10/21/2008
State Oct-03 Nov-03 Dec-03 Jan-04 Feb-04 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Average
FY 2004 		Average
CY 2004 		Total
FY 2004 		Total
CY 2004
U.S. Totals 2,013,828 2,000,005 2,003,336 1,994,789 1,982,781 1,989,390 1,984,491 1,976,491 1,969,949 1,972,372 1,978,401 1,978,928 1,977,182 1,967,824 1,969,542 1,987,063 1,978,512 23,844,761 23,742,140
Alabama 19,597 19,435 19,525 19,167 18,911 18,924 18,964 18,772 18,689 18,732 19,286 19,851 20,214 20,590 20,684 19,154 19,399 229,853 232,784
Alaska 4,830 4,711 4,900 5,039 5,161 5,245 5,292 5,111 4,878 4,727 4,614 4,608 4,538 4,444 4,577 4,926 4,853 59,116 58,234
Arizona 52,224 52,093 52,170 51,183 50,348 49,967 48,712 47,861 47,996 47,582 47,858 46,719 46,586 45,907 45,477 49,559 48,016 594,713 576,196
Arkansas 10,810 10,509 10,695 10,424 10,306 10,078 9,732 9,551 9,492 9,499 9,610 9,564 9,497 9,311 8,771 10,023 9,653 120,270 115,835
California 449,287 449,050 449,132 451,402 450,993 458,279 461,439 461,220 461,801 462,540 461,046 463,808 465,065 464,049 466,597 456,666 460,687 5,479,997 5,528,239
Colorado 14,388 14,314 14,654 14,676 14,578 14,779 14,956 14,973 14,943 14,875 15,006 13,338 14,576 14,710 15,076 14,623 14,707 175,480 176,486
Connecticut 21,134 21,029 20,975 20,598 20,472 20,695 20,931 20,819 20,745 20,366 20,461 20,418 20,667 20,464 20,337 20,720 20,581 248,643 246,973
Delaware 5,752 5,757 5,705 5,602 5,533 5,555 5,609 5,640 5,546 5,643 5,674 5,700 5,778 5,750 5,723 5,643 5,646 67,716 67,753
Dist. of Col. 16,875 17,202 17,258 17,127 17,142 17,218 17,163 17,144 17,127 17,255 17,339 17,277 17,496 17,503 17,324 17,177 17,260 206,127 207,115
Florida 58,912 59,410 59,538 58,815 57,362 55,728 55,081 55,009 55,288 55,938 57,848 60,555 61,879 63,824 64,764 57,457 58,508 689,484 702,091
Georgia 57,188 57,004 57,359 56,689 55,457 53,685 52,246 51,175 50,445 49,828 49,361 48,137 48,848 47,143 46,065 53,215 50,757 638,574 609,079
Guam 1/ 3,078 3,066 3,072 3,078 3,066 3,072 3,078 3,066 3,072 3,078 3,066 3,072 3,078 3,066 3,072 3,072 3,072 36,864 36,864
Hawaii 9,287 9,237 9,080 8,988 8,969 8,821 8,794 8,673 8,603 8,648 8,679 8,590 8,595 8,510 8,474 8,864 8,695 106,369 104,344
Idaho 1,739 1,743 1,844 1,868 1,891 1,960 1,942 1,875 1,841 1,841 1,830 1,807 1,801 1,852 1,887 1,848 1,866 22,181 22,395
Illinois 33,763 34,568 34,856 35,524 35,426 35,534 35,708 35,967 36,181 36,438 36,828 37,121 37,584 38,084 38,667 35,660 36,589 427,914 439,062
Indiana 51,821 51,493 51,663 51,055 51,407 51,076 50,319 50,038 49,413 49,543 49,656 49,580 45,036 44,692 44,606 50,589 48,868 607,064 586,421
Iowa 18,258 18,164 18,107 18,324 18,252 18,303 18,411 18,255 18,099 18,290 18,560 18,411 18,535 18,139 17,866 18,286 18,287 219,434 219,445
Kansas 16,164 16,114 16,156 16,429 16,574 16,741 16,610 16,663 16,870 17,304 17,703 17,636 17,622 17,476 17,441 16,747 17,089 200,964 205,069
Kentucky 35,607 35,237 35,728 35,664 35,579 35,816 35,773 35,569 35,578 35,468 35,794 35,733 35,684 35,592 35,569 35,629 35,652 427,546 427,819
Louisiana 23,188 21,857 21,215 19,596 18,797 18,061 17,607 17,270 17,067 16,902 16,852 16,916 17,039 17,043 17,172 18,777 17,527 225,328 210,322
Maine 9,455 9,627 9,634 9,549 9,804 9,750 9,969 10,156 9,625 9,618 9,780 9,584 9,617 9,716 9,782 9,713 9,746 116,551 116,950
Maryland 26,457 26,124 26,850 25,222 25,126 25,319 25,163 25,055 24,971 24,990 24,869 25,012 25,003 24,355 24,919 25,430 25,000 305,158 300,004
Massachusetts 51,259 50,412 50,300 49,637 48,867 49,008 48,783 48,729 48,905 51,224 49,542 50,368 50,145 49,630 49,481 49,753 49,527 597,034 594,319
Michigan 78,738 78,265 79,051 78,764 79,566 80,307 80,471 79,967 79,411 79,215 79,580 79,843 80,723 80,196 81,007 79,432 79,921 953,178 959,050
Minnesota 35,541 35,273 34,571 34,920 34,235 34,621 35,073 34,738 34,532 34,104 32,906 31,568 30,892 30,065 29,531 34,340 33,099 412,082 397,185
Mississippi 19,843 20,016 19,769 19,474 19,218 18,619 18,476 18,410 18,096 18,108 17,842 17,665 17,584 17,374 17,272 18,795 18,178 225,536 218,138
Missouri 41,050 40,929 41,586 41,369 41,262 41,485 41,341 40,607 40,441 40,424 40,628 40,626 40,776 40,492 41,007 40,979 40,872 491,748 490,458
Montan 5,310 5,311 5,349 5,374 5,326 5,387 5,362 5,278 5,147 5,074 5,089 5,069 4,946 4,664 4,743 5,256 5,122 63,076 61,459
Nebraska 10,804 10,811 11,049 11,099 11,176 11,413 11,211 11,134 11,168 10,270 10,284 10,387 10,064 10,028 9,916 10,901 10,679 130,806 128,150
Nevada 9,373 9,296 9,345 9,305 8,918 8,913 8,642 8,575 8,677 8,585 8,555 7,949 7,918 7,235 7,116 8,844 8,366 106,133 100,388
New Hampshire 6,010 5,938 5,989 6,118 6,090 6,109 6,144 6,046 6,030 6,014 6,034 6,060 6,009 6,002 6,076 6,049 6,061 72,582 72,732
New Jersey 44,142 43,690 43,589 43,732 43,912 44,500 44,775 44,931 45,296 45,679 46,115 46,507 44,368 43,919 43,783 44,739 44,793 536,868 537,517
New Mexico 17,624 17,408 17,606 17,414 17,384 17,641 17,507 17,287 17,410 17,590 18,103 18,111 18,029 17,954 18,083 17,590 17,709 211,085 212,513
New York 148,063 146,534 146,952 146,473 146,897 148,293 148,488 148,548 146,777 145,767 146,338 145,464 145,754 144,652 144,012 147,050 146,455 1,764,594 1,757,463
North Carolina 39,375 39,107 39,124 38,164 37,378 37,253 37,097 36,825 36,751 36,651 36,853 37,232 37,163 36,795 36,466 37,651 37,052 451,810 444,628
North Dakota 3,277 3,215 3,190 3,135 3,043 3,050 3,044 3,026 2,999 2,913 2,940 2,934 2,879 2,882 2,845 3,064 2,974 36,766 35,690
Ohio 85,411 83,857 84,781 85,030 85,013 84,852 84,471 84,110 84,195 83,970 84,423 84,780 84,987 85,149 84,937 84,574 84,660 1,014,893 1,015,917
Oklahoma 15,178 14,964 14,921 14,529 13,960 13,881 13,796 13,659 13,684 13,757 14,016 14,046 13,859 13,799 13,691 14,199 13,890 170,391 166,677
Oregon 18,161 18,099 18,223 18,407 18,433 18,357 18,504 18,429 18,371 19,071 19,078 19,161 19,085 19,282 19,680 18,525 18,822 222,294 225,858
Pennsylvania 85,105 84,854 85,198 85,615 85,816 87,111 88,273 88,848 89,747 90,987 92,310 93,668 94,808 95,037 96,642 88,128 90,739 1,057,532 1,088,862
Puerto Rico 18,416 18,372 18,211 18,108 17,883 17,591 17,410 17,038 17,007 16,844 16,705 16,336 15,672 15,345 15,544 17,493 16,790 209,921 201,483
Rhode Island 12,928 12,781 12,693 12,657 12,552 12,476 12,385 12,058 11,943 11,885 11,664 11,513 11,290 11,351 11,111 12,295 11,907 147,535 142,885
South Carolina 18,645 18,098 17,331 16,886 16,372 16,287 16,164 15,866 15,920 16,042 16,179 16,318 16,545 16,403 16,056 16,676 16,253 200,108 195,038
South Dakota 2,776 2,761 2,809 2,785 2,691 2,740 2,777 2,764 2,729 2,716 2,692 2,700 2,755 2,781 2,839 2,745 2,747 32,940 32,969
Tennessee 72,495 72,202 72,162 71,638 71,831 72,204 71,687 71,838 71,822 71,974 72,566 72,413 72,394 72,394 71,824 72,069 72,049 864,832 864,585
Texas 121,219 116,174 113,763 111,073 105,689 103,262 99,366 99,024 96,780 97,760 99,483 98,767 98,838 96,855 95,259 105,197 100,180 1,262,360 1,202,156
Utah 8,990 8,969 9,037 9,005 9,097 9,174 9,120 8,995 8,980 8,988 9,066 9,072 9,077 9,234 9,213 9,041 9,085 108,493 109,021
Vermont 4,842 4,761 4,779 4,786 4,844 4,872 4,893 4,830 4,831 4,845 4,855 4,829 4,700 4,613 4,651 4,831 4,796 57,967 57,549
Virgin Islands 530 531 539 548 550 559 552 546 538 524 528 516 519 518 504 538 534 6,461 6,402
Virginia 8,363 9,106 9,185 9,267 9,317 9,351 9,633 9,805 9,691 9,746 9,736 9,954 10,139 10,372 10,439 9,430 9,788 113,154 117,450
Washington 53,619 53,678 55,076 56,201 56,972 57,521 57,641 56,921 56,359 55,383 55,486 55,434 55,121 55,855 56,930 55,858 56,319 670,291 675,824
West Virginia 14,702 14,668 14,620 14,629 14,592 14,822 14,803 14,572 14,285 14,135 13,697 13,281 12,914 12,708 12,582 14,401 13,918 172,806 167,020
Wisconsin 21,829 21,795 22,043 22,262 22,386 22,765 22,760 22,892 22,825 22,707 23,062 22,592 22,166 21,705 21,121 22,493 22,437 269,918 269,243
Wyoming 396 386 379 366 357 360 343 333 332 315 326 328 325 315 331 352 336 4,221 4,031
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 10/26/2008
By ACF

This is a Historical Document.