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TANF: Total Number of Recipients
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 4,872,751 4,839,443 4,843,562 4,821,449 4,783,078 4,788,949 4,774,610 4,747,652 4,728,153 4,728,251 4,743,776 4,734,968 4,731,063 4,699,409 4,694,771 4,783,887 4,748,011 57,406,642 56,976,129
Alabama 46,868 46,357 46,576 45,515 44,775 44,824 44,908 44,241 43,946 44,055 45,347 47,109 48,035 49,157 49,499 45,377 45,951 544,521 551,411
Alaska 13,418 13,058 13,672 14,175 14,630 14,857 14,926 14,324 13,627 13,086 12,737 12,708 12,384 12,137 12,580 13,768 13,514 165,218 162,171
Arizona 122,466 121,966 121,916 118,983 116,766 115,860 112,734 110,583 110,849 109,550 110,527 107,443 107,606 105,734 104,660 114,970 110,941 1,379,643 1,331,295
Arkansas 24,402 23,665 24,229 23,493 23,161 22,501 21,532 21,036 20,909 20,999 21,292 21,095 21,009 20,465 19,314 22,360 21,401 268,314 256,806
California 1,097,194 1,093,961 1,091,317 1,096,175 1,094,805 1,106,654 1,117,649 1,113,133 1,112,100 1,109,348 1,100,090 1,105,392 1,101,649 1,098,925 1,100,870 1,103,152 1,104,733 13,237,818 13,256,790
Colorado 37,576 37,382 38,429 38,495 38,138 38,598 39,037 39,123 39,005 38,932 39,084 34,147 37,474 38,060 38,060 38,162 38,179 457,946 458,153
Connecticut 43,985 43,676 43,419 42,744 42,373 42,889 43,093 42,695 42,448 41,863 42,135 42,063 42,282 41,800 41,565 42,782 42,329 513,383 507,950
Delaware 13,066 13,073 12,924 12,617 12,397 12,440 12,621 12,705 12,502 12,763 12,814 12,757 12,926 12,852 12,813 12,723 12,684 152,679 152,207
Dist. of Col. 43,081 43,859 43,962 43,565 43,579 43,886 43,671 43,371 43,396 43,602 43,724 43,625 43,960 43,877 43,642 43,610 43,658 523,321 523,898
Florida 122,174 122,724 122,200 120,339 116,412 112,053 110,575 110,490 110,961 113,034 115,370 118,168 119,788 121,920 121,712 116,208 115,902 1,394,500 1,390,822
Georgia 136,460 135,809 136,835 134,683 130,919 125,384 120,995 117,902 115,862 114,061 112,725 109,230 110,705 105,627 102,388 124,239 116,707 1,490,865 1,400,481
Guam 1/ 10,692 10,873 10,783 10,692 10,873 10,783 10,692 10,873 10,783 10,692 10,873 10,783 10,692 10,873 10,783 10,783 10,783 129,392 129,392
Hawaii 24,164 24,050 23,497 23,299 23,197 22,704 22,636 22,327 22,155 22,274 22,433 22,156 22,095 21,774 21,666 22,908 22,393 274,892 268,716
Idaho 3,193 3,187 3,429 3,511 3,562 3,718 3,645 3,448 3,326 3,331 3,297 3,213 3,198 3,299 3,430 3,405 3,415 40,860 40,978
Illinois 83,963 86,453 87,164 89,100 88,613 88,544 88,736 89,438 90,025 91,033 92,203 92,948 94,156 95,409 97,106 89,018 91,443 1,068,220 1,097,311
Indiana 135,398 134,441 134,470 132,694 133,304 131,964 129,934 129,276 127,663 127,998 128,416 127,939 128,272 127,675 127,494 131,125 129,386 1,573,497 1,552,629
Iowa 44,958 44,722 44,397 45,011 44,668 44,673 44,932 44,407 44,125 44,669 45,448 45,025 45,320 44,089 43,411 44,753 44,648 537,035 535,778
Kansas 41,977 41,846 41,993 42,776 43,192 43,518 43,188 43,253 43,995 45,288 46,473 46,186 46,043 45,578 45,417 43,640 44,576 523,685 534,907
Kentucky 78,607 77,422 78,687 78,289 77,908 78,520 78,347 77,790 77,964 77,629 78,556 78,364 77,984 77,613 77,590 78,174 78,046 938,083 936,554
Louisiana 58,612 54,811 52,987 48,218 45,756 43,426 41,923 40,825 40,219 39,736 39,646 39,908 40,187 40,128 40,395 45,506 41,697 546,067 500,367
Maine 26,074 26,724 26,165 25,810 26,602 27,121 26,982 27,943 26,776 26,557 26,748 26,309 25,995 25,883 25,783 26,651 26,542 319,811 318,509
Maryland 61,800 60,893 62,664 60,764 60,368 60,846 60,426 60,082 59,683 59,860 59,894 60,046 60,092 58,208 59,993 60,611 60,022 727,326 720,262
Massachusetts 112,232 110,415 110,420 107,996 106,069 106,421 105,547 104,947 106,008 105,443 106,677 109,380 108,158 106,568 106,357 107,630 106,631 1,291,555 1,279,571
Michigan 210,495 209,004 211,445 210,492 212,876 214,883 215,071 213,189 211,520 211,365 212,548 213,296 215,133 213,364 216,013 212,182 213,313 2,546,184 2,559,750
Minnesota 91,734 91,280 89,071 90,010 87,989 89,015 90,472 89,251 88,613 87,536 84,206 80,451 78,668 76,188 74,527 88,302 84,744 1,059,628 1,016,926
Mississippi 45,623 46,018 45,167 44,549 43,828 41,953 41,515 41,401 40,386 40,393 39,661 39,012 38,849 38,209 37,810 42,459 40,631 509,506 487,566
Missouri 100,332 99,954 101,615 100,854 100,407 100,750 100,367 98,506 97,923 97,914 98,397 98,335 98,473 97,844 99,055 99,613 99,069 1,195,354 1,188,825
Montan 14,510 14,482 14,695 14,691 14,500 14,649 14,610 14,314 13,898 13,705 13,722 13,634 13,202 12,346 12,621 14,284 13,824 171,410 165,892
Nebraska 27,019 27,038 27,533 27,222 27,201 27,799 27,489 27,275 27,504 24,862 24,894 25,149 24,085 23,949 23,665 26,749 25,925 320,985 311,094
Nevada 22,394 22,176 22,326 22,343 21,114 21,014 20,350 20,129 20,498 20,307 20,229 18,587 18,582 16,658 16,318 20,956 19,677 251,467 236,129
New Hampshire 13,886 13,714 13,896 14,294 14,248 14,203 14,228 13,955 13,893 13,954 14,033 14,075 13,902 13,802 13,992 14,032 14,048 168,379 168,579
New Jersey 106,466 105,386 104,959 105,079 105,404 106,797 107,508 108,074 109,056 110,231 111,262 112,213 109,199 108,198 107,692 107,703 108,393 1,292,435 1,300,713
New Mexico 46,317 45,889 46,571 45,823 45,504 45,942 45,348 44,766 44,930 45,607 47,288 47,132 46,874 46,704 47,044 45,926 46,080 551,117 552,962
New York 336,554 333,868 336,211 336,315 337,037 340,261 339,655 339,261 334,486 333,613 334,869 332,705 332,686 329,796 328,403 336,236 334,924 4,034,835 4,019,087
North Carolina 81,475 80,694 80,793 78,310 76,166 75,919 75,527 74,841 74,914 74,738 75,539 76,508 76,571 75,471 74,490 77,119 75,750 925,424 908,994
North Dakota 8,439 8,273 8,147 8,065 7,781 7,805 7,842 7,750 7,638 7,535 7,645 7,530 7,389 7,366 7,301 7,871 7,637 94,450 91,647
Ohio 189,299 184,363 187,182 188,217 187,843 186,937 186,012 185,032 184,729 184,313 185,351 185,990 186,338 187,016 186,729 186,272 186,209 2,235,268 2,234,507
Oklahoma 37,193 36,626 36,348 35,235 33,694 33,284 33,026 32,631 32,696 32,862 33,567 33,581 32,967 32,860 32,511 34,229 33,243 410,743 398,914
Oregon 41,358 41,222 41,526 42,092 42,013 42,090 42,195 42,074 42,178 43,780 43,825 43,993 43,868 44,068 45,231 42,362 43,117 508,346 517,407
Pennsylvania 222,205 221,661 222,399 224,389 224,960 228,354 231,279 233,360 235,638 239,994 243,959 246,918 250,279 250,289 253,548 231,260 238,581 2,775,116 2,862,967
Puerto Rico 51,755 51,610 51,148 50,856 50,287 49,447 48,773 47,411 47,290 46,753 46,243 45,280 43,303 42,527 42,862 48,904 46,753 586,853 561,032
Rhode Island 34,040 33,571 33,206 33,017 32,753 32,543 32,250 31,194 30,756 30,499 29,908 29,408 28,779 28,897 28,288 31,929 30,691 383,145 368,292
South Carolina 44,322 42,758 40,645 39,277 37,708 37,415 36,997 36,145 36,375 36,736 37,058 37,372 38,029 37,828 36,802 38,567 37,312 462,808 447,742
South Dakota 6,116 6,104 6,233 6,107 5,791 5,911 6,040 6,044 5,958 5,968 5,882 5,862 6,047 6,106 6,295 6,001 6,001 72,016 72,011
Tennessee 191,532 190,646 190,473 188,890 189,320 190,288 188,892 189,499 189,628 190,007 191,546 190,862 190,777 190,982 189,328 190,132 190,002 2,281,583 2,280,019
Texas 286,800 279,922 273,432 266,377 250,069 243,270 232,890 232,639 227,421 231,072 237,040 234,680 234,415 228,496 224,490 249,634 236,905 2,995,612 2,842,859
Utah 22,946 22,848 22,986 22,897 23,061 23,304 23,127 22,876 22,924 22,971 23,088 23,112 22,998 23,452 23,400 23,012 23,101 276,140 277,210
Vermont 12,291 12,104 12,146 12,192 12,289 12,347 12,407 12,247 12,230 12,285 12,325 12,217 11,796 11,528 11,705 12,257 12,131 147,080 145,568
Virgin Islands 1,611 1,634 1,628 1,637 1,638 1,653 1,622 1,613 1,596 1,558 1,592 1,558 1,581 1,560 1,506 1,612 1,593 19,340 19,114
Virginia 23,836 25,929 26,211 26,495 26,585 26,694 27,379 27,884 27,637 27,691 27,858 28,400 28,947 29,621 29,793 26,883 27,915 322,599 334,984
Washington 131,742 131,279 134,905 137,815 139,686 141,336 141,404 139,377 137,875 135,154 135,288 135,105 134,109 135,552 137,817 136,747 137,543 1,640,966 1,650,518
West Virginia 34,807 34,929 34,810 34,739 34,568 35,079 35,821 34,701 33,779 33,473 32,178 30,984 29,905 29,195 28,878 34,156 32,775 409,868 393,300
Wisconsin 52,579 52,416 53,051 53,565 54,055 55,162 55,184 55,411 55,255 54,996 55,660 54,430 52,729 51,328 49,536 54,314 53,943 651,764 647,311
Wyoming 715 678 669 661 636 661 601 590 602 576 606 595 573 558 593 633 604 7,590 7,252
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.