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TANF: Total Number of Adult Recipients
Fiscal and Calendar Year 2005
As of 10/21/2008
State Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05 Mar-05 Apr-05 May-05 Jun-05 Jul-05 Aug-05 Sep-05 Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Average
FY 2005 		Average
CY 2005 		Total
FY 2005 		Total
CY 2005
U.S. Totals 1,138,636 1,126,902 1,123,986 1,106,687 1,087,086 1,075,949 1,065,394 1,053,440 1,046,676 1,035,932 1,041,263 1,045,266 1,045,492 1,032,293 1,027,938 1,078,935 1,055,285 12,947,217 12,663,416
Alabama 10,661 10,993 11,116 10,846 10,585 10,564 10,448 10,409 10,330 9,757 10,610 10,842 10,902 10,680 10,692 10,597 10,555 127,161 126,665
Alaska 3,921 3,837 4,013 4,312 4,361 4,360 4,324 4,160 4,036 3,068 2,950 2,944 2,915 2,872 3,040 3,857 3,612 46,286 43,342
Arizona 28,386 27,749 27,416 26,454 25,613 25,259 24,677 24,202 24,018 24,306 24,421 24,570 24,652 24,175 24,094 25,589 24,703 307,071 296,441
Arkansas 5,084 4,912 4,685 4,701 4,580 4,340 4,037 3,967 3,940 3,789 3,867 4,324 4,359 4,293 4,180 4,352 4,198 52,226 50,377
California 200,056 198,595 198,653 195,807 193,248 192,237 190,136 188,721 188,632 186,783 188,002 188,891 188,186 186,054 184,044 192,480 189,228 2,309,761 2,270,741
Colorado 10,537 10,735 10,735 10,735 10,735 10,735 10,735 10,735 10,735 11,158 10,916 11,152 10,996 10,717 11,195 10,804 10,879 129,643 130,544
Connecticut 12,139 11,971 11,872 11,701 11,534 11,356 11,277 11,189 11,033 10,947 10,853 10,886 10,875 10,691 10,624 11,397 11,081 136,758 132,966
Delaware 3,134 3,134 3,107 3,035 2,939 2,944 2,993 2,924 2,957 2,957 3,051 3,137 3,183 3,167 3,133 3,026 3,035 36,312 36,420
Dist. of Col. 11,090 11,038 10,991 10,555 10,247 10,269 9,853 9,807 9,555 9,823 10,002 9,860 9,715 9,582 9,438 10,258 9,892 123,090 118,706
Florida 23,037 23,589 23,134 21,511 19,455 17,801 16,752 16,066 16,398 15,997 15,837 15,380 15,250 15,606 15,994 18,746 16,837 224,957 202,047
Georgia 22,848 21,159 20,060 18,302 16,707 15,467 14,432 13,921 13,474 12,889 12,655 12,703 12,311 11,488 10,787 16,218 13,761 194,617 165,136
Guam 1/ -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   
Hawaii 6,451 6,361 6,324 6,252 5,948 6,029 5,799 5,721 5,535 5,418 5,359 5,221 5,221 5,089 5,145 5,868 5,561 70,418 66,737
Idaho 562 590 630 642 630 614 570 531 516 506 500 503 500 463 465 566 537 6,794 6,440
Illinois 18,113 18,525 19,075 19,670 19,578 19,434 19,168 18,951 18,967 19,036 18,990 18,825 18,785 18,803 18,944 19,028 19,096 228,332 229,151
Indiana 29,669 29,467 29,272 28,849 29,050 28,345 27,945 27,911 27,700 27,785 28,218 27,837 27,812 27,671 27,449 28,504 28,048 342,048 336,572
Iowa 13,793 13,316 13,011 12,970 12,786 12,873 12,765 12,541 12,342 12,326 12,356 12,479 12,426 12,160 12,234 12,797 12,522 153,558 150,258
Kansas 14,526 14,312 14,292 14,620 14,491 14,337 14,480 14,459 14,412 14,868 15,031 15,099 15,049 14,517 14,387 14,577 14,646 174,927 175,750
Kentucky 20,073 19,892 19,884 19,533 19,250 19,098 18,599 18,393 18,261 17,948 18,206 18,015 18,024 17,722 17,529 18,929 18,382 227,152 220,578
Louisiana 6,749 6,718 6,778 6,394 6,025 5,836 5,524 5,490 5,562 5,509 5,719 5,527 5,333 5,105 4,589 5,986 5,551 71,831 66,613
Maine 8,244 8,215 8,153 8,014 8,067 8,108 8,136 8,057 8,048 7,853 7,925 7,769 7,904 7,791 7,798 8,049 7,956 96,589 95,470
Maryland 15,810 15,317 15,838 14,857 14,541 14,169 13,762 13,438 13,427 12,899 12,991 13,223 13,863 13,485 13,559 14,189 13,685 170,272 164,214
Massachusetts 32,718 32,175 32,263 31,762 32,014 31,623 31,632 31,762 31,642 31,080 31,471 32,135 30,184 29,806 29,517 31,856 31,219 382,277 374,628
Michigan 57,628 56,989 57,814 57,557 58,433 58,368 57,886 56,950 56,451 56,847 57,027 57,377 57,407 57,911 58,474 57,444 57,557 689,327 690,688
Minnesota 21,352 20,510 19,940 19,864 19,067 19,530 19,321 19,076 18,753 18,710 18,455 18,116 18,062 17,557 17,596 19,391 18,676 232,694 224,107
Mississippi 10,013 9,783 9,641 9,309 8,748 8,352 8,080 7,927 8,098 8,259 8,106 7,712 7,680 7,487 7,401 8,669 8,097 104,028 97,159
Missouri 28,890 28,748 29,219 28,825 28,556 28,835 28,249 28,302 28,331 28,140 28,123 28,289 28,799 28,651 28,725 28,542 28,485 342,507 341,825
Montana 4,238 3,934 4,054 4,090 4,107 4,207 4,142 4,007 3,951 3,891 3,119 3,103 3,063 3,138 3,238 3,904 3,671 46,843 44,056
Nebraska 6,486 6,419 6,327 6,250 6,099 6,151 10,470 10,284 10,443 6,546 6,754 6,801 6,681 6,512 6,464 7,419 7,455 89,030 89,455
Nevada 4,061 3,376 3,276 3,169 3,031 3,023 3,030 2,994 2,900 2,792 2,758 2,927 2,536 2,528 2,444 3,111 2,844 37,337 34,132
New Hampshire 4,297 4,277 4,322 4,307 4,374 4,417 4,495 4,371 4,301 4,351 4,313 4,348 4,289 4,231 4,265 4,348 4,339 52,173 52,062
New Jersey 29,314 29,052 28,871 28,681 28,099 27,973 27,755 27,856 27,651 27,710 27,972 28,324 30,126 29,919 29,719 28,272 28,482 339,258 341,785
New Mexico 13,611 13,493 13,562 13,355 12,937 12,635 12,494 12,492 12,487 12,323 12,861 12,847 12,938 12,873 12,850 12,925 12,758 155,097 153,092
New York 93,124 91,876 91,380 90,422 89,614 89,503 88,456 87,102 86,781 87,966 88,175 88,040 88,792 87,214 87,410 89,370 88,290 1,072,439 1,059,475
North Carolina 16,794 16,420 16,014 15,158 14,068 13,359 12,988 12,807 12,576 12,315 12,531 12,467 12,570 12,476 12,387 13,958 12,975 167,497 155,702
North Dakota 2,194 2,166 2,155 2,168 2,088 2,112 2,177 2,176 2,164 2,176 2,152 2,152 2,126 2,091 2,089 2,157 2,139 25,880 25,671
Ohio 45,455 45,742 45,696 45,268 44,400 43,608 42,630 41,661 40,861 40,483 41,012 41,511 42,182 41,926 41,900 43,194 42,287 518,327 507,442
Oklahoma 7,336 7,282 7,127 5,941 5,695 5,301 5,266 5,044 5,041 4,936 4,883 5,002 4,709 4,814 4,900 5,738 5,128 68,854 61,532
Oregon 11,364 11,412 11,785 11,910 11,953 12,045 11,773 11,453 11,287 11,097 11,154 10,980 10,834 10,816 10,828 11,518 11,344 138,213 136,130
Pennsylvania 73,529 73,491 74,498 74,367 74,380 75,045 75,202 75,176 74,807 74,942 75,610 76,381 76,123 75,371 75,350 74,786 75,230 897,428 902,754
Puerto Rico 12,881 12,660 12,642 12,617 12,553 12,344 12,130 12,055 11,926 11,884 11,699 11,514 11,586 11,692 11,669 12,242 11,972 146,905 143,669
Rhode Island 8,684 8,739 8,499 8,282 8,143 8,147 8,142 7,932 7,843 7,822 7,777 7,807 7,699 7,608 7,508 8,151 7,893 97,817 94,710
South Carolina 8,920 8,802 8,443 8,465 8,196 7,928 8,080 8,046 8,135 8,279 8,529 9,016 9,132 9,011 8,851 8,403 8,472 100,839 101,668
South Dakota 972 1,011 1,065 1,036 983 964 1,000 974 968 937 1,001 1,011 1,025 1,002 1,032 994 994 11,922 11,933
Tennessee 54,491 54,489 53,866 53,610 53,055 52,465 51,931 51,969 51,705 51,145 52,031 52,192 52,686 52,037 51,724 52,746 52,213 632,949 626,550
Texas 44,487 43,183 42,256 40,707 36,704 34,926 33,735 32,516 32,166 31,599 31,453 31,572 31,977 30,845 30,552 36,275 33,229 435,304 398,752
Utah 6,472 6,551 6,528 6,524 6,424 6,425 6,352 6,335 6,232 6,044 6,080 5,880 5,669 5,489 5,364 6,321 6,068 75,847 72,818
Vermont 4,200 4,113 4,176 4,122 4,101 4,080 4,104 4,028 3,960 3,922 3,974 4,008 3,865 3,877 3,901 4,066 3,995 48,788 47,942
Virgin Islands 403 392 376 364 363 356 331 330 319 327 313 321 318 313 297 350 329 4,195 3,952
Virginia 10,383 10,621 10,703 10,262 10,195 10,117 10,153 10,157 10,073 9,953 9,682 9,774 9,916 9,875 9,857 10,173 10,001 122,073 120,014
Washington 40,166 40,192 40,517 41,193 41,440 41,535 40,924 40,552 40,121 39,386 39,609 40,487 40,296 39,425 39,054 40,510 40,335 486,122 484,022
West Virginia 8,187 7,938 7,836 7,709 7,490 7,315 7,037 6,897 6,713 6,718 6,721 6,737 6,719 6,619 6,483 7,275 6,930 87,298 83,158
Wisconsin 11,038 10,584 10,028 9,568 9,341 9,016 8,951 8,558 8,052 7,666 7,387 7,167 7,174 6,990 6,719 8,946 8,049 107,356 96,589
Wyoming 65 57 68 65 65 69 66 58 60 64 72 81 68 58 50 66 65 790 776
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.