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TANF: Total Number of Families
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 1,977,182 1,967,824 1,969,542 1,952,578 1,930,926 1,922,924 1,907,718 1,893,305 1,887,029 1,873,402 1,880,056 1,878,761 1,875,973 1,864,854 1,863,094 1,920,104 1,894,218 23,041,247 22,730,620
Alabama 20,214 20,590 20,684 20,431 20,055 20,030 19,821 19,809 19,667 18,969 19,999 20,206 20,312 20,133 20,141 20,040 19,964 240,475 239,573
Alaska 4,538 4,444 4,577 4,779 4,803 4,814 4,784 4,660 4,565 3,574 3,513 3,526 3,507 3,489 3,590 4,381 4,134 52,577 49,604
Arizona 46,586 45,907 45,477 44,284 43,254 42,804 42,281 41,822 41,544 41,856 42,031 42,209 42,375 42,010 41,943 43,338 42,368 520,055 508,413
Arkansas 9,497 9,311 8,771 9,081 8,962 8,660 8,310 8,222 8,191 8,041 8,165 8,487 8,448 8,385 8,283 8,642 8,436 103,698 101,235
California 465,065 464,049 466,597 465,443 464,609 466,074 465,524 463,828 463,342 459,259 460,285 458,757 457,127 454,149 453,868 463,569 461,022 5,562,832 5,532,265
Colorado 14,576 14,710 15,076 15,360 15,440 15,903 15,878 15,554 15,430 15,104 14,967 15,214 15,049 14,836 15,303 15,268 15,337 183,212 184,038
Connecticut 20,667 20,464 20,337 20,211 20,024 19,890 19,827 19,694 19,473 19,247 19,165 18,962 19,176 18,977 18,935 19,830 19,465 237,961 233,581
Delaware 5,778 5,750 5,723 5,648 5,519 5,531 5,588 5,466 5,504 5,497 5,573 5,691 5,799 5,768 5,744 5,606 5,611 67,268 67,328
Dist. of Col. 17,496 17,503 17,324 17,040 16,987 16,905 16,660 16,490 16,408 16,522 16,584 16,560 16,596 16,431 16,209 16,873 16,616 202,479 199,392
Florida 61,879 63,824 64,764 63,517 61,010 59,367 58,065 56,680 58,229 57,435 57,368 56,093 55,536 56,330 56,776 59,853 58,034 718,231 696,406
Georgia 48,848 47,143 46,065 44,260 42,473 41,155 39,926 39,136 38,543 37,985 37,683 37,748 37,267 36,400 35,621 41,747 39,016 500,965 468,197
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 8,595 8,510 8,474 8,365 8,062 8,169 7,927 7,861 7,675 7,526 7,457 7,336 7,322 7,196 7,243 7,996 7,678 95,957 92,139
Idaho 1,801 1,852 1,887 1,895 1,897 1,919 1,882 1,865 1,855 1,830 1,816 1,815 1,868 1,834 1,870 1,860 1,862 22,314 22,346
Illinois 37,584 38,084 38,667 39,259 39,065 38,887 38,568 38,287 38,250 38,133 38,001 37,904 37,855 37,962 38,129 38,391 38,358 460,689 460,300
Indiana 45,036 44,692 44,606 44,135 44,603 43,880 43,574 43,562 43,207 43,397 44,083 43,725 43,621 43,568 43,348 44,042 43,725 528,500 524,703
Iowa 18,535 18,139 17,866 17,824 17,606 17,738 17,737 17,555 17,350 17,307 17,319 17,507 17,462 17,219 17,215 17,707 17,487 212,483 209,839
Kansas 17,622 17,476 17,441 17,673 17,531 17,399 17,492 17,488 17,404 17,812 17,996 18,126 17,994 17,491 17,400 17,622 17,651 211,460 211,806
Kentucky 35,684 35,592 35,569 35,242 34,959 34,864 34,372 34,179 34,014 33,743 34,111 34,082 34,111 33,878 33,691 34,701 34,271 416,411 411,246
Louisiana 17,039 17,043 17,172 16,717 16,228 15,966 15,562 15,500 15,556 15,423 15,693 15,337 15,131 14,861 13,871 16,103 15,487 193,236 185,845
Maine 9,617 9,716 9,782 9,550 9,668 9,654 9,747 9,474 9,633 9,237 9,230 9,206 9,200 9,356 9,516 9,543 9,456 114,514 113,471
Maryland 25,003 24,355 24,919 23,858 23,492 23,091 22,661 22,330 22,402 21,761 21,788 21,949 22,597 22,210 22,530 23,134 22,556 277,609 270,669
Massachusetts 50,145 49,630 49,481 48,739 48,666 48,837 48,477 48,573 48,307 47,872 48,292 48,865 48,309 47,896 47,641 48,824 48,373 585,884 580,474
Michigan 80,723 80,196 81,007 80,771 81,379 81,329 80,963 80,204 79,800 79,975 80,201 80,529 80,703 81,317 81,882 80,590 80,754 967,077 969,053
Minnesota 30,892 30,065 29,531 29,496 28,664 29,249 28,977 28,704 28,412 28,254 27,988 27,715 27,636 27,466 27,549 28,996 28,343 347,947 340,110
Mississippi 17,584 17,374 17,272 16,876 16,212 15,763 15,403 15,241 15,389 15,431 15,346 14,828 14,832 14,691 14,636 16,060 15,387 192,719 184,648
Missouri 40,776 40,492 41,007 40,632 40,282 40,529 39,798 39,718 39,656 39,369 39,205 39,271 39,755 39,592 39,715 40,061 39,794 480,735 477,522
Montana 4,946 4,664 4,743 4,759 4,763 4,861 4,836 4,752 4,731 4,626 3,847 3,842 3,792 3,854 3,947 4,614 4,384 55,370 52,610
Nebraska 10,064 10,028 9,916 9,862 9,699 9,787 10,063 9,911 10,091 10,089 10,312 10,382 10,259 10,074 10,055 10,017 10,049 120,204 120,584
Nevada 7,918 7,235 7,116 6,976 6,861 6,794 6,788 6,706 6,530 6,198 6,140 6,188 5,772 5,759 5,691 6,788 6,367 81,450 76,403
New Hampshire 6,009 6,002 6,076 6,077 6,143 6,181 6,281 6,203 6,175 6,206 6,191 6,185 6,136 6,096 6,123 6,144 6,166 73,729 73,997
New Jersey 44,368 43,919 43,783 43,339 42,927 42,935 42,738 42,752 42,473 42,270 42,602 42,742 42,640 42,397 42,198 43,071 42,668 516,848 512,013
New Mexico 18,029 17,954 18,083 17,940 17,545 17,364 17,202 17,187 17,224 17,032 17,544 17,691 17,783 17,806 17,773 17,566 17,508 210,795 210,091
New York 145,754 144,652 144,012 142,429 141,246 141,446 140,310 139,041 139,059 140,093 140,368 139,736 140,404 139,008 139,220 141,512 140,197 1,698,146 1,682,360
North Carolina 37,163 36,795 36,466 35,434 34,047 33,201 32,639 32,345 32,057 31,592 31,813 31,724 31,776 31,757 31,746 33,773 32,511 405,276 390,131
North Dakota 2,879 2,882 2,845 2,876 2,785 2,811 2,875 2,874 2,855 2,886 2,853 2,855 2,806 2,767 2,775 2,856 2,835 34,276 34,018
Ohio 84,987 85,149 84,937 84,383 83,559 82,897 81,835 81,081 80,473 80,006 80,691 81,161 81,769 81,586 81,425 82,597 81,739 991,159 980,866
Oklahoma 13,859 13,799 13,691 12,349 12,075 11,630 11,544 11,299 11,241 11,078 11,071 11,238 10,991 11,057 11,104 12,073 11,390 144,874 136,677
Oregon 19,085 19,282 19,680 19,981 20,051 20,091 19,785 19,475 19,337 19,083 19,121 18,883 17,054 18,820 18,986 19,488 19,222 233,854 230,667
Pennsylvania 94,808 95,037 96,642 96,289 96,153 96,800 96,992 97,077 96,807 96,900 97,663 98,448 98,211 97,424 97,469 96,635 97,186 1,159,616 1,166,233
Puerto Rico 15,672 15,345 15,544 15,548 15,456 15,278 15,060 15,015 14,887 14,862 14,640 14,450 14,482 14,569 14,562 15,146 14,901 181,757 178,809
Rhode Island 11,290 11,351 11,111 10,902 10,762 10,734 10,713 10,479 10,350 10,303 10,262 10,326 10,187 10,110 10,031 10,715 10,430 128,583 125,159
South Carolina 16,545 16,403 16,056 16,062 15,721 15,506 15,388 15,310 15,399 15,610 15,907 16,343 16,592 16,431 16,234 15,854 15,875 190,250 190,503
South Dakota 2,755 2,781 2,839 2,799 2,743 2,741 2,764 2,728 2,719 2,717 2,810 2,852 2,831 2,813 2,875 2,771 2,783 33,248 33,392
Tennessee 72,394 72,394 71,824 71,605 71,042 70,379 69,801 69,771 69,406 68,782 69,694 69,769 70,287 69,642 69,361 70,572 69,962 846,861 839,539
Texas 98,838 96,855 95,259 93,136 87,566 85,092 83,102 81,003 80,517 79,754 79,882 79,862 80,463 78,273 77,693 86,739 82,195 1,040,866 986,343
Utah 9,077 9,234 9,213 9,182 9,143 9,164 9,117 9,130 9,004 8,708 8,779 8,613 8,419 8,225 8,151 9,030 8,803 108,364 105,635
Vermont 4,700 4,613 4,651 4,573 4,538 4,535 4,584 4,540 4,496 4,505 4,529 4,576 4,465 4,444 4,469 4,570 4,521 54,840 54,254
Virgin Islands 519 518 504 490 479 471 458 466 457 458 453 439 437 436 421 476 455 5,712 5,465
Virginia 10,139 10,372 10,439 9,993 9,923 9,869 9,898 9,899 9,808 9,689 9,443 9,525 9,670 9,625 9,615 9,916 9,746 118,997 116,957
Washington 55,121 55,855 56,930 57,952 58,175 58,311 57,797 57,475 56,811 55,619 55,994 55,832 55,672 55,393 55,910 56,823 56,745 681,872 680,941
West Virginia 12,914 12,708 12,582 12,439 12,127 11,963 11,707 11,576 11,349 11,483 11,559 11,633 11,521 11,431 11,275 12,003 11,672 144,040 140,063
Wisconsin 22,166 21,705 21,121 20,715 20,561 20,293 20,254 19,947 19,608 18,929 18,659 18,430 18,579 18,250 17,970 20,199 19,350 242,388 232,195
Wyoming 325 315 331 324 320 311 305 295 287 287 304 316 309 296 294 310 304 3,720 3,648
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.