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TANF: Total Number of 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 4,731,063 4,699,409 4,694,771 4,645,961 4,581,954 4,545,002 4,501,746 4,462,307 4,443,911 4,412,384 4,431,875 4,431,648 4,424,045 4,386,139 4,386,209 4,548,503 4,471,098 54,582,031 53,653,181
Alabama 48,035 49,157 49,499 48,579 47,473 47,379 46,815 46,562 46,158 44,219 47,081 47,696 47,911 47,397 47,400 47,388 47,056 568,653 564,670
Alaska 12,384 12,137 12,580 13,279 13,384 13,342 13,271 12,851 12,589 9,713 9,523 9,528 9,457 9,370 9,717 12,048 11,335 144,581 136,024
Arizona 107,606 105,734 104,660 101,455 98,810 97,746 96,159 94,795 94,021 94,807 95,182 95,751 95,476 94,113 94,000 98,894 96,026 1,186,726 1,152,315
Arkansas 21,009 20,465 19,314 19,886 19,551 18,845 17,892 17,592 17,511 17,093 17,415 18,539 18,583 18,445 18,137 18,759 18,291 225,112 219,489
California 1,101,649 1,098,925 1,100,870 1,099,222 1,096,215 1,092,422 1,087,485 1,081,529 1,080,327 1,071,408 1,073,893 1,070,402 1,066,356 1,058,165 1,063,297 1,087,862 1,078,393 13,054,347 12,940,721
Colorado 37,474 38,060 38,060 38,060 38,060 38,060 38,060 38,060 38,060 39,333 38,897 39,570 39,034 38,401 39,875 38,313 38,623 459,754 463,470
Connecticut 42,282 41,800 41,565 41,031 40,500 40,094 39,986 39,619 39,054 38,633 38,478 38,260 38,603 38,188 38,031 40,109 39,206 481,302 470,477
Delaware 12,926 12,852 12,813 12,589 12,314 12,296 12,419 12,178 12,313 12,309 12,548 12,798 12,959 12,858 12,818 12,530 12,533 150,355 150,399
Dist. of Col. 43,960 43,877 43,642 42,508 42,099 41,916 41,163 40,822 40,625 40,930 41,149 41,072 40,823 40,483 39,852 41,980 41,120 503,763 493,442
Florida 119,788 121,920 121,712 116,692 109,577 104,175 100,490 97,634 99,737 97,646 97,384 95,027 94,021 95,729 96,909 106,815 100,418 1,281,782 1,205,021
Georgia 110,705 105,627 102,388 97,055 91,729 87,979 84,512 82,537 81,175 79,758 78,957 79,050 77,583 75,166 72,944 90,123 82,370 1,081,472 988,445
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 22,095 21,774 21,666 21,360 20,526 20,713 20,037 19,812 19,370 19,010 18,855 18,461 18,429 18,007 18,234 20,307 19,401 243,679 232,814
Idaho 3,198 3,299 3,430 3,451 3,417 3,446 3,341 3,283 3,261 3,214 3,187 3,195 3,250 3,139 3,200 3,310 3,282 39,722 39,384
Illinois 94,156 95,409 97,106 98,869 98,278 97,736 96,557 95,844 95,911 95,708 95,435 95,024 94,665 94,747 95,356 96,336 96,178 1,156,033 1,154,130
Indiana 128,272 127,675 127,494 126,154 126,488 124,007 122,653 122,634 121,976 122,504 124,231 123,239 123,242 122,883 122,201 124,777 123,518 1,497,327 1,482,212
Iowa 45,320 44,089 43,411 43,341 42,646 42,942 42,742 42,285 41,790 41,789 41,903 42,345 42,253 41,612 41,600 42,884 42,271 514,603 507,248
Kansas 46,043 45,578 45,417 46,089 45,764 45,269 45,538 45,546 45,456 46,754 47,245 47,610 47,227 45,808 45,551 46,026 46,155 552,309 553,857
Kentucky 77,984 77,613 77,590 76,565 75,751 75,375 73,955 73,401 73,063 72,351 73,277 73,135 73,121 72,358 71,855 75,005 73,684 900,060 884,207
Louisiana 40,187 40,128 40,395 39,077 37,755 36,972 35,677 35,652 35,930 35,688 36,492 35,543 34,887 34,038 31,539 37,458 35,771 449,496 429,250
Maine 25,995 25,883 25,783 25,304 25,612 25,696 25,747 25,599 25,564 25,108 25,194 24,621 24,993 24,690 24,788 25,509 25,243 306,106 302,916
Maryland 60,092 58,208 59,993 56,958 55,941 54,658 53,537 52,657 52,553 51,114 51,188 51,315 53,297 52,003 52,741 54,851 53,164 658,214 637,962
Massachusetts 108,158 106,568 106,357 103,986 104,029 103,921 102,727 102,715 102,155 100,448 101,943 103,859 98,685 97,415 96,588 103,906 101,539 1,246,866 1,218,471
Michigan 215,133 213,364 216,013 215,364 217,108 216,726 215,397 213,104 211,863 212,733 213,402 214,356 214,356 215,747 217,155 214,547 214,776 2,574,563 2,577,311
Minnesota 78,668 76,188 74,527 74,550 72,028 73,698 73,007 71,973 70,972 70,318 69,328 68,483 68,158 67,000 67,208 72,812 70,560 873,740 846,723
Mississippi 38,849 38,209 37,810 36,764 35,114 33,795 33,006 32,509 32,851 33,241 32,770 31,425 31,416 30,914 30,747 34,695 32,879 416,343 394,552
Missouri 98,473 97,844 99,055 97,880 96,802 97,352 95,597 95,586 95,582 95,100 94,828 95,235 96,591 96,073 96,231 96,611 96,071 1,159,334 1,152,857
Montana 13,202 12,346 12,621 12,630 12,660 12,894 12,812 12,500 12,469 12,266 10,157 10,135 9,943 10,060 10,351 12,224 11,573 146,692 138,877
Nebraska 24,085 23,949 23,665 23,557 23,047 23,300 28,916 28,468 28,974 24,034 24,725 24,909 24,473 24,083 23,965 25,136 25,204 301,629 302,451
Nevada 18,582 16,658 16,318 16,004 15,647 15,531 15,488 15,337 14,922 14,212 14,100 14,412 13,292 13,253 13,098 15,601 14,608 187,211 175,296
New Hampshire 13,902 13,802 13,992 14,012 14,154 14,255 14,479 14,222 14,122 14,183 14,102 14,145 13,984 13,820 13,893 14,114 14,114 169,370 169,371
New Jersey 109,199 108,198 107,692 106,616 105,089 105,044 103,546 103,554 102,926 102,585 103,205 103,964 106,029 105,299 104,717 105,135 104,381 1,261,618 1,252,574
New Mexico 46,874 46,704 47,044 46,437 45,190 44,476 44,092 44,048 44,111 43,751 45,450 45,596 45,761 45,781 45,727 45,314 45,035 543,773 540,420
New York 332,686 329,796 328,403 325,210 322,654 322,681 319,726 316,582 316,254 320,750 321,617 321,250 322,844 319,027 319,742 323,134 320,695 3,877,609 3,848,337
North Carolina 76,571 75,471 74,490 71,718 68,099 65,919 64,601 63,769 63,140 62,226 62,940 62,788 62,918 62,724 62,555 67,644 64,450 811,732 773,397
North Dakota 7,389 7,366 7,301 7,381 7,163 7,190 7,362 7,398 7,364 7,438 7,354 7,299 7,191 7,029 7,075 7,334 7,270 88,005 87,244
Ohio 186,338 187,016 186,729 185,301 182,467 180,165 177,123 174,659 172,899 171,789 173,611 174,961 176,817 176,187 176,115 179,422 176,841 2,153,058 2,122,094
Oklahoma 32,967 32,860 32,511 28,576 27,748 26,448 26,288 25,661 25,647 25,166 25,171 25,470 24,787 24,967 25,131 27,876 25,922 334,513 311,060
Oregon 43,868 44,068 45,231 45,843 45,966 46,104 45,079 44,143 43,658 43,143 43,333 42,744 40,655 42,455 42,654 44,432 43,815 533,180 525,777
Pennsylvania 250,279 250,289 253,548 253,179 252,325 253,763 254,355 254,146 252,753 253,171 255,337 257,083 256,389 253,847 254,062 253,352 254,201 3,040,228 3,050,410
Puerto Rico 43,303 42,527 42,862 42,836 42,549 41,910 41,212 41,001 40,651 40,547 39,878 39,242 39,346 39,655 39,694 41,543 40,710 498,518 488,521
Rhode Island 28,779 28,897 28,288 27,602 27,155 27,073 26,960 26,238 25,900 25,773 25,731 25,809 25,514 25,252 24,977 27,017 26,165 324,205 313,984
South Carolina 38,029 37,828 36,802 36,772 35,810 34,955 34,619 34,375 34,713 35,327 36,175 37,424 38,082 37,700 37,124 36,069 36,090 432,829 433,076
South Dakota 6,047 6,106 6,295 6,132 5,922 5,860 6,002 5,961 5,995 5,936 6,201 6,255 6,230 6,125 6,249 6,059 6,072 72,712 72,868
Tennessee 190,777 190,982 189,328 188,730 187,032 185,246 183,627 183,657 182,696 181,432 184,286 184,512 185,806 183,793 183,005 186,025 184,485 2,232,305 2,213,822
Texas 234,415 228,496 224,490 218,419 202,854 195,944 190,737 185,291 184,518 182,908 184,086 184,220 185,793 180,231 178,675 201,365 189,473 2,416,378 2,273,676
Utah 22,998 23,452 23,400 23,290 23,079 23,016 22,867 22,816 22,583 21,961 22,066 21,567 21,069 20,547 20,283 22,758 22,095 273,095 265,144
Vermont 11,796 11,528 11,705 11,530 11,443 11,399 11,472 11,307 11,116 11,102 11,224 11,324 10,981 11,033 11,082 11,412 11,251 136,946 135,013
Virgin Islands 1,581 1,560 1,506 1,460 1,414 1,390 1,320 1,337 1,305 1,325 1,317 1,313 1,299 1,284 1,233 1,402 1,333 16,828 15,997
Virginia 28,947 29,621 29,793 28,458 28,329 28,126 28,111 28,113 27,879 27,598 26,811 27,103 27,423 27,254 27,354 28,241 27,713 338,889 332,559
Washington 134,109 135,552 137,817 140,154 140,360 140,461 138,751 137,798 136,063 133,160 134,015 134,344 133,685 132,406 133,199 136,882 136,200 1,642,584 1,634,396
West Virginia 29,905 29,195 28,878 28,493 27,745 27,215 26,500 26,152 25,622 25,573 25,714 25,618 25,557 25,294 24,941 27,218 26,202 326,610 314,424
Wisconsin 52,729 51,328 49,536 48,291 47,658 46,749 46,705 45,600 44,465 42,898 42,070 41,275 41,564 40,890 40,046 46,609 44,018 559,304 528,211
Wyoming 573 558 593 570 551 545 534 522 516 509 541 564 545 521 505 548 535 6,576 6,423
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.