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TANF: Total Number of Families
Fiscal and Calendar Year 2006
As of 10/21/2008
State Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Apr-06 May-06 Jun-06 Jul-06 Aug-06 Sep-06 Oct-06 Nov-06 Dec-06 Average
FY 2006		 Average
CY 2006		 Total
FY 2006		 Total
CY 2006
U.S. Total 1,875,973 1,864,854 1,863,094 1,843,045 1,816,546 1,807,823 1,789,230 1,781,608 1,772,240 1,755,092 1,761,908 1,756,068 1,770,848 1,749,438 1,742,264 1,807,290 1,778,843 21,687,481 21,346,110
Alabama 20,312 20,133 20,141 19,527 18,941 18,790 18,570 18,567 18,338 18,440 19,010 19,174 19,860 19,878 19,638 19,162 19,061 229,943 228,733
Alaska 3,507 3,489 3,590 3,686 3,807 3,883 3,807 3,742 3,635 3,461 3,412 3,348 3,285 3,180 3,204 3,614 3,538 43,367 42,450
Arizona 42,375 42,010 41,943 40,284 39,424 39,010 38,514 38,248 37,827 37,555 38,019 38,086 38,065 37,286 37,077 39,441 38,283 473,295 459,395
Arkansas 8,448 8,385 8,283 8,208 8,140 8,194 7,914 7,923 7,893 8,068 8,399 8,596 8,822 8,867 8,798 8,204 8,319 98,451 99,822
California 457,127 454,149 453,868 454,717 451,559 452,638 451,562 450,828 449,103 441,478 442,330 440,288 476,615 473,811 474,290 449,971 454,935 5,399,647 5,459,219
Colorado 15,049 14,836 15,303 15,347 15,099 15,131 14,755 14,279 14,071 13,622 13,149 12,972 12,674 12,360 12,082 14,468 13,795 173,613 165,541
Connecticut 19,176 18,977 18,935 18,790 18,535 18,506 18,461 18,337 18,250 18,041 18,090 17,787 17,990 17,763 17,660 18,490 18,184 221,885 218,210
Delaware 5,799 5,768 5,744 5,661 5,528 5,434 5,408 5,375 5,307 5,312 5,337 5,376 4,783 4,529 4,227 5,504 5,190 66,049 62,277
Dist. of Col. 16,596 16,431 16,209 16,048 15,906 15,683 15,276 15,294 15,279 15,258 15,270 15,359 6,421 6,496 6,455 15,717 13,229 188,609 158,745
Florida 55,536 56,330 56,776 55,407 53,286 51,347 50,389 50,636 50,040 50,251 49,979 49,662 49,591 49,834 49,849 52,470 50,856 629,639 610,271
Georgia 37,267 36,400 35,621 34,066 32,729 31,775 30,662 29,863 29,194 28,299 27,967 27,525 27,097 26,702 25,739 31,781 29,302 381,368 351,618
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 7,322 7,196 7,243 7,142 6,904 6,935 6,897 6,755 6,784 6,662 6,780 6,818 5,413 5,659 5,865 6,953 6,551 83,438 78,614
Idaho 1,868 1,834 1,870 1,821 1,814 1,848 1,834 1,797 1,787 1,767 1,806 1,767 1,726 1,702 1,688 1,818 1,780 21,813 21,357
Illinois 37,855 37,962 38,129 38,223 37,528 37,019 36,199 35,824 35,289 34,302 34,011 33,623 33,509 33,302 33,212 36,330 35,170 435,964 422,041
Indiana 43,621 43,568 43,348 42,909 43,362 42,941 42,601 42,723 41,496 41,430 41,365 41,030 42,702 41,950 41,897 42,533 42,201 510,394 506,406
Iowa 17,462 17,219 17,215 16,978 16,699 16,720 16,715 16,515 16,385 16,091 16,067 16,038 17,345 17,110 16,995 16,675 16,638 200,104 199,658
Kansas 17,994 17,491 17,400 17,378 17,113 17,052 17,106 16,947 16,963 17,129 17,236 16,974 16,433 15,740 15,344 17,232 16,785 206,783 201,415
Kentucky 34,111 33,878 33,691 33,544 33,139 33,150 32,853 32,916 32,622 32,179 32,586 32,436 32,010 31,288 30,922 33,092 32,470 397,105 389,645
Louisiana 15,131 14,861 13,871 12,098 11,374 11,030 10,714 10,667 10,582 10,572 10,894 11,183 11,398 11,427 11,338 11,915 11,106 142,977 133,277
Maine 9,200 9,356 9,516 9,292 9,287 9,131 9,479 9,278 9,454 9,185 9,202 9,264 10,646 10,492 10,501 9,304 9,601 111,644 115,211
Maryland 22,597 22,210 22,530 20,878 20,264 20,164 19,754 19,252 19,256 19,191 19,262 19,013 19,359 19,079 18,989 20,364 19,538 244,371 234,461
Massachusetts 48,309 47,896 47,641 46,695 46,173 46,462 45,929 45,734 45,801 45,238 45,435 47,672 46,407 45,624 45,429 46,582 46,050 558,985 552,599
Michigan 80,703 81,317 81,882 81,278 81,388 81,326 80,587 81,417 83,196 84,635 87,898 89,806 71,854 72,501 74,553 82,953 80,870 995,433 970,439
Minnesota 27,636 27,466 27,549 27,629 27,205 27,738 27,745 27,456 27,721 27,207 27,058 27,335 26,892 26,501 26,448 27,479 27,245 329,745 326,935
Mississippi 14,832 14,691 14,636 14,180 13,581 13,078 12,866 12,689 12,597 12,613 12,642 12,594 12,306 12,273 12,136 13,417 12,796 160,999 153,555
Missouri 39,755 39,592 39,715 39,599 39,196 38,956 38,340 38,068 37,717 37,701 38,159 38,172 39,010 38,409 38,238 38,748 38,464 464,970 461,565
Montana 3,792 3,854 3,947 3,970 3,901 3,982 3,889 3,865 3,774 3,643 3,640 3,487 3,324 3,177 3,079 3,812 3,644 45,744 43,731
Nebraska 10,259 10,074 10,055 10,227 10,208 10,262 10,083 9,942 9,878 9,935 10,162 10,076 8,588 7,898 7,300 10,097 9,547 121,161 114,559
Nevada 5,772 5,759 5,691 5,472 5,318 5,269 5,248 5,276 5,334 5,255 5,215 5,173 6,447 6,306 6,330 5,399 5,554 64,782 66,643
New Hampshire 6,136 6,096 6,123 6,118 6,065 6,137 6,123 6,088 6,058 6,054 6,123 6,140 5,678 5,498 5,314 6,105 5,950 73,261 71,396
New Jersey 42,640 42,397 42,198 41,715 41,048 40,839 40,343 40,216 39,875 39,569 39,571 39,571 37,160 36,641 36,283 40,832 39,403 489,982 472,831
New Mexico 17,783 17,806 17,773 17,471 17,061 16,815 16,492 16,419 16,308 16,133 16,508 16,175 15,922 15,471 15,364 16,895 16,345 202,744 196,139
New York 140,404 139,008 139,220 137,860 135,434 135,256 133,939 133,521 132,842 130,912 130,595 129,841 127,397 125,693 125,649 134,903 131,578 1,618,832 1,578,939
North Carolina 31,776 31,757 31,746 31,189 30,454 30,111 29,707 29,684 29,209 28,856 29,063 28,514 28,213 27,828 27,450 30,172 29,190 362,066 350,278
North Dakota 2,806 2,767 2,775 2,753 2,696 2,720 2,721 2,699 2,711 2,671 2,506 2,409 2,253 2,135 2,085 2,686 2,530 32,234 30,359
Ohio 81,769 81,586 81,425 80,583 79,709 79,161 78,273 78,698 78,301 77,846 78,726 77,746 80,851 79,716 79,592 79,485 79,100 953,823 949,202
Oklahoma 10,991 11,057 11,104 9,968 10,324 10,537 9,702 9,866 9,857 9,819 9,741 9,534 10,101 9,841 9,809 10,208 9,925 122,500 119,099
Oregon 17,054 18,820 18,986 19,025 18,952 18,987 18,809 18,803 18,542 18,134 18,131 18,045 18,023 18,098 18,311 18,524 18,488 222,288 221,860
Pennsylvania 98,211 97,424 97,469 96,547 95,748 95,555 94,420 93,507 92,827 92,212 92,464 89,967 71,212 68,617 66,812 94,696 87,491 1,136,351 1,049,888
Puerto Rico 14,482 14,569 14,562 14,637 14,427 14,360 14,384 14,114 14,089 14,322 14,036 13,917 14,515 14,625 14,555 14,325 14,332 171,899 171,981
Rhode Island 10,187 10,110 10,031 9,931 9,765 9,659 9,624 9,562 9,566 9,439 9,279 9,116 8,909 8,833 8,716 9,689 9,367 116,269 112,399
South Carolina 16,592 16,431 16,234 15,901 15,514 15,291 15,111 15,140 15,236 15,276 15,696 15,709 17,672 17,137 16,558 15,678 15,853 188,131 190,241
South Dakota 2,831 2,813 2,875 2,864 2,774 2,779 2,802 2,839 2,849 2,770 2,839 2,840 2,897 2,967 2,955 2,823 2,848 33,875 34,175
Tennessee 70,287 69,642 69,361 69,291 68,690 68,381 67,524 67,509 66,898 66,894 66,607 66,464 66,346 64,973 64,010 68,129 66,966 817,548 803,587
Texas 80,463 78,273 77,693 74,855 70,625 68,742 67,595 66,175 66,224 66,095 66,107 66,731 67,049 65,744 65,410 70,798 67,613 849,578 811,352
Utah 8,419 8,225 8,151 7,976 7,758 7,745 7,444 7,259 7,097 6,714 6,537 6,235 5,984 5,619 5,470 7,463 6,820 89,560 81,838
Vermont 4,465 4,444 4,469 4,424 4,424 4,401 4,423 4,374 4,350 4,410 4,495 4,465 4,413 4,417 4,411 4,429 4,417 53,144 53,007
Virgin Islands 437 436 421 428 423 420 419 431 440 443 453 453 457 454 457 434 440 5,204 5,278
Virginia 9,670 9,625 9,615 9,506 9,354 9,240 9,117 8,960 8,909 8,745 8,484 8,547 32,432 31,941 31,065 9,148 14,692 109,772 176,300
Washington 55,672 55,393 55,910 56,263 55,661 55,128 54,238 53,723 52,804 51,745 51,994 51,483 51,349 51,094 52,060 54,168 53,129 650,014 637,542
West Virginia 11,521 11,431 11,275 11,347 11,051 11,004 10,755 10,591 10,333 10,216 10,346 10,506 10,606 10,290 10,179 10,865 10,602 130,376 127,224
Wisconsin 18,579 18,250 17,970 17,982 17,830 17,727 17,750 17,862 17,982 17,939 17,872 17,666 17,479 17,304 17,108 17,951 17,708 215,409 212,501
Wyoming 309 296 294 279 285 302 280 289 288 280 289 288 280 292 286 290 287 3,479 3,438
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.