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TANF: Total Number of Recipients
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 4,424,045 4,386,139 4,386,209 4,326,699 4,253,030 4,224,267 4,173,040 4,151,372 4,126,915 4,099,280 4,114,536 4,095,452 4,153,010 4,095,073 4,076,741 4,230,082 4,157,451 50,760,984 49,889,415
Alabama 47,911 47,397 47,400 45,598 44,073 43,651 43,085 42,893 42,475 42,736 44,253 44,838 47,150 47,192 46,545 44,693 44,541 536,310 534,489
Alaska 9,457 9,370 9,717 10,115 10,560 10,737 10,429 10,191 9,876 9,316 9,193 8,921 8,728 8,330 8,389 9,824 9,565 117,882 114,785
Arizona 95,476 94,113 94,000 89,746 87,224 86,007 84,650 83,990 82,861 82,293 83,372 83,434 83,081 81,181 80,590 87,264 84,036 1,047,166 1,008,429
Arkansas 18,583 18,445 18,137 17,890 17,666 17,770 17,053 17,025 16,981 17,643 18,650 19,260 19,862 20,029 19,925 17,925 18,313 215,103 219,754
California 1,066,356 1,058,165 1,063,297 1,060,745 1,054,029 1,053,749 1,050,741 1,049,234 1,041,964 1,035,055 1,033,178 1,025,264 1,165,884 1,159,615 1,161,801 1,049,315 1,074,272 12,591,777 12,891,259
Colorado 39,034 38,401 39,875 40,001 39,157 39,195 38,217 36,714 36,276 34,987 33,637 33,201 32,376 31,481 30,802 37,391 35,504 448,695 426,044
Connecticut 38,603 38,188 38,031 37,604 36,908 36,790 36,513 36,228 35,990 35,755 35,930 35,549 35,672 35,278 35,056 36,841 36,106 442,089 433,273
Delaware 12,959 12,858 12,818 12,595 12,248 11,980 11,900 11,822 11,690 11,813 11,884 11,946 10,358 9,646 8,869 12,209 11,396 146,513 136,751
Dist. of Col. 40,823 40,483 39,852 39,321 38,839 38,506 37,593 37,541 38,809 37,522 37,762 37,415 14,791 15,124 15,176 38,706 32,367 464,466 388,399
Florida 94,021 95,729 96,909 93,581 88,198 83,821 81,120 81,455 81,055 81,106 80,366 80,008 81,224 81,757 81,446 86,447 82,928 1,037,369 995,137
Georgia 77,583 75,166 72,944 68,584 65,003 62,252 59,222 57,198 55,535 53,427 52,555 51,533 50,512 49,332 47,144 62,584 56,025 751,002 672,297
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 18,429 18,007 18,234 17,955 17,290 17,407 17,206 16,789 16,894 16,497 16,863 17,019 13,740 14,262 14,650 17,383 16,381 208,590 196,572
Idaho 3,250 3,139 3,200 3,076 3,062 3,126 3,095 3,017 2,954 2,891 2,961 2,881 2,801 2,723 2,722 3,054 2,942 36,652 35,309
Illinois 94,665 94,747 95,356 95,695 93,417 91,857 89,467 88,268 86,822 84,535 83,470 82,909 82,384 81,781 81,513 90,101 86,843 1,081,208 1,042,118
Indiana 123,242 122,883 122,201 120,793 121,307 119,732 118,574 118,843 116,177 116,250 116,370 115,365 124,542 122,366 121,963 119,311 119,357 1,431,737 1,432,282
Iowa 42,253 41,612 41,600 40,938 40,010 40,223 40,248 39,812 39,551 38,789 38,793 38,381 43,829 43,074 42,759 40,184 40,534 482,210 486,407
Kansas 47,227 45,808 45,551 45,447 44,565 44,377 44,408 43,984 44,077 44,810 45,046 44,290 42,805 40,812 39,692 44,966 43,693 539,590 524,313
Kentucky 73,121 72,358 71,855 71,418 70,136 70,083 69,221 69,185 68,438 67,262 68,273 67,790 66,635 64,600 63,647 69,928 68,057 839,140 816,688
Louisiana 34,887 34,038 31,539 27,133 25,138 24,307 23,651 23,514 23,471 23,654 24,455 25,200 25,620 25,722 25,367 26,749 24,769 320,987 297,232
Maine 24,993 24,690 24,788 24,548 24,776 24,636 24,892 24,820 25,309 24,808 24,578 24,931 25,479 25,172 25,041 24,814 24,916 297,769 298,990
Maryland 53,297 52,003 52,741 48,158 46,675 46,207 45,306 43,974 43,707 43,649 43,802 43,032 44,503 43,789 43,579 46,879 44,698 562,551 536,381
Massachusetts 98,685 97,415 96,588 93,650 92,185 93,042 91,663 91,090 91,071 89,841 90,252 95,067 95,731 93,243 92,407 93,379 92,437 1,120,549 1,109,242
Michigan 214,356 215,747 217,155 215,519 215,385 215,319 212,903 214,859 219,946 224,360 233,443 238,766 186,995 188,473 193,989 219,813 213,330 2,637,758 2,559,957
Minnesota 68,158 67,000 67,208 67,480 66,058 67,469 67,448 66,535 67,331 65,876 65,389 66,161 64,439 63,323 63,384 66,843 65,908 802,113 790,893
Mississippi 31,416 30,914 30,747 29,634 28,153 26,939 26,493 26,001 25,824 25,917 25,992 25,966 25,258 25,168 24,907 27,833 26,354 333,996 316,252
Missouri 96,591 96,073 96,231 95,991 94,710 94,074 92,458 91,752 90,997 91,011 92,332 92,133 94,531 92,871 92,436 93,696 92,941 1,124,353 1,115,296
Montana 9,943 10,060 10,351 10,383 10,133 10,370 10,039 9,996 9,783 9,419 9,431 8,978 8,482 7,994 7,725 9,907 9,394 118,886 112,733
Nebraska 24,473 24,083 23,965 24,521 24,425 24,517 24,191 23,903 23,841 24,125 24,714 24,434 20,369 18,449 16,766 24,266 22,855 291,192 274,255
Nevada 13,292 13,253 13,098 12,460 11,988 11,818 11,752 11,821 12,075 11,848 11,767 11,677 15,590 15,140 15,202 12,237 12,762 146,849 153,138
New Hampshire 13,984 13,820 13,893 13,819 13,629 13,815 13,774 13,638 13,537 13,533 13,690 13,770 12,577 12,010 11,476 13,742 13,272 164,902 159,268
New Jersey 106,029 105,299 104,717 103,410 101,553 100,906 99,610 99,290 98,344 97,704 97,823 98,098 88,827 87,480 86,338 101,065 96,615 1,212,783 1,159,383
New Mexico 45,761 45,781 45,727 44,788 43,567 42,588 41,691 41,439 41,009 40,882 42,170 41,073 40,334 38,968 38,867 43,040 41,448 516,476 497,376
New York 322,844 319,027 319,742 316,221 310,193 309,042 305,379 304,041 301,236 296,856 296,073 294,264 282,201 277,645 277,742 307,910 297,574 3,694,918 3,570,893
North Carolina 62,918 62,724 62,555 61,159 59,348 58,318 57,425 57,477 56,404 55,722 56,470 55,095 54,357 53,432 52,560 58,801 56,481 705,615 677,767
North Dakota 7,191 7,029 7,075 7,035 6,854 6,923 6,941 6,887 6,934 6,806 6,354 6,056 5,637 5,326 5,181 6,840 6,411 82,085 76,934
Ohio 176,817 176,187 176,115 173,840 170,698 169,045 166,904 167,832 166,678 165,544 167,607 165,068 172,438 169,703 170,167 170,195 168,794 2,042,335 2,025,524
Oklahoma 24,787 24,967 25,131 21,746 22,804 23,492 21,193 21,576 21,502 21,380 21,236 20,738 21,962 21,241 21,231 22,546 21,675 270,552 260,101
Oregon 40,655 42,455 42,654 42,887 42,714 42,777 42,288 42,107 41,568 40,628 40,704 40,582 40,396 40,768 41,363 41,835 41,565 502,019 498,782
Pennsylvania 256,389 253,847 254,062 251,409 248,394 247,536 244,181 241,039 238,608 237,195 237,542 230,646 172,193 165,113 160,616 245,071 222,873 2,940,848 2,674,472
Puerto Rico 39,346 39,655 39,694 39,850 39,252 38,985 38,798 38,060 37,928 38,432 37,701 37,372 37,419 37,777 37,176 38,756 38,229 465,073 458,750
Rhode Island 25,514 25,252 24,977 24,630 24,155 23,855 23,718 23,572 23,560 23,320 22,930 22,240 21,592 21,260 20,921 23,977 22,979 287,723 275,753
South Carolina 38,082 37,700 37,124 36,097 34,993 34,473 33,987 34,067 34,300 34,443 35,578 35,732 41,099 39,693 37,991 35,548 36,038 426,576 432,453
South Dakota 6,230 6,125 6,249 6,168 5,939 5,933 5,988 6,115 6,178 5,972 6,121 6,099 6,262 6,423 6,358 6,093 6,130 73,117 73,556
Tennessee 185,806 183,793 183,005 182,896 181,458 180,792 178,502 178,529 176,863 176,888 176,003 175,285 172,824 168,964 166,380 179,985 176,282 2,159,820 2,115,384
Texas 185,793 180,231 178,675 171,120 159,387 154,153 151,533 148,225 148,871 149,300 150,256 152,124 153,046 149,419 148,757 160,806 153,016 1,929,668 1,836,191
Utah 21,069 20,547 20,283 19,674 18,995 18,890 18,078 17,507 17,112 16,100 15,651 14,844 14,775 13,708 13,253 18,229 16,549 218,750 198,587
Vermont 10,981 11,033 11,082 10,936 10,918 10,895 10,981 10,867 10,714 10,877 11,119 10,954 10,882 10,900 10,783 10,946 10,902 131,357 130,826
Virgin Islands 1,299 1,284 1,233 1,244 1,213 1,199 1,185 1,216 1,246 1,262 1,295 1,305 1,325 1,326 1,335 1,248 1,263 14,981 15,151
Virginia 27,423 27,254 27,354 27,136 26,655 26,259 25,939 25,444 25,427 24,962 24,225 24,480 73,267 72,077 69,776 26,047 37,137 312,558 445,647
Washington 133,685 132,406 133,199 134,001 131,941 130,227 127,945 126,651 124,216 121,777 122,573 121,256 121,287 120,139 122,579 128,323 125,383 1,539,877 1,504,592
West Virginia 25,557 25,294 24,941 25,019 24,323 24,040 23,425 22,930 22,345 22,180 22,279 22,373 26,077 25,282 24,606 23,726 23,740 284,706 284,879
Wisconsin 41,564 40,890 40,046 39,869 39,365 38,841 38,859 39,027 39,254 39,144 39,043 38,348 37,664 37,090 36,496 39,521 38,583 474,250 463,000
Wyoming 545 521 505 474 491 539 486 509 518 486 509 518 506 529 514 508 507 6,101 6,079
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.