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COMBINED TANF AND SSP-MOE - Fiscal and Calendar Year 2006
Total Number of Recipients
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 2009
Total
FY 2006
Total
CY 2006
U.S. Totals 4,966,276 4,922,875 4,924,335 4,844,830 4,764,778 4,733,488 4,691,887 4,666,327 4,638,109 4,595,744 4,607,753 4,585,446 4,341,063 4,281,886 4,264,596 4,745,154 4,584,659 56,941,848 55,015,907
Alabama 49,246 48,716 48,682 46,739 45,173 44,711 44,097 43,783 43,319 43,524 45,143 45,722 47,150 47,192 46,545 45,738 45,258 548,855 543,098
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 1,221,506 1,211,821 1,217,691 1,215,035 1,206,222 1,206,225 1,201,332 1,200,040 1,191,978 1,181,234 1,177,385 1,168,908 1,165,884 1,159,615 1,161,801 1,199,948 1,186,305 14,399,377 14,235,659
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 51,002 50,333 50,304 49,689 48,901 48,683 48,118 47,787 47,615 46,997 47,228 46,782 46,951 46,356 46,031 48,620 47,595 583,439 571,138
Delaware 13,478 13,343 13,299 13,071 12,673 12,440 12,335 12,266 12,124 12,197 12,256 12,295 10,358 9,646 8,869 12,648 11,711 151,777 140,530
Dist. of Col. 41,925 41,588 41,056 40,512 40,092 39,787 38,875 38,831 40,107 38,896 39,135 38,803 14,791 15,124 15,176 39,967 33,344 479,607 400,129
Florida 98,117 100,083 101,396 97,900 92,038 87,175 84,170 84,519 83,958 83,509 82,787 82,511 81,224 81,757 81,446 89,847 85,250 1,078,163 1,022,994
Georgia 78,798 75,827 73,420 68,969 65,320 62,496 59,445 57,391 55,711 53,579 52,705 51,653 50,631 49,457 47,281 62,943 56,220 755,314 674,638
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 28,194 27,233 27,605 27,143 26,052 26,500 26,180 25,613 25,818 25,321 25,881 26,240 15,245 15,919 16,452 26,482 23,530 317,780 282,364
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 96,526 96,785 97,400 97,715 95,404 93,760 91,212 89,939 88,366 86,038 84,960 84,244 82,384 81,781 81,513 91,862 88,110 1,102,349 1,057,316
Indiana 133,659 133,126 132,643 131,420 132,445 130,978 129,716 129,765 126,468 126,093 125,927 124,631 124,542 122,366 121,963 129,739 127,193 1,556,871 1,526,314
Iowa 51,508 50,917 50,082 50,658 49,423 49,917 49,800 48,965 48,714 45,712 47,044 47,279 53,319 51,958 51,184 49,168 49,498 590,019 593,973
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 31,958 31,606 31,742 31,407 31,786 31,842 32,407 32,420 32,788 31,704 31,220 31,628 32,378 32,269 32,254 31,876 32,009 382,508 384,103
Maryland 62,685 61,551 62,315 57,751 56,194 55,796 54,922 53,565 53,061 51,920 52,110 51,062 47,270 46,454 46,357 56,078 52,205 672,932 626,462
Massachusetts 103,522 102,201 101,565 99,591 98,034 97,764 96,182 95,498 95,586 94,256 94,613 100,047 95,731 93,243 92,407 98,238 96,079 1,178,859 1,152,952
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 81,451 79,995 80,864 81,240 79,681 81,557 81,801 80,433 81,518 79,066 77,951 78,884 64,439 63,323 63,384 80,370 76,106 964,441 913,277
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 116,467 115,733 116,083 95,991 94,710 94,074 111,462 110,528 109,520 109,272 110,995 110,618 98,845 97,170 96,713 107,954 103,325 1,295,453 1,239,898
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 33,657 33,255 33,303 33,915 33,755 33,769 33,345 32,642 32,536 32,809 33,383 33,026 23,326 21,247 19,359 33,283 30,259 399,395 363,112
Nevada 18,528 18,663 18,610 17,816 16,909 16,735 16,943 16,879 16,843 16,463 16,276 15,814 15,590 15,140 15,202 17,207 16,384 206,479 196,610
New Hampshire 14,496 14,407 14,532 14,525 14,376 14,586 14,553 14,305 14,153 14,013 14,167 14,219 12,643 12,087 11,565 14,361 13,766 172,332 165,192
New Jersey 114,689 113,910 113,331 111,858 109,909 109,347 107,789 107,456 106,339 105,321 105,253 105,527 88,827 87,480 86,338 109,227 102,620 1,310,729 1,231,444
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 476,788 471,007 472,386 468,200 462,031 459,452 451,116 448,662 445,386 438,770 436,101 431,995 411,650 405,758 405,528 455,158 438,721 5,461,894 5,264,649
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 32,729 32,632 32,487 32,295 31,800 31,448 31,184 31,021 31,058 30,767 30,356 30,028 21,631 21,310 20,954 31,484 28,654 377,805 343,852
South Carolina 45,433 45,067 44,328 43,099 41,930 41,435 40,873 41,026 41,095 41,067 42,068 41,900 41,099 39,693 37,991 42,443 41,106 509,321 493,276
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 190,704 188,697 187,953 187,943 186,521 185,828 183,411 183,471 181,702 181,493 180,328 179,319 176,509 172,379 169,730 184,781 180,720 2,217,370 2,168,634
Texas 196,284 190,348 188,629 180,557 167,859 161,931 159,012 155,354 155,966 156,283 157,124 159,256 160,136 156,218 155,517 169,050 160,434 2,028,603 1,925,213
Utah 21,197 20,697 20,464 19,888 19,225 19,097 18,247 17,638 17,200 16,200 15,710 14,910 14,802 13,727 13,276 18,373 16,660 220,473 199,920
Vermont 11,990 12,014 12,047 11,960 11,914 11,945 11,985 11,840 11,632 11,794 12,025 11,882 10,882 10,900 10,783 11,919 11,629 143,028 139,542
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 87,407 86,358 85,224 84,341 82,573 82,050 80,789 80,404 80,520 79,742 79,703 79,550 73,267 72,869 71,361 82,388 78,931 988,661 947,169
Washington 141,014 140,114 141,332 142,405 140,299 138,547 136,255 134,902 132,130 129,322 130,053 128,595 128,702 128,163 131,772 136,247 133,429 1,634,968 1,601,145
West Virginia 28,413 28,266 27,865 27,966 27,228 26,912 26,021 25,314 24,522 24,516 24,654 24,696 26,077 25,282 24,606 26,364 25,650 316,373 307,794
Wisconsin 43,480 42,699 41,745 41,522 40,919 40,310 40,334 40,427 40,493 40,276 40,126 39,353 38,616 38,011 37,332 40,974 39,810 491,684 477,719
Wyoming 590 563 547 529 547 582 531 546 558 523 560 565 506 529 514 553 541 6,641 6,490
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.