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TANF: Total Number of Families
Fiscal and Calendar Year 2007
As of 10/21/2008
State Oct-06 Nov-06 Dec-06 Jan-07 Feb-07 Mar-07 Apr-07 May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 Nov-07 Dec-07 Average
FY 2007		 Average
CY 2007		 Total
FY 2007		 Total
CY 2007
U.S. Totals 1,770,848 1,749,438 1,742,264 1,726,631 1,703,180 1,697,468 1,681,693 1,677,820 1,668,964 1,658,819 1,667,771 1,666,323 1,668,485 1,657,424 1,654,906 1,700,935 1,677,457 20,411,219 20,129,484
Alabama 19,860 19,878 19,638 19,004 18,376 18,005 17,597 17,611 17,554 17,768 18,100 18,104 18,539 18,478 18,584 18,458 18,143 221,495 217,720
Alaska 3,285 3,180 3,204 3,218 3,284 3,376 3,381 3,391 3,284 3,130 3,114 3,127 3,052 3,020 2,989 3,248 3,197 38,974 38,366
Arizona 38,065 37,286 37,077 36,606 35,876 35,617 35,361 35,151 35,232 35,461 36,297 36,934 37,690 37,339 37,122 36,247 36,224 434,963 434,686
Arkansas 8,822 8,867 8,798 8,843 8,379 8,600 8,439 8,420 8,447 8,573 8,511 8,472 9,032 8,845 8,741 8,598 8,609 103,171 103,302
California 476,615 473,811 474,290 473,234 470,912 471,775 470,892 471,069 470,099 468,783 471,480 470,502 473,939 475,481 477,465 471,955 472,136 5,663,462 5,665,631
Colorado 12,674 12,360 12,082 11,731 11,362 11,149 10,888 10,557 10,230 9,770 9,594 9,355 9,410 9,354 9,094 10,979 10,208 131,752 122,494
Connecticut 17,990 17,763 17,660 17,559 17,435 17,466 17,420 17,430 17,398 17,228 17,293 17,024 19,542 19,412 19,424 17,472 17,886 209,666 214,631
Delaware 4,783 4,529 4,227 4,032 4,084 4,027 3,944 3,913 3,916 3,915 3,985 4,034 4,026 4,033 4,036 4,116 3,995 49,389 47,945
Dist. of Col. 6,421 6,496 6,455 6,376 5,783 5,748 6,228 6,214 5,975 6,026 6,194 6,231 5,600 5,467 5,237 6,179 5,923 74,147 71,079
Florida 49,591 49,834 49,849 49,242 48,396 47,337 46,454 46,525 46,710 46,714 46,603 46,864 46,980 47,481 48,608 47,843 47,326 574,119 567,914
Georgia 27,097 26,702 25,739 25,599 25,031 24,649 24,252 24,175 23,983 23,778 23,410 23,574 23,519 23,525 22,719 24,832 24,018 297,989 288,214
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 5,413 5,659 5,865 5,804 5,792 5,772 5,739 5,710 5,653 5,633 5,664 5,661 5,734 5,734 5,809 5,697 5,725 68,365 68,705
Idaho 1,726 1,702 1,688 1,676 1,640 1,661 1,620 1,581 1,560 1,535 1,529 1,506 1,500 1,504 1,527 1,619 1,570 19,424 18,839
Illinois 33,509 33,302 33,212 32,819 32,049 31,275 30,145 29,444 28,599 27,508 26,782 26,222 25,812 25,544 25,424 30,406 28,469 364,866 341,623
Indiana 42,702 41,950 41,897 41,426 41,455 41,227 40,815 40,923 40,403 41,361 41,638 42,058 42,759 42,073 41,136 41,488 41,440 497,855 497,274
Iowa 17,345 17,110 16,995 16,712 16,486 16,642 16,718 16,746 16,452 16,288 16,619 16,757 16,760 16,573 16,475 16,739 16,602 200,870 199,228
Kansas 16,433 15,740 15,344 15,085 14,764 14,550 14,400 14,203 14,096 14,153 14,291 13,892 13,496 13,062 12,853 14,746 14,070 176,951 168,845
Kentucky 32,010 31,288 30,922 30,620 29,968 29,788 29,415 29,548 29,173 29,030 29,480 29,492 29,697 29,562 29,323 30,061 29,591 360,734 355,096
Louisiana 11,398 11,427 11,338 11,059 10,935 10,730 10,642 10,757 10,787 10,764 11,000 11,023 11,181 11,113 11,107 10,988 10,925 131,860 131,098
Maine 10,646 10,492 10,501 10,378 10,437 10,383 10,367 10,278 10,275 10,231 10,150 10,254 9,343 9,268 9,424 10,366 10,066 124,392 120,788
Maryland 19,359 19,079 18,989 18,627 18,264 17,946 17,948 17,998 18,186 18,187 18,690 19,131 19,595 19,641 19,901 18,534 18,676 222,404 224,114
Massachusetts 46,407 45,624 45,429 44,969 44,252 44,579 44,085 44,380 44,619 44,406 45,582 46,483 46,434 45,979 45,970 45,068 45,145 540,815 541,738
Michigan 71,854 72,501 74,553 73,929 74,042 75,173 73,794 73,984 73,283 71,904 71,720 71,892 70,962 70,060 69,327 73,219 72,506 878,629 870,070
Minnesota 26,892 26,501 26,448 26,442 26,168 26,513 26,833 26,530 26,646 26,317 26,408 26,642 26,393 26,707 26,387 26,528 26,499 318,340 317,986
Mississippi 12,306 12,273 12,136 11,610 11,420 11,210 11,121 11,239 11,366 11,350 11,544 11,658 11,771 11,781 11,631 11,603 11,475 139,233 137,701
Missouri 39,010 38,409 38,238 38,180 37,753 37,869 37,507 37,239 37,078 37,523 37,785 37,842 38,069 37,622 37,375 37,869 37,654 454,433 451,842
Montana 3,324 3,177 3,079 3,202 3,143 3,184 3,132 3,169 3,230 3,203 3,243 3,217 3,158 3,127 3,192 3,192 3,183 38,303 38,200
Nebraska 8,588 7,898 7,300 6,892 6,793 6,586 6,254 6,072 5,875 5,903 5,998 5,845 6,272 6,467 6,573 6,667 6,294 80,004 75,530
Nevada 6,447 6,306 6,330 6,207 6,213 6,424 6,614 6,820 7,043 7,295 7,362 7,410 7,518 7,365 7,409 6,706 6,973 80,471 83,680
New Hampshire 5,678 5,498 5,314 5,195 5,183 5,145 5,074 5,020 4,952 4,863 4,790 4,703 4,631 4,522 4,471 5,118 4,879 61,415 58,549
New Jersey 37,160 36,641 36,283 35,791 34,985 34,884 34,267 34,358 34,177 33,891 34,198 34,123 36,406 36,359 36,420 35,063 34,988 420,758 419,859
New Mexico 15,922 15,471 15,364 14,929 14,326 14,017 13,673 13,801 13,716 12,320 12,846 12,503 12,436 12,040 12,195 14,074 13,234 168,888 158,802
New York 127,397 125,693 125,649 124,538 122,563 122,539 120,473 120,087 119,434 120,728 120,097 118,876 119,748 118,742 118,006 122,340 120,486 1,468,074 1,445,831
North Carolina 28,213 27,828 27,450 26,797 25,908 25,509 25,054 25,018 24,857 24,661 24,756 24,537 24,792 24,689 24,544 25,882 25,094 310,588 301,122
North Dakota 2,253 2,135 2,085 2,058 1,989 2,016 2,055 2,065 2,068 2,041 2,122 2,156 2,124 2,099 2,071 2,087 2,072 25,043 24,864
Ohio 80,851 79,716 79,592 79,297 77,803 77,624 77,231 77,459 77,005 77,433 78,331 78,129 80,269 80,481 80,629 78,373 78,474 940,471 941,691
Oklahoma 10,101 9,841 9,809 9,653 9,487 9,283 9,172 9,186 8,921 8,908 9,056 9,002 374 262 244 9,368 6,962 112,419 83,548
Oregon 18,023 18,098 18,311 18,617 18,810 18,872 18,785 18,805 18,741 18,643 18,643 18,645 18,735 18,808 19,168 18,583 18,773 222,993 225,272
Pennsylvania 71,212 68,617 66,812 65,312 64,144 63,637 62,721 62,600 61,948 59,628 60,784 60,167 59,411 55,519 55,389 63,965 60,938 767,582 731,260
Puerto Rico 14,515 14,625 14,555 14,336 14,249 13,809 13,356 13,349 13,122 12,931 12,724 12,617 12,531 12,366 12,356 13,682 13,146 164,188 157,746
Rhode Island 8,909 8,833 8,716 8,585 8,416 8,278 8,185 8,213 8,371 8,141 8,135 8,075 8,332 8,306 8,178 8,405 8,268 100,857 99,215
South Carolina 17,672 17,137 16,558 16,104 15,729 15,652 14,298 14,370 14,479 14,540 14,862 14,936 14,875 14,769 14,428 15,528 14,920 186,337 179,042
South Dakota 2,897 2,967 2,955 2,894 2,815 2,825 2,874 2,908 2,871 2,831 2,879 2,842 2,861 2,917 2,904 2,880 2,868 34,558 34,421
Tennessee 66,346 64,973 64,010 63,420 62,529 61,624 61,633 61,229 60,127 57,772 57,945 57,747 57,892 56,216 54,704 61,613 59,403 739,355 712,838
Texas 67,049 65,744 65,410 63,810 61,010 60,200 59,688 58,218 58,553 58,577 58,092 58,800 59,349 57,595 57,002 61,263 59,241 735,151 710,894
Utah 5,984 5,619 5,470 5,257 5,052 5,047 4,930 4,784 4,769 4,603 4,557 4,691 4,701 4,647 4,796 5,064 4,820 60,763 57,834
Vermont 4,413 4,417 4,411 4,406 4,415 4,463 4,513 4,510 4,500 4,442 4,517 4,503 3,941 3,946 4,242 4,459 4,367 53,510 52,398
Virgin Islands 457 454 457 454 446 440 450 434 418 397 393 395 398 409 399 433 419 5,195 5,033
Virginia 32,432 31,941 31,065 30,685 30,201 29,916 29,668 29,560 29,525 29,258 29,253 29,175 29,143 29,121 28,576 30,223 29,507 362,679 354,081
Washington 51,349 51,094 52,060 52,847 52,531 52,292 51,657 50,867 49,519 48,574 48,536 47,833 47,941 48,331 49,652 50,763 50,048 609,159 600,580
West Virginia 10,606 10,290 10,179 10,036 9,824 9,774 9,698 9,612 9,335 9,423 9,515 9,699 8,665 8,666 8,725 9,833 9,414 117,991 112,972
Wisconsin 17,479 17,304 17,108 17,167 16,924 17,016 16,896 16,970 17,080 17,147 17,345 17,636 17,793 17,664 17,608 17,173 17,271 206,072 207,246
Wyoming 280 292 286 284 283 273 259 254 252 252 263 255 276 267 265 269 265 3,233 3,183
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.