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 TANF Banner: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families


1997

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The workbook will contain 15 months of data to cover both fiscal and calendar years.

Aid to Families with Dependent Children/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
AVERAGE MONTHLY NUMBER OF FAMILIES AND RECIPIENTS, 1997*
STATE FISCAL YEAR 1997 (October - September) CALENDAR YEAR 1997 (January - December)
TOTAL
FAMILIES		 Reported as AFDC-UP FAMILIES TANF TWO-
PARENT
FAMILIES		 TANF ONE-
PARENT
FAMILIES		 TOTAL
RECIPIENTS		 TOTAL
FAMILIES		 Reported as AFDC-UP FAMILIES TANF TWO-
PARENT
FAMILIES		 TANF ONE-
PARENT
FAMILIES		 TOTAL
RECIPIENTS
U.S. Totals
 3,936,610 275,406 173,708 2,213,682 10,935,125 3,740,179 273,627 168,420 2,237,285 10,375,993
Alabama
 34,519 61 66 16,055 85,552 30,947 63 33 14,932 77,096
Alaska
 12,023 1,784 - - 35,371 11,596 1,711 - - 34,434
Arizona
 54,744 1,066 871 50,044 147,380 51,285 1,051 780 41,392 138,683
Arkansas
 20,896 230 - - 53,188 19,316 238 - - 49,156
California
 815,913 147,385 98,839 481,977 2,403,510 787,635 146,234 96,334 474,337 2,318,036
Colorado
 29,888 299 - - 79,874 27,543 331 - - 71,088
Connecticut
 55,796 3,557 3,440 43,406 154,351 55,012 3,598 3,111 43,055 151,801
Delaware
 9,761 190 - - 22,177 9,010 191 267 4,783 21,139
Dist. of Col.
 24,119 105 - - 66,272 23,447 101 74 18,663 64,663
Florida
 170,507 1,952 0 101,411 447,369 154,279 1,901 0 94,622 403,838
Georgia
 105,919 152 0 55,887 278,881 97,223 144 0 54,621 254,243
Guam
 2,309 186 - - 7,753 2,289 177 - - 7,491
Hawaii
 21,267 2,138 - - 64,898 20,180 1,683 - - 60,593
Idaho
 6,465 139 - - 16,147 4,954 118 - - 12,277
Illinois
 198,923 8,521 - - 580,324 192,225 8,317 - - 563,129
Indiana
 44,688 1,007 957 35,715 120,179 43,469 1,021 959 36,511 119,429
Iowa
 28,843 2,717 2,353 22,359 78,378 27,884 2,717 2,246 21,909 75,864
Kansas
 20,218 813 774 12,517 53,844 18,556 821 693 11,624 49,463
Kentucky
 65,294 2,335 1,553 44,246 157,807 62,301 2,276 1,369 42,239 150,900
Louisiana
 56,535 139 326 33,422 186,565 52,768 138 309 32,521 166,395
Maine
 18,470 1,268 769 13,311 49,397 17,607 1,261 726 12,714 46,944
Maryland
 59,230 426 0 40,155 163,089 56,019 452 0 45,903 153,367
Massachusetts
 77,989 2,468 2,133 52,171 207,138 75,098 2,466 2,093 50,865 199,403
Michigan
 151,620 16,049 9,819 132,214 448,704 144,947 15,734 9,034 129,974 428,622
Minnesota
 53,340 3,186 - - 156,872 51,498 3,084 - - 151,907
Mississippi
 38,513 12 7 21,458 102,284 34,813 12 6 19,762 92,211
Missouri
 71,752 524 913 46,642 196,937 68,481 495 895 45,415 186,396
Montana
 8,886 1,175 1,052 5,248 26,218 8,179 1,252 1,021 5,073 24,326
Nebraska
 13,859 615 670 10,615 37,418 13,807 630 686 10,451 37,439
Nevada
 11,918 200 303 7,155 29,492 11,584 213 307 7,182 28,787
New Hampshire
 8,120 77 66 7,504 20,199 7,785 82 56 7,319 19,248
New Jersey
 95,428 3,969 4,766 70,134 253,913 92,055 4,519 2,383 67,938 242,285
New Mexico
 26,954 853 - - 81,450 23,297 867 - - 71,573
New York
 384,377 13,199 9,672 310,894 1,048,257 378,816 12,870 9,524 305,585 1,017,878
North Carolina
 98,904 2,534 2,492 61,767 242,714 94,104 2,570 2,435 59,877 230,819
North Dakota
 4,195 35 - - 11,398 3,927 25 - - 10,633
Ohio
 186,206 13,007 9,780 160,731 497,429 175,598 12,840 8,793 154,307 466,524
Oklahoma
 30,336 127 90 26,005 84,766 28,120 123 86 27,096 80,294
Oregon
 24,076 1,044 1,058 15,284 62,484 22,311 1,036 1,283 14,717 57,672
Pennsylvania
 163,563 4,179 - - 460,607 155,808 4,086 2,858 116,458 437,898
Puerto Rico
 47,726 0 - - 143,770 46,684 0 - - 140,344
Rhode Island
 19,811 475 - - 55,330 19,647 497 1,084 15,589 55,286
South Carolina
 34,214 172 573 19,222 89,761 31,086 174 602 18,615 81,944
South Dakota
 5,105 24 0 2,711 13,439 4,773 24 0 2,647 12,550
Tennessee
 70,419 548 322 42,725 183,973 63,820 481 307 40,987 166,582
Texas
 208,974 14,264 6,159 124,171 573,880 191,875 14,770 6,160 121,612 530,281
Utah
 12,250 162 178 8,609 33,805 11,673 170 187 8,519 32,067
Vermont
 8,263 1,070 887 6,108 22,936 8,048 1,094 877 6,014 22,332
Virgin Islands
 1,278 0 - - 4,528 1,237 0 - - 4,387
Virginia
 53,856 581 846 - 130,600 50,818 634 838 36,601 122,766
Washington
 93,043 12,870 9,980 68,512 254,039 90,607 12,960 9,829 64,831 246,202
West Virginia
 33,639 3,905 2,963 - 82,746 31,343 3,874 2,813 19,689 82,899
Wisconsin
 38,874 1,591 297 22,164 118,270 30,654 1,495 289 18,949 98,732
Wyoming
 2,798 21 5 1,291 7,466 2,138 8 4 1,120 5,679
* Total family and total recipient averages include AFDC as well as TANF. TANF one- and TWO
PARENT family numbers are for TANF only. Depending upon when State TANF programs began, fiscal year averages may be for one to three months; calendar year averages for one to six months. AFDC-UP fiscal averages are for either nine or twelve months; calendar averages are for six to twelve months.

Last Updated on 8/30/2004
By ACF

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This document was last modified on Nov-28-2008 .