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TANF: Total Number of Child Recipients
Fiscal and Calendar Year 2008
As of 10/21/2008
State Oct-07 Nov-07 Dec-07 Jan-08 Feb-08 Mar-08 Apr-08 May-08 Jun-08 Jul-08 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Average
FY 2008		 Average
CY 2008		 Total
FY 2008		 Total
CY 2008
U.S. Totals 2,986,157 2,979,838 2,965,242 2,957,304 2,928,053 2,912,513 2,917,395 2,917,599 2,908,964 - - - - - - 2,206,089 1,461,819 26,473,065 17,541,828
Alabama 33,648 33,670 33,895 32,812 31,448 31,263 30,818 30,689 30,678 -    -    -    -    -    -    24,077 15,642 288,921 187,708
Alaska 5,555 5,465 5,465 5,573 5,698 5,862 5,904 5,859 5,597 -    -    -    -    -    -    4,248 2,874 50,978 34,493
Arizona 60,541 60,053 59,760 59,565 58,607 57,928 57,005 57,165 56,539 -    -    -    -    -    -    43,930 28,901 527,163 346,809
Arkansas 15,427 15,081 14,805 14,753 14,410 14,077 14,195 13,969 13,819 -    -    -    -    -    -    10,878 7,102 130,536 85,223
California 928,214 928,510 935,689 941,914 947,110 952,252 957,801 961,681 961,377 -    -    -    -    -    -    709,546 476,845 8,514,548 5,722,135
Colorado 17,997 17,827 17,351 17,453 17,364 17,268 16,782 16,259 16,165 -    -    -    -    -    -    12,872 8,441 154,466 101,291
Connecticut 28,191 28,002 28,020 28,038 27,721 27,616 27,357 27,290 27,073 -    -    -    -    -    -    20,776 13,758 249,308 165,095
Delaware 6,802 6,758 6,783 6,679 6,730 6,877 6,979 6,959 6,849 -    -    -    -    -    -    5,118 3,423 61,416 41,073
Dist. of Col. 10,248 10,072 9,615 9,852 9,702 9,770 10,322 9,262 9,515 -    -    -    -    -    -    7,363 4,869 88,358 58,423
Florida 64,905 65,348 67,268 68,137 67,155 66,097 65,524 66,258 67,758 -    -    -    -    -    -    49,871 33,411 598,450 400,929
Georgia 39,518 39,561 38,098 38,245 37,459 36,618 36,068 35,982 35,241 -    -    -    -    -    -    28,066 18,301 336,790 219,613
Guam -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   
Hawaii 10,396 10,386 10,545 10,573 10,498 10,203 9,978 9,392 9,391 -    -    -    -    -    -    7,614 5,003 91,362 60,035
Idaho 2,109 2,129 2,174 2,132 2,113 2,069 2,044 2,090 2,060 -    -    -    -    -    -    1,577 1,042 18,920 12,508
Illinois 50,712 50,115 49,926 49,643 48,892 48,064 47,602 47,313 47,436 -    -    -    -    -    -    36,642 24,079 439,703 288,950
Indiana 93,386 92,262 90,280 89,107 89,418 89,064 87,163 87,064 86,227 -    -    -    -    -    -    66,998 44,004 803,971 528,043
Iowa 29,301 28,975 28,855 28,443 28,050 27,737 27,191 27,086 26,544 -    -    -    -    -    -    21,015 13,754 252,182 165,051
Kansas 23,717 22,886 22,639 22,464 21,991 21,508 21,023 20,809 20,800 -    -    -    -    -    -    16,486 10,716 197,837 128,595
Kentucky 47,196 46,963 46,587 46,973 46,376 46,319 46,519 46,060 45,457 -    -    -    -    -    -    34,871 23,142 418,450 277,704
Louisiana 21,548 21,448 21,447 21,033 20,256 19,643 19,431 19,319 19,105 -    -    -    -    -    -    15,269 9,899 183,230 118,787
Maine 17,175 16,652 16,880 16,937 16,693 17,246 17,186 16,913 17,251 -    -    -    -    -    -    12,744 8,519 152,933 102,226
Maryland 33,619 33,651 34,281 33,401 32,249 31,959 32,329 32,932 32,496 -    -    -    -    -    -    24,743 16,281 296,917 195,366
Massachusetts 64,440 63,508 63,656 62,696 61,976 62,346 61,860 61,837 61,647 -    -    -    -    -    -    46,997 31,030 563,966 372,362
Michigan 136,196 134,360 132,959 130,690 130,766 128,024 126,466 125,699 122,706 -    -    -    -    -    -    97,322 63,696 1,167,866 764,351
Minnesota 46,149 46,844 46,143 45,941 36,848 36,687 36,528 36,657 36,441 -    -    -    -    -    -    30,687 19,092 368,238 229,102
Mississippi 18,571 18,629 18,463 17,700 17,444 17,005 17,175 17,490 17,525 -    -    -    -    -    -    13,334 8,695 160,002 104,339
Missouri 63,834 63,118 62,800 62,300 60,776 60,168 59,905 58,431 57,862 -    -    -    -    -    -    45,766 29,954 549,194 359,442
Montana 5,667 5,652 5,799 6,024 5,701 5,760 5,698 5,572 5,352 -    -    -    -    -    -    4,269 2,842 51,225 34,107
Nebraska 11,790 12,179 12,366 12,903 13,192 12,802 12,825 12,754 12,528 -    -    -    -    -    -    9,445 6,417 113,339 77,004
Nevada 14,339 14,119 14,172 13,916 13,715 13,629 13,542 13,696 13,746 -    -    -    -    -    -    10,406 6,854 124,874 82,244
New Hampshire 7,132 6,957 6,892 6,873 7,301 7,275 6,635 6,418 6,365 -    -    -    -    -    -    5,154 3,406 61,848 40,867
New Jersey 61,220 61,211 61,146 57,175 56,542 56,170 56,032 55,956 55,975 -    -    -    -    -    -    43,452 28,154 521,427 337,850
New Mexico 25,934 25,507 25,807 26,228 25,777 25,686 26,150 26,527 26,761 -    -    -    -    -    -    19,531 13,094 234,377 157,129
New York 199,432 198,114 197,732 197,172 196,178 195,198 194,185 194,558 193,408 -    -    -    -    -    -    147,165 97,558 1,765,977 1,170,699
North Carolina 38,740 38,599 38,446 38,407 37,418 37,067 37,420 37,522 37,234 -    -    -    -    -    -    28,404 18,756 340,853 225,068
North Dakota 3,917 3,845 3,802 3,700 3,746 3,696 3,692 3,613 3,610 -    -    -    -    -    -    2,802 1,838 33,621 22,057
Ohio 132,005 132,439 132,965 133,160 132,143 131,876 133,035 132,902 131,838 -    -    -    -    -    -    99,364 66,246 1,192,363 794,954
Oklahoma 677 470 460 628 408 525 14,489 14,355 13,929 -    -    -    -    -    -    3,828 3,695 45,941 44,334
Oregon 31,617 31,693 32,351 33,214 33,452 33,572 33,863 34,179 34,423 -    -    -    -    -    -    24,864 16,892 298,364 202,703
Pennsylvania 105,298 98,806 99,156 101,662 99,399 96,088 90,510 90,764 88,000 -    -    -    -    -    -    72,474 47,202 869,683 566,423
Puerto Rico 22,046 21,936 21,686 21,184 21,251 21,376 21,051 21,264 21,629 -    -    -    -    -    -    16,119 10,646 193,423 127,755
Rhode Island 13,978 13,937 13,767 13,762 13,601 13,520 13,423 13,409 13,299 -    -    -    -    -    -    10,225 6,751 122,696 81,014
South Carolina 26,125 25,909 25,304 25,559 25,164 25,468 25,882 25,908 26,379 -    -    -    -    -    -    19,308 12,863 231,698 154,360
South Dakota 5,001 5,093 5,087 4,961 4,808 4,863 5,014 5,020 4,866 -    -    -    -    -    -    3,726 2,461 44,713 29,532
Tennessee 108,658 105,611 102,614 97,967 96,200 96,221 95,960 96,275 96,682 -    -    -    -    -    -    74,682 48,275 896,188 579,305
Texas 114,228 110,758 109,523 107,446 102,878 100,429 97,352 97,719 97,508 -    -    -    -    -    -    78,153 50,278 937,841 603,332
Utah 8,181 8,120 8,429 8,226 8,060 8,296 8,330 8,500 8,243 -    -    -    -    -    -    6,199 4,138 74,385 49,655
Vermont 6,399 6,392 6,731 6,155 6,069 5,996 5,988 6,119 5,995 -    -    -    -    -    -    4,654 3,027 55,844 36,322
Virgin Islands 858 871 853 866 840 815 821 825 851 -    -    -    -    -    -    633 418 7,600 5,018
Virginia 47,152 47,150 46,177 46,033 45,630 45,599 45,711 46,134 46,275 -    -    -    -    -    -    34,655 22,949 415,861 275,382
Washington 79,563 95,679 83,121 84,825 85,047 81,024 82,685 81,270 84,753 -    -    -    -    -    -    63,164 41,634 757,967 499,604
West Virginia 14,088 14,134 14,247 14,063 13,766 13,847 13,807 13,994 14,009 -    -    -    -    -    -    10,496 6,957 125,955 83,486
Wisconsin 32,264 31,945 31,803 31,705 31,590 31,611 31,667 31,483 31,365 -    -    -    -    -    -    23,786 15,785 285,433 189,421
Wyoming 453 439 422 436 427 434 473 398 382 -    -    -    -    -    -    322 213 3,864 2,550
As of 10/21/2008

Last Updated on 10/21/2008
By ACF



This is a Historical Document.