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COMBINED TANF AND SSP-MOE - Fiscal and Calendar Year 2008
Total Number of Child Recipients
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 3,095,313 3,089,491 3,075,574 3,066,935 3,037,408 3,021,684 3,017,955 3,018,259 3,008,822 - - - - - - 2,285,953 1,514,255 27,431,441 18,171,063
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 39,585 39,616 38,147 38,290 37,507 36,659 36,068 35,982 35,241 -    -    -    -    -    -    28,091 18,312 337,095 219,747
Guam 1/ -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   
Hawaii 12,011 12,126 12,298 12,414 12,354 11,991 9,978 9,392 9,391 -    -    -    -    -    -    8,496 5,460 101,955 65,520
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 35,576 34,942 34,790 34,407 33,717 33,470 32,745 32,211 31,660 -    -    -    -    -    -    25,293 16,518 303,518 198,210
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 21,895 21,315 21,449 21,324 21,222 21,895 21,851 21,585 22,000 -    -    -    -    -    -    16,211 10,823 194,536 129,877
Maryland 34,897 34,926 35,607 34,757 33,506 33,291 33,801 34,473 34,052 -    -    -    -    -    -    25,776 16,990 309,310 203,880
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 66,154 65,405 65,087 64,562 63,073 62,500 62,238 60,821 60,244 -    -    -    -    -    -    47,507 31,120 570,084 373,438
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 13,789 14,163 14,300 14,717 14,790 14,432 12,825 12,754 12,528 -    -    -    -    -    -    10,358 6,837 124,298 82,046
Nevada 14,340 14,120 14,173 13,917 13,716 13,630 13,543 13,697 13,751 -    -    -    -    -    -    10,407 6,855 124,887 82,254
New Hampshire 7,202 7,016 6,950 6,939 7,370 7,346 6,705 6,489 6,434 -    -    -    -    -    -    5,204 3,440 62,451 41,283
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 283,498 282,130 281,949 280,441 279,397 277,709 275,469 276,332 274,304 -    -    -    -    -    -    209,269 138,638 2,511,229 1,663,652
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 32,059 32,905 34,257 35,563 36,235 36,743 33,863 34,179 34,423 -    -    -    -    -    -    25,852 17,584 310,227 211,006
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 14,598 14,641 14,517 14,453 14,350 14,286 13,423 13,409 13,299 -    -    -    -    -    -    10,581 6,935 126,976 83,220
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 109,806 106,748 103,717 99,140 97,294 97,306 97,058 97,295 97,735 -    -    -    -    -    -    75,508 48,819 906,099 585,828
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 8,884 8,777 9,064 8,790 8,547 8,752 8,807 9,047 8,764 -    -    -    -    -    -    6,619 4,392 79,432 52,707
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 50,509 50,582 49,508 49,380 48,828 48,720 48,845 49,190 49,361 -    -    -    -    -    -    37,077 24,527 444,923 294,324
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 32,739 32,409 32,281 32,207 32,093 32,095 32,139 31,946 31,790 -    -    -    -    -    -    24,142 16,023 289,699 192,270
Wyoming 453 439 422 436 427 434 473 398 382 -    -    -    -    -    -    322 213 3,864 2,550
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 10/21/2008
By ACF



This is a Historical Document.