Caseload Data

State	Current Quarter		Over Past Quarter			Same Quarter Last Year			Over Past Year			Previous Year			Since TANF Enactment
TANF Families - Through June 2008 As of November 25, 2008
	Jun-08		Mar-08	TO	Mar-08	Mar-07	TO	Mar-07	Jun-07	TO	Mar-08	Jun-06	TO	Mar-07	Aug-96	TO	Mar-08
		% of U.S.	Number	Percent	% Rank	Number	Percent	% Rank	Number	Percent	% Rank	Number	Percent	% Rank	Number	TO	% Rank
U.S. Totals	1,628,926	100.0%	(9,604)	-0.6%		(26,363)	-1.6%		(40,038)	-1.8%		(101,176)	-8.0%		(2,779,582)	-63.1%
Alabama	17,121	1.1%	(358)	-2.0%	22	(451)	-2.5%	23	(433)	-0.4%	35	(784)	-6.6%	36	(23,911)	-58.3%	35
Alaska	3,073	0.2%	(130)	-4.1%	8	(92)	-2.7%	17	(211)	-2.5%	28	(351)	-15.5%	26	(9,086)	-74.7%	16
Arizona	34,910	2.1%	(920)	-2.6%	19	(385)	-1.1%	35	(322)	1.7%	42	(2,595)	-7.7%	33	(27,494)	-44.1%	51
Arkansas	8,217	0.5%	(198)	-2.4%	20	(153)	-1.8%	31	(230)	-0.4%	36	554	4.1%	48	(13,852)	-62.8%	27
California	491,562	30.2%	5,348	1.1%	44	(1,676)	-0.4%	40	21,463	3.4%	48	20,996	9.5%	51	(388,816)	-44.2%	50
Colorado	8,484	0.5%	(603)	-6.6%	6	(919)	-8.2%	3	(1,746)	-11.2%	8	(3,841)	-39.7%	3	(26,002)	-75.4%	15
Connecticut	18,759	1.2%	(394)	-2.1%	21	(68)	-0.4%	39	1,361	10.1%	53	(852)	2.8%	47	(38,567)	-67.3%	23
Delaware	4,096	0.3%	-	0.0%	36	(111)	-2.8%	15	180	4.6%	50	(1,391)	-22.8%	13	(6,489)	-61.3%	30
Dist. of Col.	5,293	0.3%	(92)	-1.7%	24	227	3.9%	52	(682)	-9.9%	10	(9,304)	-65.4%	1	(20,057)	-79.1%	6
Florida	49,112	3.0%	998	2.1%	49	(627)	-1.3%	32	2,402	3.0%	47	(3,330)	-1.9%	41	(151,810)	-75.6%	14
Georgia	21,345	1.3%	(687)	-3.1%	14	(666)	-2.7%	18	(2,638)	-8.1%	15	(5,211)	-26.9%	9	(101,984)	-82.7%	5
Guam 1/	3,072	0.2%	-	0.0%	36	2,141	230.0%	54	-	0.0%	38	2,100	216.0%	53	829	37.0%	54
Hawaii	5,212	0.3%	(412)	-7.3%	5	(119)	-2.1%	28	(441)	-0.5%	34	(1,131)	-23.2%	11	(16,682)	-76.2%	12
Idaho	1,479	0.1%	(11)	-0.7%	27	(101)	-6.1%	6	(81)	-4.5%	18	(227)	-17.2%	21	(7,128)	-82.8%	4
Illinois	24,276	1.5%	(283)	-1.2%	25	(2,676)	-8.6%	2	(4,323)	-14.1%	3	(6,690)	-31.2%	6	(196,021)	-89.0%	2
Indiana	39,779	2.4%	(1,277)	-3.1%	15	(824)	-2.0%	30	(624)	1.6%	40	(1,093)	-4.1%	38	(11,658)	-22.7%	53
Iowa	15,285	0.9%	(596)	-3.8%	10	(190)	-1.1%	34	(1,167)	-3.5%	23	67	-6.7%	35	(16,294)	-51.6%	43
Kansas	11,946	0.7%	(382)	-3.1%	16	(454)	-3.1%	14	(2,150)	-12.5%	6	(2,867)	-29.6%	8	(11,844)	-49.8%	44
Kentucky	28,597	1.8%	(544)	-1.9%	23	(615)	-2.1%	27	(576)	-0.1%	37	(3,449)	-12.3%	30	(42,667)	-59.9%	33
Louisiana	9,969	0.6%	(337)	-3.3%	12	57	0.5%	44	(818)	-4.5%	20	205	-5.8%	37	(57,498)	-85.2%	3
Maine	10,072	0.6%	(374)	-3.6%	11	(108)	-1.0%	36	(203)	1.7%	41	821	6.5%	49	(9,935)	-49.7%	45
Maryland	18,899	1.2%	265	1.4%	46	240	1.3%	47	713	2.5%	45	(1,070)	-1.9%	42	(51,766)	-73.3%	18
Massachusetts	45,317	2.8%	(72)	-0.2%	35	40	0.1%	41	698	1.7%	43	(1,182)	-1.1%	45	(39,383)	-46.5%	48
Michigan	64,123	3.9%	(2,714)	-4.1%	7	(1,890)	-2.5%	22	(9,160)	-8.8%	12	(9,913)	-22.9%	12	(105,874)	-62.3%	29
Minnesota	21,510	1.3%	(54)	-0.3%	33	133	0.5%	43	(5,136)	-19.1%	1	(1,075)	-22.4%	15	(36,231)	-62.7%	28
Mississippi	11,130	0.7%	321	3.0%	51	156	1.4%	48	(236)	-4.9%	16	(1,231)	-11.6%	31	(35,298)	-76.0%	13
Missouri	34,444	2.1%	(1,409)	-3.9%	9	(791)	-2.1%	26	(2,634)	-3.3%	25	(639)	-8.7%	32	(45,679)	-57.0%	38
Montana	2,961	0.2%	(246)	-7.7%	4	46	1.4%	49	(269)	-0.7%	33	(544)	-21.5%	17	(7,153)	-70.7%	20
Nebraska	6,665	0.4%	(181)	-2.6%	17	(711)	-10.8%	1	790	16.5%	54	(4,003)	-32.5%	5	(7,770)	-53.8%	39
Nevada	7,169	0.4%	4	0.1%	38	619	9.6%	53	126	1.7%	44	1,709	34.4%	52	(6,543)	-47.7%	47
New Hampshire	4,246	0.3%	(485)	-10.3%	2	(193)	-3.8%	13	(706)	-4.5%	19	(1,106)	-29.9%	7	(4,854)	-53.3%	41
New Jersey	33,258	2.0%	(86)	-0.3%	32	(707)	-2.0%	29	(919)	-2.4%	29	(5,698)	-16.6%	22	(68,446)	-67.3%	22
New Mexico	13,425	0.8%	825	6.5%	54	(301)	-2.1%	25	(291)	-8.1%	14	(2,592)	-17.7%	20	(19,928)	-59.7%	34
New York	116,081	7.1%	(1,275)	-1.1%	26	(3,105)	-2.5%	21	(3,353)	-1.7%	31	(13,408)	-12.6%	29	(302,257)	-72.3%	19
North Carolina	23,722	1.5%	49	0.2%	40	(652)	-2.6%	20	(1,135)	-4.8%	17	(4,352)	-18.8%	19	(86,338)	-78.4%	8
North Dakota	1,993	0.1%	(13)	-0.6%	28	52	2.6%	51	(75)	-3.0%	26	(643)	-26.5%	10	(2,780)	-58.2%	36
Ohio	80,411	4.9%	161	0.2%	39	(619)	-0.8%	37	3,406	4.2%	49	(1,296)	2.7%	46	(123,829)	-60.6%	32
Oklahoma	7,790	0.5%	(263)	-3.3%	13	(362)	-3.9%	12	(1,131)	-9.7%	11	(936)	-21.0%	18	(28,196)	-78.4%	9
Oregon	20,144	1.2%	423	2.1%	50	(131)	-0.7%	38	1,403	5.2%	51	199	8.6%	50	(9,773)	-32.7%	52
Pennsylvania	48,437	3.0%	(5,470)	-10.1%	3	(1,689)	-2.7%	19	(13,511)	-13.0%	5	(30,879)	-47.8%	2	(137,905)	-74.0%	17
Puerto Rico	11,797	0.7%	168	1.4%	47	(687)	-5.0%	10	(1,325)	-11.4%	7	(967)	-16.3%	23	(38,074)	-76.3%	11
Rhode Island	8,012	0.5%	(42)	-0.5%	29	93	1.1%	46	(359)	-3.8%	22	(1,195)	-16.2%	24	(12,658)	-61.2%	31
South Carolina	14,982	0.9%	463	3.2%	52	(1,173)	-7.5%	5	503	0.3%	39	(757)	-1.7%	44	(29,078)	-66.0%	26
South Dakota	2,799	0.2%	7	0.3%	41	46	1.6%	50	(72)	-2.8%	27	22	-1.8%	43	(3,030)	-52.0%	42
Tennessee	52,046	3.2%	179	0.3%	42	(1,497)	-2.4%	24	(8,081)	-13.7%	4	(6,771)	-22.2%	16	(45,141)	-46.4%	49
Texas	51,211	3.1%	(1,371)	-2.6%	18	(1,647)	-2.7%	16	(7,342)	-10.2%	9	(7,671)	-22.7%	14	(192,293)	-79.0%	7
Utah	4,654	0.3%	(16)	-0.3%	31	(278)	-5.5%	7	(115)	-2.1%	30	(2,328)	-34.4%	4	(9,567)	-67.3%	24
Vermont	3,761	0.2%	(8)	-0.2%	34	37	0.8%	45	(739)	-16.2%	2	150	-13.5%	28	(5,004)	-57.1%	37
Virgin Islands	409	0.0%	5	1.2%	45	(22)	-5.0%	9	(9)	-3.3%	24	(22)	-7.0%	34	(962)	-70.2%	21
Virginia	28,585	1.8%	283	1.0%	43	(391)	-1.3%	33	(940)	-4.1%	21	20,616	220.9%	54	(33,320)	-53.8%	40
Washington	50,915	3.1%	2,184	4.5%	53	(2,773)	-5.3%	8	1,396	-1.6%	32	(3,285)	-3.6%	39	(46,577)	-47.8%	46
West Virginia	8,694	0.5%	125	1.5%	48	(439)	-4.5%	11	(641)	-8.2%	13	(998)	-15.9%	25	(28,350)	-76.5%	10
Wisconsin	17,432	1.1%	(80)	-0.5%	30	64	0.4%	42	352	2.5%	46	(902)	-3.1%	40	(34,492)	-66.4%	25
Wyoming	245	0.0%	(29)	-10.6%	1	(21)	-7.7%	4	(7)	8.7%	52	(36)	-14.9%	27	(4,067)	-94.3%	1
1/ Guam's TANF caseload figures reflect an estimate based on the first quarter of FY 2002.
As of November 25, 2008