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TANF: Total Number of Recipients
Fiscal and Calendar Year 2008
As of 01/21/09
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
U.S. Totals
3,900,144 3,867,842 3,866,267 3,841,433 3,798,739 3,782,805 3,786,877 3,789,687 3,770,493 3,770,886 3,807,722 3,821,600 -    -    -    3,817,041 2,847,520
Alabama 43,419 43,422 43,740 42,262 40,354 40,186 39,598 39,374 39,404 39,858 40,473 41,253 -    -    -    41,112 30,230
Alaska 7,956 7,833 7,815 8,007 8,224 8,466 8,532 8,496 8,091 7,676 7,682 7,554 -    -    -    8,028 6,061
Arizona 81,606 80,709 80,152 61,402 60,286 59,504 76,221 75,217 74,351 75,779 77,318 78,269 -    -    -    73,401 53,196
Arkansas 20,924 20,401 19,998 19,945 19,479 18,965 19,146 18,785 18,600 18,668 18,597 18,859 -    -    -    19,364 14,254
California 1,167,045 1,166,843 1,175,334 1,183,058 1,188,713 1,195,251 1,202,808 1,208,637 1,208,868 1,212,893 1,221,120 1,226,362 -    -    -    1,196,411 903,976
Colorado 23,239 22,989 22,303 22,472 22,378 22,260 21,546 20,754 20,584 19,694 19,679 19,835 -    -    -    21,478 15,767
Connecticut 40,273 39,966 39,986 40,005 39,509 39,397 39,045 38,920 38,657 38,468 38,674 38,503 -    -    -    39,284 29,265
Delaware 12,002 12,515 12,536 12,413 12,307 12,293 12,397 12,330 12,212 12,250 12,545 12,734 -    -    -    12,378 9,290
Dist. of Col. 12,547 12,281 11,655 12,012 11,772 11,965 12,663 11,296 11,582 11,806 11,552 11,739 -    -    -    11,906 8,866
Florida 75,289 76,070 78,783 80,127 78,852 77,480 76,670 77,829 80,104 80,940 82,862 85,914 -    -    -    79,243 60,065
Georgia 42,781 42,810 41,096 41,038 40,031 38,971 38,374 38,278 37,461 37,358 37,378 37,976 -    -    -    39,463 28,905
Guam 1/ -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   
Hawaii 13,966 13,940 14,131 14,104 13,996 13,563 13,222 13,212 13,333 13,192 13,356 13,394 -    -    -    13,617 10,114
Idaho 2,230 2,244 2,311 2,269 2,233 2,187 2,161 2,221 2,173 2,165 2,177 2,218 -    -    -    2,216 1,650
Illinois 60,035 59,146 58,882 58,551 57,527 56,473 55,865 55,607 55,837 55,198 55,195 54,505 -    -    -    56,902 42,063
Indiana 122,620 121,152 118,434 116,825 117,593 117,361 114,836 114,773 113,627 116,430 118,097 117,987 -    -    -    117,478 87,294
Iowa 42,291 41,803 41,625 41,036 40,473 39,996 39,179 38,964 38,095 38,024 38,752 38,687 -    -    -    39,910 29,434
Kansas 34,415 33,082 32,624 32,395 31,728 31,002 30,266 29,976 30,004 30,267 31,325 31,527 -    -    -    31,551 23,208
Kentucky 59,994 59,635 59,035 59,658 58,714 58,681 58,948 58,219 57,370 57,215 57,953 58,403 -    -    -    58,652 43,763
Louisiana 24,852 24,648 24,604 24,083 23,088 22,262 22,069 21,815 21,560 21,802 21,778 21,841 -    -    -    22,867 16,692
Maine 24,203 23,994 24,288 24,367 25,015 25,119 24,987 24,350 24,019 24,227 24,061 24,266 -    -    -    24,408 18,368
Maryland 44,812 44,923 45,817 44,492 42,934 42,550 43,080 44,077 43,437 44,988 46,839 46,829 -    -    -    44,565 33,269
Massachusetts 93,824 92,238 92,404 90,974 89,777 90,531 89,895 90,139 90,043 90,647 91,339 92,175 -    -    -    91,166 67,960
Michigan 185,310 182,732 180,662 177,255 177,538 173,760 171,675 170,519 166,179 164,589 164,593 154,985 -    -    -    172,483 126,758
Minnesota 62,328 63,246 62,317 62,122 47,919 47,742 47,462 47,673 47,411 45,869 46,157 45,930 -    -    -    52,181 36,524
Mississippi 24,028 24,155 23,889 22,788 22,457 21,896 22,163 22,650 22,768 22,900 23,380 23,236 -    -    -    23,026 17,020
Missouri 92,046 90,899 90,431 89,742 87,367 86,441 86,062 83,785 82,851 83,054 83,505 83,581 -    -    -    86,647 63,866
Montana 7,843 7,788 8,042 8,413 7,908 8,008 7,951 7,708 7,357 7,206 7,341 7,814 -    -    -    7,782 5,809
Nebraska 14,720 15,298 15,629 16,359 16,779 16,232 16,280 16,243 15,879 16,197 16,165 16,144 -    -    -    15,994 12,190
Nevada 19,202 18,812 18,881 18,449 18,186 18,066 17,931 18,155 18,183 18,032 17,664 17,610 -    -    -    18,264 13,523
New Hampshire 9,668 9,368 9,255 9,208 9,921 9,886 8,934 8,595 8,479 8,351 8,431 8,741 -    -    -    9,070 6,712
New Jersey 81,397 81,230 81,089 80,646 79,444 78,746 78,550 78,421 78,455 78,679 79,935 78,185 -    -    -    79,565 59,255
New Mexico 32,624 32,146 32,593 34,302 33,516 33,531 33,943 34,400 34,790 35,175 37,285 37,452 -    -    -    34,313 26,200
New York 263,785 261,388 260,645 259,858 258,948 257,416 256,197 257,631 255,592 253,655 253,347 252,434 -    -    -    257,575 192,090
North Carolina 46,590 46,332 46,103 45,961 44,545 44,066 44,571 44,714 44,414 44,815 45,413 46,339 -    -    -    45,322 33,737
North Dakota 5,361 5,240 5,206 5,059 5,133 5,040 5,078 4,950 4,941 4,807 4,960 5,168 -    -    -    5,079 3,761
Ohio 172,311 173,085 174,147 174,827 173,507 173,264 175,098 174,813 173,257 175,315 176,375 178,652 -    -    -    174,554 131,259
Oklahoma 18,985 18,997 18,744 18,125 17,892 17,095 17,153 16,994 16,448 16,271 16,607 16,803 -    -    -    17,510 12,782
Oregon 39,817 39,774 40,377 41,256 41,321 41,450 41,880 42,130 42,304 42,856 42,958 43,440 -    -    -    41,630 31,633
Pennsylvania 141,713 132,212 132,702 136,987 133,829 128,842 121,058 121,350 116,567 113,336 113,581 113,826 -    -    -    125,500 91,615
Puerto Rico 31,932 31,845 31,630 30,996 31,096 31,255 30,775 31,113 31,678 31,618 31,447 30,934 -    -    -    31,360 23,409
Rhode Island 19,717 19,648 19,355 19,393 19,156 19,030 18,864 18,887 18,758 18,578 18,672 18,440 -    -    -    19,042 14,148
South Carolina 33,286 33,008 32,080 32,541 31,956 32,399 32,945 32,988 33,735 34,733 35,940 36,926 -    -    -    33,545 25,347
South Dakota 5,895 6,006 6,007 5,831 5,626 5,673 5,875 5,889 5,682 5,686 5,788 5,946 -    -    -    5,825 4,333
Tennessee 149,770 144,909 140,323 133,719 131,063 131,024 130,809 131,295 131,542 131,654 133,792 138,744 -    -    -    135,720 99,470
Texas 134,600 130,052 128,331 125,476 119,357 116,201 112,328 113,002 112,738 110,958 114,777 114,258 -    -    -    119,340 86,591
Utah 11,240 11,140 11,596 11,270 11,015 11,361 11,445 11,684 11,334 11,273 12,101 12,562 -    -    -    11,502 8,670
Vermont 9,412 9,400 10,214 9,080 8,969 8,858 8,813 9,073 8,803 5,546 5,715 6,041 -    -    -    8,327 5,908
Virgin Islands 1,186 1,203 1,173 1,203 1,179 1,153 1,161 1,154 1,179 -    -    -    -    -    -    883 586
Virginia 64,706 64,710 63,338 63,127 62,525 62,469 62,567 63,148 63,382 63,785 64,882 66,178 -    -    -    63,735 47,672
Washington 111,807 112,583 116,161 118,674 119,078 120,701 120,933 120,456 119,420 119,279 121,026 122,477 -    -    -    118,550 90,170
West Virginia 19,561 19,527 19,483 19,048 18,541 18,702 18,710 19,216 19,359 19,742 19,881 20,232 -    -    -    19,334 14,453
Wisconsin 38,456 37,962 37,823 37,708 37,485 37,522 37,597 37,318 37,149 36,908 36,766 37,179 -    -    -    37,489 27,969
Wyoming 525 503 488 515 500 513 561 464 447 474 486 513 -    -    -    499 373
As of 01/21/09

Last Updated on 2/5/2009
By ACF

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