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TANF Banner: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families


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TANF FAMILIES - Through September 2008

As of January 21, 2009

State Current Quarter Over Past Quarter Same Quarter Last Year Over Past Year Previous Year Since TANF Enactment
Sep-08 Jun-08 TO Sep-08 Jun-07 TO Sep-07 Sep-07 TO Sep-08 Sep-06 TO Sep-07 Aug-96 TO Sep-08
Number % of U.S. Number Percent % Rank Number Percent % Rank Number Percent % Rank Number Percent % Rank Number Percent % Rank
U.S. Totals 1,636,337 100.0% 35,023 2.2%   (2,738) -0.2%   (37,511) -4.3%   (80,151) -6.7%   (2,772,171) -62.9%  
Alabama 17,756 1.1% 635 3.7% 42 550 3.1% 43 (348) -5.4% 24 (1,070) -7.4% 36 (23,276) -56.7% 39
Alaska 2,890 0.2% (183) -6.0% 3 (157) -4.8% 6 (237) -1.7% 38 (221) -13.7% 26 (9,269) -76.2% 13
Arizona 36,467 2.2% 1,557 4.5% 46 1,702 4.8% 51 (467) -5.5% 23 (1,152) -4.3% 37 (25,937) -41.6% 52
Arkansas 8,330 0.5% 113 1.4% 28 25 0.3% 32 (142) -3.0% 32 (124) -3.1% 39 (13,739) -62.3% 31
California 497,719 30.4% 6,157 1.3% 25 403 0.1% 30 27,217 4.5% 48 30,214 13.0% 52 (382,659) -43.5% 51
Colorado 8,270 0.5% (214) -2.5% 8 (875) -8.6% 2 (1,085) -9.3% 17 (3,617) -36.2% 7 (26,216) -76.0% 14
Connecticut 18,663 1.1% (96) -0.5% 14 (374) -2.1% 13 1,639 10.2% 53 (763) 4.9% 47 (38,663) -67.4% 25
Delaware 4,484 0.3% 157 3.6% 40 118 3.0% 42 450 7.3% 51 (1,342) -16.6% 21 (6,101) -57.6% 36
Dist. of Col. 5,346 0.3% 53 1.0% 22 256 4.3% 50 (885) -15.1% 8 (9,128) -65.2% 3 (20,004) -78.9% 9
Florida 51,012 3.1% 1,900 3.9% 44 154 0.3% 33 4,148 4.8% 49 (2,798) 2.7% 46 (149,910) -74.6% 19
Georgia 21,378 1.3% 33 0.2% 18 (409) -1.7% 15 (2,196) -9.5% 16 (3,951) -22.3% 14 (101,951) -82.7% 6
Guam 1/ -    0.0% -    0.0% 17 62 7.1% 54 (936) -100.0% 1 (67) -100.0% 1 (2,243) -100.0% 1
Hawaii 5,478 0.3% 12 0.2% 19 8 0.1% 31 (183) -3.4% 28 (1,157) -19.7% 15 (16,416) -75.0% 17
Idaho 1,496 0.1% 17 1.1% 23 (54) -3.5% 9 (10) -1.8% 36 (261) -15.3% 23 (7,111) -82.6% 7
Illinois 19,034 1.2% (446) -2.3% 10 (2,377) -8.3% 3 (7,188) -25.7% 4 (7,401) -43.4% 5 (201,263) -91.4% 4
Indiana 41,249 2.5% 1,470 3.7% 41 1,655 4.1% 47 (809) -5.4% 25 1,028 0.5% 43 (10,188) -19.8% 54
Iowa 15,510 0.9% 225 1.5% 29 305 1.9% 38 (1,247) -8.8% 19 719 -3.3% 38 (16,069) -50.9% 43
Kansas 12,458 0.8% 512 4.3% 45 (204) -1.4% 17 (1,434) -14.0% 9 (3,082) -26.6% 11 (11,332) -47.6% 47
Kentucky 29,006 1.8% 19,037 191.0% 54 319 1.1% 35 (486) -66.2% 2 (2,944) -10.6% 30 (42,258) -59.3% 34
Louisiana 10,018 0.6% 49 0.5% 20 236 2.2% 40 (1,005) -9.6% 15 (160) -10.4% 32 (57,449) -85.2% 5
Maine 10,239 0.6% 168 1.7% 31 (21) -0.2% 26 (15) -1.8% 37 990 10.5% 51 (9,768) -48.8% 46
Maryland 20,095 1.2% 1,196 6.3% 51 945 5.2% 52 964 -1.2% 40 118 5.7% 49 (50,570) -71.6% 21
Massachusetts 46,382 2.8% 1,065 2.4% 36 1,864 4.2% 48 (101) -2.5% 33 (1,189) -2.7% 40 (38,318) -45.2% 49
Michigan 62,371 3.8% (1,752) -2.7% 6 (1,391) -1.9% 14 (9,521) -10.8% 11 (17,914) -30.5% 9 (107,626) -63.3% 30
Minnesota 21,015 1.3% (495) -2.3% 9 (4) 0.0% 28 (5,627) -19.3% 6 (693) -23.1% 13 (36,726) -63.6% 28
Mississippi 11,270 0.7% 140 1.3% 26 292 2.6% 41 (388) -4.5% 26 (936) -10.5% 31 (35,158) -75.7% 16
Missouri 34,636 2.1% 192 0.6% 21 764 2.1% 39 (3,206) -9.0% 18 (330) -9.3% 35 (45,487) -56.8% 38
Montana 3,136 0.2% 175 5.9% 49 (13) -0.4% 25 (81) -8.0% 20 (270) -10.1% 33 (6,978) -69.0% 22
Nebraska 6,753 0.4% 88 1.3% 27 (30) -0.5% 23 908 14.0% 54 (4,231) -33.0% 8 (7,682) -53.2% 40
Nevada 6,936 0.4% (233) -3.3% 4 367 5.2% 53 (474) -3.3% 31 2,237 34.1% 53 (6,776) -49.4% 45
New Hampshire 4,298 0.3% 52 1.2% 24 (249) -5.0% 5 (405) -9.7% 14 (1,437) -30.0% 10 (4,802) -52.8% 41
New Jersey 32,722 2.0% (284) -0.9% 13 (54) -0.2% 27 (1,401) -3.3% 30 (5,448) -17.3% 19 (68,982) -67.8% 24
New Mexico 14,069 0.9% 644 4.8% 48 (1,213) -8.8% 1 1,566 7.4% 52 (3,672) -13.0% 28 (19,284) -57.8% 35
New York 113,732 7.0% (2,349) -2.0% 11 (558) -0.5% 24 (5,144) -2.4% 34 (10,965) -12.4% 29 (304,606) -72.8% 20
North Carolina 24,294 1.5% 572 2.4% 37 (320) -1.3% 18 (243) -3.3% 29 (3,977) -14.8% 25 (85,766) -77.9% 11
North Dakota 2,033 0.1% 40 2.0% 34 88 4.3% 49 (123) -7.6% 21 (253) -15.6% 22 (2,740) -57.4% 37
Ohio 82,128 5.0% 1,717 2.1% 35 1,124 1.5% 37 3,999 2.9% 46 383 5.6% 48 (122,112) -59.8% 33
Oklahoma 7,920 0.5% 130 1.7% 32 (96) -0.5% 21 (10,725) -58.2% 3 9,111 -16.9% 20 (28,066) -78.0% 10
Oregon 19,152 1.2% 354 1.9% 33 (96) -0.5% 21 507 0.8% 45 600 6.1% 50 (10,765) -36.0% 53
Pennsylvania 46,895 2.9% (1,542) -3.2% 5 (1,781) -2.9% 12 (13,272) -19.5% 5 (29,800) -47.9% 4 (139,447) -74.8% 18
Puerto Rico 11,488 0.7% (309) -2.6% 7 (505) -3.8% 8 (1,129) -6.5% 22 (1,300) -17.5% 18 (38,383) -77.0% 12
Rhode Island 7,914 0.5% (98) -1.2% 12 (278) -3.3% 11 (179) -1.0% 42 (1,023) -13.2% 27 (12,756) -61.7% 32
South Carolina 16,119 1.0% 1,137 7.6% 52 457 3.2% 44 1,183 0.3% 44 (773) 2.6% 45 (27,941) -63.4% 29
South Dakota 2,887 0.2% 88 3.1% 39 (29) -1.0% 20 45 -1.5% 39 2 1.7% 44 (2,942) -50.5% 44
Tennessee 54,492 3.3% 2,446 4.7% 47 (2,380) -4.0% 7 (3,255) -9.9% 13 (8,717) -18.0% 17 (42,695) -43.9% 50
Texas 51,045 3.1% (166) -0.3% 16 247 0.4% 34 (7,755) -12.9% 10 (7,931) -23.5% 12 (192,459) -79.0% 8
Utah 5,091 0.3% 437 9.4% 53 (78) -1.6% 16 400 -0.8% 43 (1,544) -18.3% 16 (9,130) -64.2% 27
Vermont 2,775 0.2% (986) -26.2% 2 3 0.1% 29 (1,728) -16.5% 7 38 -37.8% 6 (5,990) -68.3% 23
Virgin Islands -    0.0% (409) -100.0% 1 (23) -5.5% 4 (395) 3.5% 47 (58) -100.0% 1 (1,371) -100.0% 1
Virginia 29,687 1.8% 1,102 3.9% 43 (350) -1.2% 19 512 -2.0% 35 20,628 247.3% 54 (32,218) -52.0% 42
Washington 51,665 3.2% 752 1.5% 30 (1,686) -3.4% 10 3,832 6.4% 50 (3,650) 0.4% 42 (45,827) -47.0% 48
West Virginia 8,928 0.5% 234 2.7% 38 364 3.9% 46 (771) -10.4% 12 (807) -15.0% 24 (28,116) -75.9% 15
Wisconsin 17,346 1.1% (86) -0.5% 15 556 3.3% 45 (290) -1.2% 41 (30) -1.8% 41 (34,578) -66.6% 26
Wyoming 260 0.0% 15 6.1% 50 3 1.2% 36 5 -3.9% 27 (33) -9.7% 34 (4,052) -94.0% 3
As of January 21, 2009

Last Updated on 2/6/2009
By ACF


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