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TANF: Total Number of Families
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
1,666,998 1,656,116 1,653,322 1,651,055 1,637,954 1,632,590 1,627,501 1,627,153 1,619,942 1,617,506 1,629,865 1,636,337 -    -    -    1,638,028 1,223,325
Alabama 18,539 18,478 18,584 18,120 17,528 17,479 17,272 17,192 17,121 17,278 17,488 17,756 -    -    -    17,736 13,103
Alaska 3,052 3,020 2,989 3,039 3,127 3,203 3,218 3,211 3,073 2,939 2,940 2,890 -    -    -    3,058 2,303
Arizona 37,690 37,339 37,122 36,713 36,176 35,830 35,836 35,284 34,910 35,517 36,107 36,467 -    -    -    36,249 26,903
Arkansas 9,032 8,845 8,741 8,738 8,611 8,415 8,466 8,300 8,217 8,239 8,226 8,330 -    -    -    8,513 6,295
California 473,939 475,481 477,465 480,455 483,317 486,214 489,125 490,604 491,562 491,953 494,960 497,719 -    -    -    486,066 367,159
Colorado 9,410 9,354 9,094 9,163 9,128 9,087 8,856 8,533 8,484 8,216 8,197 8,270 -    -    -    8,816 6,495
Connecticut 19,542 19,412 19,424 19,394 19,165 19,153 19,012 18,998 18,759 18,729 18,839 18,663 -    -    -    19,091 14,226
Delaware 4,222 4,421 4,418 4,382 4,365 4,347 4,394 4,363 4,327 4,321 4,420 4,484 -    -    -    4,372 3,284
Dist. of Col. 5,600 5,467 5,237 5,355 5,302 5,385 5,646 5,177 5,293 5,423 5,273 5,346 -    -    -    5,375 4,017
Florida 46,980 47,481 48,608 49,109 48,648 48,114 47,919 48,265 49,112 49,257 49,923 51,012 -    -    -    48,702 36,780
Georgia 23,519 23,525 22,719 22,856 22,481 22,032 21,768 21,678 21,345 21,231 21,189 21,378 -    -    -    22,143 16,330
Guam 1/ -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   
Hawaii 5,715 5,713 5,772 5,756 5,721 5,575 5,461 5,446 5,466 5,422 5,470 5,478 -    -    -    5,583 4,150
Idaho 1,500 1,504 1,527 1,507 1,503 1,490 1,472 1,495 1,479 1,464 1,465 1,496 -    -    -    1,492 1,114
Illinois 20,994 20,695 20,562 20,306 19,986 19,620 19,521 19,489 19,480 19,259 19,211 19,034 -    -    -    19,846 14,659
Indiana 42,759 42,073 41,136 40,644 41,093 41,056 40,293 40,199 39,779 40,946 41,342 41,249 -    -    -    41,047 30,550
Iowa 16,760 16,573 16,475 16,243 16,076 15,881 15,615 15,582 15,285 15,241 15,526 15,510 -    -    -    15,897 11,747
Kansas 13,496 13,062 12,853 12,784 12,597 12,328 12,065 11,942 11,946 12,040 12,380 12,458 -    -    -    12,496 9,212
Kentucky 29,697 29,562 29,323 29,568 29,185 29,141 29,247 28,992 28,597 28,582 28,828 29,006 -    -    -    29,144 21,762
Louisiana 11,181 11,113 11,107 10,930 10,590 10,306 10,223 10,089 9,969 10,035 10,013 10,018 -    -    -    10,465 7,681
Maine 10,187 10,051 10,185 10,213 10,519 10,446 10,488 10,161 10,071 10,232 10,179 10,239 -    -    -    10,248 7,712
Maryland 19,595 19,641 19,901 19,309 18,782 18,634 18,808 19,131 18,899 19,521 20,133 20,095 -    -    -    19,371 14,443
Massachusetts 46,434 45,979 45,970 45,619 45,071 45,389 45,227 45,447 45,317 45,419 45,936 46,382 -    -    -    45,683 34,151
Michigan 70,962 70,060 69,327 68,017 68,191 66,837 66,153 65,641 64,123 63,513 63,457 62,371 -    -    -    66,554 49,025
Minnesota 26,393 26,707 26,387 26,401 21,572 21,564 21,497 21,618 21,510 21,003 21,018 21,015 -    -    -    23,057 16,433
Mississippi 11,771 11,781 11,631 11,210 11,066 10,809 10,913 11,138 11,130 11,181 11,315 11,270 -    -    -    11,268 8,336
Missouri 38,075 37,626 37,387 37,116 36,252 35,853 35,742 34,849 34,444 34,488 34,584 34,636 -    -    -    35,921 26,497
Montana 3,158 3,127 3,192 3,315 3,176 3,207 3,200 3,100 2,961 2,918 2,975 3,136 -    -    -    3,122 2,332
Nebraska 6,272 6,467 6,573 6,790 6,990 6,846 6,851 6,853 6,665 6,767 6,752 6,753 -    -    -    6,715 5,106
Nevada 7,518 7,365 7,409 7,221 7,192 7,165 7,112 7,196 7,169 7,071 6,963 6,936 -    -    -    7,193 5,335
New Hampshire 4,631 4,522 4,471 4,452 4,761 4,731 4,410 4,310 4,246 4,172 4,197 4,298 -    -    -    4,433 3,298
New Jersey 34,266 34,160 34,175 33,983 33,494 33,184 33,108 33,074 33,006 33,032 33,407 32,722 -    -    -    33,468 24,918
New Mexico 12,436 12,040 12,195 12,739 12,510 12,600 13,035 13,216 13,425 13,406 14,123 14,069 -    -    -    12,983 9,927
New York 119,748 118,742 118,006 118,083 117,961 117,356 116,773 117,147 116,081 115,265 115,515 113,732 -    -    -    117,034 87,326
North Carolina 24,792 24,689 24,544 24,418 23,886 23,673 23,862 23,924 23,722 23,767 23,921 24,294 -    -    -    24,124 17,956
North Dakota 2,122 2,099 2,072 2,006 2,025 2,006 2,025 1,986 1,993 1,931 1,972 2,033 -    -    -    2,023 1,498
Ohio 80,269 80,481 80,629 80,743 80,319 80,250 80,974 80,803 80,411 81,156 81,383 82,128 -    -    -    80,796 60,681
Oklahoma 8,745 8,762 8,696 8,447 8,350 8,053 8,055 7,968 7,790 7,720 7,864 7,920 -    -    -    8,198 6,014
Oregon 17,888 17,960 18,192 18,484 18,413 18,472 18,667 18,795 18,798 18,994 19,007 19,152 -    -    -    18,569 14,065
Pennsylvania 59,411 55,519 55,389 56,567 55,456 53,907 50,024 50,135 48,437 46,720 46,765 46,895 -    -    -    52,102 37,909
Puerto Rico 12,531 12,366 12,356 12,099 12,305 12,283 11,470 11,604 11,797 11,747 11,686 11,488 -    -    -    11,978 8,873
Rhode Island 8,332 8,306 8,178 8,218 8,119 8,054 8,020 8,041 8,012 7,932 7,996 7,914 -    -    -    8,094 6,026
South Carolina 14,875 14,769 14,428 14,592 14,389 14,519 14,718 14,738 14,982 15,314 15,755 16,119 -    -    -    14,933 11,261
South Dakota 2,861 2,917 2,904 2,848 2,780 2,792 2,854 2,869 2,799 2,819 2,845 2,887 -    -    -    2,848 2,124
Tennessee 57,892 56,216 54,704 52,609 51,807 51,867 51,829 51,990 52,046 52,054 52,812 54,492 -    -    -    53,360 39,292
Texas 59,349 57,595 57,002 55,947 53,750 52,582 51,081 51,335 51,211 50,203 51,327 51,045 -    -    -    53,536 39,040
Utah 4,701 4,647 4,796 4,642 4,532 4,670 4,710 4,768 4,654 4,674 4,946 5,091 -    -    -    4,736 3,557
Vermont 3,941 3,946 4,242 3,849 3,804 3,769 3,772 3,868 3,761 2,586 2,660 2,775 -    -    -    3,581 2,570
Virgin Islands 398 409 399 411 409 404 405 402 409 -    -    -    -    -    -    304 203
Virginia 29,143 29,121 28,576 28,573 28,353 28,302 28,431 28,568 28,585 28,771 29,143 29,687 -    -    -    28,771 21,534
Washington 47,941 48,331 49,652 50,642 50,888 51,355 51,493 51,302 50,913 50,684 51,189 51,665 -    -    -    50,505 38,344
West Virginia 8,665 8,666 8,725 8,632 8,486 8,569 8,566 8,604 8,694 8,813 8,819 8,928 -    -    -    8,681 6,509
Wisconsin 17,793 17,664 17,608 17,516 17,474 17,512 17,523 17,478 17,432 17,295 17,174 17,346 -    -    -    17,485 13,063
Wyoming 276 267 265 282 273 274 296 255 245 246 250 260 -    -    -    266 198
As of 01/21/09

Last Updated on 2/5/2009
By ACF

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