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 TANF Banner: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families


1998
To download Excel Workbook CLICK HERE.
The workbook will contain 15 months of data to cover both fiscal and calendar years.

Aid to Families with Dependent Children/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
AVERAGE MONTHLY NUMBER OF FAMILIES AND RECIPIENTS, 1998
STATE
FISCAL YEAR 1998 (October - September) CALENDAR YEAR 1998 (January - December)
TOTAL FAMILIES*TWO-
PARENT
FAMILIES**		ONE-
PARENT
FAMILIES**		Total
Recipients*		 TOTAL
FAMILIES		TWO-
PARENT
FAMILIES		ONE-
PARENT
FAMILIES		TOTAL
RECIPIENTS
U.S. Totals
 3,199,700 158,776 2,261,686 8,790,1493,050,335 151,367 2,197,117 8,347,136
Alabama
 23,309 0 12,304 56,85322,407 0 11,519 54,164
Alaska
 10,159 1,463 7,520 30,9979,732 1,385 7,198 29,599
Arizona
 39,572 646 27,217 107,94937,036 606 24,778 100,216
Arkansas
 13,844 225 7,948 34,85913,090 219 7,715 32,633
California
 707,023 85,581 433,857 2,071,482683,438 81,038 413,989 1,997,709
Colorado
 21,154 776 14,181 56,21619,278 742 13,270 53,089
Connecticut
 48,089 2,381 38,480 129,28644,019 1,686 35,043 115,941
Delaware
 7,199 150 2,904 20,1016,828 124 2,542 18,081
Dist. of Col.
 21,148 66 17,428 58,10820,498 63 17,692 55,949
Florida
 107,951 0 70,261 277,96199,274 0 62,110 252,257
Georgia
 74,836 0 47,447 193,72570,728 0 44,397 182,274
Guam
 2,098 184 1,676 7,1272,126 196 1,733 7,251
Hawaii
 16,844 0 13,733 47,40116,611 0 13,620 46,724
Idaho
 1,918 105 1,000 4,4281,800 97 905 4,059
Illinois
 169,735 5,729 158,319 506,580158,772 4,955 153,072 474,976
Indiana
 40,084 937 34,631 114,40638,210 888 33,675 109,114
Iowa
 25,191 1,972 20,606 68,70024,309 1,826 19,895 66,212
Kansas
 14,136 499 9,348 36,89213,456 447 8,714 34,718
Kentucky
 52,882 1,099 36,291 126,84550,056 1,008 33,559 119,161
Louisiana
 48,228 506 30,676 136,42147,421 607 31,004 134,370
Maine
 15,408 680 11,652 40,75814,976 648 11,246 39,537
Maryland
 47,388 0 36,970 125,16344,297 0 30,693 115,728
Massachusetts
 66,490 1,912 45,635 175,75163,920 1,779 43,281 167,315
Michigan
 123,693 5,802 117,890 359,627115,688 4,647 111,042 332,240
Minnesota
 48,301 5,207 35,688 143,93247,173 5,024 34,409 139,993
Mississippi
 23,700 4 14,096 60,09721,293 3 12,100 52,667
Missouri
 60,041 740 39,138 155,37657,532 686 36,746 147,035
Montana
 6,356 953 4,469 18,8955,994 894 4,173 17,727
Nebraska
 12,960 839 9,630 36,37212,471 887 9,234 35,657
Nevada
 10,383 279 6,579 26,8399,789 260 6,227 25,472
New Hampshire
 6,857 50 6,807 16,5766,628 49 6,175 16,044
New Jersey
 76,850 0 59,404 198,43672,589 0 55,503 189,418
New Mexico
 22,053 2,612 21,137 68,99724,173 2,911 21,259 75,237
New York
 366,032 9,116 281,637 943,800354,745 8,791 268,617 908,776
North Carolina
 77,961 1,457 50,704 187,79772,710 909 46,057 172,813
North Dakota
 3,322 0 2,549 8,8923,246 0 2,480 8,682
Ohio
 140,286 6,216 134,070 366,439130,835 5,293 125,542 340,179
Oklahoma
 24,462 76 25,262 71,43923,819 56 22,198 69,316
Oregon
 18,242 1,399 13,009 47,91717,505 1,351 12,372 46,395
Pennsylvania
 134,975 2,535 108,759 377,611127,518 2,204 101,615 357,684
Puerto Rico
 41,933 0 17,510 126,34940,305 0 17,288 121,402
Rhode Island
 19,308 1,156 15,456 54,36519,005 982 15,401 53,369
South Carolina
 25,291 618 15,378 66,22623,370 594 13,550 60,110
South Dakota
 3,837 0 2,373 10,0933,680 0 2,213 9,609
Tennessee
 57,372 297 39,797 148,54057,728 296 40,076 149,440
Texas
 145,253 5,355 101,978 401,200134,940 4,848 92,624 370,857
Utah
 10,712 171 8,110 28,68910,511 122 7,955 28,934
Vermont
 7,371 857 5,670 20,3077,154 814 5,488 19,644
Virgin Islands
 1,106 0 1,003 3,7481,045 0 986 3,545
Virginia
 43,269 846 32,248 104,68841,394 841 29,565 100,358
Washington
 79,392 8,972 55,872 214,70174,572 8,380 51,787 202,573
West Virginia
 19,674 2,249 13,961 53,79615,854 2,009 11,337 44,179
Wisconsin
 12,777 230 12,547 45,70613,679 201 10,858 41,651
Wyoming
 1,249 4 728 3,0641,113 4 590 2,586
*Total family and recipient averages include AFDC as well as TANF.
**One- and TWO
PARENT family numbers are for TANF only. Depending upon when State TANF programs began, this may be from 9 to 12 months. All States were under TANF for calendar 1998.

Last Updated on 8/30/2004
By ACF

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This document was last modified on Nov-28-2008 .