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 Table 1:5

TANF, Unemployment, and Food Stamps, Calendar Years 1960-2002
Month-Year Unemployment Rate
(seasonally adjusted)		 Total AFDC/TANF Cases
w/Territories (millions)		 Food Stamp Participants
w/Territories (millions)
Apr-60 5.2% 0.80 -
May-60 5.1% 0.80 -
Jun-60 5.4% 0.79 -
Jul-60 5.5% 0.79 -
Aug-60 5.6% 0.78 -
Sep-60 5.5% 0.79 -
Oct-60 6.1% 0.79 -
Nov-60 6.1% 0.80 -
Dec-60 6.6% 0.81 -
Jan-61 6.6% 0.82 -
Feb-61 6.9% 0.83 -
Mar-61 6.9% 0.84 -
Apr-61 7.0% 0.85 -
May-61 7.1% 0.87 -
Jun-61 6.9% 0.88 -
Jul-61 7.0% 0.88 -
Aug-61 6.6% 0.89 -
Sep-61 6.7% 0.90 -
Oct-61 6.5% 0.90 -
Nov-61 6.1% 0.91 -
Dec-61 6.0% 0.92 -
Jan-62 5.8% 0.93 -
Feb-62 5.5% 0.95 -
Mar-62 5.6% 0.95 -
Apr-62 5.6% 0.96 -
May-62 5.5% 0.95 -
Jun-62 5.5% 0.94 -
Jul-62 5.4% 0.93 -
Aug-62 5.7% 0.93 -
Sep-62 5.6% 0.93 -
Oct-62 5.4% 0.93 -
Nov-62 5.7% 0.93 -
Dec-62 5.5% 0.94 -
Jan-63 5.7% 0.96 -
Feb-63 5.9% 0.97 -
Mar-63 5.7% 0.98 -
Apr-63 5.7% 0.98 -
May-63 5.9% 0.97 -
Jun-63 5.6% 0.96 -
Jul-63 5.6% 0.96 -
Aug-63 5.4% 0.96 -
Sep-63 5.5% 0.95 -
Oct-63 5.5% 0.96 -
Nov-63 5.7% 0.96 -
Dec-63 5.5% 0.97 -
Jan-64 5.6% 0.99 -
Feb-64 5.4% 1.00 -
Mar-64 5.4% 1.01 -
Apr-64 5.3% 1.02 -
May-64 5.1% 1.02 -
Jun-64 5.2% 1.01 -
Jul-64 4.9% 1.01 -
Aug-64 5.0% 1.01 -
Sep-64 5.1% 1.00 -
Oct-64 5.1% 1.01 -
Nov-64 4.8% 1.01 -
Dec-64 5.0% 1.03 -
Jan-65 4.9% 1.05 -
Feb-65 5.1% 1.06 -
Mar-65 4.7% 1.07 -
Apr-65 4.8% 1.08 -
May-65 4.6% 1.07 -
Jun-65 4.6% 1.06 -
Jul-65 4.4% 1.05 -
Aug-65 4.4% 1.05 -
Sep-65 4.3% 1.05 -
Oct-65 4.2% 1.05 -
Nov-65 4.1% 1.06 -
Dec-65 4.0% 1.07 -
Jan-66 4.0% 1.08 -
Feb-66 3.8% 1.09 -
Mar-66 3.8% 1.09 -
Apr-66 3.8% 1.10 -
May-66 3.9% 1.09 -
Jun-66 3.8% 1.09 -
Jul-66 3.8% 1.08 -
Aug-66 3.8% 1.09 -
Sep-66 3.7% 1.09 -
Oct-66 3.7% 1.10 -
Nov-66 3.6% 1.11 -
Dec-66 3.8% 1.13 -
Jan-67 3.9% 1.15 -
Feb-67 3.8% 1.16 -
Mar-67 3.8% 1.18 -
Apr-67 3.8% 1.19 -
May-67 3.8% 1.20 -
Jun-67 3.9% 1.21 -
Jul-67 3.8% 1.21 -
Aug-67 3.8% 1.23 -
Sep-67 3.8% 1.27 -
Oct-67 4.0% 1.26 -
Nov-67 3.9% 1.27 -
Dec-67 3.8% 1.30 -
Jan-68 3.7% 1.33 -
Feb-68 3.8% 1.35 -
Mar-68 3.7% 1.36 -
Apr-68 3.5% 1.37 -
May-68 3.5% 1.38 -
Jun-68 3.7% 1.38 -
Jul-68 3.7% 1.40 -
Aug-68 3.5% 1.42 -
Sep-68 3.4% 1.44 -
Oct-68 3.4% 1.47 -
Nov-68 3.4% 1.49 -
Dec-68 3.4% 1.52 -
Jan-69 3.4% 1.55 -
Feb-69 3.4% 1.59 -
Mar-69 3.4% 1.62 -
Apr-69 3.4% 1.64 -
May-69 3.4% 1.65 -
Jun-69 3.5% 1.66 -
Jul-69 3.5% 1.68 -
Aug-69 3.5% 1.71 -
Sep-69 3.7% 1.75 -
Oct-69 3.7% 1.79 -
Nov-69 3.5% 1.82 -
Dec-69 3.5% 1.88 -
Jan-70 3.9% 1.92 -
Feb-70 4.2% 1.97 -
Mar-70 4.4% 2.02 -
Apr-70 4.6% 2.07 -
May-70 4.8% 2.11 -
Jun-70 4.9% 2.16 -
Jul-70 5.0% 2.21 -
Aug-70 5.1% 2.27 -
Sep-70 5.4% 2.33 -
Oct-70 5.5% 2.40 -
Nov-70 5.9% 2.48 -
Dec-70 6.1% 2.55 -
Jan-71 5.9% 2.59 -
Feb-71 5.9% 2.63 -
Mar-71 6.0% 2.71 -
Apr-71 5.9% 2.73 -
May-71 5.9% 2.74 -
Jun-71 5.9% 2.75 -
Jul-71 6.0% 2.75 -
Aug-71 6.1% 2.79 10.66
Sep-71 6.0% 2.82 10.17
Oct-71 5.8% 2.85 10.60
Nov-71 6.0% 2.88 10.91
Dec-71 6.0% 2.92 11.21
Jan-72 5.8% 2.93 11.11
Feb-72 5.7% 2.97 11.35
Mar-72 5.8% 3.01 11.40
Apr-72 5.7% 3.02 11.46
May-72 5.7% 3.03 11.85
Jun-72 5.7% 3.04 11.79
Jul-72 5.6% 3.05 11.75
Aug-72 5.6% 3.08 11.72
Sep-72 5.5% 3.09 11.18
Oct-72 5.6% 3.10 11.62
Nov-72 5.3% 3.11 12.06
Dec-72 5.2% 3.12 12.01
Jan-73 4.9% 3.14 11.95
Feb-73 5.0% 3.15 12.46
Mar-73 4.9% 3.17 12.64
Apr-73 5.0% 3.16 12.50
May-73 4.9% 3.15 12.36
Jun-73 4.9% 3.13 12.15
Jul-73 4.8% 3.13 11.62
Aug-73 4.8% 3.14 12.32
Sep-73 4.8% 3.13 12.12
Oct-73 4.6% 3.15 12.40
Nov-73 4.8% 3.15 12.58
Dec-73 4.9% 3.16 12.69
Jan-74 5.1% 3.18 13.07
Feb-74 5.2% 3.19 13.24
Mar-74 5.1% 3.21 13.55
Apr-74 5.1% 3.21 13.56
May-74 5.1% 3.20 13.59
Jun-74 5.4% 3.19 13.53
Jul-74 5.5% 3.19 13.82
Aug-74 5.5% 3.20 14.05
Sep-74 5.9% 3.22 14.22
Oct-74 6.0% 3.25 14.74
Nov-74 6.6% 3.27 15.14
Dec-74 7.2% 3.31 18.45
Jan-75 8.1% 3.37 16.92
Feb-75 8.1% 3.40 17.58
Mar-75 8.6% 3.45 17.99
Apr-75 8.8% 3.48 18.11
May-75 9.0% 3.48 18.04
Jun-75 8.8% 3.48 17.53
Jul-75 8.6% 3.47 17.24
Aug-75 8.4% 3.50 17.19
Sep-75 8.4% 3.51 17.00
Oct-75 8.4% 3.54 17.24
Nov-75 8.3% 3.53 17.15
Dec-75 8.2% 3.56 17.17
Jan-76 7.9% 3.57 17.04
Feb-76 7.7% 3.58 17.23
Mar-76 7.6% 3.60 17.31
Apr-76 7.7% 3.59 16.92
May-76 7.4% 3.57 16.60
Jun-76 7.6% 3.55 16.35
Jul-76 7.8% 3.54 15.91
Aug-76 7.8% 3.55 15.92
Sep-76 7.6% 3.55 15.57
Oct-76 7.7% 3.55 15.62
Nov-76 7.8% 3.55 15.79
Dec-76 7.8% 3.57 15.93
Jan-77 7.5% 3.58 15.84
Feb-77 7.6% 3.59 16.96
Mar-77 7.4% 3.62 15.99
Apr-77 7.2% 3.61 15.57
May-77 7.0% 3.59 15.48
Jun-77 7.2% 3.57 15.14
Jul-77 6.9% 3.55 14.83
Aug-77 7.0% 3.56 14.88
Sep-77 6.8% 3.55 14.46
Oct-77 6.8% 3.54 14.36
Nov-77 6.8% 3.53 14.40
Dec-77 6.4% 3.53 14.55
Jan-78 6.4% 3.55 14.71
Feb-78 6.3% 3.55 15.43
Mar-78 6.3% 3.58 15.75
Apr-78 6.1% 3.56 14.58
May-78 6.0% 3.53 14.32
Jun-78 5.9% 3.51 14.13
Jul-78 6.2% 3.49 13.86
Aug-78 5.9% 3.49 13.93
Sep-78 6.0% 3.48 13.67
Oct-78 5.8% 3.48 13.68
Nov-78 5.9% 3.47 13.73
Dec-78 6.0% 3.48 14.08
Jan-79 5.9% 3.49 15.53
Feb-79 5.9% 3.50 16.18
Mar-79 5.8% 3.52 16.69
Apr-79 5.8% 3.52 16.75
May-79 5.6% 3.50 16.62
Jun-79 5.7% 3.48 16.44
Jul-79 5.7% 3.47 16.65
Aug-79 6.0% 3.49 17.19
Sep-79 5.9% 3.50 17.49
Oct-79 6.0% 3.53 17.51
Nov-79 5.9% 3.54 17.72
Dec-79 6.0% 3.56 18.21
Jan-80 6.3% 3.59 18.56
Feb-80 6.3% 3.62 19.34
Mar-80 6.3% 3.65 19.65
Apr-80 6.9% 3.66 19.73
May-80 7.5% 3.66 19.65
Jun-80 7.6% 3.67 19.80
Jul-80 7.8% 3.70 20.03
Aug-80 7.7% 3.74 20.23
Sep-80 7.5% 3.78 20.17
Oct-80 7.5% 3.81 20.38
Nov-80 7.5% 3.81 20.08
Dec-80 7.2% 3.84 20.41
Jan-81 7.5% 3.87 20.67
Feb-81 7.4% 3.90 21.00
Mar-81 7.4% 3.92 21.17
Apr-81 7.2% 3.91 21.04
May-81 7.5% 3.89 20.83
Jun-81 7.5% 3.88 20.75
Jul-81 7.2% 3.87 20.45
Aug-81 7.4% 3.87 20.42
Sep-81 7.6% 3.88 20.31
Oct-81 7.9% 3.73 20.09
Nov-81 8.3% 3.67 19.96
Dec-81 8.5% 3.63 20.14
Jan-82 8.6% 3.57 20.22
Feb-82 8.9% 3.56 20.52
Mar-82 9.0% 3.57 20.87
Apr-82 9.3% 3.54 20.55
May-82 9.4% 3.50 20.35
Jun-82 9.6% 3.49 20.30
Jul-82 9.8% 3.50 20.27
Aug-82 9.8% 3.52 20.49
Sep-82 10.1% 3.54 20.50
Oct-82 10.4% 3.55 20.70
Nov-82 10.8% 3.56 21.05
Dec-82 10.8% 3.60 21.70
Jan-83 10.4% 3.64 22.11
Feb-83 10.4% 3.66 22.28
Mar-83 10.3% 3.70 22.61
Apr-83 10.2% 3.71 22.18
May-83 10.1% 3.70 21.87
Jun-83 10.1% 3.67 21.54
Jul-83 9.4% 3.65 21.17
Aug-83 9.5% 3.68 21.22
Sep-83 9.2% 3.69 21.07
Oct-83 8.8% 3.70 20.91
Nov-83 8.5% 3.71 21.02
Dec-83 8.3% 3.72 21.29
Jan-84 8.0% 3.74 21.22
Feb-84 7.8% 3.75 21.52
Mar-84 7.8% 3.78 21.69
Apr-84 7.7% 3.77 21.17
May-84 7.4% 3.75 20.93
Jun-84 7.2% 3.72 20.64
Jul-84 7.5% 3.69 20.04
Aug-84 7.5% 3.69 20.05
Sep-84 7.3% 3.67 19.76
Oct-84 7.4% 3.67 19.67
Nov-84 7.2% 3.66 19.96
Dec-84 7.3% 3.67 20.17
Jan-85 7.3% 3.69 20.03
Feb-85 7.2% 3.70 20.46
Mar-85 7.2% 3.72 20.60
Apr-85 7.3% 3.73 20.24
May-85 7.2% 3.72 20.04
Jun-85 7.4% 3.68 19.79
Jul-85 7.4% 3.68 19.27
Aug-85 7.1% 3.69 19.37
Sep-85 7.1% 3.69 19.20
Oct-85 7.1% 3.70 19.23
Nov-85 7.0% 3.70 19.32
Dec-85 7.0% 3.72 19.44
Jan-86 6.7% 3.74 19.53
Feb-86 7.2% 3.75 19.78
Mar-86 7.2% 3.78 19.83
Apr-86 7.1% 3.80 19.82
May-86 7.2% 3.78 19.57
Jun-86 7.2% 3.75 19.32
Jul-86 7.0% 3.74 19.07
Aug-86 6.9% 3.75 19.17
Sep-86 7.0% 3.76 19.07
Oct-86 7.0% 3.77 19.13
Nov-86 6.9% 3.76 19.11
Dec-86 6.6% 3.78 19.29
Jan-87 6.6% 3.79 19.35
Feb-87 6.6% 3.80 19.37
Mar-87 6.6% 3.83 19.64
Apr-87 6.3% 3.84 19.57
May-87 6.3% 3.80 19.25
Jun-87 6.2% 3.78 18.99
Jul-87 6.1% 3.76 18.71
Aug-87 6.0% 3.75 18.59
Sep-87 5.9% 3.75 18.36
Oct-87 6.0% 3.75 18.43
Nov-87 5.8% 3.72 18.43
Dec-87 5.7% 3.73 18.51
Jan-88 5.7% 3.74 18.75
Feb-88 5.7% 3.76 18.89
Mar-88 5.7% 3.80 19.23
Apr-88 5.4% 3.79 19.04
May-88 5.6% 3.76 18.76
Jun-88 5.4% 3.74 18.57
Jul-88 5.4% 3.72 18.41
Aug-88 5.6% 3.74 18.37
Sep-88 5.4% 3.73 18.36
Oct-88 5.4% 3.74 18.45
Nov-88 5.3% 3.72 18.43
Dec-88 5.3% 3.75 18.71
Jan-89 5.4% 3.76 18.81
Feb-89 5.2% 3.76 18.81
Mar-89 5.0% 3.81 19.19
Apr-89 5.2% 3.80 19.04
May-89 5.2% 3.78 18.86
Jun-89 5.3% 3.77 18.86
Jul-89 5.2% 3.76 18.70
Aug-89 5.2% 3.79 18.78
Sep-89 5.3% 3.81 19.04
Oct-89 5.3% 3.83 19.52
Nov-89 5.4% 3.84 19.26
Dec-89 5.4% 3.88 19.67
Jan-90 5.4% 3.92 19.85
Feb-90 5.3% 3.94 19.96
Mar-90 5.2% 4.00 20.41
Apr-90 5.4% 4.02 20.37
May-90 5.4% 4.03 20.29
Jun-90 5.2% 4.03 20.38
Jul-90 5.5% 4.04 20.32
Aug-90 5.7% 4.08 20.30
Sep-90 5.9% 4.09 20.46
Oct-90 5.9% 4.14 20.93
Nov-90 6.2% 4.17 21.29
Dec-90 6.3% 4.22 21.69
Jan-91 6.4% 4.27 21.98
Feb-91 6.6% 4.32 22.50
Mar-91 6.8% 4.39 22.95
Apr-91 6.7% 4.43 23.21
May-91 6.9% 4.45 23.15
Jun-91 6.9% 4.47 23.25
Jul-91 6.8% 4.50 23.22
Aug-91 6.9% 4.55 23.66
Sep-91 6.9% 4.58 23.68
Oct-91 7.0% 4.64 24.06
Nov-91 7.0% 4.66 24.44
Dec-91 7.3% 4.71 24.85
Jan-92 7.3% 4.74 25.10
Feb-92 7.4% 4.76 25.39
Mar-92 7.4% 4.78 25.72
Apr-92 7.4% 4.80 25.88
May-92 7.6% 4.80 25.69
Jun-92 7.8% 4.81 25.75
Jul-92 7.7% 4.82 25.70
Aug-92 7.6% 4.84 25.85
Sep-92 7.6% 4.87 26.44
Oct-92 7.3% 4.90 26.21
Nov-92 7.4% 4.90 26.40
Dec-92 7.4% 4.94 26.62
Jan-93 7.3% 4.96 26.84
Feb-93 7.1% 4.97 26.90
Mar-93 7.0% 5.02 27.38
Apr-93 7.1% 5.03 27.37
May-93 7.1% 5.01 27.28
Jun-93 7.0% 5.00 27.19
Jul-93 6.9% 5.00 27.29
Aug-93 6.8% 5.02 27.21
Sep-93 6.7% 5.02 27.10
Oct-93 6.8% 5.02 27.21
Nov-93 6.6% 5.03 27.35
Dec-93 6.5% 5.05 27.44
Jan-94 6.6% 5.05 27.69
Feb-94 6.6% 5.05 27.85
Mar-94 6.5% 5.10 27.97
Apr-94 6.4% 5.08 27.73
May-94 6.1% 5.06 27.50
Jun-94 6.1% 5.04 27.38
Jul-94 6.1% 5.02 27.31
Aug-94 6.0% 5.03 27.18
Sep-94 5.9% 5.02 27.03
Oct-94 5.8% 5.01 27.05
Nov-94 5.6% 4.98 26.88
Dec-94 5.5% 4.98 27.10
Jan-95 5.6% 4.96 27.08
Feb-95 5.4% 4.94 26.76
Mar-95 5.4% 4.95 27.08
Apr-95 5.8% 4.88 26.70
May-95 5.6% 4.84 26.45
Jun-95 5.6% 4.80 26.31
Jul-95 5.7% 4.75 26.03
Aug-95 5.7% 4.75 25.99
Sep-95 5.6% 4.72 25.96
Oct-95 5.5% 4.69 26.02
Nov-95 5.6% 4.65 25.86
Dec-95 5.6% 4.63 25.88
Jan-96 5.6% 4.62 25.90
Feb-96 5.5% 4.61 25.82
Mar-96 5.5% 4.60 25.89
Apr-96 5.6% 4.56 25.64
May-96 5.6% 4.51 25.56
Jun-96 5.3% 4.46 25.18
Jul-96 5.5% 4.43 24.97
Aug-96 5.1% 4.41 24.93
Sep-96 5.2% 4.35 24.87
Oct-96 5.2% 4.29 24.40
Nov-96 5.4% 4.21 24.14
Dec-96 5.4% 4.16 23.92
Jan-97 5.3% 4.11 23.69
Feb-97 5.2% 4.06 23.48
Mar-97 5.2% 4.02 23.17
Apr-97 5.1% 3.95 22.72
May-97 4.9% 3.88 22.41
Jun-97 5.0% 3.79 22.14
Jul-97 4.9% 3.65 21.68
Aug-97 4.8% 3.59 21.54
Sep-97 4.9% 3.53 20.99
Oct-97 4.7% 3.50 20.80
Nov-97 4.6% 3.42 20.61
Dec-97 4.7% 3.39 20.52
Jan-98 4.6% 3.33 20.37
Feb-98 4.6% 3.29 20.05
Mar-98 4.7% 3.25 20.04
Apr-98 4.4% 3.18 19.71
May-98 4.4% 3.12 19.50
Jun-98 4.5% 3.05 19.25
Jul-98 4.6% 2.99 19.03
Aug-98 4.5% 2.96 18.91
Sep-98 4.5% 2.92 18.68
Oct-98 4.5% 2.88 18.78
Nov-98 4.4% 2.83 18.65
Dec-98 4.4% 2.80 18.62
Jan-99 4.3% 2.75 18.48
Feb-99 4.3% 2.72 18.28
Mar-99 4.2% 2.71 18.35
Apr-99 4.4% 2.65 18.10
May-99 4.2% 2.61 17.95
Jun-99 4.3% 2.57 17.84
Jul-99 4.3% 2.54 17.72
Aug-99 4.2% 2.52 17.70
Sep-99 4.2% 2.50 17.73
Oct-99 4.1% 2.21 17.52
Nov-99 4.1% 2.22 17.53
Dec-99 4.1% 2.23 17.22
Jan-00 4.0% 2.24 17.12
Feb-00 4.1% 2.23 17.19
Mar-00 4.0% 2.23 17.29
Apr-00 3.9% 2.21 17.04
May-00 4.1% 2.19 17.02
Jun-00 4.0% 2.17 17.04
Jul-00 4.1% 2.15 16.88
Aug-00 4.1% 2.17 17.00
Sep-00 4.0% 2.17 17.01
Oct-00 3.9% 2.26 17.06
Nov-00 4.0% 2.25 17.09
Dec-00 4.0% 2.24 17.18
Jan-01 4.2% 2.23 17.26
Feb-01 4.2% 2.21 16.95
Mar-01 4.3% 2.21 17.25
Apr-01 4.5% 2.19 17.14
May-01 4.4% 2.18 17.24
Jun-01 4.6% 2.18 17.46
Jul-01 4.6% 2.17 17.51
Aug-01 4.9% 2.19 17.76
Sep-01 5.0% 2.19 17.86
Oct-01 5.4% 2.20 18.17
Nov-01 5.6% 2.21 18.50
Dec-01 5.8% 2.22 18.75
Jan-02 5.6% 2.23 18.92
Feb-02 5.5% 2.23 19.02
Mar-02 5.7% 2.22 19.22
Apr-02 6.0% 2.20 19.17
May-02 5.8% 2.18 19.32
Jun-02 5.9% 2.16 19.31
Jul-02 5.9% 2.14 19.28
Aug-02 5.7% 2.16 19.69
Sep-02 - 2.16 19.78
Oct-02 - - 10.08
Nov-02 - - 10.17
Dec-02 - - 10.28
Jan-03 - - 10.35

Last Updated on 2/11/2004
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