Caseload Data

**TANF FAMILIES**

As of April 8, 2008
State	Current Quarter		Over Past Quarter			Same Quarter Last Year			Over Past Year			Previous Year			Since TANF Enactment
	Dec-07		Sep-07	TO	Dec-07	Sep-06	TO	Dec-06	Dec-06	TO	Dec-07	Dec-05	TO	Dec-06	Aug-96	TO	Dec-07
	Number	% of U.S.	Number	Percent	% Rank	Number	Percent	% Rank	Number	Percent	% Rank	Number	Percent	% Rank	Number	Percent	% Rank
U.S. Totals	1,655,089	100.0%	(2,995)	-0.2%	-	(21,832)	-1.2%	-	(79,147)	-4.4%	-	(128,858)	-11.2%	-	(2,753,419)	-62.5%	-
Alabama	18,584	1.1%	480	2.7%	44	464	2.4%	47	(1,054)	-7.8%	20	(503)	-7.7%	36	(22,448)	-54.7%	36
Alaska	2,989	0.2%	(138)	-4.4%	8	(144)	-4.3%	19	(215)	-2.4%	37	(386)	-16.7%	24	(9,170)	-75.4%	13
Arizona	37,122	2.2%	188	0.5%	35	(1,084)	-2.8%	28	120	-0.2%	42	(4,941)	-11.5%	32	(25,282)	-40.5%	52
Arkansas	8,741	0.5%	269	3.2%	45	202	2.3%	45	(57)	-3.7%	33	515	5.5%	52	(13,328)	-60.4%	31
California	476,818	28.8%	6,564	1.4%	40	34,002	7.7%	52	2,528	-0.9%	41	20,422	5.1%	51	(403,560)	-45.8%	48
Colorado	9,094	0.5%	(261)	-2.8%	15	(890)	-6.9%	13	(2,988)	-22.6%	1	(3,221)	-40.6%	5	(25,392)	-73.6%	16
Connecticut	19,217	1.2%	2,193	12.9%	53	(127)	-0.7%	33	1,557	-3.6%	34	(1,275)	1.5%	50	(38,109)	-66.5%	23
Delaware	4,036	0.2%	2	0.0%	34	(1,149)	-21.4%	5	(191)	-4.6%	29	(1,517)	-29.7%	10	(6,549)	-61.9%	28
Dist. of Col.	5,684	0.3%	64	1.1%	38	(9,478)	-61.7%	2	(197)	-4.4%	30	(10,328)	-64.9%	2	(19,666)	-77.6%	8
Florida	48,608	2.9%	1,744	3.7%	47	187	0.4%	39	(1,241)	-6.0%	23	(6,927)	-14.4%	28	(152,314)	-75.8%	12
Georgia	22,719	1.4%	(855)	-3.6%	10	(1,786)	-6.5%	14	(3,020)	-8.4%	17	(9,882)	-36.2%	6	(100,610)	-81.6%	6
Guam 1/	3,072	0.2%	-	0.0%	32	-	0.0%	37	-	0.0%	43	-	0.0%	48	829	37.0%	54
Hawaii	-	0.0%	-	-	-	(6,818)	-100.0%	1	-	-	-	(7,243)	-100.0%	1	(21,894)	-100.0%	1
Idaho	1,527	0.1%	21	1.4%	39	(79)	-4.5%	18	(161)	-10.8%	10	(182)	-18.3%	23	(7,080)	-82.3%	5
Illinois	25,424	1.5%	(798)	-3.0%	14	(411)	-1.2%	30	(7,788)	-21.0%	2	(4,917)	-33.3%	8	(194,873)	-88.5%	3
Indiana	41,136	2.5%	(922)	-2.2%	17	867	2.1%	44	(761)	0.4%	44	(1,451)	-5.1%	41	(10,301)	-20.0%	53
Iowa	16,475	1.0%	(282)	-1.7%	20	957	6.0%	51	(520)	-1.4%	39	(220)	-4.3%	43	(15,104)	-47.8%	45
Kansas	12,853	0.8%	(1,039)	-7.5%	3	(1,630)	-9.6%	11	(2,491)	-9.5%	16	(2,056)	-26.1%	13	(10,937)	-46.0%	46
Kentucky	29,323	1.8%	(169)	-0.6%	27	(1,514)	-4.7%	17	(1,599)	-4.6%	28	(2,769)	-13.0%	30	(41,941)	-58.9%	33
Louisiana	11,107	0.7%	84	0.8%	36	155	1.4%	42	(231)	-2.8%	36	(2,533)	-19.9%	20	(56,360)	-83.5%	4
Maine	8,828	0.5%	130	1.5%	41	(83)	-0.9%	32	(353)	-5.3%	26	(335)	-7.2%	37	(11,179)	-55.9%	35
Maryland	19,901	1.2%	770	4.0%	50	(24)	-0.1%	36	912	0.7%	46	(3,541)	-11.7%	31	(50,764)	-71.8%	17
Massachusetts	45,970	2.8%	(513)	-1.1%	22	(2,243)	-4.7%	16	541	2.3%	49	(2,212)	-3.5%	45	(38,730)	-45.7%	49
Michigan	69,327	4.2%	(2,565)	-3.6%	11	(15,253)	-17.0%	6	(5,226)	-3.6%	35	(7,329)	-15.3%	25	(100,670)	-59.2%	32
Minnesota	26,387	1.6%	(255)	-1.0%	23	(887)	-3.2%	23	(61)	0.7%	45	(1,101)	-4.2%	44	(31,354)	-54.3%	38
Mississippi	11,631	0.7%	(27)	-0.2%	29	(458)	-3.6%	22	(505)	-3.9%	31	(2,500)	-20.5%	19	(34,797)	-74.9%	15
Missouri	37,375	2.3%	(465)	-1.2%	21	69	0.2%	38	(866)	-1.0%	40	(1,474)	-5.9%	39	(42,748)	-53.4%	40
Montana	3,192	0.2%	(25)	-0.8%	24	(408)	-11.7%	10	113	4.5%	52	(868)	-19.1%	21	(6,922)	-68.4%	21
Nebraska	6,573	0.4%	728	12.5%	52	(2,776)	-27.6%	3	(727)	-19.9%	3	(2,755)	-34.6%	7	(7,862)	-54.5%	37
Nevada	7,409	0.4%	(1)	0.0%	31	1,157	22.4%	53	1,079	17.1%	53	639	30.2%	53	(6,303)	-46.0%	47
New Hampshire	4,472	0.3%	(234)	-5.0%	6	(825)	-13.4%	8	(843)	-11.5%	8	(808)	-27.0%	11	(4,628)	-50.9%	42
New Jersey	36,420	2.2%	2,297	6.7%	51	(3,288)	-8.3%	12	137	-6.0%	24	(5,915)	-13.7%	29	(65,284)	-64.2%	26
New Mexico	12,195	0.7%	(308)	-2.5%	16	(811)	-5.0%	15	(3,169)	-18.6%	4	(2,409)	-31.4%	9	(21,158)	-63.4%	27
New York	118,006	7.1%	(870)	-0.7%	25	(4,192)	-3.2%	24	(7,643)	-5.4%	25	(13,571)	-15.2%	26	(300,332)	-71.8%	18
North Carolina	24,544	1.5%	7	0.0%	33	(1,064)	-3.7%	20	(2,906)	-10.6%	11	(4,296)	-22.7%	15	(85,516)	-77.7%	7
North Dakota	2,071	0.1%	(85)	-3.9%	9	(324)	-13.4%	7	(14)	3.4%	51	(690)	-25.4%	14	(2,702)	-56.6%	34
Ohio	80,629	4.9%	2,500	3.2%	46	1,846	2.4%	46	1,037	-1.8%	38	(1,833)	-1.0%	47	(123,611)	-60.5%	29
Oklahoma	8,696	0.5%	(61)	-0.7%	26	(33)	-0.3%	35	(805)	-7.8%	19	(1,603)	-21.7%	17	(27,290)	-75.8%	11
Oregon	17,722	1.1%	(923)	-5.0%	7	266	1.5%	43	(589)	1.8%	47	(675)	-6.7%	38	(12,195)	-40.8%	51
Pennsylvania	55,389	3.3%	(4,778)	-7.9%	2	(23,155)	-25.7%	4	(11,423)	-9.9%	13	(30,657)	-43.2%	3	(130,953)	-70.3%	20
Puerto Rico	12,356	0.7%	(261)	-2.1%	18	638	4.6%	49	(2,199)	-13.3%	7	(7)	-15.1%	27	(37,515)	-75.2%	14
Rhode Island	8,166	0.5%	(24)	-0.3%	28	(289)	-3.2%	25	(661)	-7.2%	21	(1,204)	-18.6%	22	(12,504)	-60.5%	30
South Carolina	14,428	0.9%	(508)	-3.4%	12	849	5.4%	50	(2,130)	-9.8%	14	324	-11.1%	34	(29,632)	-67.3%	22
South Dakota	2,904	0.2%	62	2.2%	42	115	4.0%	48	(51)	-3.8%	32	80	1.0%	49	(2,925)	-50.2%	43
Tennessee	54,704	3.3%	(3,043)	-5.3%	5	(2,454)	-3.7%	21	(9,306)	-9.8%	15	(5,351)	-21.1%	18	(42,483)	-43.7%	50
Texas	57,002	3.4%	(1,798)	-3.1%	13	(1,321)	-2.0%	29	(8,408)	-10.1%	12	(12,283)	-26.6%	12	(186,502)	-76.6%	9
Utah	4,796	0.3%	105	2.2%	43	(765)	-12.3%	9	(674)	-14.2%	5	(2,681)	-41.2%	4	(9,425)	-66.3%	24
Vermont	4,242	0.3%	(261)	-5.8%	4	(54)	-1.2%	31	(169)	2.1%	48	(58)	-5.1%	42	(4,523)	-51.6%	41
Virgin Islands	399	0.0%	4	1.0%	37	4	0.9%	40	(58)	-13.6%	6	36	-5.2%	40	(972)	-70.9%	19
Virginia	28,576	1.7%	(565)	-1.9%	19	22,517	263.4%	54	(2,488)	-6.2%	22	21,449	197.2%	54	(33,329)	-53.8%	39
Washington	49,652	3.0%	1,819	3.8%	48	577	1.1%	41	(2,408)	-8.1%	18	(3,850)	-11.2%	33	(47,840)	-49.1%	44
West Virginia	8,725	0.5%	(974)	-10.0%	1	(327)	-3.1%	27	(1,454)	-4.7%	27	(1,096)	-22.6%	16	(28,319)	-76.4%	10
Wisconsin	17,608	1.1%	(28)	-0.2%	30	(558)	-3.2%	26	500	3.1%	50	(862)	-2.0%	46	(34,316)	-66.1%	25
Wyoming	265	0.0%	10	3.9%	49	(2)	-0.7%	34	(21)	-10.8%	9	(8)	-9.9%	35	(4,047)	-93.9%	2
1/ Guam's TANF caseload figures reflect an estimate based on the first quarter of FY 2002.