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TANF RECIPIENTS

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           3,880,321 100.0%                (3,551) -0.1% -              (22,194) -0.5% -            (192,937) -4.6% -            (312,951) -11.5% -         (8,361,804) -68.3% -
Alabama                43,740 1.1%                  1,594 3.8% 45                  1,707 3.8% 46                 (2,805) -9.5% 17                    (855) -7.7% 36               (56,922) -56.5% 44
Alaska                  7,815 0.2%                    (354) -4.3% 8                    (532) -6.0% 16                    (574) -2.6% 36                 (1,328) -19.6% 25               (27,729) -78.0% 15
Arizona                79,229 2.0%                    (326) -0.4% 30                 (2,981) -3.6% 26                 (1,224) -1.1% 41               (13,547) -15.7% 31               (90,213) -53.2% 47
Arkansas                19,998 0.5%                     576 3.0% 42                     665 3.5% 45                       73 -2.5% 38                  1,788 10.3% 51               (36,345) -64.5% 32
California           1,175,134 30.3%                16,096 1.4% 40              136,537 13.3% 52                13,333 -0.2% 45                98,504 10.5% 52          (1,406,814) -54.5% 46
Colorado                22,303 0.6%                    (684) -3.0% 13                 (2,399) -7.2% 14                 (8,499) -25.4% 1                 (9,073) -44.1% 3               (73,485) -76.7% 17
Connecticut                39,779 1.0%                  6,020 17.8% 53                    (493) -1.4% 32                  4,723 -3.7% 33                 (2,975) 4.6% 50             (119,467) -75.0% 20
Delaware                  8,375 0.2%                      (66) -0.8% 24                 (3,077) -25.8% 4                    (494) -4.8% 29                 (3,949) -34.7% 8               (15,279) -64.6% 31
Dist. of Col.                13,185 0.3%                     643 5.1% 50               (24,540) -65.6% 1                     310 -2.6% 37               (26,977) -66.9% 1               (56,107) -81.0% 8
Florida                78,903 2.0%                  4,238 5.7% 51                  1,646 2.1% 42                 (2,751) -8.6% 21               (15,255) -18.6% 26             (454,898) -85.2% 6
Georgia                41,096 1.1%                 (1,507) -3.5% 12                 (4,389) -8.5% 13                 (6,048) -9.6% 16               (25,800) -43.7% 4             (289,206) -87.6% 5
Guam 1/                10,783 0.3%                        -   0.0% 34                        -   0.0% 36                        -   0.0% 46                        -   0.0% 48                  2,469 29.7% 54
Hawaii                14,330 0.4%                     469 3.4% 44                 (2,345) -13.8% 9                    (344) -5.5% 28                 (3,560) -21.4% 23               (52,152) -78.4% 13
Idaho                  2,311 0.1%                       71 3.2% 43                    (159) -5.5% 18                    (411) -17.7% 4                    (478) -27.8% 13               (19,469) -89.4% 3
Illinois                58,882 1.5%                 (2,493) -4.1% 10                 (1,396) -1.7% 30               (22,631) -24.7% 2               (13,843) -38.3% 6             (583,762) -90.8% 2
Indiana              118,434 3.1%                 (2,390) -2.0% 17                  6,598 5.7% 48                 (3,529) -0.9% 43                    (238) -3.1% 45               (24,170) -16.9% 53
Iowa                41,625 1.1%                    (664) -1.6% 18                  4,378 11.4% 51                 (1,134) -1.1% 42                  1,159 0.1% 49               (44,521) -51.7% 48
Kansas                32,624 0.8%                 (2,952) -8.3% 2                 (4,598) -10.4% 12                 (7,068) -10.4% 15                 (5,859) -28.4% 11               (31,159) -48.9% 49
Kentucky                59,035 1.5%                    (502) -0.8% 23                 (4,143) -6.1% 15                 (4,612) -6.5% 25                 (8,208) -17.8% 28             (113,158) -65.7% 30
Louisiana                24,604 0.6%                     182 0.7% 38                     167 0.7% 38                    (763) -3.7% 32                 (6,172) -22.0% 21             (203,511) -89.2% 4
Maine                23,414 0.6%                      (29) -0.1% 32                    (764) -3.1% 27                    (753) -3.0% 35                    (621) -5.5% 40               (30,459) -56.5% 45
Maryland                45,817 1.2%                  2,073 4.7% 49                     547 1.3% 40                  2,238 0.4% 47                 (9,162) -13.1% 33             (148,310) -76.4% 18
Massachusetts                92,404 2.4%                 (2,035) -2.2% 16                 (2,660) -2.8% 28                        (3) 2.2% 48                 (4,181) -4.3% 42             (133,626) -59.1% 40
Michigan              180,662 4.7%                 (7,408) -3.9% 11               (44,777) -18.8% 5               (13,327) -3.1% 34               (23,166) -16.8% 30             (321,692) -64.0% 33
Minnesota                62,317 1.6%                    (770) -1.2% 20                 (2,777) -4.2% 24                 (1,067) -0.5% 44                 (3,824) -7.3% 37             (107,427) -63.3% 34
Mississippi                23,889 0.6%                      (19) -0.1% 33                 (1,059) -4.1% 25                 (1,018) -4.0% 31                 (5,840) -22.3% 20               (99,939) -80.7% 9
Missouri                90,397 2.3%                    (982) -1.1% 22                     306 0.3% 37                 (2,042) -1.1% 40                 (3,792) -6.1% 38             (132,423) -59.4% 39
Montana                  8,042 0.2%                       44 0.6% 37                 (1,253) -14.0% 8                     317 3.5% 51                 (2,626) -22.3% 19               (21,088) -72.4% 23
Nebraska                15,629 0.4%                  2,419 18.3% 54                 (7,668) -31.4% 2                 (1,137) -21.2% 3                 (7,199) -34.8% 7               (23,599) -60.2% 37
Nevada                18,881 0.5%                       85 0.5% 36                  3,525 30.2% 53                  3,679 23.6% 54                  2,104 44.2% 53               (15,380) -44.9% 52
New Hampshire                  9,256 0.2%                    (705) -7.1% 5                 (2,293) -16.7% 6                 (2,221) -13.2% 7                 (2,416) -33.4% 9               (13,681) -59.6% 38
New Jersey                87,037 2.2%                  6,060 7.5% 52               (11,760) -12.0% 10                     699 -6.2% 26               (18,379) -16.9% 29             (188,600) -68.4% 26
New Mexico                32,593 0.8%                    (238) -0.7% 26                 (2,206) -5.4% 19                 (6,274) -15.5% 5                 (6,860) -28.7% 10               (67,068) -67.3% 28
New York              260,645 6.7%                 (1,553) -0.6% 29               (16,522) -5.6% 17               (17,097) -5.6% 27               (42,000) -18.5% 27             (883,317) -77.2% 16
North Carolina                46,103 1.2%                       33 0.1% 35                 (2,535) -4.6% 22                 (6,457) -12.3% 10                 (9,995) -26.3% 15             (221,223) -82.8% 7
North Dakota                  5,205 0.1%                    (221) -4.1% 9                    (875) -14.4% 7                       24 4.7% 53                 (1,894) -26.4% 14                 (7,941) -60.4% 36
Ohio              174,147 4.5%                  7,734 4.6% 48                  5,099 3.1% 44                  3,980 -2.2% 39                 (5,948) -1.1% 46             (375,165) -68.3% 27
Oklahoma                18,744 0.5%                    (287) -1.5% 19                    (210) -1.0% 33                 (1,784) -7.3% 22                 (4,603) -25.4% 16               (77,457) -80.5% 10
Oregon                42,282 1.1%                    (331) -0.8% 25                     781 1.9% 41                     919 3.0% 50                 (1,291) -0.9% 47               (36,137) -46.1% 50
Pennsylvania              132,702 3.4%               (10,502) -7.3% 4               (70,030) -30.4% 3               (27,914) -10.8% 12               (93,446) -47.8% 2             (398,357) -75.0% 21
Puerto Rico                31,630 0.8%                    (832) -2.6% 14                    (196) -0.5% 35                 (5,546) -12.7% 9                 (2,518) -20.3% 24             (119,393) -79.1% 12
Rhode Island                19,319 0.5%                      (78) -0.4% 31                 (1,019) -4.6% 23                 (1,902) -8.6% 20                 (3,756) -22.7% 18               (37,241) -65.8% 29
South Carolina                32,080 0.8%                 (1,798) -5.3% 7                  2,259 6.3% 49                 (5,911) -10.8% 13                     867 -13.6% 32               (82,193) -71.9% 24
South Dakota                  6,007 0.2%                       81 1.4% 39                     259 4.2% 47                    (351) -6.8% 24                     109 -3.9% 43                 (9,889) -62.2% 35
Tennessee              140,323 3.6%                 (8,732) -5.9% 6                 (8,905) -5.1% 20               (26,057) -10.4% 14               (16,625) -23.3% 17             (114,495) -44.9% 51
Texas              128,331 3.3%                 (1,563) -1.2% 21                 (3,367) -2.2% 29               (20,426) -12.7% 8               (29,918) -28.2% 12             (520,687) -80.2% 11
Utah                11,600 0.3%                     294 2.6% 41                 (1,587) -10.7% 11                 (1,657) -14.7% 6                 (7,026) -42.8% 5               (27,473) -70.3% 25
Vermont                10,214 0.3%                    (817) -7.4% 3                    (171) -1.6% 31                    (569) 2.3% 49                    (299) -7.8% 35               (14,117) -58.0% 42
Virgin Islands                  1,173 0.0%                        (7) -0.6% 28                       30 2.3% 43                    (162) -11.6% 11                     102 -4.9% 41                 (3,725) -76.1% 19
Virginia                63,338 1.6%                 (1,587) -2.4% 15                45,288 185.0% 54                 (6,430) -6.9% 23                42,414 131.5% 54               (89,507) -58.6% 41
Washington              116,161 3.0%                  4,522 4.1% 46                  1,323 1.1% 39                 (6,418) -8.9% 19               (10,620) -12.8% 34             (152,766) -56.8% 43
West Virginia                19,483 0.5%                 (4,125) -17.5% 1                  2,233 10.0% 50                 (5,123) -4.1% 30                    (335) -21.9% 22               (69,556) -78.1% 14
Wisconsin                37,823 1.0%                    (248) -0.7% 27                 (1,852) -4.8% 21                  1,327 4.3% 52                 (3,550) -5.6% 39             (111,065) -74.6% 22
Wyoming                     488 0.0%                       20 4.3% 47                        (4) -0.8% 34                      (26) -8.9% 18                         9 -3.4% 44               (10,910) -95.7% 1
1/ Guam's TANF caseload figures reflect an estimate based on the first quarter of FY 2002.


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