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TANF: Total Number of Adult Recipients
Fiscal and Calendar Year 2008
As of 07/07/09
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 895,396 881,764 879,192 877,165 863,361 859,861 863,765 865,420 860,054 857,014 869,916 870,823 888,844 895,653 919,851 870,311 874,311
Alabama 9,771 9,752 9,845 9,450 8,906 8,923 8,780 8,685 8,726 8,883 9,118 9,387 9,590 9,641 10,044 9,186 9,178
Alaska 2,401 2,368 2,350 2,434 2,526 2,604 2,628 2,637 2,494 2,315 2,311 2,235 2,167 2,148 2,252 2,442 2,396
Arizona 20,458 20,098 19,937 19,441 18,915 18,593 18,391 18,052 17,812 18,292 18,775 19,105 19,164 19,514 20,352 18,989 18,867
Arkansas 5,497 5,320 5,193 5,192 5,069 4,888 4,951 4,816 4,781 4,794 4,786 4,918 5,171 5,047 5,313 5,017 4,977
California 238,831 238,333 239,645 241,144 241,603 242,999 245,007 246,956 247,491 250,743 253,733 256,057 260,976 262,491 268,447 245,212 251,471
Colorado 5,242 5,162 4,952 5,019 5,014 4,992 4,764 4,495 4,419 4,119 4,088 4,104 4,348 4,367 4,365 4,698 4,508
Connecticut 12,082 11,964 11,966 11,967 11,788 11,781 18,392 18,053 17,812 11,563 11,647 11,640 9,342 9,385 9,544 13,388 12,743
Delaware 4,349 4,306 4,324 4,261 4,284 4,342 4,413 4,402 4,350 4,360 4,439 4,488 4,782 4,795 4,844 4,360 4,480
Dist. of Col. 2,299 2,209 2,040 2,160 2,070 2,195 2,341 2,034 2,067 2,115 2,160 2,234 2,032 2,081 2,260 2,160 2,146
Florida 10,384 10,722 11,515 11,990 11,697 11,383 11,146 11,571 12,346 12,739 13,563 14,655 15,246 16,388 17,589 11,976 13,359
Georgia 3,263 3,249 2,998 2,787 2,582 2,376 2,306 2,296 2,220 2,268 2,352 2,521 2,672 2,766 2,975 2,602 2,510
Guam -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    567 593 597 -    146
Hawaii 3,591 3,584 3,647 3,636 3,600 3,467 3,366 3,351 3,374 3,364 3,399 3,400 3,790 3,751 3,797 3,482 3,525
Idaho 121 115 137 137 120 118 117 131 113 112 119 126 126 121 152 122 124
Illinois 9,323 9,031 8,956 8,908 8,635 8,409 8,263 8,294 8,401 8,288 8,391 8,282 3,546 3,781 4,194 8,598 7,283
Indiana 20,876 18,810 16,925 16,077 16,660 17,136 16,752 16,544 16,606 17,127 17,693 17,927 26,199 25,774 26,362 17,428 19,238
Iowa 12,990 12,828 12,770 12,593 12,423 12,259 11,988 11,878 11,551 11,534 11,757 11,751 11,692 11,674 11,729 12,194 11,902
Kansas 10,698 10,196 9,985 9,931 9,737 9,494 9,243 9,167 9,204 9,300 9,669 9,736 9,626 9,370 9,497 9,697 9,498
Kentucky 12,798 12,672 12,448 12,685 12,338 12,362 12,429 12,159 11,913 11,886 12,142 12,336 12,727 12,614 13,109 12,347 12,392
Louisiana 3,304 3,200 3,157 3,050 2,832 2,619 2,561 2,494 2,455 2,518 2,530 2,586 2,802 2,814 2,914 2,776 2,681
Maine 7,622 7,519 7,666 7,642 7,965 7,936 7,933 7,742 7,659 7,692 7,651 7,722 7,758 7,985 7,976 7,729 7,805
Maryland 11,193 11,272 11,536 11,091 10,685 10,591 10,751 11,145 10,941 11,457 12,064 11,992 13,120 13,172 14,172 11,227 11,765
Massachusetts 29,384 28,730 28,748 28,278 27,801 28,185 28,035 28,302 28,396 28,699 29,010 29,425 29,570 29,447 29,696 28,583 28,737
Michigan 49,114 48,372 47,703 46,565 46,772 45,736 45,209 44,820 43,473 43,054 43,083 35,158 34,498 34,660 36,047 44,922 41,590
Minnesota 16,179 16,402 16,174 16,181 11,071 11,055 10,934 11,016 10,970 10,593 10,783 10,679 10,250 10,462 10,316 12,670 11,193
Mississippi 5,457 5,526 5,426 5,088 5,013 4,891 4,988 5,160 5,243 5,315 5,466 5,472 5,638 5,798 5,748 5,254 5,318
Missouri 28,241 27,816 27,657 27,447 26,598 26,288 26,157 25,354 24,989 25,078 25,150 25,222 25,346 25,184 25,743 26,333 25,713
Montana 2,176 2,136 2,243 2,389 2,207 2,248 2,253 2,136 2,005 1,966 2,010 2,181 2,342 2,452 2,556 2,163 2,229
Nebraska 2,930 3,119 3,263 3,456 3,587 3,430 3,455 3,489 3,351 3,422 3,411 3,392 3,949 4,036 3,922 3,359 3,575
Nevada 4,863 4,693 4,709 4,533 4,471 4,437 4,389 4,459 4,437 4,368 4,290 4,247 4,618 4,823 4,970 4,491 4,504
New Hampshire 2,536 2,411 2,363 2,335 2,620 2,611 2,299 2,177 2,114 2,059 2,100 2,170 2,506 2,576 3,340 2,316 2,409
New Jersey 23,753 23,654 23,686 23,574 23,062 22,840 22,724 22,754 22,854 23,054 23,509 22,834 22,800 22,980 23,230 23,192 23,018
New Mexico 6,690 6,639 6,786 8,074 7,739 7,845 7,793 7,873 8,029 8,362 9,134 8,982 9,376 9,492 10,062 7,829 8,563
New York 64,353 63,274 62,913 62,686 62,770 62,218 62,012 63,073 62,184 61,745 61,577 61,214 62,091 61,713 63,211 62,502 62,208
North Carolina 7,850 7,733 7,657 7,554 7,127 6,999 7,151 7,192 7,180 7,348 7,546 7,822 8,259 8,330 8,627 7,430 7,595
North Dakota 1,451 1,396 1,404 1,360 1,388 1,345 1,387 1,339 1,331 1,295 1,343 1,403 1,559 1,653 1,653 1,370 1,421
Ohio 40,306 40,646 41,182 41,667 41,364 41,388 42,063 41,911 41,419 42,244 42,650 43,430 44,739 45,268 48,282 41,689 43,035
Oklahoma 3,369 3,321 3,244 3,146 3,032 2,893 2,900 2,843 2,811 2,767 2,876 2,997 3,149 3,128 3,227 3,017 2,981
Oregon 10,136 10,035 10,258 10,560 10,688 10,770 10,908 10,930 10,994 11,159 11,243 11,445 11,789 12,117 12,558 10,761 11,263
Pennsylvania 36,415 33,406 33,546 35,325 34,430 32,754 30,548 30,586 28,567 26,717 26,721 26,742 26,479 26,467 26,324 31,313 29,305
Puerto Rico 9,886 9,909 9,944 9,812 9,845 9,879 9,724 9,849 10,049 9,993 9,960 9,824 10,160 10,550 10,522 9,890 10,014
Rhode Island 5,739 5,711 5,588 5,589 5,511 5,455 5,441 5,478 5,459 5,381 5,423 5,330 5,342 5,318 5,312 5,509 5,420
South Carolina 7,161 7,099 6,776 6,982 6,792 6,931 7,063 7,080 7,356 7,739 8,132 8,449 9,021 9,054 9,151 7,297 7,813
South Dakota 894 913 920 870 818 810 861 869 816 808 827 854 910 867 922 855 853
Tennessee 41,112 39,298 37,709 35,752 34,863 34,803 34,849 35,020 34,860 34,911 35,538 37,132 38,131 39,096 39,994 36,321 36,246
Texas 20,372 19,294 18,808 18,030 16,479 15,772 14,976 15,283 15,230 14,830 15,627 15,601 15,703 15,852 15,656 16,692 15,753
Utah 3,060 3,020 3,167 3,044 2,955 3,067 3,116 3,184 3,093 3,107 3,376 3,527 3,571 3,770 3,969 3,143 3,315
Vermont 3,013 3,008 3,483 2,925 2,900 2,862 2,825 2,954 2,808 1,556 1,628 1,735 1,772 1,764 1,914 2,641 2,304
Virgin Islands 328 332 320 337 339 338 340 329 328 337 332 355 370 374 373 335 346
Virginia 17,554 17,560 17,161 17,094 16,895 16,870 16,856 17,014 17,107 17,295 17,646 18,140 18,850 19,122 19,296 17,266 17,682
Washington 32,244 32,127 33,040 33,850 34,032 34,829 35,066 34,921 34,667 34,975 35,714 36,261 36,851 37,368 38,963 34,311 35,625
West Virginia 5,473 5,393 5,236 4,985 4,775 4,855 4,903 5,222 5,350 5,529 5,608 5,669 5,666 5,575 5,532 5,250 5,306
Wisconsin 6,192 6,017 6,020 6,003 5,895 5,911 5,930 5,835 5,784 5,773 5,748 5,847 6,004 5,993 6,153 5,913 5,906
Wyoming 72 64 66 79 73 79 88 66 65 66 68 82 92 92 98 72 79
As of 07/07/09

Last Updated on 7/8/2009
By ACF

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