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TANF: Total Number of Child 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 2,973,617 2,948,527 2,946,167 2,938,949 2,910,442 2,899,535 2,921,264 2,920,649 2,907,957 2,875,781 2,899,662 2,913,855 2,962,381 2,977,253 3,030,506 2,921,367 2,929,853
Alabama 33,648 33,670 33,895 32,812 31,448 31,263 30,818 30,689 30,678 30,975 31,355 31,866 32,370 32,327 33,303 31,926 31,659
Alaska 5,555 5,465 5,465 5,573 5,698 5,862 5,904 5,859 5,597 5,361 5,371 5,319 5,137 5,134 5,294 5,586 5,509
Arizona 61,148 60,611 60,215 59,525 58,562 57,885 57,830 57,165 56,539 57,487 58,543 59,164 60,225 60,766 62,287 58,723 58,832
Arkansas 15,427 15,081 14,805 14,753 14,410 14,077 14,195 13,969 13,819 13,874 13,811 13,941 14,283 13,981 14,478 14,347 14,133
California 928,214 928,510 935,689 941,914 947,110 952,252 957,801 961,681 961,377 962,150 967,387 970,305 978,650 984,532 1,002,360 951,199 965,627
Colorado 17,997 17,827 17,351 17,453 17,364 17,268 16,782 16,259 16,165 15,575 15,591 15,731 16,307 16,297 16,275 16,780 16,422
Connecticut 28,191 28,002 28,020 28,038 27,721 27,616 57,830 57,165 56,639 26,905 27,027 26,863 23,393 23,410 23,415 35,001 33,835
Delaware 7,155 7,038 7,068 6,941 6,907 7,043 7,162 7,141 7,033 7,059 7,244 7,361 7,897 7,954 7,987 7,096 7,311
Dist. of Col. 10,248 10,072 9,615 9,852 9,702 9,770 10,322 9,262 9,515 9,691 9,392 9,505 9,570 9,800 10,250 9,746 9,719
Florida 64,905 65,348 67,268 68,137 67,155 66,097 65,524 66,258 67,758 68,201 69,299 71,259 72,301 74,798 77,235 67,267 69,502
Georgia 39,518 39,561 38,098 37,656 37,163 36,448 36,068 35,982 35,241 35,090 35,026 35,455 35,628 35,750 36,247 36,776 35,980
Guam -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    1,795 1,810 1,830 -    453
Hawaii 10,349 10,332 10,447 10,453 10,373 10,075 9,830 9,811 9,870 9,777 9,828 9,828 10,559 10,523 10,534 10,081 10,122
Idaho 2,109 2,129 2,174 2,132 2,113 2,069 2,044 2,090 2,060 2,053 2,058 2,092 2,103 2,126 2,244 2,094 2,099
Illinois 50,712 50,115 49,926 49,643 48,892 48,064 47,602 47,313 47,436 46,910 46,804 46,223 46,037 46,625 47,889 48,303 47,453
Indiana 70,368 65,511 61,305 59,086 59,916 60,682 59,462 58,877 59,017 60,200 61,311 62,021 79,521 78,645 79,633 61,480 64,864
Iowa 29,301 28,975 28,855 28,443 28,050 27,737 27,191 27,086 26,544 26,490 26,995 26,936 26,858 26,805 26,887 27,717 27,169
Kansas 23,717 22,886 22,639 22,464 21,991 21,508 21,023 20,809 20,800 20,967 21,656 21,791 21,622 21,095 21,377 21,854 21,425
Kentucky 47,196 46,963 46,587 46,973 46,376 46,319 46,519 46,060 45,457 45,329 45,811 46,067 46,882 46,499 47,518 46,305 46,318
Louisiana 21,548 21,448 21,443 21,033 20,256 19,643 19,508 19,314 19,105 19,284 19,248 19,245 20,009 20,084 20,369 20,090 19,758
Maine 16,271 16,079 16,316 16,419 16,767 16,663 16,692 16,223 16,020 16,226 16,128 16,232 16,237 16,510 16,494 16,336 16,384
Maryland 33,619 33,651 34,281 33,401 32,249 31,959 32,329 32,932 32,496 33,531 34,775 34,837 37,493 37,701 39,694 33,338 34,450
Massachusetts 64,440 63,508 63,656 62,696 61,976 62,346 61,860 61,837 61,647 61,948 62,329 62,750 63,345 62,974 63,265 62,583 62,414
Michigan 136,196 134,360 132,959 130,690 130,766 128,024 126,466 125,699 122,706 121,535 121,510 119,827 119,405 119,791 122,896 127,562 124,110
Minnesota 46,149 46,844 46,143 45,941 36,848 36,687 36,528 36,657 36,441 35,276 35,374 35,251 34,682 35,127 34,984 39,512 36,650
Mississippi 18,571 18,629 18,463 17,700 17,444 17,005 17,175 17,490 17,525 17,585 17,914 17,764 18,056 18,305 18,133 17,772 17,675
Missouri 63,805 63,083 62,774 62,295 60,769 60,153 59,905 58,431 57,862 57,976 58,355 58,359 58,574 58,216 59,219 60,314 59,176
Montana 5,667 5,652 5,799 6,024 5,701 5,760 5,698 5,572 5,352 5,240 5,331 5,633 5,862 6,041 6,210 5,619 5,702
Nebraska 11,790 12,179 12,366 12,903 13,192 12,802 12,825 12,754 12,528 12,775 12,754 12,752 14,134 14,221 13,987 12,635 13,136
Nevada 14,339 14,119 14,172 13,916 13,715 13,629 13,542 13,696 13,746 13,664 13,374 13,363 14,061 14,448 15,051 13,773 13,850
New Hampshire 7,132 6,957 6,892 6,873 7,301 7,275 6,635 6,418 6,365 6,292 6,331 6,571 7,113 7,249 8,478 6,754 6,908
New Jersey 57,644 57,576 57,403 57,072 56,382 55,906 55,826 55,667 55,601 55,625 56,426 55,351 55,022 55,301 55,904 56,373 55,840
New Mexico 25,934 25,507 25,807 26,228 25,777 25,686 26,150 26,527 26,761 26,813 28,151 28,470 28,794 28,842 29,751 26,484 27,329
New York 199,432 198,114 197,732 197,172 196,178 195,198 194,185 194,558 193,408 191,910 191,770 191,220 192,536 191,717 193,994 195,073 193,654
North Carolina 38,740 38,599 38,446 38,407 37,418 37,067 37,420 37,522 37,234 37,467 37,867 38,517 39,592 39,781 40,629 37,892 38,243
North Dakota 3,910 3,844 3,802 3,699 3,745 3,695 3,691 3,613 3,610 3,512 3,617 3,765 4,112 4,226 4,202 3,709 3,791
Ohio 132,005 132,439 132,965 133,160 132,143 131,876 133,035 132,902 131,838 133,071 133,725 135,222 137,378 137,471 142,243 132,865 134,505
Oklahoma 16,695 16,547 16,287 15,974 15,547 15,073 15,060 14,814 14,623 14,497 14,762 15,045 15,407 15,515 15,721 15,410 15,170
Oregon 29,681 29,739 30,119 30,696 30,633 30,680 30,972 31,200 31,310 31,696 31,712 31,992 32,417 32,823 33,818 30,869 31,662
Pennsylvania 105,298 98,806 99,156 101,662 99,399 96,088 90,510 90,764 88,000 86,619 86,860 87,084 86,609 86,347 86,268 94,187 90,518
Puerto Rico 22,046 21,936 21,686 21,184 21,251 21,376 21,051 21,264 21,629 21,625 21,487 21,110 21,730 22,482 22,317 21,470 21,542
Rhode Island 13,978 13,937 13,767 13,715 13,556 13,460 13,423 13,409 13,299 13,197 13,249 13,110 13,190 13,164 13,176 13,508 13,329
South Carolina 26,125 25,909 25,304 25,559 25,164 25,468 25,882 25,908 26,379 26,994 27,808 28,477 29,700 29,778 29,930 26,248 27,254
South Dakota 5,001 5,093 5,087 4,961 4,808 4,863 5,014 5,020 4,866 4,878 4,961 5,092 5,220 5,151 5,207 4,970 5,003
Tennessee 108,658 105,611 102,614 97,967 96,200 96,221 95,960 96,275 96,682 96,743 98,254 101,612 103,798 106,026 107,871 99,400 99,467
Texas 114,228 110,758 109,523 107,446 102,878 100,429 97,352 97,719 97,508 96,128 99,150 98,657 98,780 98,320 97,273 102,648 99,303
Utah 8,180 8,120 8,429 8,226 8,060 8,294 8,329 8,500 8,241 8,166 8,725 9,035 9,081 9,520 9,852 8,359 8,669
Vermont 6,399 6,392 6,731 6,155 6,069 5,996 5,988 6,119 5,995 3,990 4,087 4,306 4,353 4,350 4,531 5,686 5,162
Virgin Islands 858 871 853 866 840 815 821 825 851 874 862 899 901 913 914 853 865
Virginia 47,152 47,150 46,177 46,033 45,630 45,599 45,711 46,134 46,275 46,490 47,236 48,038 49,420 49,871 50,267 46,469 47,225
Washington 79,563 80,456 83,121 84,824 85,046 85,872 85,867 85,535 84,753 84,304 85,312 86,216 87,018 88,774 93,513 84,239 86,420
West Virginia 14,088 14,134 14,247 14,063 13,766 13,847 13,807 13,994 14,009 14,213 14,273 14,563 15,134 15,142 15,211 14,084 14,335
Wisconsin 32,264 31,945 31,803 31,705 31,590 31,611 31,667 31,483 31,365 31,135 31,018 31,332 31,613 31,734 31,634 31,577 31,491
Wyoming 453 439 422 436 427 434 473 398 382 408 418 431 467 461 457 427 433
As of 07/07/09

Last Updated on 7/8/2009
By ACF

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