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TANF RECIPIENTS - Through September 2008

As of January 21, 2009

State Current Quarter Over Past Quarter Same Quarter Last Year Over Past Year Previous Year Since TANF Enactment
Sep-08 Jun-08 TO Sep-08 Jun-07 TO Sep-07 Sep-07 TO Sep-08 Sep-06 TO Sep-07 Aug-96 TO Sep-08
Number % of U.S. Number Percent % Rank Number Percent % Rank Number Percent % Rank Number Percent % Rank Number Percent % Rank
U.S. Totals 3,821,600 100.0% 86,917 2.3%   2,505 0.1%   (80,546) -4.3%   (185,065) -6.5%   (8,420,525) -68.8%  
Alabama 41,253 1.1% 1,849 4.7% 43 1,671 4.1% 45 (893) -6.5% 23 (2,692) -8.0% 34 (59,409) -59.0% 41
Alaska 7,554 0.2% (537) -6.6% 4 (569) -6.5% 3 (615) -1.0% 41 (752) -15.3% 24 (27,990) -78.7% 17
Arizona 78,269 2.0% 3,918 5.3% 45 4,231 5.6% 49 (1,286) -6.5% 22 (3,879) -6.2% 35 (91,173) -53.8% 47
Arkansas 18,859 0.5% 259 1.4% 24 257 1.3% 33 (563) -4.2% 28 162 -2.1% 40 (37,484) -66.5% 33
California 1,226,362 32.1% 17,494 1.4% 25 1,470 0.1% 26 67,326 4.3% 48 133,772 19.6% 52 (1,355,586) -52.5% 48
Colorado 19,835 0.5% (749) -3.6% 5 (2,373) -9.4% 2 (3,152) -10.5% 16 (10,214) -40.3% 6 (75,953) -79.3% 16
Connecticut 38,503 1.0% (154) -0.4% 13 (499) -1.5% 14 4,744 14.5% 52 (1,790) 8.3% 50 (120,743) -75.8% 22
Delaware 12,734 0.3% 522 4.3% 37 331 4.1% 44 4,293 44.7% 54 (3,505) 6.6% 46 (10,920) -46.2% 51
Dist. of Col. 11,739 0.3% 157 1.4% 22 547 3.8% 43 (3,294) -23.0% 5 (22,382) -68.6% 3 (57,553) -83.1% 9
Florida 85,914 2.2% 5,810 7.3% 48 1,150 1.6% 35 11,360 7.4% 51 (5,454) 7.4% 48 (447,887) -83.9% 8
Georgia 37,976 1.0% 515 1.4% 23 (597) -1.4% 15 (4,627) -12.1% 12 (8,930) -26.3% 13 (292,326) -88.5% 7
Guam 1/ -    0.0% -    0.0% 15 177 8.3% 54 (2,306) -100.0% 1 (236) -100.0% 1 (8,314) -100.0% 1
Hawaii 13,394 0.4% 61 0.5% 17 115 0.8% 30 (446) -3.7% 30 (3,179) -21.3% 16 (53,088) -79.9% 14
Idaho 2,218 0.1% 45 2.1% 29 (117) -5.0% 5 (22) -3.0% 34 (641) -23.0% 15 (19,562) -89.8% 6
Illinois 54,505 1.4% (1,332) -2.4% 8 (6,495) -9.6% 1 (6,870) -9.0% 19 (21,534) -34.3% 9 (588,139) -91.5% 4
Indiana 117,987 3.1% 4,360 3.8% 36 3,714 3.2% 41 (2,837) -6.0% 24 5,459 2.3% 44 (24,617) -17.3% 54
Iowa 38,687 1.0% 592 1.6% 26 1,085 2.6% 39 (3,602) -9.9% 17 3,908 0.8% 42 (47,459) -55.1% 44
Kansas 31,527 0.8% 1,523 5.1% 44 (477) -1.3% 16 (4,049) -15.7% 9 (8,714) -28.8% 12 (32,256) -50.6% 49
Kentucky 58,403 1.5% 36,843 170.9% 54 799 1.4% 34 (1,134) -63.8% 2 (8,253) -13.8% 27 (113,790) -66.1% 34
Louisiana 21,841 0.6% 281 1.3% 20 739 3.1% 40 (2,581) -11.7% 14 (778) -13.3% 28 (206,274) -90.4% 5
Maine 24,266 0.6% 247 1.0% 19 (122) -0.5% 25 (77) -1.3% 40 (588) -2.7% 38 (29,607) -55.0% 45
Maryland 46,829 1.2% 3,392 7.8% 50 3,038 7.5% 53 3,085 -0.7% 43 712 8.8% 51 (147,298) -75.9% 21
Massachusetts 92,175 2.4% 2,132 2.4% 31 4,712 5.3% 48 (2,264) -4.7% 26 (628) -3.0% 37 (133,855) -59.2% 40
Michigan 154,985 4.1% (11,194) -6.7% 3 (2,283) -1.2% 17 (33,085) -11.6% 15 (50,696) -35.1% 8 (347,369) -69.1% 28
Minnesota 45,930 1.2% (1,481) -3.1% 7 (486) -0.8% 20 (17,157) -24.8% 4 (3,074) -30.6% 11 (123,814) -72.9% 26
Mississippi 23,236 0.6% 468 2.1% 28 964 4.2% 46 (672) -4.8% 25 (2,058) -10.5% 30 (100,592) -81.2% 13
Missouri 83,581 2.2% 730 0.9% 18 2,072 2.3% 38 (7,808) -9.3% 18 (744) -9.3% 32 (139,239) -62.5% 36
Montana 7,814 0.2% 457 6.2% 47 (150) -1.8% 13 (184) -8.0% 21 (980) -13.0% 29 (21,316) -73.2% 25
Nebraska 16,144 0.4% 265 1.7% 27 88 0.7% 29 2,934 20.2% 53 (11,224) -33.9% 10 (23,084) -58.8% 42
Nevada 17,610 0.5% (573) -3.2% 6 1,254 7.1% 52 (1,186) -3.3% 32 7,119 50.8% 53 (16,651) -48.6% 50
New Hampshire 8,741 0.2% 262 3.1% 34 (539) -5.1% 4 (1,208) -14.8% 10 (3,821) -36.5% 7 (14,196) -61.9% 38
New Jersey 78,185 2.0% (270) -0.3% 14 391 0.5% 28 (2,792) -3.1% 33 (17,121) -20.3% 18 (197,452) -71.6% 27
New Mexico 37,452 1.0% 2,662 7.7% 49 (1,412) -4.1% 7 4,621 6.0% 49 (8,242) -8.8% 33 (62,209) -62.4% 37
New York 252,434 6.6% (3,158) -1.2% 12 1,183 0.5% 27 (9,764) -2.5% 35 (32,066) -14.2% 26 (891,528) -77.9% 19
North Carolina 46,339 1.2% 1,925 4.3% 38 (419) -0.9% 19 269 -3.6% 31 (9,025) -15.9% 22 (220,987) -82.7% 10
North Dakota 5,168 0.1% 227 4.6% 41 193 3.7% 42 (258) -8.9% 20 (630) -14.7% 25 (7,978) -60.7% 39
Ohio 178,652 4.7% 5,395 3.1% 35 3,291 2.0% 37 12,239 4.1% 47 1,345 8.2% 49 (370,660) -67.5% 31
Oklahoma 16,803 0.4% 355 2.2% 30 365 0.9% 31 (25,810) -61.4% 3 21,875 -19.0% 19 (79,398) -82.5% 11
Oregon 43,440 1.1% 1,136 2.7% 33 365 0.9% 31 827 -0.7% 42 2,031 7.0% 47 (34,979) -44.6% 53
Pennsylvania 113,826 3.0% (2,741) -2.4% 9 (5,992) -4.0% 8 (29,378) -18.6% 7 (87,442) -50.6% 4 (417,233) -78.6% 18
Puerto Rico 30,934 0.8% (744) -2.3% 10 (858) -2.6% 11 (1,528) -2.4% 39 (4,910) -17.2% 20 (120,089) -79.5% 15
Rhode Island 18,440 0.5% (318) -1.7% 11 (691) -3.5% 9 (792) -2.5% 37 (3,008) -17.1% 21 (38,120) -67.4% 32
South Carolina 36,926 1.0% 3,191 9.5% 51 1,448 4.5% 47 3,048 -0.4% 44 (1,854) 3.3% 45 (77,347) -67.7% 30
South Dakota 5,946 0.2% 264 4.6% 42 (30) -0.5% 24 20 -4.1% 29 (173) -2.5% 39 (9,950) -62.6% 35
Tennessee 138,744 3.6% 7,202 5.5% 46 (6,991) -4.5% 6 (10,311) -11.7% 13 (26,230) -20.8% 17 (116,074) -45.6% 52
Texas 114,258 3.0% 1,520 1.3% 21 (987) -0.8% 21 (15,636) -13.2% 11 (22,230) -24.9% 14 (534,760) -82.4% 12
Utah 12,562 0.3% 1,228 10.8% 52 (78) -0.7% 22 1,256 0.2% 46 (3,538) -15.4% 23 (26,511) -67.8% 29
Vermont 6,041 0.2% (2,762) -31.4% 2 (74) -0.7% 23 (4,990) -20.2% 6 77 -44.9% 5 (18,290) -75.2% 23
Virgin Islands -    0.0% (1,179) -100.0% 1 (26) -2.2% 12 (1,180) -0.1% 45 (125) -100.0% 1 (4,898) -100.0% 1
Virginia 66,178 1.7% 2,796 4.4% 39 (640) -1.0% 18 1,178 -2.5% 36 40,520 170.3% 54 (86,667) -56.7% 43
Washington 122,477 3.2% 3,057 2.6% 32 (3,903) -3.4% 10 10,834 7.0% 50 (9,613) 1.0% 43 (146,450) -54.5% 46
West Virginia 20,232 0.5% 873 4.5% 40 1,496 6.8% 51 (3,376) -18.0% 8 1,235 -9.6% 31 (68,807) -77.3% 20
Wisconsin 37,179 1.0% 30 0.1% 16 2,159 6.0% 50 (892) -2.4% 38 (277) -3.0% 36 (111,709) -75.0% 24
Wyoming 513 0.0% 66 14.8% 53 8 1.7% 36 45 -4.5% 27 (50) -1.0% 41 (10,885) -95.5% 3
As of January 21, 2009

Last Updated on 2/6/2009
By ACF


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