State	Current Quarter		Over Past Quarter			Same Quarter Last Year			Over Past Year			Previous Year			Since TANF Enactment
TANF RECIPIENTS - Through December 2008 As of July 07, 2009
	Dec-08		Sep-08	TO	Dec-08	Sep-07	TO	Dec-07	Dec-07	TO	Dec-08	Dec-06	TO	Dec-07	Aug-96	TO	Jun-07
		% of U.S.	Number	Percent	% Rank	Number	Percent	% Rank	Number	Percent	% Rank	Number	Percent	% Rank	Number	Percent	% Rank
U.S. Totals	3,950,357	100.0%	165,679	4.4%		(53,720)	-1.4%		124,998	-1.1%		(242,909)	-2.9%		(8,291,768)	-67.7%
Alabama	43,347	1.1%	2,094	5.1%	28	1,594	3.8%	46	(393)	-5.7%	16	(2,805)	-6.9%	24	(57,315)	-56.9%	39
Alaska	7,546	0.2%	(8)	-0.1%	8	(354)	-4.3%	12	(269)	-3.3%	23	(574)	-10.0%	18	(27,998)	-78.8%	14
Arizona	82,639	2.1%	4,370	5.6%	30	597	0.8%	39	2,487	-2.3%	27	(438)	2.5%	37	(86,803)	-51.2%	46
Arkansas	19,791	0.5%	932	4.9%	26	576	3.0%	44	(207)	-5.7%	15	73	-0.7%	33	(36,552)	-64.9%	32
California	1,270,807	32.2%	44,445	3.6%	23	16,298	1.4%	41	95,473	4.3%	45	13,533	9.4%	46	(1,311,141)	-50.8%	47
Colorado	20,640	0.5%	805	4.1%	25	(684)	-3.0%	17	(1,663)	-11.1%	6	(8,499)	-33.0%	3	(75,148)	-78.5%	15
Connecticut	32,959	0.8%	(5,544)	-14.4%	1	6,227	18.4%	53	(7,027)	-3.7%	20	4,930	-6.0%	26	(126,287)	-79.3%	12
Delaware	12,831	0.3%	982	8.3%	44	2,951	35.0%	54	1,439	4.0%	44	2,523	44.7%	54	(10,823)	-45.8%	50
Dist. of Col.	12,510	0.3%	771	6.6%	35	(3,378)	-22.5%	3	855	0.7%	38	(3,521)	-17.6%	9	(56,782)	-81.9%	8
Florida	94,824	2.4%	8,910	10.4%	47	4,229	5.7%	51	16,041	9.1%	52	(2,663)	16.4%	51	(438,977)	-82.2%	7
Georgia	39,222	1.0%	1,246	3.3%	22	(1,507)	-3.5%	16	(1,874)	-7.6%	9	(6,048)	-16.8%	10	(291,080)	-88.1%	5
Guam	2,427	0.1%	2,427	0.0%	9	(2,306)	-100.0%	1	2,427	0.0%	36	(2,310)	5.1%	42	(5,887)	-70.8%	26
Hawaii	14,331	0.4%	1,103	8.3%	45	254	1.8%	42	237	-6.1%	14	(556)	-2.2%	32	(52,151)	-78.4%	16
Idaho	2,396	0.1%	178	8.0%	41	71	3.2%	45	85	-4.0%	19	(411)	-12.0%	13	(19,384)	-89.0%	4
Illinois	52,083	1.3%	(2,422)	-4.4%	2	(2,493)	-4.1%	13	(6,799)	-7.4%	11	(22,631)	-36.1%	2	(590,561)	-91.9%	2
Indiana	105,995	2.7%	26,047	32.6%	53	(42,594)	-35.3%	2	27,765	2.2%	39	(43,733)	-13.1%	12	(36,609)	-25.7%	54
Iowa	38,616	1.0%	(71)	-0.2%	7	(664)	-1.6%	21	(3,009)	-7.1%	12	(1,134)	-9.7%	19	(47,530)	-55.2%	41
Kansas	30,874	0.8%	(653)	-2.1%	3	(2,952)	-8.3%	5	(1,750)	-3.4%	22	(7,068)	-22.2%	7	(32,909)	-51.6%	45
Kentucky	60,627	1.5%	2,224	3.8%	24	(502)	-0.8%	26	1,592	-1.1%	31	(4,612)	-4.7%	27	(111,566)	-64.8%	33
Louisiana	23,283	0.6%	1,452	6.7%	38	178	0.7%	38	(1,317)	-11.3%	5	(767)	-8.2%	21	(204,832)	-89.8%	3
Maine	24,470	0.6%	516	2.2%	17	(361)	-1.5%	22	488	-0.1%	35	(1,059)	-2.3%	31	(29,403)	-54.6%	42
Maryland	53,866	1.4%	7,037	15.0%	52	2,073	4.7%	50	8,049	2.2%	40	2,238	23.6%	52	(140,261)	-72.3%	24
Massachusetts	92,961	2.4%	786	0.9%	12	(2,035)	-2.2%	20	557	-0.2%	34	(3)	0.6%	35	(133,069)	-58.9%	38
Michigan	158,943	4.0%	3,958	2.6%	19	(7,408)	-3.9%	15	(21,719)	-14.2%	4	(13,327)	-18.1%	8	(343,411)	-68.4%	28
Minnesota	45,300	1.1%	(630)	-1.4%	4	(770)	-1.2%	23	(17,017)	-26.3%	2	(1,067)	-28.5%	5	(124,444)	-73.3%	23
Mississippi	23,881	0.6%	645	2.8%	20	(19)	-0.1%	31	(8)	-2.7%	26	(1,018)	-4.1%	28	(99,947)	-80.7%	10
Missouri	84,962	2.2%	1,381	1.7%	15	(958)	-1.0%	25	(5,469)	-7.6%	10	(2,005)	-8.1%	22	(137,858)	-61.9%	35
Montana	8,766	0.2%	952	12.2%	49	44	0.6%	36	724	-2.8%	25	317	13.5%	50	(20,364)	-69.9%	27
Nebraska	17,909	0.5%	1,765	10.9%	48	2,419	18.3%	52	2,280	3.3%	42	(1,137)	6.8%	43	(21,319)	-54.3%	44
Nevada	20,021	0.5%	2,411	13.7%	51	85	0.5%	35	1,140	-6.7%	13	3,679	31.7%	53	(14,240)	-41.6%	52
New Hampshire	11,818	0.3%	3,077	35.2%	54	(694)	-7.0%	8	2,563	-5.6%	17	(2,221)	3.0%	39	(11,119)	-48.5%	49
New Jersey	79,134	2.0%	949	1.2%	13	112	0.1%	34	(1,955)	-3.6%	21	(5,249)	-8.3%	20	(196,503)	-71.3%	25
New Mexico	39,813	1.0%	2,361	6.3%	34	(238)	-0.7%	27	7,220	14.9%	53	(6,274)	2.4%	36	(59,848)	-60.1%	37
New York	257,205	6.5%	4,771	1.9%	16	(1,553)	-0.6%	30	(3,440)	-3.2%	24	(17,097)	-7.4%	23	(886,757)	-77.5%	18
North Carolina	49,256	1.2%	2,917	6.3%	33	33	0.1%	33	3,153	0.5%	37	(6,457)	-6.3%	25	(218,070)	-81.6%	9
North Dakota	5,855	0.1%	687	13.3%	50	(220)	-4.1%	14	649	-0.7%	33	25	13.0%	49	(7,291)	-55.5%	40
Ohio	190,525	4.8%	11,873	6.6%	37	7,734	4.6%	49	16,378	2.6%	41	3,980	12.0%	47	(358,787)	-65.3%	31
Oklahoma	18,948	0.5%	906	5.0%	27	(15)	-0.1%	32	(583)	-7.6%	8	(1,700)	-10.8%	17	(77,253)	-80.3%	11
Oregon	46,376	1.2%	2,939	6.8%	40	(2,236)	-5.2%	11	5,999	7.6%	50	(986)	12.1%	48	(32,043)	-40.9%	53
Pennsylvania	112,592	2.9%	(1,234)	-1.1%	6	(10,502)	-7.3%	7	(20,110)	-14.2%	3	(27,914)	-29.9%	4	(418,467)	-78.8%	13
Puerto Rico	32,839	0.8%	1,905	6.2%	32	(832)	-2.6%	18	1,209	-2.2%	28	(5,546)	-11.7%	14	(118,184)	-78.3%	17
Rhode Island	18,488	0.5%	48	0.3%	11	123	0.6%	37	(867)	-4.7%	18	(1,566)	-11.6%	15	(38,072)	-67.3%	29
South Carolina	39,081	1.0%	2,155	5.8%	31	(1,798)	-5.3%	10	7,001	15.1%	54	(5,911)	2.9%	38	(75,192)	-65.8%	30
South Dakota	6,129	0.2%	183	3.1%	21	81	1.4%	40	122	-1.0%	32	(351)	-3.6%	29	(9,767)	-61.4%	36
Tennessee	147,865	3.7%	9,121	6.6%	36	(8,732)	-5.9%	9	7,542	-1.1%	30	(26,057)	-11.1%	16	(106,953)	-42.0%	51
Texas	112,929	2.9%	(1,329)	-1.2%	5	(1,563)	-1.2%	24	(15,402)	-11.0%	7	(20,426)	-24.1%	6	(536,089)	-82.6%	6
Utah	13,821	0.3%	1,259	10.0%	46	290	2.6%	43	2,225	8.3%	51	(1,657)	4.3%	41	(25,252)	-64.6%	34
Vermont	6,445	0.2%	404	6.7%	39	(817)	-7.4%	6	(3,769)	-40.9%	1	(569)	-40.2%	1	(17,886)	-73.5%	22
Virgin Islands	1,287	0.0%	33	0.0%	9	(7)	-0.6%	29	114	6.9%	49	(162)	-3.6%	30	(3,611)	-73.7%	21
Virginia	69,563	1.8%	3,385	5.1%	29	(1,662)	-2.6%	19	6,225	4.5%	46	(6,438)	-0.3%	34	(83,282)	-54.5%	43
Washington	132,476	3.4%	9,999	8.2%	42	4,518	4.0%	47	16,315	5.4%	48	(6,418)	8.1%	45	(136,451)	-50.7%	48
West Virginia	20,743	0.5%	511	2.5%	18	(4,125)	-17.5%	4	1,260	3.8%	43	(5,123)	-15.7%	11	(68,296)	-76.7%	19
Wisconsin	37,787	1.0%	608	1.6%	14	(248)	-0.7%	28	(36)	-1.7%	29	1,327	3.5%	40	(111,101)	-74.6%	20
Wyoming	555	0.0%	42	8.2%	43	20	4.3%	48	67	5.1%	47	(26)	8.0%	44	(10,843)	-95.1%	1