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TANF: Total Number of Families
Fiscal and Calendar Year 2011
As of 04/03/2012

State Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Average
FY 2011		 Average
CY 2011
U.S. Totals
 1,885,453 1,890,365 1,895,071 1,894,194 1,871,741 1,865,041 1,854,835 1,853,371 1,854,575 1,835,360 1,839,622 1,830,617 1,830,852 1,814,386 1,803,058 1,864,187 1,845,638
Alabama
 23,348 23,954 24,212 24,258 23,584 22,992 22,568 22,511 22,541 22,564 23,169 23,103 23,513 23,263 22,981 23,234 23,087
Alaska
 3,455 3,423 3,572 3,679 3,705 3,743 3,771 3,795 3,803 3,751 3,811 3,780 3,690 3,708 3,810 3,691 3,754
Arizona
 19,595 19,406 19,366 19,061 18,515 18,198 18,390 18,287 17,962 18,144 16,556 16,534 16,839 16,811 17,156 18,335 17,704
Arkansas
 8,479 8,525 8,632 8,403 8,097 8,114 7,893 7,895 7,925 7,813 7,921 7,884 8,019 8,078 8,023 8,132 8,005
California
 591,670 593,714 601,286 604,871 605,989 608,644 609,625 610,897 610,459 598,603 595,725 592,836 590,133 586,523 578,590 602,027 599,408
Colorado
 11,881 11,998 8,064 12,043 12,597 12,894 12,967 12,864 12,616 12,419 12,551 10,335 13,319 12,799 13,219 11,936 12,552
Connecticut
 16,965 16,922 16,750 16,782 16,623 16,449 16,485 16,435 16,177 16,084 16,041 15,875 16,048 15,847 15,648 16,466 16,208
Delaware
 5,820 5,794 5,745 5,679 5,520 5,418 5,377 5,382 5,333 5,381 5,387 5,430 5,523 5,520 5,565 5,522 5,460
Dist. of Col.
 9,881 9,963 9,410 8,930 8,856 8,900 8,535 9,054 8,524 8,636 7,534 7,217 7,386 7,933 6,802 8,787 8,192
Florida
 57,588 57,861 58,144 58,020 57,077 55,671 53,836 52,911 53,440 53,004 52,400 51,243 49,656 49,256 53,041 55,100 53,296
Georgia
 20,462 20,630 20,686 20,321 20,091 19,717 19,396 19,357 19,416 19,382 19,440 19,614 19,594 19,566 19,472 19,876 19,614
Guam
 1,301 1,289 1,260 1,289 1,297 1,309 1,291 1,273 1,288 1,295 1,334 1,373 1,402 1,390 1,392 1,300 1,328
Hawaii
 9,429 9,390 9,602 9,482 9,409 9,367 9,281 9,206 9,246 9,094 9,221 9,360 9,446 9,562 9,678 9,341 9,363
Idaho
 1,806 1,809 1,848 1,857 1,833 1,847 1,879 1,902 1,910 1,903 1,902 1,892 1,888 1,922 1,907 1,866 1,887
Illinois
 25,240 26,014 27,177 27,785 27,817 27,759 28,289 29,186 29,881 30,251 30,810 31,443 32,250 33,032 33,829 28,471 30,194
Indiana
 34,649 33,553 31,461 30,116 30,113 28,526 26,280 25,362 24,655 23,996 23,478 22,330 21,647 20,924 19,283 27,877 24,726
Iowa
 17,986 17,779 17,772 17,797 17,489 17,494 17,424 17,320 17,193 17,261 17,339 17,197 16,982 16,748 16,600 17,504 17,237
Kansas
 15,665 15,563 15,647 15,511 15,050 14,870 14,642 14,378 14,225 14,224 14,339 14,249 14,084 13,419 12,864 14,864 14,321
Kentucky
 31,093 31,175 31,336 31,329 30,881 30,772 30,724 30,711 30,704 30,330 30,951 31,035 30,938 30,966 30,876 30,920 30,851
Louisiana
 11,023 11,062 11,117 10,793 10,604 10,346 10,183 10,213 10,325 10,167 10,343 10,408 10,388 10,399 10,287 10,549 10,371
Maine
 11,361 11,276 11,278 11,391 11,459 11,385 11,356 10,933 11,192 11,187 11,047 11,010 11,040 10,850 10,779 11,240 11,136
Maryland
 25,546 25,338 26,154 25,282 25,187 24,849 25,178 24,954 25,182 25,401 25,232 24,966 25,476 25,109 25,499 25,272 25,193
Massachusetts
 50,903 50,878 51,179 50,557 50,343 50,653 50,102 49,851 50,205 49,917 50,359 50,954 50,997 50,613 50,687 50,492 50,437
Michigan
 68,316 68,790 67,596 67,825 67,456 65,898 65,080 65,412 64,995 64,724 64,580 63,828 51,894 50,177 48,631 66,208 61,708
Minnesota
 23,206 23,121 22,971 23,335 23,024 23,434 23,310 23,203 22,909 22,738 22,693 22,742 22,709 22,361 22,628 23,057 22,924
Mississippi
 12,123 12,052 12,078 11,693 11,555 11,352 11,582 11,556 11,555 11,700 11,756 12,070 12,293 12,259 12,240 11,756 11,801
Missouri
 36,385 36,632 36,501 36,558 36,011 36,095 35,858 35,640 35,741 35,595 36,136 35,780 35,732 35,626 35,427 36,078 35,850
Montana
 3,674 3,650 3,694 3,576 3,438 3,412 3,516 3,502 3,412 3,342 3,332 3,337 3,379 3,381 3,450 3,490 3,423
Nebraska
 6,895 6,731 6,797 6,778 6,741 6,636 6,668 6,519 6,454 6,344 6,320 6,376 6,259 6,098 6,037 6,605 6,436
Nevada
 10,715 10,775 11,063 10,993 10,849 10,762 10,736 10,754 10,671 10,612 10,684 10,641 10,695 10,751 10,904 10,771 10,754
New Hampshire
 5,288 5,271 5,325 5,299 5,188 5,165 5,188 5,171 5,157 5,071 5,041 5,045 5,064 4,954 5,050 5,184 5,116
New Jersey
 34,916 34,996 35,153 35,029 34,629 34,821 34,661 34,672 34,739 34,777 35,077 35,278 35,382 35,215 35,357 34,896 34,970
New Mexico
 21,257 21,447 21,664 21,479 20,570 20,085 19,674 19,446 19,640 19,402 20,017 19,972 19,816 19,620 19,561 20,388 19,940
New York
 122,531 123,214 123,450 123,435 122,730 123,583 123,549 123,863 124,632 122,141 123,007 122,305 123,425 123,936 122,887 123,203 123,291
North Carolina
 23,881 23,879 23,639 23,173 22,840 22,806 22,497 22,421 22,396 22,282 22,445 22,451 22,726 22,836 22,597 22,893 22,623
North Dakota
 1,977 1,967 1,931 1,874 1,813 1,799 1,802 1,764 1,759 1,743 1,744 1,760 1,753 1,716 1,722 1,828 1,771
Ohio
 104,541 104,370 103,513 102,526 100,544 99,971 98,283 97,771 96,838 95,351 95,740 94,207 92,729 90,179 88,513 99,471 96,054
Oklahoma
 9,457 9,380 9,472 9,244 8,938 8,823 8,697 8,632 8,575 8,565 8,776 8,913 8,847 8,820 8,957 8,956 8,816
Oregon
 29,126 29,343 29,868 30,452 30,587 30,727 30,918 30,757 31,313 30,184 31,721 32,406 28,124 28,321 28,521 30,617 30,336
Pennsylvania
 59,384 59,090 59,034 58,480 57,826 57,759 57,943 58,366 61,357 62,310 63,553 64,021 79,957 79,867 79,900 59,927 65,112
Puerto Rico
 13,530 13,953 14,621 15,120 15,096 15,397 15,840 15,534 15,836 15,772 15,894 16,202 16,419 16,165 15,833 15,233 15,759
Rhode Island
 6,672 6,648 6,778 6,600 6,464 6,410 6,436 6,435 6,462 6,428 6,527 6,708 6,691 6,746 6,668 6,547 6,548
South Carolina
 19,693 19,371 19,038 18,474 17,711 17,244 17,078 16,976 16,973 17,011 17,064 17,154 16,972 16,673 16,323 17,816 17,138
South Dakota
 3,283 3,247 3,290 3,202 3,182 3,211 3,211 3,287 3,337 3,251 3,270 3,300 3,290 3,280 3,334 3,256 3,263
Tennessee
 62,134 63,046 62,298 62,225 61,345 60,817 60,464 61,322 60,712 60,318 61,012 60,173 60,782 59,689 59,378 61,322 60,686
Texas
 52,797 52,970 52,972 51,077 48,409 47,643 47,273 47,436 47,124 48,426 49,680 49,836 50,086 49,196 48,994 49,637 48,765
Utah
 6,877 6,826 6,559 6,152 5,791 5,640 5,559 5,638 5,406 5,414 5,382 5,186 5,482 5,522 5,393 5,869 5,547
Vermont
 2,851 2,861 2,909 2,882 2,902 2,843 2,918 2,873 2,880 2,840 2,822 2,847 2,830 2,864 2,884 2,869 2,865
Virgin Islands
 523 526 511 477 456 443 447 433 427 432 428 427 422 437 438 461 439
Virginia
 35,466 35,347 34,917 34,645 34,027 33,710 32,909 32,853 33,071 33,043 33,051 33,123 33,178 32,973 32,814 33,847 33,283
Washington
 67,368 67,761 69,805 70,134 63,580 62,392 61,139 59,561 58,863 57,601 57,330 56,983 56,371 53,588 54,092 62,710 59,303
West Virginia
 10,613 10,747 10,676 10,653 10,411 10,343 10,213 10,276 10,085 10,033 10,221 10,245 10,095 9,900 9,833 10,376 10,192
Wisconsin
 24,523 24,736 24,938 25,271 25,180 25,579 25,596 26,301 26,725 26,792 27,104 26,921 26,894 26,678 26,405 25,806 26,287
Wyoming
 305 302 312 297 312 324 318 320 329 311 325 312 298 320 299 314 314

Notes:
Fiscal year average is based on data for 12 months
Calendar year average is based on data for 12 months