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May 2008

Combined TANF and SSP-MOE
State Total
Families 		Two
Parent
Families 		One
Parent
Families 		No
Parent
Families 		Total
Recipients 		Adults Children
U.S. Totals 1,701,270 64,785 854,325 782,160 3,996,444 938,316 3,058,128
Alabama 17,192 69 8,469 8,654 39,374 8,685 30,689
Alaska 3,211 384 1,810 1,017 8,496 2,637 5,859
Arizona 35,284 789 16,234 18,261 75,217 18,052 57,165
Arkansas 8,300 220 4,452 3,628 18,785 4,816 13,969
California 490,604 39,872 221,703 229,029 1,208,637 246,956 961,681
Colorado 8,533 340 3,836 4,357 20,754 4,495 16,259
Connecticut 35,284 789 16,234 18,261 75,218 18,053 57,165
Delaware 4,053 -    1,608 2,445 11,543 4,402 7,141
Dist. of Col. 5,177 -    2,908 2,269 11,296 2,034 9,262
Florida 48,265 720 9,486 38,059 77,829 11,571 66,258
Georgia 21,694 16 2,439 19,239 38,341 2,327 36,014
Guam -    -    -    -    -    -    -   
Hawaii 6,273 282 4,335 1,656 15,861 4,346 11,515
Idaho 1,495 -    131 1,364 2,221 131 2,090
Illinois 19,489 -    3,583 15,906 55,607 8,294 47,313
Indiana 29,869 1,817 19,311 8,741 75,421 16,544 58,877
Iowa 18,558 1,163 12,024 5,371 46,520 14,338 32,182
Kansas 11,942 713 7,451 3,778 29,976 9,167 20,809
Kentucky 28,992 396 11,196 17,400 58,219 12,159 46,060
Louisiana 10,087 -    2,437 7,650 21,808 2,494 19,314
Maine 12,241 1,261 8,816 2,164 31,165 10,399 20,766
Maryland 19,896 -    11,652 8,244 46,000 11,527 34,473
Massachusetts 59,760 2,956 39,571 17,233 133,928 43,219 90,709
Michigan 65,641 -    44,656 20,985 170,519 44,820 125,699
Minnesota 21,618 -    11,360 10,258 47,673 11,016 36,657
Mississippi 11,138 -    5,123 6,015 22,650 5,160 17,490
Missouri 36,546 -    27,172 9,374 87,842 27,021 60,821
Montana 3,100 301 1,455 1,344 7,708 2,136 5,572
Nebraska 7,631 -    4,328 3,303 18,595 4,240 14,355
Nevada 7,197 525 3,337 3,335 18,157 4,460 13,697
New Hampshire 4,343 17 2,146 2,180 8,680 2,191 6,489
New Jersey 33,074 -    22,744 10,330 78,421 22,754 55,667
New Mexico 13,216 337 7,500 5,379 34,400 7,873 26,527
New York 154,001 2,098 92,692 59,211 380,473 104,141 276,332
North Carolina 23,924 140 6,911 16,873 44,714 7,192 37,522
North Dakota 1,987 -    1,418 569 4,952 1,339 3,613
Ohio 80,803 3,796 33,628 43,379 174,813 41,911 132,902
Oklahoma 8,247 20 2,803 5,424 17,657 2,843 14,814
Oregon 21,244 398 12,599 8,247 49,180 13,431 35,749
Pennsylvania 50,135 307 30,137 19,691 121,350 30,586 90,764
Puerto Rico 11,604 -    9,167 2,437 31,113 9,849 21,264
Rhode Island 8,175 112 5,431 2,632 19,204 5,576 13,628
South Carolina 14,738 -    7,368 7,370 32,988 7,080 25,908
South Dakota 2,869 -    869 2,000 5,889 869 5,020
Tennessee 52,431 299 34,659 17,473 133,006 35,711 97,295
Texas 51,335 -    14,667 36,668 113,002 15,283 97,719
Utah 5,041 -    2,384 2,657 12,518 3,471 9,047
Vermont 3,868 303 2,348 1,217 9,073 2,954 6,119
Virgin Islands 402 -    358 44 1,154 329 825
Virginia 30,853 -    19,710 11,143 68,164 18,974 49,190
Washington 53,407 4,183 28,346 20,878 122,642 37,107 85,535
West Virginia 8,604 -    4,119 4,485 19,216 5,222 13,994
Wisconsin 17,644 162 5,138 12,344 38,011 6,065 31,946
Wyoming 255 -    66 189 464 66 398
As of 07/07/09

Last Updated on 7/8/2009
By ACF

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