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TANF: Total Number of Recipients
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
 4,490,206 4,501,935 4,513,701 4,508,612 4,436,768 4,414,349 4,383,759 4,383,446 4,388,750 4,327,793 4,341,106 4,318,917 4,316,352 4,274,095 4,262,052 4,417,445 4,363,000
Alabama
 57,403 58,953 59,569 59,419 57,298 55,619 54,298 53,998 54,440 54,580 56,270 56,091 57,200 56,626 55,835 56,495 55,973
Alaska
 9,326 9,236 9,767 10,073 10,144 10,252 10,321 10,386 10,458 10,103 10,269 10,199 9,872 9,909 10,371 10,045 10,196
Arizona
 44,530 44,097 44,103 43,062 41,729 41,026 40,593 41,199 40,635 40,951 37,349 37,463 38,027 38,040 39,173 41,395 39,937
Arkansas
 19,284 19,420 19,724 19,140 18,263 18,317 17,805 17,809 17,897 17,693 17,961 17,933 18,268 18,513 18,371 18,437 18,164
California
 1,458,615 1,463,645 1,480,216 1,489,541 1,489,460 1,493,754 1,495,772 1,500,479 1,498,943 1,452,067 1,441,510 1,435,073 1,427,368 1,418,197 1,412,397 1,474,923 1,462,880
Colorado
 30,632 31,076 21,364 31,103 32,523 33,075 33,180 32,979 32,336 31,674 31,908 26,171 34,000 32,614 33,758 30,668 32,110
Connecticut
 33,537 33,474 33,360 33,073 32,645 32,488 32,264 32,174 31,843 31,501 31,413 31,348 31,580 31,173 30,871 32,427 31,864
Delaware
 16,585 16,478 16,409 16,208 15,698 15,396 15,305 15,301 15,142 15,259 15,242 15,327 15,602 15,647 15,823 15,696 15,496
Dist. of Col.
 27,274 27,377 26,089 24,907 24,732 24,897 23,921 25,239 23,907 24,191 20,445 19,511 20,080 21,614 19,359 24,374 22,734
Florida
 105,816 106,419 107,027 106,654 104,381 100,060 95,198 93,171 94,270 93,143 91,856 88,249 84,147 82,853 92,979 98,854 93,913
Georgia
 38,271 38,842 39,122 38,238 37,514 36,464 35,769 35,847 36,109 36,311 36,530 37,394 37,483 37,632 37,636 37,201 36,911
Guam
 3,093 3,056 2,994 3,070 3,072 3,086 3,079 3,075 3,114 3,160 3,255 3,352 3,408 3,380 3,339 3,117 3,199
Hawaii
 27,135 27,084 27,712 27,401 27,173 26,931 26,626 26,400 26,662 26,555 26,979 27,412 27,634 27,999 28,437 27,006 27,184
Idaho
 2,736 2,751 2,862 2,847 2,799 2,821 2,881 2,902 2,922 2,918 2,891 2,868 2,878 2,925 2,915 2,850 2,881
Illinois
 72,608 75,218 78,766 80,861 81,072 80,650 82,356 85,026 87,096 88,776 90,803 92,914 95,197 97,303 99,843 83,012 88,491
Indiana
 84,666 81,740 75,880 72,437 72,300 67,936 61,958 59,486 57,404 55,746 54,588 51,506 49,531 47,543 42,996 66,304 57,786
Iowa
 45,832 45,277 45,367 45,411 44,443 44,515 44,325 43,951 43,583 43,920 44,246 43,761 43,132 42,513 42,135 44,553 43,828
Kansas
 40,632 40,288 40,454 40,189 38,929 38,354 37,690 37,024 36,702 36,850 37,217 37,088 36,547 34,704 33,234 38,451 37,044
Kentucky
 63,755 63,963 64,352 64,188 62,872 62,566 62,495 62,435 62,346 61,500 63,125 63,280 63,044 63,004 62,726 63,073 62,798
Louisiana
 25,162 25,228 25,427 24,524 23,995 23,213 22,788 22,972 23,474 23,234 23,765 24,012 23,999 24,164 23,946 23,983 23,674
Maine
 26,795 26,585 26,539 26,743 26,920 26,656 26,451 25,608 26,021 26,051 25,675 25,631 25,713 25,239 25,044 26,306 25,979
Maryland
 62,224 61,627 63,967 61,647 61,152 60,001 61,049 60,759 61,566 62,070 61,966 60,923 62,437 61,260 62,629 61,579 61,455
Massachusetts
 99,757 100,032 100,509 98,730 98,360 99,657 98,343 97,484 99,378 98,754 99,497 100,970 100,823 100,106 99,942 99,289 99,337
Michigan
 178,562 179,985 177,079 177,489 176,387 172,111 170,031 170,845 169,565 168,455 168,494 166,655 124,328 119,445 116,063 172,972 158,322
Minnesota
 50,000 49,673 49,152 49,987 49,149 50,075 49,753 49,270 48,582 48,241 48,239 48,315 48,247 47,069 48,535 49,203 48,789
Mississippi
 25,735 25,495 25,555 24,582 24,266 23,765 24,402 24,366 24,434 24,941 24,977 25,857 26,543 26,418 26,401 24,865 25,079
Missouri
 87,626 88,232 87,956 88,156 86,517 86,761 85,991 85,497 85,772 85,405 86,884 85,967 85,809 85,649 85,070 86,730 86,123
Montana
 9,232 9,139 9,354 8,999 8,499 8,393 8,717 8,714 8,482 8,351 8,276 8,318 8,527 8,560 8,779 8,706 8,551
Nebraska
 16,412 15,939 16,188 16,090 15,813 15,491 15,634 15,253 15,134 14,871 14,882 14,941 14,703 14,270 14,116 15,554 15,100
Nevada
 27,719 27,810 28,546 28,358 27,852 27,542 27,469 27,538 27,322 27,135 27,373 27,278 27,463 27,575 28,030 27,662 27,578
New Hampshire
 10,958 10,865 10,986 10,902 10,594 10,532 10,600 10,523 10,465 10,312 10,261 10,254 10,236 9,995 10,290 10,604 10,414
New Jersey
 83,606 83,787 84,074 83,978 83,030 83,463 83,084 83,314 83,426 83,644 84,452 85,178 85,448 85,189 85,372 83,753 84,132
New Mexico
 55,896 56,566 57,085 55,334 52,744 50,936 49,823 49,213 49,556 49,011 51,803 50,770 50,313 50,077 49,936 52,395 50,793
New York
 275,779 276,249 277,948 278,869 276,476 279,552 278,612 279,735 282,017 276,002 278,656 277,768 281,023 282,483 279,663 278,139 279,238
North Carolina
 46,070 46,026 45,323 44,257 43,241 43,326 42,861 42,789 42,837 43,009 43,651 43,681 44,294 44,638 43,940 43,923 43,544
North Dakota
 5,035 4,984 4,944 4,788 4,615 4,619 4,554 4,461 4,427 4,430 4,393 4,456 4,451 4,371 4,370 4,642 4,495
Ohio
 241,045 240,479 238,143 235,103 228,866 226,760 221,622 219,616 217,153 213,039 214,005 209,593 205,384 198,064 193,447 225,452 215,221
Oklahoma
 21,429 21,328 21,616 20,979 20,127 19,765 19,472 19,343 19,324 19,300 19,786 20,131 20,034 19,885 20,232 20,217 19,865
Oregon
 75,619 76,262 77,797 79,341 78,840 80,220 80,912 80,213 81,782 80,792 85,189 87,152 70,813 71,128 71,810 80,343 79,016
Pennsylvania
 145,074 144,375 144,067 142,709 140,628 140,123 140,812 141,649 149,184 151,890 155,209 155,998 211,098 210,589 210,867 145,977 162,563
Puerto Rico
 36,599 37,865 39,764 41,159 41,079 41,805 43,018 42,038 42,811 42,641 43,036 43,850 44,344 43,507 42,535 41,305 42,652
Rhode Island
 15,668 15,568 15,950 15,635 15,199 15,097 15,188 15,223 15,284 15,264 15,594 16,008 16,122 16,251 16,006 15,473 15,573
South Carolina
 46,932 46,143 45,275 43,615 41,462 40,253 39,916 39,660 39,815 39,969 40,350 40,538 40,026 39,346 38,332 41,994 40,274
South Dakota
 6,908 6,815 6,876 6,661 6,581 6,642 6,683 6,888 7,031 6,863 6,896 6,918 6,893 6,833 6,999 6,814 6,824
Tennessee
 158,837 161,071 158,858 158,324 155,502 153,510 152,466 154,950 153,163 151,849 153,664 151,175 152,826 149,483 148,570 155,281 152,957
Texas
 121,650 121,396 121,938 116,475 109,157 107,205 105,712 106,421 105,825 109,678 113,507 114,359 115,172 113,078 112,431 112,777 110,752
Utah
 17,890 17,823 17,152 16,051 14,995 14,540 14,220 14,413 13,843 13,990 13,869 13,223 13,990 14,124 13,801 15,167 14,255
Vermont
 6,265 6,269 6,404 6,388 6,407 6,176 6,385 6,290 6,299 6,175 6,126 6,148 6,022 6,148 6,237 6,278 6,233
Virgin Islands
 1,511 1,542 1,489 1,392 1,338 1,296 1,285 1,242 1,197 1,222 1,170 1,222 1,206 1,258 1,258 1,326 1,257
Virginia
 79,885 79,624 78,306 77,725 76,011 74,977 72,250 72,054 72,567 72,468 72,456 72,600 72,643 72,108 71,608 75,077 73,289
Washington
 163,750 164,874 169,887 170,599 149,681 146,655 142,987 139,278 137,344 133,896 133,491 132,877 131,981 126,197 127,305 148,777 139,358
West Virginia
 24,163 24,564 24,422 24,261 23,722 23,399 23,199 23,271 23,023 22,795 23,366 23,522 23,017 22,526 22,172 23,642 23,189
Wisconsin
 58,065 58,716 59,364 60,345 59,885 60,967 61,003 63,050 64,209 64,556 65,671 65,110 64,872 64,262 63,555 61,745 63,124
Wyoming
 618 605 624 595 631 659 631 625 629 592 620 579 554 611 563 617 607

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