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Change in TANF Caseloads Since Enactment
of new Welfare Law
Total TANF families and
recipients (in thousands)
|
|
Aug-96
|
Jun-00
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Percent
96-00
|
|
Families
|
4,415
|
2,208
|
-50%
|
|
2,207,000
fewer families
|
|
Recipients
|
12,241
|
5,781
|
-53%
|
|
6,460,000
fewer recipients
|
Total TANF
recipients by State
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STATE
|
Aug-96
|
Jun-00
|
(96-00)
|
|
Alabama
|
100,662
|
55,168
|
-45%
|
|
Alaska
|
35,544
|
24,389
|
-31%
|
|
Arizona
|
169,442
|
82,851
|
-51%
|
|
Arkansas
|
56,343
|
28,113
|
-50%
|
|
California
|
2,581,948
|
1,272,468
|
-51%
|
|
Colorado
|
95,788
|
27,699
|
-71%
|
|
Connecticut
|
159,246
|
63,589
|
-60%
|
|
Delaware
|
23,654
|
17,262
|
-27%
|
|
Dist.
of Col.
|
69,292
|
44,487
|
-36%
|
|
Florida
|
533,801
|
135,903
|
-75%
|
|
Georgia
|
330,302
|
135,381
|
-59%
|
|
Guam
|
8,314
|
9,550
|
15%
|
|
Hawaii
|
66,482
|
42,824
|
-36%
|
|
Idaho
|
21,780
|
1,382
|
-94%
|
|
Illinois
|
642,644
|
259,242
|
-60%
|
|
Indiana
|
142,604
|
96,854
|
-32%
|
|
Iowa
|
86,146
|
52,293
|
-39%
|
|
Kansas
|
63,783
|
36,557
|
-43%
|
|
Kentucky
|
172,193
|
85,696
|
-50%
|
|
Louisiana
|
228,115
|
79,745
|
-65%
|
|
Maine
|
53,873
|
14,813
|
-73%
|
|
Maryland
|
194,127
|
70,910
|
-63%
|
|
Massachusetts
|
226,030
|
93,890
|
-58%
|
|
Michigan
|
502,354
|
195,101
|
-61%
|
|
Minnesota
|
169,744
|
116,589
|
-31%
|
|
Mississippi
|
123,828
|
33,781
|
-73%
|
|
Missouri
|
222,820
|
122,930
|
-45%
|
|
Montana
|
29,130
|
14,001
|
-52%
|
|
Nebraska
|
38,592
|
26,841
|
-30%
|
|
Nevada
|
34,261
|
16,478
|
-52%
|
|
New
Hampshire
|
22,937
|
13,862
|
-40%
|
|
New
Jersey
|
275,637
|
125,258
|
-55%
|
|
New
Mexico
|
99,661
|
67,950
|
-32%
|
|
New
York
|
1,143,962
|
693,012
|
-39%
|
|
North
Carolina
|
267,326
|
97,171
|
-64%
|
|
North
Dakota
|
13,146
|
7,734
|
-41%
|
|
Ohio
|
549,312
|
238,351
|
-57%
|
|
Oklahoma
|
96,201
|
13,606
|
-86%
|
|
Oregon
|
78,419
|
42,374
|
-46%
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
531,059
|
232,976
|
-56%
|
|
Puerto
Rico
|
151,023
|
90,630
|
-40%
|
|
Rhode
Island
|
56,560
|
44,826
|
-21%
|
|
South
Carolina
|
114,273
|
35,721
|
-69%
|
|
South
Dakota
|
15,896
|
6,702
|
-58%
|
|
Tennessee
|
254,818
|
143,823
|
-44%
|
|
Texas
|
649,018
|
343,464
|
-47%
|
|
Utah
|
39,073
|
24,101
|
-38%
|
|
Vermont
|
24,331
|
15,528
|
-36%
|
|
Virgin
Islands
|
4,898
|
2,920
|
-40%
|
|
Virginia
|
152,845
|
67,388
|
-56%
|
|
Washington
|
268,927
|
146,375
|
-46%
|
|
West
Virginia
|
89,039
|
31,500
|
-65%
|
|
Wisconsin
|
148,888
|
37,381
|
-75%
|
|
Wyoming
|
11,398
|
1,103
|
-90%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Total
|
12,241,489
|
5,780,543
|
-53%
|
|
Note:
Several states made changes in the definitions of their caseloads
-California removed two parent
families, Texas added families enrolled during a month, Wisconsin
added child only cases. Source:U.S.
Dept. of Health & Human ServicesAdministration
for Children and Families Dec-00
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