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STATE	Jan-93	Jan-94	Jan-95	Jan-96	Jan-97	Jan-98	Jan-99	Jun-00	(93-00)
Alabama	141,746	135,096	121,837	108,269	91,723	61,809	48,459	55,168	-61%
Alaska	34,951	37,505	37,264	35,432	36,189	31,689	26,883	24,389	-30%
Arizona	194,119	202,350	195,082	171,617	151,526	113,209	88,456	82,851	-57%
Arkansas	73,982	70,563	65,325	59,223	54,879	36,704	29,284	28,113	-62%
California	2,415,121	2,621,383	2,692,202	2,648,772	2,476,564	2,144,495	1,845,919	1,272,468	-47%
Colorado	123,308	118,081	110,742	99,739	87,434	55,352	40,799	27,699	-78%
Connecticut	160,102	164,265	170,719	161,736	155,701	138,666	88,304	63,589	-60%
Delaware	27,652	29,286	26,314	23,153	23,141	18,504	15,891	17,262	-38%
Dist. of Col.	65,860	72,330	72,330	70,082	67,871	56,128	52,957	44,487	-32%
Florida	701,842	689,135	657,313	575,553	478,329	320,886	220,216	135,903	-81%
Georgia	402,228	396,736	388,913	367,656	306,625	220,070	167,400	135,381	-66%
Guam	5,087	6,651	7,630	7,634	7,370	7,461	8,270	9,550	88%
Hawaii	54,511	60,975	65,207	66,690	65,312	75,817	45,582	42,824	-21%
Idaho	21,116	23,342	24,050	23,547	19,812	4,446	3,061	1,382	-93%
Illinois	685,508	709,969	710,032	663,212	601,854	526,851	388,334	259,242	-62%
Indiana	209,882	218,061	197,225	147,083	121,974	95,665	105,069	96,854	-54%
Iowa	100,943	110,639	103,108	91,727	78,275	69,504	60,380	52,293	-48%
Kansas	87,525	87,433	81,504	70,758	57,528	38,462	33,376	36,557	-58%
Kentucky	227,879	208,710	193,722	176,601	162,730	132,388	102,370	85,696	-62%
Louisiana	263,338	252,860	258,180	239,247	206,582	118,404	115,791	79,745	-70%
Maine	67,836	65,006	60,973	56,319	51,178	41,265	36,812	14,813	-78%
Maryland	221,338	219,863	227,887	207,800	169,723	130,196	92,711	70,910	-68%
Massachusetts	332,044	311,732	286,175	242,572	214,014	181,729	131,139	93,890	-72%
Michigan	686,356	672,760	612,224	535,704	462,231	376,985	267,749	195,101	-72%
Minnesota	191,526	189,615	180,490	171,916	160,167	141,064	124,659	116,589	-39%
Mississippi	174,093	161,724	146,319	133,029	109,097	66,030	42,651	33,781	-81%
Missouri	259,039	262,073	259,595	238,052	208,132	162,950	136,782	122,930	-53%
Montana	34,848	35,415	34,313	32,557	28,138	20,137	16,152	14,001	-60%
Nebraska	48,055	46,034	42,038	38,653	36,535	38,090	35,057	26,841	-44%
Nevada	34,943	37,908	41,846	40,491	28,973	29,262	21,753	16,478	-53%
New Hampshire	28,972	30,386	28,671	24,519	20,627	15,947	15,130	13,862	-52%
New Jersey	349,902	334,780	321,151	293,833	256,064	217,320	164,815	125,258	-64%
New Mexico	94,836	101,676	105,114	102,648	89,814	64,759	80,828	67,950	-28%
New York	1,179,522	1,241,639	1,266,350	1,200,847	1,074,189	941,714	822,970	693,012	-41%
North Carolina	331,633	334,451	317,836	282,086	253,286	192,172	145,596	97,171	-71%
North Dakota	18,774	16,785	14,920	13,652	11,964	8,884	8,260	7,734	-59%
Ohio	720,476	691,099	629,719	552,304	518,595	386,239	311,872	238,351	-67%
Oklahoma	146,454	133,152	127,336	110,498	87,312	69,630	61,894	13,606	-91%
Oregon	117,656	116,390	107,610	92,182	66,919	48,561	44,219	42,374	-64%
Pennsylvania	604,701	615,581	611,215	553,148	484,321	395,107	313,821	232,976	-61%
Puerto Rico	191,261	184,626	171,932	156,805	145,749	130,283	111,361	90,630	-53%
Rhode Island	61,116	62,737	62,407	60,654	54,809	54,537	50,632	44,826	-27%
South Carolina	151,026	143,883	133,567	121,703	98,077	73,179	45,648	35,721	-76%
South Dakota	20,254	19,413	17,652	16,821	14,091	10,514	8,759	6,702	-67%
Tennessee	320,709	302,608	281,982	265,320	195,891	139,022	148,781	143,823	-55%
Texas	785,271	796,348	765,460	714,523	626,617	439,824	325,766	343,464	-56%
Utah	53,172	50,657	47,472	41,145	35,493	29,868	30,276	24,101	-55%
Vermont	28,961	28,095	27,716	25,865	23,570	21,013	18,324	15,528	-46%
Virgin Islands	3,763	3,767	4,345	5,075	4,712	4,129	3,541	2,920	-22%
Virginia	194,212	194,959	189,493	166,012	136,053	107,192	91,544	67,388	-65%
Washington	286,258	292,608	290,940	276,018	263,792	228,723	177,611	146,375	-49%
West Virginia	119,916	115,376	107,668	98,439	98,690	51,348	32,161	31,500	-74%
Wisconsin	241,098	230,621	214,404	184,209	132,383	44,630	47,336	37,381	-84%
Wyoming	18,271	16,740	15,434	13,531	10,322	2,903	1,886	1,103	-94%
U.S. Total	14,114,992	14,275,877	13,930,953	12,876,661	11,423,007	9,131,716	7,455,297	5,780,543	-59%

Note: Several states made changes in the definitions of their caseloads -- California removed twoparent 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*****

Last Updated on 12/14/00
By ACF