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Administration for Children and Families US Department of Health and Human Services

1998

To download Excel Worksheet CLICK HERE.
The Excel Worksheet will contain fifteen months of data to cover both Fiscal and Calendar Years
for Total, Basic and Unemployed Parent Caseloads.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
 
AVERAGE MONTHLY NUMBER OF FAMILIES AND RECIPIENTS, 1998
as reported in Section 3 of the TANF Data Report (Form (ACF-199)
 
FISCAL YEAR (October - September) 1998* CALENDAR YEAR (January - December)
TOTAL FAMILIES
TWO-PARENT FAMILIES
ONE-PARENT FAMILIES
TOTAL RECIPIENTS
 
TOTAL FAMILIES
TWO-PARENT FAMILIES
ONE-PARENT FAMILIES
TOTAL RECIPIENTS
                 
3,194,273 163,055 2,335,613 8,786,226 U.S. Totals 3,050,335 151,456 2,198,932 8,354,670
23,309 0 12,304 56,853 Alabama 22,407 0 11,519 54,164
10,132 1,463 7,520 30,850 Alaska 9,732 1,385 7,198 29,599
39,572 646 27,217 107,949 Arizona 37,036 606 24,778 100,216
13,308 225 7,948 33,334 Arkansas 13,090 219 7,715 32,633
707,023 85,581 433,857 2,071,482 California 683,438 81,038 413,989 1,997,709
20,437 776 14,181 56,467 Colorado 19,278 742 13,270 53,089
48,089 2,381 38,480 129,286 Connecticut 44,019 1,686 35,043 115,941
7,199 258 4,977 20,101 Delaware 6,828 212 4,357 18,081
21,148 66 17,428 58,108 Dist. of Col. 20,498 63 17,692 55,949
107,951 0 70,261 277,961 Florida 99,274 0 62,110 252,257
74,836 0 47,447 193,725 Georgia 70,728 0 44,397 182,274
2,060 184 1,676 7,015 Guam 2,126 196 1,733 7,251
16,678 0 13,733 47,000 Hawaii 16,611 0 13,620 46,724
1,895 105 1,000 4,349 Idaho 1,800 97 905 4,059
165,041 5,729 158,319 493,889 Illinois 158,772 4,955 153,072 474,976
40,084 937 34,631 114,406 Indiana 38,210 888 33,675 109,114
25,191 1,972 20,606 68,700 Iowa 24,309 1,826 19,895 66,212
14,136 499 9,348 36,892 Kansas 13,456 447 8,714 34,718
52,882 1,099 36,291 126,845 Kentucky 50,056 1,008 33,559 119,161
48,228 506 30,676 136,421 Louisiana 47,421 607 31,004 134,370
15,408 680 11,652 40,758 Maine 14,976 648 11,246 39,537
47,388 0 36,970 125,163 Maryland 44,297 0 30,693 115,728
66,490 1,912 45,635 175,751 Massachusetts 63,920 1,779 43,281 167,315
123,693 5,802 117,890 359,627 Michigan 115,688 4,647 111,042 332,240
48,370 5,207 35,688 144,438 Minnesota 47,173 5,024 34,409 139,993
23,700 4 14,096 60,097 Mississippi 21,293 3 12,100 52,667
60,041 740 39,138 155,376 Missouri 57,532 686 36,746 147,035
6,356 953 4,469 18,895 Montana 5,994 894 4,173 17,727
12,960 839 9,630 36,372 Nebraska 12,471 887 9,234 35,657
10,383 279 6,579 26,839 Nevada 9,789 260 6,227 25,472
6,857 50 6,807 16,576 New Hampshire 6,628 49 6,175 16,044
76,850 0 59,404 198,436 New Jersey 72,589 0 55,503 189,418
23,751 2,612 21,137 73,718 New Mexico 24,173 2,911 21,259 75,237
366,032 9,116 281,637 943,800 New York 354,745 8,791 268,617 908,776
77,961 1,457 50,704 187,797 North Carolina 72,710 909 46,057 172,813
3,293 0 2,549 8,804 North Dakota 3,246 0 2,480 8,682
140,286 6,216 134,070 366,439 Ohio 130,835 5,293 125,542 340,179
24,462 76 25,262 71,439 Oklahoma 23,819 56 22,198 69,316
18,242 1,399 13,009 47,917 Oregon 17,505 1,351 12,372 46,395
134,975 2,535 108,759 377,611 Pennsylvania 127,518 2,204 101,615 357,684
41,015 0 17,510 123,810 Puerto Rico 40,305 0 17,288 121,402
19,283 1,156 15,456 54,314 Rhode Island 19,005 982 15,401 53,369
25,291 618 15,378 66,226 South Carolina 23,370 594 13,550 60,110
3,837 0 2,373 10,093 South Dakota 3,680 0 2,213 9,609
57,372 297 39,797 148,540 Tennessee 57,728 296 40,076 149,440
145,253 5,355 101,978 401,200 Texas 134,940 4,848 92,624 370,857
10,712 171 8,110 28,689 Utah 10,511 122 7,955 28,934
7,371 857 5,670 20,307 Vermont 7,154 814 5,488 19,644
1,081 0 1,003 3,604 Virgin Islands 1,045 0 986 3,545
43,269 846 32,248 104,688 Virginia 41,394 841 29,565 100,358
79,392 8,972 55,872 214,701 Washington 74,572 8,380 51,787 202,573
19,674 2,249 13,961 53,796 West Virginia 15,854 2,009 11,337 44,179
12,777 230 12,547 45,706 Wisconsin 13,679 201 10,858 41,651
1,249 4 728 3,064 Wyoming 1,113 4 590 2,586
 
*1998 fiscal year averages are for TANF months only. Depending upon when State TANF programs began, this may be from 9-12 months. All States were under TANF for calendar 1998.

Last Updated on 04/25/2001
By ACF