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Welfare Caseload Watch

Table 5. Welfare Caseload 2000

 

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Alabama

19,600

19,396

19,331

19,099

19,011

18,731

18,473

18,687

18,742

18,818

18,892

18,926

Alaska

7,895

8,013

8,269

8,325

8,147

7,924

7,583

7,505

7,476

7,106

6,847

7,024

Arizona

34,297

33,503

33,463

32,927

33,034

33,134

33,561

34,990

35,393

35,826

35,964

36,443

Arkansas

12,724

12,553

12,652

12,330

12,258

12,046

11,724

12,020

12,158

12,268

12,076

12,082

California**

597,078

593,271

590,812

582,500

576,047

570,366

570,248

567,243

561,091

551,912

553,421

549,144

Colorado

12,213

12,142

12,266

12,435

11,954

11,896

11,516

11,808

11,565

11,519

11,497

11,564

Connecticut

27,820

27,521

27,385

26,963

26,465

26,253

26,147

25,893

25,712

25,489

25,455

25,394

Delaware

6,252

6,378

6,462

6,094

6,135

6,065

5,715

5,946

5,710

5,916

5,909

5,795

Dist. of Col.

17,909

17,696

17,649

17,387

16,978

17,071

16,962

16,977

16,868

16,914

16,878

16,675

Florida

74,576

71,323

69,045

66,638

65,391

64,373

64,121

63,981

64,322

64,636

65,010

65,067

Georgia

54,215

53,171

52,523

50,832

50,855

50,491

49,860

50,995

50,946

51,506

51,036

50,996

Hawaii

21,678

21,103

21,548

21,302

20,825

21,000

20,612

20,061

20,235

19,906

19,575

19,850

Idaho

1,309

1,331

1,375

1,331

1,327

1,325

1,294

1,315

1,299

1,309

1,321

1,343

Illinois

93,074

94,092

93,712

88,702

88,547

86,613

79,424

80,957

79,707

74,411

75,035

74,871

Indiana

36,638

37,081

37,096

36,780

36,409

36,845

37,315

39,169

39,663

39,250

40,701

40,365

Iowa

19,407

19,878

20,236

19,938

19,468

19,558

19,368

19,333

19,566

19,433

19,158

19,316

Kansas

12,152

11,859

12,031

11,997

11,828

11,992

12,185

12,533

12,673

12,699

12,468

12,430

Kentucky

38,310

38,014

37,678

36,942

36,492

35,947

35,470

35,807

35,425

35,143

34,616

34,597

Louisiana

29,799

29,469

28,160

27,071

26,699

25,779

25,379

26,791

26,916

27,266

26,743

26,405

Maine

11,094

11,120

11,089

11,017

10,834

10,654

10,497

10,298

10,127

9,920

9,746

9,836

Maryland

30,959

30,974

30,872

30,437

30,493

30,522

30,239

31,091

30,732

30,718

30,249

30,660

Massachusetts

45,756

44,592

43,829

43,140

42,802

41,682

41,788

42,166

42,849

43,539

43,494

43,273

Michigan

74,780

74,989

73,824

72,430

71,380

68,881

67,968

68,015

67,840

67,801

66,762

67,564

Minnesota

41,566

40,474

41,378

41,307

40,453

41,470

40,989

40,541

40,940

40,743

40,040

40,106

Mississippi

15,115

14,794

14,644

14,956

14,675

15,128

14,982

14,967

15,711

15,637

15,481

15,983

Missouri

48,826

49,047

48,714

48,293

48,291

48,438

48,499

49,176

49,072

49,041

48,934

48,996

Montana

4,690

4,696

4,713

4,666

4,662

4,524

4,438

4,493

4,451

4,389

4,536

4,735

Nebraska

10,548

10,491

10,609

10,367

10,232

10,088

10,244

10,340

10,180

10,123

10,126

10,103

Nevada

6,625

6,696

6,536

6,838

6,695

6,876

6,874

7,143

7,133

7,239

7,305

7,318

New Hampshire

5,588

5,543

5,584

5,574

5,527

5,518

5,430

5,452

5,427

5,291

5,302

5,285

New Jersey

54,939

54,406

54,340

53,362

52,505

51,847

50,207

50,015

49,323

49,141

48,165

48,296

New Mexico

24,810

24,497

24,202

23,395

23,210

22,960

22,675

23,222

22,809

22,555

22,332

22,131

New York

267,914

261,490

259,628

253,736

250,199

247,469

242,459

242,951

239,676

239,790

236,197

233,171

North Carolina

55,089

54,372

53,725

51,795

50,941

50,996

51,338

52,167

51,580

51,467

50,802

50,437

North Dakota

2,782

2,742

2,790

2,767

2,771

2,808

2,790

2,788

2,818

2,823

2,891

2,818

Ohio

101,046

101,146

100,714

98,694

97,610

95,835

94,330

93,985

91,654

91,927

87,755

86,563

Oklahoma

14,968

14,592

14,310

13,924

13,793

13,283

13,392

13,606

13,564

13,706

14,196

14,253

Oregon

17,631

19,391

17,440

17,023

17,039

16,906

16,502

16,160

15,679

15,399

15,262

15,500

Pennsylvania

97,675

96,665

96,328

95,205

93,952

93,847

93,505

93,267

92,955

92,059

90,485

89,589

Rhode Island

16,497

16,437

16,355

16,161

16,146

16,040

15,982

15,973

15,918

15,817

15,735

15,578

South Carolina

15,905

16,087

16,133

15,556

15,663

15,704

15,358

15,866

15,745

16,314

16,565

16,677

South Dakota

2,856

2,796

2,792

2,806

2,795

2,794

2,755

2,863

2,761

2,716

2,723

2,767

Tennessee

55,932

56,373

56,390

55,972

56,427

55,491

56,097

57,022

57,581

58,707

58,735

58,585

Texas

127,039

124,421

124,299

125,583

128,393

128,289

128,806

131,584

133,294

134,680

133,363

133,685

Utah

8,733

7,945

6,951

8,254

8,202

8,157

8,219

8,432

8,538

8,471

8,410

8,254

Vermont

6,277

6,272

6,228

6,083

5,987

5,940

5,905

5,936

5,924

5,726

5,672

5,645

Virginia

32,986

33,405

32,219

31,549

30,827

30,452

30,113

30,171

30,096

30,119

29,884

30,087

Washington

58,889

59,571

59,262

57,936

56,567

55,379

54,611

54,949

54,435

54,045

53,631

54,275

West Virginia

14,883

15,203

15,371

14,468

13,991

12,247

11,794

11,395

11,478

11,938

12,364

12,992

Wisconsin

17,865

17,968

18,101

18,052

18,103

18,221

18,273

18,586

18,669

18,994

18,805

18,661

Wyoming

656

654

631

614

566

565

533

532

528

537

549

569

National

2,407,865

2,387,643

2,371,694

2,331,553

2,309,601

2,286,420

2,264,549

2,277,163

2,264,954

2,252,699

2,239,098

2,232,679

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