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Welfare Caseload Watch

Table 6. Welfare Caseload 2001

 

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Alabama

18,737

18,507

18,396

18,235

18,293

18,196

18,129

18,357

18,353

18,601

18,749

18,737

Alaska

7,407

7,540

7,693

7,760

7,629

7,429

7,026

7,024

7,054

6,864

6,811

7,025

Arizona

37,900

38,171

38,424

38,082

39,100

39,639

40,653

42,330

42,760

43,878

44,600

45,184

Arkansas

12,059

12,053

12,022

11,783

11,767

11,777

11,805

11,979

11,906

12,252

12,163

12,224

California

548,266

543,681

543,375

542,146

538,883

519,889

516,374

517,308

518,365

525,421

526,394

530,153

Colorado

11,634

11,494

11,612

11,543

11,677

11,726

11,749

12,196

11,996

11,175

11,421

11,677

Connecticut

25,337

25,235

25,101

25,123

25,045

25,132

25,132

25,399

25,059

24,807

24,517

24,276

Delaware

5,908

5,695

5,887

5,620

5,688

5,539

5,663

5,691

5,735

6,038

5,759

5,847

Dist. of  Col.

16,493

16,311

16,239

16,130

16,154

16,144

16,214

16,292

16,280

16,204

16,337

16,374

Florida

62,475

60,094

58,723

57,144

57,169

57,676

57,702

59,592

61,169

61,723

62,132

63,328

Georgia

51,128

51,547

51,333

50,499

50,419

50,577

50,813

52,085

52,847

52,753

53,624

54,407

Hawaii

19,316

18,786

18,907

18,935

18,492

18,532

18,148

17,873

17,989

17,717

18,075

17,312

Idaho

1,336

1,315

1,311

1,300

1,354

1,330

1,294

1,331

1,312

1,387

1,355

1,385

Illinois

70,209

68,581

69,634

64,833

65,332

64,357

60,800

61,812

60,727

58,077

58,393

58,309

Indiana

40,097

41,632

42,496

42,300

43,998

44,059

44,437

46,582

46,722

47,506

48,650

49,164

Iowa

19,519

19,574

19,916

20,001

19,781

19,967

20,047

20,103

20,367

20,248

20,328

20,468

Kansas

12,625

12,450

12,659

12,782

12,838

12,916

13,050

13,349

13,381

13,451

13,386

13,525

Kentucky

35,013

34,762

34,633

33,946

33,792

33,334

33,043

33,620

33,308

33,421

32,779

32,665

Louisiana

25,608

25,359

24,548

24,109

23,892

23,521

23,828

23,835

23,441

24,341

24,005

24,044

Maine

9,885

9,840

9,815

9,891

9,870

9,757

9,712

9,606

9,664

9,540

9,517

9,662

Maryland

29,482

29,590

29,734

29,110

29,442

29,126

28,710

29,359

28,786

29,537

29,353

30,326

Massachusetts

42,955

42,929

42,250

42,336

42,085

42,072

42,013

42,541

44,641

45,134

45,075

45,979

Michigan

68,270

69,374

70,192

70,285

70,064

69,820

70,440

71,976

71,962

73,333

73,922

75,792

Minnesota

38,087

37,470

38,316

38,570

38,181

39,236

39,347

39,314

39,893

34,856

39,973

39,813

Mississippi

15,225

15,431

15,313

15,533

15,470

16,096

15,935

16,259

17,044

17,070

17,390

17,960

Missouri

49,203

48,915

48,670

48,493

48,204

48,094

48,382

48,698

48,487

48,848

48,949

49,159

Montana

4,785

4,898

5,007

5,093

5,181

5,169

5,223

5,246

5,191

5,278

5,455

5,657

Nebraska

10,377

10,262

10,482

10,410

10,415

10,405

10,641

10,820

10,678

10,862

10,862

11,017

Nevada

7,408

7,504

7,768

7,735

7,911

7,972

8,311

8,663

8,849

9,473

10,275

11,618

New Hampshire

5,365

5,337

5,330

5,450

5,395

5,414

5,454

5,481

5,476

5,500

5,643

5,653

New Jersey

47,918

47,526

47,246

46,615

46,619

46,070

45,318

45,502

44,666

44,643

44,054

44,098

New Mexico

21,879

21,464

21,228

20,827

20,572

20,462

19,834

20,198

19,708

19,800

19,584

19,745

New York

232,151

228,109

225,909

223,232

221,980

218,105

214,555

213,111

208,596

210,153

209,382

178,573

North Carolina

50,027

48,623

48,470

48,023

47,928

48,210

48,441

49,478

49,761

50,692

50,952

50,870

North Dakota

2,857

2,861

2,909

2,920

2,882

2,933

2,957

3,021

3,036

3,067

3,069

3,121

Ohio

86,483

85,463

84,364

83,067

83,000

82,195

82,679

83,612

82,946

84,413

84,104

84,695

Oklahoma

14,391

14,072

13,919

13,619

13,551

13,517

13,535

14,124

14,157

14,576

14,246

14,631

Oregon

15,754

15,859

16,031

15,955

16,090

16,146

16,161

16,438

16,247

16,799

17,101

17,724

Pennsylvania

89,396

88,265

87,903

87,556

87,195

87,090

87,576

87,808

88,005

88,090

87,314

88,020

Rhode Island

16,029

15,931

15,890

15,680

15,635

15,384

15,457

15,511

15,399

15,423

15,508

15,590

South Carolina

16,791

16,494

16,567

16,341

16,710

16,961

17,381

18,146

18,161

19,031

19,425

19,850

South Dakota

2,778

2,701

2,702

2,742

2,706

2,671

2,633

2,744

2,715

2,781

2,813

2,897

Tennessee

59,318

59,879

60,283

60,029

59,985

60,600

61,129

62,057

62,149

63,342

63,427

62,941

Texas

133,539

131,071

129,602

127,701

127,441

127,539

128,825

130,982

132,292

137,002

137,117

138,252

Utah

8,293

8,252

8,163

8,005

8,048

7,990

8,035

8,236

8,172

8,226

8,387

8,463

Vermont

5,698

5,653

5,663

5,625

5,609

5,504

5,576

5,574

5,256

5,133

5,084

5,111

Virginia

29,963

29,694

29,410

29,030

29,098

29,146

29,076

29,485

29,315

29,914

30,188

30,386

Washington

55,339

55,124

55,511

55,382

55,160

54,618

54,067

54,235

53,780

54,022

54,728

56,258

West Virginia

13,254

13,225

13,380

13,199

13,140

13,328

13,595

14,158

14,059

14,338

14,525

14,478

Wisconsin

18,510

18,459

18,793

19,170

19,083

19,089

19,133

19,397

19,646

18,983

19,102

19,475

Wyoming

546

517

542

520

518

499

484

500

486

472

502

487

National

2,223,023

2,203,579

2,200,271

2,180,415

2,176,471

2,152,958

2,146,522

2,169,038

2,167,994

2,186,195

2,196,504

2,184,405

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