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Welfare Caseload Watch

Table 8. Welfare Caseload 2003

 

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Alabama

18,790

18,833

18,987

19,203

19,402

19,279

19,316

19,545

19,533

19,679

19,603

19,676

Alaska

6,786

6,698

6,768

6,788

6,791

6,553

6,282

6,159

6,082

5,957

5,793

5,673

Arizona

49,677

49,992

49,930

50,410

51,434

51,871

52,916

54,489

54,563

55,495

55,031

55,152

Arkansas

11,505

11,325

11,169

10,999

10,940

10,770

10,816

10,688

10,751

10,798

10,517

10,703

California

480,610

480,944

478,602

480,939

480,875

478,411

474,280

478,665

477,506

476,327

476,691

476,005

Colorado

13,077

13,211

13,321

13,574

14,224

14,287

14,212

14,138

14,210

14,388

14,314

14,654

Connecticut

22,443

22,562

22,750

22,575

22,444

22,261

22,415

22,941

22,850

22,822

22,927

22,984

Delaware

6,189

5,949

5,961

6,011

6,058

6,044

6,225

6,138

6,236

6,270

6,085

6,224

Dist. of  Col.

16,908

16,853

16,882

16,881

16,879

16,984

17,045

17,247

17,129

17,228

17,568

17,580

Florida

62,472

60,762

59,876

58,146

58,596

58,596

58,535

59,807

60,954

61,104

61,348

61,336

Georgia

57,551

57,000

55,981

55,628

56,047

55,883

56,252

56,712

57,132

57,832

57,618

58,004

Hawaii

14,207

14,107

13,709

13,826

13,760

13,594

13,351

13,482

13,318

13,383

13,392

12,948

Idaho

1,687

1,689

1,732

1,777

1,802

1,760

1,742

1,758

1,745

1,755

1,762

1,861

Illinois

42,918

42,525

41,745

40,002

40,000

39,494

38,234

37,976

37,734

37,132

37,133

38,064

Indiana

55,960

50,132

49,730

51,022

49,947

49,731

49,205

48,967

49,857

48,714

48,184

48,240

Iowa

19,648

19,842

19,806

20,103

20,224

19,952

19,898

20,087

20,089

20,018

19,905

19,929

Kansas

14,571

14,596

14,694

14,876

15,027

15,247

15,582

15,744

15,423

15,618

15,480

15,601

Kentucky

32,213

31,867

31,893

31,824

31,792

31,537

31,678

31,856

32,045

32,292

32,021

32,457

Louisiana

19,943

19,801

19,254

19,400

19,261

19,434

19,758

19,723

20,120

20,057

18,226

17,519

Maine

9,036

10,450

11,755

11,535

12,391

13,165

12,418

13,180

12,138

12,137

12,604

 

Maryland

29,288

28,782

29,055

29,006

29,146

28,918

29,237

29,095

28,853

29,293

28,965

29,776

Massachusetts

48,182

48,550

48,407

48,371

48,174

48,057

47,997

48,553

49,432

49,735

49,463

49,275

Michigan

72,463

74,384

74,961

74,851

75,122

75,242

75,874

77,168

77,823

77,626

77,214

78,626

Minnesota

41,281

41,339

41,501

42,320

42,310

42,570

42,345

42,007

41,017

40,280

39,981

39,213

Mississippi

20,077

19,941

19,577

19,332

19,474

19,603

19,519

19,920

19,694

19,817

19,977

19,737

Missouri

46,647

46,233

45,996

45,786

45,342

45,371

46,304

46,904

47,718

48,144

47,806

48,467

Montana

6,400

6,357

6,427

6,462

6,421

6,323

6,185

5,731

5,447

5,312

5,310

5,350

Nebraska

12,217

12,246

12,218

12,162

11,928

11,965

12,085

12,030

12,272

12,203

12,068

12,175

Nevada

11,823

11,857

11,834

11,427

11,450

10,825

10,573

10,472

10,097

10,184

9,776

9,969

New Hampshire

5,969

6,027

6,034

6,099

6,035

5,959

5,946

5,914

5,846

5,850

5,810

5,899

New Jersey

42,322

42,015

42,339

42,247

42,462

43,006

43,149

43,661

43,794

44,255

43,716

43,592

New Mexico

16,917

16,499

16,538

16,552

16,531

16,786

17,009

17,453

17,728

17,954

17,758

17,941

New York

187,989

187,197

187,716

187,954

188,221

188,163

189,655

187,551

189,099

191,206

188,594

190,000

North Carolina

46,673

45,596

45,780

45,721

45,644

45,717

45,338

45,355

44,920

44,655

44,256

43,602

North Dakota

3,312

3,325

3,284

3,349

3,354

3,277

3,207

3,240

3,226

3,215

3,103

3,126

Ohio

84,805

84,489

84,336

84,092

84,036

83,802

84,080

84,507

85,008

85,411

83,857

84,781

Oklahoma

15,402

14,701

14,370

14,357

14,400

14,312

14,344

14,631

14,719

14,887

14,639

14,767

Oregon

18,819

18,943

18,928

18,932

18,799

18,590

18,462

18,347

18,262

18,322

18,414

18,626

Pennsylvania

86,060

85,629

85,917

85,765

85,840

86,038

86,496

88,070

89,261

89,549

89,782

89,337

Rhode Island

14,683

14,485

14,456

14,273

14,137

14,254

14,083

14,091

14,066

14,073

14,134

14,142

South Carolina

20,985

20,133

19,953

19,625

19,512

19,220

19,346

19,331

19,453

19,415

19,001

18,757

South Dakota

2,863

2,792

2,777

2,810

2,813

2,766

2,756

2,743

2,700

2,781

2,766

2,817

Tennessee

68,573

69,179

69,791

69,983

70,358

71,057

71,502

72,354

73,711

73,878

73,571

73,538

Texas

143,342

140,460

139,483

138,984

140,279

141,022

141,175

143,289

122,598

126,582

121,123

118,536

Utah

9,015

8,957

9,082

9,131

9,131

9,106

9,214

9,369

9,455

9,443

9,467

9,426

Vermont

5,411

5,388

5,380

5,435

5,446

5,365

5,373

5,410

5,399

5,393

5,300

5,301

Virginia

31,655

31,619

31,669

31,745

32,044

31,987

32,369

32,899

33,046

33,741

34,585

35,072

Washington

55,777

55,946

56,612

56,824

56,338

55,089

53,929

53,619

53,607

53,353

53,262

54,878

West Virginia

14,239

14,059

14,096

14,052

13,930

13,750

13,966

14,048

14,040

14,319

14,125

14,443

Wisconsin

20,543

20,459

20,469

20,713

20,982

21,256

21,570

21,656

22,087

22,204

22,160

22,400

Wyoming

446

436

423

406

413

407

410

401

395

403

392

386

National

2,140,369

2,127,161

2,123,954

2,124,285

2,127,966

2,124,656

2,123,658

2,139,121

2,124,188

2,132,489

2,116,577

2,108,565

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