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Welfare Caseload Watch

Table 7. Welfare Caseload 2004

 

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Alabama

19,330

19,052

19,035

19,062

18,913

18,744

18,953

19,189

19,961

20,595

20,782

21,160

Alaska

         6,155

        6,294

        6,435

        6,494

        6,266

        5,987

        5,727

        5,578

           5,591

          5,503

        5,453

        5,558

Arizona

      53,651

      53,206

      53,142

      51,714

      50,886

      51,257

      50,969

      50,888

         49,753

       49,904

      48,862

               48,520

Arkansas

      10,434

      10,313

      10,087

        9,743

        9,558

        9,501

        9,506

        9,618

           9,575

          9,412

        9,239

        9,149

California

    480,092

   480,437

   486,446

   487,003

   486,511

   486,475

   488,456

   488,167

       489,869

490,746

               -  

               -  

Colorado

      14,676

      14,578

      14,779

      14,956

      14,973

      14,943

      14,875

               -  

                  -  

                 -  

               -  

               -  

Connecticut

      22,741

      22,863

      22,865

      22,929

      22,684

      22,458

      22,512

      22,588

         22,589

       22,331

      22,292

22,363

Delaware

         6,114

        5,975

        6,147

        6,087

        6,025

        5,758

        6,216

        6,098

           6,169

                 6,120  

6,213

               -  

Dist. of  Col.

      17,482

      17,461

      17,521

      17,428

      17,428

      17,388

      17,542

      17,615

         17,594

       17,860

      17,885

      17,727

Florida

      60,733

      58,937

      57,508

      56,860

      56,678

      57,020

      57,248

      59,202

         61,949

       63,933

      65,591

      66,561

Georgia

      57,328

      56,071

      55,070

      52,755

      51,651

      50,900

      50,260

      49,753

         48,460

       49,160

      47,426

46,336  

Hawaii

      13,007

      12,702

      12,395

      12,479

      12,330

      12,198

      12,266

      12,277

         12,031

       12,071

      11,959

              11,800 

Idaho

         1,881

        1,898

        1,973

        1,958

        1,883

        1,856

        1,851

        1,841

           1,819

          1,807

        1,861

        1,902

Illinois

      38,301

      38,276

      38,652

      38,775

      37,920

      39,445

      39,714

      40,177

         40,556

       41,307

      41,307

      42,166

Indiana

      47,510

      48,376

      48,267

      47,622

      47,424

      46,735

      46,992

      47,173

         46,891

       46,932

      46,473

      46,466

Iowa

      20,180

      20,142

      20,253

      20,439

      20,186

      19,956

      20,173

      20,469

         20,138

       20,418

      19,924

19,673

Kansas

      15,779

      15,990

      16,145

      16,174

      16,256

      16,306

      16,817

      17,241

         17,213

       17,196

      17,056

      17,041

Kentucky

      32,377

      32,270

      32,460

      32,371

      32,152

      32,090

      31,954

      32,249

         32,184

       32,075

      31,918

31,845

Louisiana

      15,533

      14,967

      14,097

      13,751

      13,355

      13,145

      12,993

      12,962

         13,080

       13,039

      13,045

      12,935

Maine

      10,870

      11,160

      11,138

      11,424

      11,638

      10,997

      10,957

      11,159

         11,052

                 -  

               -  

               -  

Maryland

      28,150

      28,782

      28,306

      28,230

      28,166

      28,091

      27,881

      27,792

         27,907

       27,882

      27,198

27,864

Massachusetts

      48,590

      48,226

      47,834

      47,861

      47,820

      47,707

      47,680

      48,065

         48,899

       49,115

      48,668

48,516

Michigan

      77,072

      78,717

      78,889

      78,356

      78,261

      78,026

      77,113

      78,007

         77,715

       78,451

78,463

78,627

Minnesota

      39,733

      38,952

      39,503

      40,054

      39,610

      39,282

      38,601

      37,037

         35,154

33,355

33,286

32,657

Mississippi

      19,452

      19,192

      18,590

      18,443

      18,384

      18,094

      18,095

      17,822

         17,644

       17,547

               -  

               -  

Missouri

      48,298

      48,208

      48,416

      48,224

      47,225

      46,962

      47,007

      47,425

         47,247

       47,388

      47,126

      47,807

Montana

         5,371

        5,313

        5,374

        5,338

        5,264

        5,127

        5,060

        5,083

           5,062

          4,937

4,671

4,730

Nebraska

      12,299

      12,389

      12,684

      12,536

      12,177

      11,929

      12,385

      12,416

         12,424

       12,148

      12,087

12,003

Nevada

      10,219

        9,539

        9,440

        9,261

        8,981

        9,139

        9,160

        8,987

           9,098

          9,138

8,947  

8,928

New Hampshire

         6,020

        6,053

        6,035

        6,055

        5,893

        5,877

        5,866

        5,916

           5,896

          5,850

5,859

5,997

New Jersey

      43,643

      43,829

      44,339

      44,645

      44,726

      45,002

      45,273

      45,614

         45,898

46,251

               -  

               -  

New Mexico

      17,749

      17,727

      17,996

      17,826

      17,639

      17,656

      17,845

      18,382

         18,449

       18,377

               -  

               -  

New York

    190,217

   190,050

   191,707

   191,563

   192,233

   191,548

   190,804

   190,541

       189,736

     190,386

188,365

187,972

North Carolina

      42,990

      42,182

      42,207

      41,779

      41,899

      41,772

      41,786

      42,100

         41,901

       42,077

      40,895

40,694

North Dakota

         3,070

        2,940

        2,959

        2,963

        2,944

        2,909

        2,839

        2,819

           2,824

          2,805

        2,807

        2,799

Ohio

      85,030

      85,013

      84,852

      84,471

      84,110

      84,195

      83,970

      84,423

         84,780

84,987

85,149

84,937

Oklahoma

      14,445

      13,926

      13,729

      13,691

      13,598

      13,536

      13,553

      13,758

         13,838

       13,722

      13,680

13,744

Oregon

      18,536

      18,849

      19,146

      19,107

      18,957

      19,056

      18,877

      18,932

         19,138

       19,190

      19,280

      19,647

Pennsylvania

      90,190

      90,329

      91,156

      92,007

      93,670

      93,566

      95,178

      96,879

         97,642

       98,661

      99,301

      99,973

Rhode Island

      14,026

      14,138

      14,538

      14,472

      14,260

      14,292

      14,292

      14,112

         13,950

       13,712

13,832

13,620

South Carolina

      18,343

      17,698

      17,586

      17,231

      16,906

      16,848

      16,885

      17,060

         17,248

       17,314

      17,381

      17,585

South Dakota

         2,794

        2,699

        2,755

        2,789

        2,771

        2,736

        2,724

        2,701

           2,708

          2,763

        2,787

        2,850

Tennessee

      73,021

      73,243

      73,590

      73,083

      73,223

      73,208

      73,372

      74,006

         73,831

       73,807

      73,818

      73,236

Texas

    115,657

   109,936

   107,352

   103,231

   102,853

   100,387

   101,422

   103,120

       102,322

     102,588

   100,493

      98,899

Utah

         9,555

        9,548

        9,606

        9,722

        9,464

        9,456

        9,485

        9,604

           9,634

          9,518

        9,712

9,669

Vermont

         5,364

        5,417

        5,443

        5,460

        5,266

        5,229

        5,230

        5,209

           5,260

          5,147

5,057  

5,088

Virginia

      34,869

      34,811

      35,217

      35,558

      34,576

      34,535

      34,935

      35,450

         35,626

       35,971

               -  

               -  

Washington

      55,909

      56,714

      57,435

      57,488

      56,764

      56,323

      55,174

      55,432

         55,262

       55,259

      55,982

      57,037

West Virginia

      14,451

      14,525

      14,428

      14,269

      13,732

      13,346

      12,905

      12,426

         12,189

       11,888

      11,778

               -  

Wisconsin

      22,262

      22,385

      22,765

      22,760

      22,892

      22,825

      23,079

      23,458

         23,087

22,721

22,315

21,748

Wyoming

            376

           370

           374

           353

           345

           340

           322

           331

               335

             334

           334

           342

National

2,111,875

2,102,668

2,108,666

2,098,850

2,089,326

2,082,158

2,084,779

2,079,151

2,079,178

 

 

 

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