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625. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)--Families and Recipients

[In thousands (147 represents 147,000).Average monthly families and recipients for calendar year, except 1999 for Jan.-Sept. period.Prior to TANF, the cash assistance program to families was called Aidto Dependent Children (1936-1962) and Aid to Families with DependentChildren (1962-1996). Under the new welfare law (Personal Resonsibility andWork Opportunity Reconcilation Act of 1996), the program became TANF.See text, this section. Includes Puerto Rico, Guam, and Virgin Islands]

 
YEAR Families Recipients
 
1936 147 534
1937 194 674
1938 258 895
1939 305 1,042
1940 349 1,182
1941 387 1,319
1942 387 1,317
1943 304 1,050
1944 260 910
1945 259 907
1946 312 1,112
1947 393 1,394
1948 449 1,595
1949 541 1,918
1950 644 2,205
1951 621 2,134
1952 583 2,022
1953 560 1,970
1954 580 2,076
1955 612 2,214
1956 611 2,239
1957 645 2,395
1958 724 2,719
1959 774 2,920
1960 787 3,005
1961 869 3,354
1962 931 3,676
1963 947 3,876
1964 992 4,118
1965 1,039 4,329
1966 1,088 4,513
1967 1,217 5,014
1968 1,410 5,705
1969 1,698 6,706
1970 2,208 8,466
1971 2,762 10,241
1972 3,049 10,947
1973 3,148 10,949
1974 3,230 10,864
1975 3,498 11,346
1976 3,579 11,304
1977 3,588 11,050
1978 3,522 10,570
1979 3,509 10,312
1980 3,712 10,774
1981 3,835 11,079
1982 3,542 10,258
1983 3,686 10,761
1984 3,714 10,831
1985 3,701 10,855
1986 3,763 11,038
1987 3,776 11,027
1988 3,749 10,915
1989 3,799 10,993
1990 4,057 11,695
1991 4,467 12,930
1992 4,829 13,773
1993 5,012 14,205
1994 5,033 14,161
1995 4,791 13,418
1996 4,434 12,321
1997 3,734 10,381
1998 3,027 8,358
1999 2,582 7,018


Source: U.S. Administration for Children and Families,"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 1936-1999;"(accessed: 20 September 1999) and unpublished data..

http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ofa/

https://allcountries.org/uscensus/625_temporary_assistance_for_needy_families_tanf.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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