| Average Monthly Number(In thousands) | Children asAverage 1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiscal Year | Total Families 1 | Total Recipients | Unemployed Parent Families | Unemployed Parent Recipients | Total Children | a Percent of Total Recipients | Number of Children per Family |
| 1 Includes unemployed parent families and child-only cases. 2 The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 repealed the AFDC program as of July 1, 1997 and replaced it with the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. 3 Based on data from the old AFDC reporting system which was available only for the first 9 months of the fiscal year. 4 Estimated based on the ratio of Unemployed Parent recipients to Unemployed Parent families in 1997. Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, (Available online at http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/). |
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| 1962........... | 924 | 3,593 | 48 | 224 | 2,778 | 77.3 | 3.0 |
| 1963........... | 950 | 3,834 | 54 | 291 | 2,896 | 75.5 | 3.0 |
| 1964........... | 984 | 4,059 | 60 | 343 | 3,043 | 75.0 | 3.1 |
| 1965........... | 1,037 | 4,323 | 69 | 400 | 3,242 | 75.0 | 3.1 |
| 1966........... | 1,074 | 4,472 | 62 | 361 | 3,369 | 75.3 | 3.1 |
| 1967........... | 1,141 | 4,718 | 58 | 340 | 3,560 | 75.5 | 3.1 |
| 1968........... | 1,310 | 5,349 | 67 | 377 | 4,013 | 75.0 | 3.1 |
| 1969........... | 1,539 | 6,146 | 66 | 360 | 4,591 | 74.7 | 3.0 |
| 1970........... | 1,906 | 7,415 | 78 | 420 | 5,484 | 74.0 | 2.9 |
| 1971........... | 2,531 | 9,557 | 143 | 726 | 6,963 | 72.9 | 2.8 |
| 1972........... | 2,918 | 10,632 | 134 | 639 | 7,698 | 72.4 | 2.6 |
| 1973........... | 3,123 | 11,038 | 120 | 557 | 7,967 | 72.2 | 2.6 |
| 1974........... | 3,170 | 10,845 | 93 | 434 | 7,825 | 72.2 | 2.5 |
| 1975........... | 3,342 | 11,067 | 100 | 451 | 7,928 | 71.6 | 2.4 |
| 1976........... | 3,549 | 11,369 | 135 | 593 | 8,072 | 71.0 | 2.3 |
| 1977........... | 3,575 | 11,108 | 149 | 659 | 7,818 | 70.4 | 2.2 |
| 1978........... | 3,528 | 10,663 | 128 | 567 | 7,475 | 70.1 | 2.1 |
| 1979........... | 3,493 | 10,311 | 114 | 504 | 7,194 | 69.8 | 2.1 |
| 1980........... | 3,642 | 10,598 | 141 | 612 | 7,322 | 69.1 | 2.0 |
| 1981........... | 3,871 | 11,160 | 208 | 881 | 7,614 | 68.2 | 2.0 |
| 1982........... | 3,569 | 10,431 | 232 | 976 | 6,975 | 66.9 | 2.0 |
| 1983........... | 3,651 | 10,659 | 272 | 1,144 | 7,051 | 66.1 | 1.9 |
| 1984........... | 3,725 | 10,866 | 287 | 1,222 | 7,153 | 65.8 | 1.9 |
| 1985........... | 3,692 | 10,813 | 261 | 1,131 | 7,165 | 66.3 | 1.9 |
| 1986........... | 3,748 | 10,997 | 254 | 1,102 | 7,300 | 66.4 | 1.9 |
| 1987........... | 3,784 | 11,065 | 236 | 1,035 | 7,381 | 66.7 | 2.0 |
| 1988........... | 3,748 | 10,920 | 210 | 929 | 7,325 | 67.1 | 2.0 |
| 1989........... | 3,771 | 10,934 | 193 | 856 | 7,370 | 67.4 | 2.0 |
| 1990........... | 3,974 | 11,460 | 204 | 899 | 7,755 | 67.7 | 2.0 |
| 1991........... | 4,374 | 12,592 | 268 | 1,148 | 8,513 | 67.6 | 1.9 |
| 1992........... | 4,768 | 13,625 | 322 | 1,348 | 9,226 | 67.7 | 1.9 |
| 1993........... | 4,981 | 14,143 | 359 | 1,489 | 9,560 | 67.6 | 1.9 |
| 1994........... | 5,046 | 14,226 | 363 | 1,510 | 9,611 | 67.6 | 1.9 |
| 1995........... | 4,879 | 13,659 | 335 | 1,384 | 9,280 | 67.9 | 1.9 |
| 1996........... | 4,543 | 12,645 | 293 | 1,241 | 8,671 | 68.6 | 1.9 |
| 1997 2........ | 3,937 | 10,935 | 275 3 | 1,158 3 | 7,781 3 | 71.2 3 | 2.0 3 |
| 1998........... | 3,200 | 8,790 | 179 | 754 4 | 6,273 | 71.4 | 2.0 |
| 1999........... | 2,674 | 7,188 | NA | NA | 5,319 | 74.0 | 2.0 |
| 2000........... | 2,265 | 5,943 | NA | NA | 4,385 | 73.8 | 1.9 |
| 2001........... | 2,117 | 5,420 | NA | NA | 4,055 | 74.8 | 1.9 |
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