Drop in Welfare Rolls, 1993–2000

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

	Number of families on welfare Jan. 1993	Number of families on welfare June 2000	Percent reduction 1993–2000
Alabama	51,910	18,677	–64%
Alaska	11,626	7,542	–35
Arizona	68,982	31,897	–54
Arkansas	26,897	12,046	–55
California	844,494	489,054	–42
Colorado	42,445	10,772	–75
Connecticut	56,759	27,149	–52
Delaware	11,315	5,819	–49
DC	24,628	22,397	–09
Florida	256,145	62,805	–75
Georgia	142,040	51,215	–64
Guam	1,406	2,760	96
Hawaii	17,869	14,942	–16
Idaho	7,838	1,382	–82
Illinois	229,308	85,807	–63
Indiana	73,115	35,068	–52
Iowa	36,515	20,082	–45
Kansas	29,818	12,404	–58
Kentucky	83,320	37,471	–55
Louisiana	89,931	25,521	–72
Maine	23,903	10,654	–55
Maryland	80,256	28,895	–64
Massachusetts	113,571	41,682	–63
Michigan	228,377	70,897	–69
Minnesota	63,995	39,295	–39
Mississippi	60,520	14,979	–75
Missouri	88,744	45,912	–48
Montana	11,793	4,467	–62
Nebraska	16,637	10,088	–39%
Nevada	12,892	6,916	–46
New Hampshire	10,805	5,791	–46
New Jersey	126,179	50,126	–60
New Mexico	31,103	22,701	–27
New York	428,191	248,148	–42
North Carolina	128,946	44,731	–65
North Dakota	6,577	2,887	–56
Ohio	257,665	95,835	–63
Oklahoma	50,955	7,251	–86
Oregon	42,409	17,121	–60
Pennsylvania	204,216	87,972	–57
Puerto Rico	60,950	31,273	–49
Rhode Island	21,900	16,324	–25
South Carolina	54,599	15,496	–72
South Dakota	7,262	2,789	–62
Tennessee	112,159	55,491	–51
Texas	279,002	128,289	–54
Utah	18,606	8,157	–56
Vermont	10,081	5,858	–42
Virgin Islands	1,073	778	–27
Virginia	73,446	30,078	–59
Washington	100,568	54,768	–46
West Virginia	41,525	10,661	–74
Wisconsin	81,291	16,410	–80
Wyoming	6,493	565	–91
U.S. total	4,963,050	2,208,095	–56