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AFDC Caseload Data 1960 – 1995
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Updated Oct 29, 2026
About this dataset
The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program is the predecessor program to the TANF program (switched in 1997). The program provided financial aid to children of low income families. Data is available for years from 1960 to 1995. Average monthly counts for number of cases, total recipients, children recipients, and adult recipients (3 sets of these reports: Total, Basic, and Unemployed Parent). Reports have data columns for both fiscal and calendar year average monthly counts.
<b>Units of Response: </b>State AFDC Programs
<b>Type of Data: </b>Administrative
<b>Tribal Data: </b>No
<b>COVID-19 Data: </b>No
<b>Periodicity: </b>Annual
<b>SORN: </b>https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/04/02/2015-07440/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records-notice
<b>Data Use Agreement: </b>https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/rpxlogin
<b>Data Use Agreement Location: </b>Unavailable
<b>Equity Indicators: </b>Unavailable
<b>Granularity: </b>Unavailable
<b>Spatial: </b>United States
<b>Geocoding: </b>State
Data and resources (6)
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AFDC Basic Caseload Data - 1994
Average monthly numbers for fiscal and calendar year 1994. Counts for basic cases, basic recipients, basic children, basic adults by state. Temporal: 10/1/1993-9/30/1994, 1/1/1994-12/31/1994, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: ASCII, DELIMITED, PDF, R, SAS, SPSS, STATA
Modified Jun 29, 2026
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AFDC Basic Caseload Data - 1995
Average monthly numbers for fiscal and calendar year 1995. Counts for basic cases, basic recipients, basic children, basic adults by state. Temporal: 10/1/1995-9/30/1995, 1/1/1995-12/31/1995, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: ASCII, DELIMITED, PDF, R, SAS, SPSS, STATA
Modified Jun 29, 2026
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AFDC Unemployed Parent Caseload Data - 1995
Average monthly numbers for fiscal and calendar year 1995. Counts for unemployed parent cases, unemployed parent recipients, unemployed parent children, unemployed parent adults by state. Temporal: 10/1/1995-9/30/1995, 1/1/1995-12/31/1995, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: ASCII,…
Modified Jun 29, 2026
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AFDC Total Caseload Data - 1994
Average monthly numbers for fiscal and calendar year 1994. Counts for total cases, total recipients, total children, total adults by state. Temporal: 10/1/1993-9/30/1994, 1/1/1994-12/31/1994, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: ASCII, DELIMITED, PDF, R, SAS, SPSS, STATA
Modified Jun 29, 2026
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AFDC Unemployed Parent Caseload Data - 1994
Average monthly numbers for fiscal and calendar year 1994. Counts for unemployed parent cases, unemployed parent recipients, unemployed parent children, unemployed parent adults by state. Temporal: 10/1/1993-9/30/1994, 1/1/1994-12/31/1994, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: ASCII,…
Modified Jun 29, 2026
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AFDC Total Caseload Data - 1995
Average monthly numbers for fiscal and calendar year 1995. Counts for total cases, total recipients, total children, total adults by state. Temporal: 10/1/1994-9/30/1995, 1/1/1995-12/31/1995, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: ASCII, DELIMITED, PDF, R, SAS, SPSS, STATA
Modified Jun 29, 2026