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                   % OF POPULATION                       SOCIAL SECURITY
                   RECEIVING PUBLIC     FOOD STAMP          RECIPIENTS         MEDICARE
                   AID (AFDC & SSI)     RECIPIENTS       (BENEFICIARIES)    ENROLLMENT  2/
                       1994  1/            1996               1995              1996

 STATE              PERCENT   RANK    (THOUS.)   RANK    (THOUS.)   RANK    (THOUS.)   RANK

Alabama 6.8 23 509 16 776 19 651 19 Alaska 7.4 16 46 49 45 51 35 51 Arizona 6.5 28 427 20 703 22 614 21 Arkansas 6.6 27 274 30 503 30 427 31 California 11.7 2 3,143 1 3,984 1 3,690 1 Colorado 4.7 42 244 31 495 31 432 30 Connecticut 6.4 30 223 33 566 27 506 26 Delaware 5.2 38 58 45 122 46 103 46 D.C. 16.7 1 93 41 78 49 77 49 Florida 6.8 25 1,371 4 2,984 2 2,655 2 Georgia 8.2 13 793 9 1,010 12 849 12 Hawaii 6.9 24 130 37 166 43 153 42 Idaho 3.4 51 80 43 178 42 153 43 Illinois 8.3 12 1,105 6 1,829 7 1,623 7 Indiana 5.2 39 390 21 962 14 830 15 Iowa 5.4 36 177 34 540 29 475 28 Kansas 4.7 43 172 35 434 33 385 33 Kentucky 9.3 7 478 17 712 21 596 23 Louisiana 9.7 5 670 10 702 23 586 24 Maine 7.4 17 131 36 237 37 205 37 Maryland 5.9 34 375 22 679 24 610 22 Massachusetts 7.5 15 374 23 1,049 11 942 11 Michigan 9.1 8 935 8 1,594 8 1,361 8 Minnesota 5.4 37 295 27 713 20 636 20 Mississippi 10.9 3 457 19 495 32 402 32 Missouri 7.0 21 554 13 968 13 838 13 Montana 5.6 35 71 44 152 44 132 44 Nebraska 4.0 46 102 39 282 35 250 35 Nevada 3.8 48 97 40 229 38 202 38 New Hampshire 3.5 50 53 47 186 41 159 41 New Jersey 6.0 33 541 14 1,310 9 1,177 9 New Mexico 8.7 10 235 32 258 36 216 36 New York 10.0 4 2,099 3 2,972 3 2,653 3 North Carolina 7.2 18 631 12 1,232 10 1,049 10 North Dakota 3.9 47 40 50 116 47 103 47 Ohio 8.1 14 1,045 7 1,913 6 1,676 6 Oklahoma 6.2 32 354 25 575 26 492 27 Oregon 5.1 40 288 28 544 28 472 29 Pennsylvania 7.2 19 1,124 5 2,332 5 2,078 5 Rhode Island 8.6 11 91 42 190 40 169 40 SOUTH CAROLINA 6.7 26 358 24 625 25 520 25 South Dakota 4.4 45 49 48 136 45 117 45 Tennessee 9.0 9 638 11 926 16 783 16 Texas 6.3 31 2,372 2 2,470 4 2,117 4 Utah 3.6 49 110 38 224 39 191 39 Vermont 7.0 22 56 46 98 48 84 48 Virginia 4.8 41 538 15 949 15 833 14 Washington 7.1 20 476 18 793 18 699 18 West Virginia 9.6 6 300 26 384 34 331 34 Wisconsin 6.5 29 283 29 884 17 767 17 Wyoming 4.5 44 33 51 71 50 61 50 UNITED STATES 7.7 X 25,485 X 42,372 X 37,169 X
1/: Based on estimated resident population as of July 1.

2/: Hospital and/or medical insurance enrollment as of July 1.

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