WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1997 - 1998




PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BY COUNTY - 1996


                         General Relief1                        Aid to Families
With Dependent Children
              Average Monthly  Average   1996 Total   AFDC Regular AFDC-Unemployed
     Average     1996 Total
County          Recipients2  Mo. Grant   Payments3   Mo. Recipients2    Recipients2
   Mo. Grant    Payments3


Adams .....          7.2
Ashland ....         -
Barron .....         8.2
Bayfield ....       10.5
Brown .....          6.9
Buffalo .....        2.0
Burnett .....        2.1
Calumet ....         1.8
Chippewa ...        14.4
Clark ........      0.3
Columbia ...
Crawford ...         0.3
Dane ........      93.5
Dodge .......       7.9
Door .......         -
Douglas ....       24.4
Dunn........       10.1
Eau Claire...      23.7
Florence ....        -
Fond du Lac .      25.4
Forest ......        -
Grant ......        2.3
Green ......        10.9
Green Lake.         0.3
Iowa .......        2.8
Iron ........        -
Jackson .....        -
Jefferson ....
Juneau .....         -
Kenosha ....         -
Kewaunee...
La Crosse ...        -
Lafayette ...       0.4
Langlade ....       2.4
Lincoln .....       0.5
Manitowoc ..        3.7
Marathon ...        12.1
Marinette ...
Marquette ...
Menominee
Milwaukee          97.1
Monroe .....        0.7
Oconto .....
Oneida .....         -
Outagamie ..        12.7
Ozaukee ....        0.8
Pepin ......
Pierce ......
Polk ........      11.8
Portage ......     14.9
Price ........      6.5
Racine .....         -
Richland ....       5.8
Rock ........      30.4
Rusk .......         -
St. Croix ....      0.6
Sauk ........       0.6
Sawyer ......       5.9
Shawano ....
Sheboygan ..        9.4
Taylor .......      4.6
Trempealeau.        6.2
Vernon ......       5.4
Vilas ........      0.2
Walworth ...        3.7
Washburn ...
Washington .       21.6
Waukesha...        68.0
Waupaca ....         -
Waushara ...
Winnebago
Wood ......        33.0
   STATE ...      613.8


$103.31       $8,885
    NA
  174.55      17,106
  137.66      17,346
  224.27      18,615
  170.24       4,086
  360.98       9,024
  136.59       3,005
  177.46      30,700
  25.00          75
    NA
  256.00        768
  278.89     312,914
  137.08      13,023
    NA
  168.52      49,375
  170.12      20,584
  124.71      35,419
    NA
    91.05     27,769
    NA
  147.33       4,125
  195.53      25,614
  155.28        621
  274.25       9,324
    NA
    NA
    NA
    NA       -3,768
    NA
    NA
    NA
  283.87       1,419
  195.51       5,670
  111.11        667
  345.36      15,196
  250.13      36,269
    NA
    NA
    NA

  684.38       5,475
    NA
    NA
  157.82      23,988
  77.24         695
    NA
    NA
  143.67      20,402
  72.17       12,918
  112.37       8,765
    NA
  123.51       8,646
  114.18      41,675
    NA
  392.48       2,747
-342.46      -2,397
  120.87       8,582
    NA
  130.00      14,690
  128.80       7,084
  111.04       8,217
  188.01      12,221
2,222.50       4,445
  224.78       9,890
    NA
    79.21     20,516
  247.81    202,210
    NA
    NA
    NA
    93.92     37,192
 CIqSiOA  S  111 '701


    439
    297
    346
    161
  3,399
    148
    246
    144
    817
    195
    307
    121
  5,862
    531
    197
  1,373
  722
  1,825
     75
   729
   220
   308
   202
   149
   161
   79
   249
   412
   368
   4,369
   127
   1,919
   92
   276
   301
   713
   1,812
   591
     61
   641
 84,856
    689
    331
    475
  1,085
    184
    55
    189
    368
    717
    192
  5,981
    256
  3,572
    299
    548
    592
    367
    773
    299
    185
    309
    269
    158
    703
    219
    635
  1,725
    395
    214
  1,612
  1.219
141,293


    40
    52
    27
    10
    824
    23
    21
    37
    160
    2
    26
    3
    659
    39
    25
    359
    317
  467
    14
    100
    52
    48
    14
    43
    11
    3
    33
    25
    61
  336
     7
   808
     4
     38
     47
  203
  1,260
  129
     4
   130
 5,063
    51
    37
    64
    411
    1
    7
    14
    53
    351
    48
    176
    25
    208
    102
    81
    122
    56
    195
    35
    32
    26
    30
    15
    39
    27
    27
    102
    51
    13
    372
    306
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148.28        $851,729
154.78         648,844
159.94         716,073
144.26         295,581
138.22        7,004,225
137.85         281,757
149.43         478,624
141.48         307,445
134.61        1,577,998
150.27         354,784
148.30         591,280
152.36         225,638
151.72    11,871,230
159.41        1,090,360
153.99         410,549
143.83        2,990,266
137.86        1,718,559
139.86        3,847,799
149.10         160,283
123.90        1,232,850
143.55         468,112
148.99         636,189
151.77         392,639
138.13         318,385
151.76         314,454
152.03         148,687
146.25         493,891
154.94         814,039
147.87         761,998
146.43        8,267,316
150.24         241,591
138.97        4,547,445
144.84         167,005
137.55         518,981
140.52         585,955
132.98        1,460,909
119.12        4,390,707
144.12        1,245,766
156.42         122,479
138.98        1,285,040
150.19      162,053,931
149.01        1,322,421
146.49         646,885
143.60         927,917
132.55        2,380,108
171.62         379,454
151.45          113,438
115.70         281,163
145.45         734,521
113.96        1,460,798
129.59         372,051
152.60       11,275,129
145.58         491,040
151.52        6,872,563
141.23         679,600
143.76        1,083,949
147.84        1,266,505
144.22         732,928
137.31        1,594,416
153.87         615,488
145.48         378,102
141.12         567,018
140.98         505,545
133.30         277,267
155.89        1,389,132
155.02         457,322
166.14        1,319,337
162.24        3,557,904
154.77         828,967
143.96         390,718
140.31        3,341,104
129.37        2,367,285
$147.50   $276,276,724


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NA - Not available or not applicable.
llncludes only nonmedical grants. Effective January 1, 1996, the General
Assistance program was converted to an optional
  county block grant. In 1996, 43 counties participated in the program, but
4 provided Medical Assistance only.
2Represents an average of unduplicated monthly figures.
31996 payments may include expenses incurred during a prior year but paid
in 1996.
Source: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Economic
Support, departmental data, June 1997.


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