CITY OF NEW YORK

HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION

CASH ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS IN NYC
1955 - 2010
1,400,000

The number of Cash Assistance recipients is at its

lowest level since December 1963
Mar 1995:
1,160,593
1,200,000

Sep 1972:
1,077,002

1,000,000

800,000
Jul 1989:
813,358

600,000

400,000 Dec 2001:

Dec. 1963: 462,595
344,905

Dec 2010:
353,722

200,000

Between March 1995 and December 2010, the

number of cash assistance recipients declined
by 806,871-- a drop of - 69.5%

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1/6/2011