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Economic Security

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Source: New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

What does this measure?

The average percentage of people of all ages receiving public assistance each month. This includes both major welfare programs: Family Assistance and Safety Net. Safety Net covers single adults, children living without their parents, and others not eligible for Family Assistance.

Why is this important?

This measure represents the numbers of individuals dependent upon government support for their basic needs.

How is our region performing?

In 2021, 1.2% of residents in the region received public assistance on average each month, compared to 2.3% in the state. Rates in the region have been declining since 2014 and the number of people receiving assistance has dropped by almost a third to just over 15,000 in 2021. Among counties, Monroe and Orleans had the highest rates of assistance, at 1.5% and 1.7% respectively. In Monroe County, this was a decline from 4.5% in 2014.

Notes about the data

National data were not available in comparable form. Data do not necessarily reflect the actual number of people eligible for this benefit, only those who receive it.

People Receiving Temporary Assistance

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
NYS	3.6%	3.2%	3.2%	3.3%	3.2%	3.0%	2.8%	2.7%	2.7%	2.8%	2.9%	2.9%	2.9%	2.9%	2.9%	2.9%	2.8%	2.7%	2.5%	2.4%	2.3%
NYS (excluding NYC)	1.8%	1.7%	1.7%	1.8%	1.7%	1.6%	1.5%	1.5%	1.6%	1.8%	2.0%	2.0%	2.0%	2.1%	2.0%	1.8%	1.7%	1.5%	1.4%	1.2%	0.9%
Region	3.1%	3.0%	3.0%	3.2%	3.1%	3.0%	2.9%	2.8%	2.8%	3.0%	3.2%	3.2%	3.3%	3.4%	3.1%	2.8%	2.6%	2.3%	1.9%	1.7%	1.2%
Monroe	4.3%	4.1%	4.1%	4.5%	4.3%	4.1%	4.0%	3.9%	3.9%	4.1%	4.3%	4.4%	4.5%	4.5%	4.1%	3.7%	3.4%	2.9%	2.4%	2.1%	1.5%
Surrounding Counties	1.2%	1.2%	1.2%	1.3%	1.3%	1.2%	1.1%	1.0%	1.1%	1.2%	1.3%	1.3%	1.5%	1.6%	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%	1.3%	1.1%	1.0%	0.8%
Genesee	1.0%	0.9%	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%	1.2%	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%	1.0%	1.0%	1.1%	1.0%	0.9%	0.7%	0.6%
Livingston	1.6%	1.7%	1.8%	1.8%	1.6%	1.4%	0.9%	1.1%	1.4%	1.6%	1.8%	1.9%	2.4%	2.5%	2.3%	2.2%	2.1%	1.8%	1.5%	1.2%	0.9%
Ontario	1.1%	1.2%	1.2%	1.3%	1.3%	1.3%	1.2%	1.1%	1.1%	1.3%	1.3%	1.3%	1.3%	1.4%	1.4%	1.3%	1.2%	1.3%	1.1%	1.0%	0.9%
Orleans	2.4%	2.3%	2.0%	2.1%	2.0%	2.1%	2.1%	2.0%	2.2%	2.5%	2.7%	2.7%	2.9%	3.2%	2.9%	2.8%	2.6%	2.5%	2.4%	2.2%	1.7%
Seneca	1.0%	0.9%	1.0%	0.9%	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.9%	1.2%	1.5%	1.5%	1.3%	1.2%	1.1%	1.1%	0.9%	0.8%
Wayne	0.9%	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%	1.2%	1.1%	1.0%	0.9%	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%	1.1%	1.2%	1.2%	1.2%	1.1%	1.1%	1.0%	0.9%	0.9%	0.7%
Wyoming	0.8%	0.6%	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%
Yates	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	1.1%	1.1%	0.9%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%	0.9%	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%	0.7%	0.7%	0.9%	0.9%

Source: New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
Notes: Comparable national data were not available.

Number of People Receiving Temporary Assistance

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
NYS	688,547	620,518	612,422	629,063	604,922	572,151	530,916	510,160	529,404	547,600	565,224	570,095	578,482	565,859	573,563	564,208	546,013	520,339	476,864	486,038	464,233
NYS (excluding NYC)	196,270	187,773	188,478	195,129	188,913	180,227	171,503	170,024	184,174	202,886	219,044	222,079	228,511	230,154	220,633	202,597	187,203	170,903	151,448	131,836	102,558
Region	37,332	35,810	36,410	39,056	37,642	36,015	34,529	33,909	34,629	35,979	38,568	38,919	40,589	40,839	37,678	34,223	31,328	27,446	23,355	20,409	15,085
Monroe	31,894	30,264	30,593	33,009	31,738	30,277	29,470	29,040	29,310	30,194	32,396	32,604	33,649	33,448	30,736	27,586	25,077	21,562	18,105	15,707	11,202
Surrounding Counties	5,438	5,546	5,817	6,047	5,904	5,738	5,059	4,869	5,319	5,785	6,172	6,315	6,940	7,391	6,942	6,637	6,251	5,884	5,250	4,702	3,883
Genesee	590	552	616	673	667	694	611	582	576	549	598	620	634	622	569	596	610	593	504	402	339
Livingston	1,038	1,107	1,157	1,174	1,048	920	615	690	912	1,019	1,148	1,237	1,528	1,645	1,498	1,380	1,309	1,109	913	764	573
Ontario	1,075	1,186	1,280	1,380	1,362	1,354	1,262	1,149	1,217	1,367	1,466	1,431	1,460	1,547	1,484	1,427	1,350	1,381	1,212	1,119	964
Orleans	1,054	994	877	919	861	902	905	861	941	1,079	1,164	1,124	1,234	1,351	1,207	1,159	1,073	1,030	968	890	689
Seneca	331	301	340	323	283	253	212	220	247	261	243	322	434	527	533	438	414	371	382	291	286
Wayne	844	957	1,068	1,038	1,100	1,028	919	890	932	1,019	1,068	1,026	1,076	1,105	1,073	1,042	985	946	849	784	599
Wyoming	359	266	282	264	312	352	352	304	318	340	338	327	344	334	315	354	297	275	247	217	201
Yates	147	183	197	276	271	235	183	173	176	151	147	228	230	260	263	241	213	179	175	235	232

Source: New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
Notes: Comparable national data were not available.

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