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WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
HARRY L. HOPKINS, Administrator
GENERAL RELIEF
STATISTICS
FOR THE FIFTEEN-MONTH PERIOD
JANUARY 1936 THROUGH MARCH 1937
CORRINGTON GILL
Assistant Administrator
EMERSON ROSS
Director, Division of Research,
Statistics, and Records
Prepared under the direction of
T. E. WHITING
WASHINGTON D. C. APRIL 1938
R L S-I-1938
GENERAL RELIEF STATISTICS
FOR THE FIFTEEN-MONTH PERIOD
JANUARY 1936 THROUGH MARCH 1937
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
INTRODUCTION 1
SUMMARY OF GENERAL RELIEF - JANUARY 1936 THROUGH MARCH 1937 .... 3
NUMBER OF CASES RECEIVING GENERAL RELIEF 4
NUMBER OF PERSONS RECEIVING GENERAL RELIEF 9
AMOUNT OF GENERAL RELIEF EXTENDED TO CASES 9
TOTAL AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INCURRED 11
BASIS OF CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES ESTIMATES . 15
GENERAL RELIEF IN INDIVIDUAL STATES 17
GENERAL RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN AREAS 33
TABLES
Continental United States
Table A - Estimated Number of Families, Single Persons, Cases,
and Total Persons Receiving General Relief in the
Continental United States 4
Table B - Estimated Amount of Obligations Incurred for General
Relief Extended to Cases in the Continental United
States, by Sources of Funds 10
Table C - Estimated Total Amount of Obligations Incurred for
Relief in the Continental United States, by Sources
ox Funds 12
States
Table 1 - Number of Cases Receiving General Relief in States
for Which Reports are Reasonably Complete and Ade¬
quate, by Months ................... 20
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TABLES (cont.)
States (cont.)
Table 2 - Number of Persons Receiving General Relief in States
for Which Reports are Reasonably Complete and Ade¬
quate, by Months . 22
Table 3 - Amount of Obligations Incurred for General Relief Ex¬
tended to Cases, in States for Which Reports are
Reasonably Complete and Adequate, by Months ...... 24
Table 4 - Total Amount of Obligations Incurred for Relief in
States for Which Reports are Reasonably Complete and
Adequate, by Sources of Funds and by Quarters ..... 26
Major Urban Areas
Table 5 - Number of Cases Receiving General Relief in Major
Urban Areas for Which Reports are Reasonably Complete
and Adequate, by Months 54
Table 6 - Amount of Obligations Incurred for General Relief Ex¬
tended to Cases in Major Urban Areas for Which Reports
are Reasonably Complete and Adequate, by Months .... 40
Table 7 - Total Amount of Obligations Incurred for Relief in
Major Urban Areas for Which Reports are Reasonably
Complete and Adequate, by Sources of Funds and by
Quarters 46
CHARTS
Chart 1 - Estimated Number of Cases Reoeiving General Relief and
Estimated Amount of General Relief Extended to Cases. . 7
Chart 2 - Estimated Total Amount of Obligations Incurred for
Relief, by Sources of Funds .
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GENERAL RELIEF STATISTICS
FOR THE FIFTEEN-MONTH PERIOD
JANUARY 1936 THROUGH MARCH 1937
INTRODUCTION
The last grants made to the States by the federal iiner-
gency Relief Administration were determined at the end of 1935
after the Works Program, which began in the previous summer, had
provided jobs for large numbers of persons formerly receiving emer¬
gency relief. The public assistance program of the Social Security
Board became effective the following February. As a result of
these changes relief and welfare activities were reorganized in
many States. In some sections relief given locally under the pro¬
visions of the old poor laws became an important source of public
aid.
Although much of the machinery for reporting general re¬
lief statistics had disintegrated, reliable figures were needed by
the Works Progress Administration for the administration of its
program and for the completion of records of the Federal Ihiergency
Relief Administration which was being liquidated by the WPA staff.
Other public and private organizations also wished to receive this
information. Therefore, an attempt was made to obtain as much data
as possible and to prepare estimated totals for major items.
Beginning with October 1936 the Social Security Board
cooperated in this task through the Advisory Committee on the Col¬
lection of General Relief Statistics which was created by joint
agreement of the two agencies. A subsequent agreement provided
that the Social Security Board was to become responsible for both
collection and publication of general relief statistics for months
beginning with April 1937.
Hence, this bulletin covers a transitional period of 15
months, from January 1936 through March 1937. The data it contains
supersede the figures for these months published previously in the
General Relief Statistics bulletins which were issued by the FERA
and for a time issued jointly by this agency and the Social Secur¬
ity Board. General and emergency relief data for the preceding
three-year period are presented in much greater detail in the Sta¬
tistical Summary of Etoergency Relief Activities, January 1933
through December 1935, published by the FERA. Figures for the
period beginning with April 1937 may be obtained from publications
of the Social Security Board.
The figures presented herewith are not strictly com¬
parable with the emergency relief data published for the three pre¬
vious years. The reports submitted to the Federal emergency Relief
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Administration prior to 1936 did not cover a small amount of gen¬
eral relief given locally under the old poor laws. This type of
aid was usually administered by township trustees and other local
authorities not associated with the emergency relief program. With
the termination of FERA grants, local poor relief grew rapidly both
in volume and in importance in many seotions of the country, par¬
ticularly in regions where State funds were not available for gen¬
eral relief purposes. The centralization of all relief and welfare
activities in a number of States made it increasingly difficult to
distinguish this type of relief from general relief of the type re¬
ported as a part of the emergency relief program prior to 1936. In
order to maintain a comprehensive series on general relief, the
scope of the data collected by the FERA beginning with January 1936
■was expanded to include all general relief extended from public
funds.
The figures presented herewith cover the number of family
and single person cases and the total number of persons receiving
general relief, the amount of general relief extended to casefs, and
the total obligations incurred for relief. General relief cases
constitute a residual group receiving public assistance other than
the types of aid for which special provision has been made. Gen¬
eral relief does not include wages paid for work performed under
the Works Program, loans or grants made by the Resettlement Admin¬
istration (now the Farm Security Administration), the throe special
forms of assistance - old-age assistance, aid to dependent children,
and aid to the blind - in which the Social Security Board partici¬
pates or public assistance of these types administered exclusively
from State or local public funds under special State and county
statutes, or aid to veterans. General relief also excludes aid
given in the form of institutional care, hospitalization and burial
expenses, Federal surplus commodities, and goods produced on v;ork
projects.
The tern "case" is used to denote a family or single per¬
son. The amount of relief extended to cases is defined as cash,
relief orders or requisitions issued to cases during a calendar
month (regardless of the dates on which actual payment for the
goods is made), or amounts earned as work relief during payroll
periods ending within the month for the States in which work relief
is carried on as part of the general relief program. The total
obligations incurred for relief include, in addition to the amount
of general relief issued to cases, administrative and nonrelief
costs of general relief and costs of special programs such as emer¬
gency education and transient programs conducted with balances of
FERA funds by emergency relief administrations.
In the sections following the summary, estimated totals
for the continental United States are presented and discussed in
some detail; ir. another section the basis of estimating totals for
the country as a whole is discussed. Less detailed treatment is
given to data for individual States and major urban areas, which are
also treated separately. All State and urban area figures pre¬
sented were reported by State relief agencies and are considered to
be reasonably complete and adequate.
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SUMMARY OF GENERAL RELIEF - JANUARY 1936 THROUGH MARCH 1937
Improved employment conditions, the development of the
public assistance program of the Social Security Board, and the
expansion of the Works Program resulted in a substantial decline in
the volume of general relief between the first quarter of 1936 and
the first quarter of 1937. Administrative changes, changes in the
amount of available funds, and seasonal variation in relief needs
also influenced the case load to a considerable extent.
During the 15-month period the number of single person
cases remained fairly constant, most of the fluctuation being con¬
fined to families. As a result the average number of persons per
case declined.
The increase in the average amount of relief extended per
case which occurred between the first quarter of 1936 and that of
1937 was chiefly due to the unusually large case turnover in the
early months of 1936.
Of the total amount of general relief extended to cases
State funds amounted to 56 percent while local funds represented 42
percent. Balances of FERA (Federal) funds were used for the re¬
maining 2 percent. The decline in total obligations incurred for
relief wj^s much greater during this period than the decline in the
amount of relief extended to cases because of the curtailment and
liquidation of such iinergency Relief Administration activities as
the transient and emergency education programs.
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NUMBER OF CASES RECEIVING GENERAL RELIEF
The estimated number of cases receiving general relief
in the country at large declined from 2,216,000 in January 1936 to
1,387,000 in September - the low point for the year - and then rose
to a winter peak of 1,723,000 in February 1937, In March 1937 the
case load declined to 1,681,000, The number of oases for each of
the first three months of 1937 was considerably less than the num¬
ber for the corresponding months of 1936 although the differences
tended to diminish gradually. Between January 1936 and January
1937 the number of cases decreased by 557,000, or 25.1 percent;
between March 1936 and March 1937 the decline amounted to only
329,000 cases, or 16.4 percent.
TABLE A - ESTIMATED NUMBER OF FAMILIES, SINGLE PERSONS, CASES, AND TOTAL PERSONS
RECEIVING GENERAL RELIEF IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
January 1936 through March 1937
Nunber of Number Percent
Number Persons of of
Month
of
Families
Represented
by Families
Single
Persons
Total
Cases
Total Popu-
Feraons lation A/
1936
January
1,640,000
6,635,000
576,000
2,216,000
7,211,000
5.6
February
1,571,000
6,366,000
564,000
2,135,000
6,930,000
5.4
March
1,453,000
5,878,000
557,000
2,010,000
6,435,000
5.0
April
1,303,000
5,276,000
523,000
1,826,000
5,799,000
4.5
May
1,164,000
4,694,000
493,000
1,657,000
5,187,000
4.0
June
1,072,000
4,308,000
481,000
1,553,000
4,789,000
3.7
July
986,000
3,936,000
462,000
1,448,000
4,398,000
3.4
August
973,000
3,909,000
457,000
1,430,000
4,366,000
3.4
September
944,000
3,803,000
443,000
1,387,000
4,246,000
3.3
October
947,000
3,811,000
447,000
1,394,000
4,258,000
3.3
Noveirber
960,000
3,881,000
443,000
1,403,000
4,324,000
3.4
December
1,047,000
4,253,000
461,000
1,508,000
4,714,000
3.7
1937
January
1,171,000
4,799,000
488,000
1,659,000
5,287,000
4.1
February
1,218,000
4,991,000
505,000
1,723,000
5,496,000
4.3
March
1,179,000
4,831,000
502,000
1,681,000
5,333,000
4.2
A/ Based on Bureau of Census estimate of population as of July 1, 1936.
After January 1936 general relief was extended almost
entirely in the form of direct relief. The number of cases re¬
ceiving some form of work relief from State and local agencies
ranged from about 27,000 cases, or 1.2 percent of the national
case load in January 1936, to about 15,000, or 0.9 percent in March
1937. These figures do not, of course, include persons employed on
WPA projects or other projects conducted under the Works Program.
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Changes in the number of cases receiving general relief
during the 15-month period were influenced by a number of factors
of whioh the moat aignifioant are believed to be: availability of
funds and administrative policies of State and local relief admin¬
istrations) variations in Works Program employment; the development
of the public assistance program under provisions of the Social
Security Aot; variations in seasonal needs; and changes in private
employment. These basic factors are discussed in the subsequent
paragraphs.
After the determination of final FERA grants for emer¬
gency relief late in 1935, State and local governments were faced
with the problem of providing funds for the care of needy families
which were not absorbed by the Works Program or by other existing
programs for public aid. This task was easier for those States
which took early advantage of the public assistance provisions con¬
tained in the Social Security Act. Under these provisions. Federal
grants-in-aid for categorical relief in the form of old-age assis¬
tance, aid to dependent children, and aid to the blind were made to
States which passed legislation in compliance with the requirements
of the Social Security Board, Even for those States, however,
there remained the problem of caring for employable persons not
aided by the Works Program and for unemployable persons not
qualifying for special types of assistance under the Social Secur¬
ity Act.
The situation was met in some States by the appropriation
of State funds for general relief and the establishment of perma¬
nent State relief agencies or departments of public welfare en¬
trusted with the task of extending financial assistance to local
units and of supervising their relief activities. Some States with
limited resources were reluctant to assist cases regarded as em¬
ployable; in a number of them the administration of general relief
was restricted to cases considered to be unemployable. In others,
the financing of general relief was regarded as a purely local
problem, and the responsibility for the care of all persons in need
of general relief has been delegated to local authorities. Some
local public funds were provided for general relief each month in
every State.
The attitude of many State governments toward the general
relief problem has undergone considerable modification during the
period between January 1936 and March 1937. In the course of the
15 months five States (Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, South
Dakota, and Texas) completely withdrew from participation in the
financing of general relief; in two States (Missouri and New Jer¬
sey) participation was withdrawn but subsequently resumed; three
other States (Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Virginia) which did not
participate early in 1936 provided State funds for general relief
later in the year. Nine States (Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas,
Massachusetts, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Vermont)
provided no State funds to be extended to general relief cases
during this period, although some of them appropriated money for
the administration of relief.
The great diversity of administrative and financial poli¬
cies contributed to the marked differences from State to State in
the extent to which general relief needs were met. It is also evi¬
dent that modifications of those policies caused considerable fluc¬
tuation in the number of cases aided and in the amounts of relief
extended.
The Works Program was an important factor in the changing
volume of general relief. During the first two months of 1936 the
Works Program continued to expand and was partly responsible for
the decline in the number of general relief cases in the early part
of the year. Although progressive reductions in WPA employment oc¬
curred in subsequent months, and many cases were transferred from
one program to the other, these changes appear to have had little
net effect on general relief rolls. Improved economic conditions
permitted the curtailment of both types of aid.
The Works Program was instrumental in relieving the dis¬
tress resulting from drought in the summer of 1936 and from the
floods of January 1937. By providing employment to the victims of
those catastrophes, the Works Program forestalled the possibility
of a greatly increased general relief load in the areas affected.
Late in the autumn of 1936 the Resettlement Administration (now the
Farm Security Administration) took over most of the workers em¬
ployed on Works Program projects under emergency drought quotas.
Upward adjustments of Works Program employment levels to
compensate for increased seasonal relief needs during the winter of
1936-37 were not undertaken at that time, however, and as a result,
the problem of providing for the additional requirements was left
largely to State and local relief agencies. Toward the close of
1936, State and local agencies also extended xelief to a number of
former WPA workers who no longer met the various eligibility and
employability requirements for public work.
During the month of February 1936 public aid in the form
of old-age assistance, aid to dependent children, and aid to the
blind under the public assistance program of the Social Security
Board was inaugurated in a number of States. The initiation and
expansion of the public assistance program in these and many other
States during subsequent inoqths resulted in the removal of a large
number of persons from the general relief rolls. 1/ The effect of
the Social Security Program on the decline in the number of cases
receiving general relief during this period was restricted by a
1/ Annual Report 1936-1937. issued by the Social Security Board, indicates
that the Tederal Government participated in providing assistance to approxi¬
mately 1,259,000 aged persons in 42 states, to 31,000 blind persons in 27
States, to 129,000 families with dependent children in 28 States in Maroh 1937.
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number of factors of whioh the most important were: (1) the fail¬
ure of certain States to pass legislation in compliance with Social
Security Board requirements, (2) the existence in some States of
provisions for oategorical assistance prior to the initiation of
the Social Seourity Program, (3) the fact that an undetermined num¬
ber of persons qualifying for these types of assistance had. not
previously received any public relief, and (4) the fact that re¬
ceipt of special types of assistance by certain members of family
cases did not always result in the discontinuance of general relief
for the entire family.
Seasonal changes in needs and in the volume of private
employment greatly influenced the case movement throughout the
period. During the winter of 1935-36 a considerable number of
border-line families were added to relief rolls either because
their resources became exhausted or because their earnings were in¬
sufficient to meet winter needs. In the course of the spring of
1936 many cases which had been receiving only supplementary assis¬
tance in the form of fuel, clothing, or medical care were removed
from the relief rolls. Employment associated with the spring
planting season contributed to the decline in the number of cases.
The further reduction during the summer of 1936 in the number of
CHART I
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CASES RECEIVING GENERAL RELIEF
AND ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF GENERAL RELIEF EXTENDED TO CASES
January 1936 Tk rough March 1937
THOUSANDS
OF CASES
3000
MILUONS
OF DOLLARS
RELIEF EXTENDED
IOOO
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION 2807
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cases receiving general relief was to some extent cheeked by-
drought conditions which affected a vast portion of the country.
The beginning of colder weather in September brought the usual rise
in the number of families requiring supplementary assistance, part
of which was in the form of clothing and supplies for school chil¬
dren. The rising trend in relief supplementation continued through
the autumn and was accentuated during the winter months. In urban
centers relief conditions were further aggravated by seasonal lay¬
offs in manufacturing and mercantile establishments at the end of
the Christmas season. In rural areas relief needs increased as a
result of seasonal declines in farm employment and the exhaustion
of personal resources.
The effect of private employment on the trend of general
relief became especially evident after February 1G36, During March
and subsequent months employment gains were noted throughout the
country in most industries, but increased operations in durable
goods industries and expansion of wholesale and retail trade appear
tc have been most instrumental in bringing about a substantial re¬
duction in the number of cases receiving relief. The reduction oc¬
curred through direct reemployment as well as through transfers to
WPA projects to fill jobs vacated by persons leaving the WPA for
private employment.
It is significant that expansion of operations throughout
the summer months of 1936 was reported for a number of industries
which normally register seasonal declines in production and employ¬
ment during that time of the year. However, the aggregate employ¬
ment gains for the spring and summer of 1936 were somewhat offset
by the usual seasonal decline in the automobile and coal mining
industries in midsummer months. After August, private employment
gained momentum in consequence of increased operations in many in¬
dustrial fields, but the protractoa longshoremen*s strike along the
Pacific Coast and sporadic strikes in the automobile industry dur¬
ing the early months of 1937 caused a temporary rise in the number
of cases in the areas affected.
The effect of private employment on tho trend of general
relief was not uniform throughout the country. In individual States
this factor defended not only on the type of industrial activity
but also on the characteristics of the relief population. In Ala¬
bama, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, and the District of Columbia,
for example, where only a small portion of the general relief eases
were employable, changes in employment influenced the case movement
to only a minor degree. In some States a considerable proportion
of cases referred to by local relief agencies as "employables" in
reality did not measure up to the standards prevailing in the local
industries. However, changes in employment usually had a slight,
indirect effect on the number of unemployable cases receiving re¬
lief since many cases receive income derived from earnings of
boarders, lodgers, friends, and relatives. Nevertheless, in a
great majority of States - notably the larger industrial States -
private employment was one of the most-important factors in the
declining case load during the period under review.
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NUMBER OF PERSONS RECEIVING GENERAL RELIEF
It is estimated that in January 1936 about 7,211,000 per¬
sons, or 5.6 percent of the total population of the country, received
general relief. In March 1937 this number was reduced to 5,333,000,
or 4.2 percent of the total population. The decline of 26.0 per¬
cent in the number of persons aided during this period was the net
result of a decline of 28.1 percent in the number of family cas¬
es, a decline of 12.8 percent in the number of single person cases,
8nd a slight increase in the size of the average relief family.
Several factors account for the relatively large decline in family
cases as compared with single person cases. Family cases were af¬
fected by changes in employment conditions to a greater extent than
were single person cases. Public relief agencies in many instances
appear to have been reluctant to certify single person cases for
WPA employment when family cases were available. It appears that a
relatively large number of the unemployable single person cases did
not qualify for the special types of public assistance administered
under the Social Security Act. As a result, single person cases
fluctuated within a narrow range and the relative importance of
this group of cases increased during the 15-month period. In January
1936 it is estimated that 26 percent of the total number of cases
represented single persons whereas in March 1937 nearly 30 percent
of the total were single person cases.
AMOUNT OF GENERAL RELIEF EXTENDED TO CASES
The estimated amount of general relief issued to cases
declined from $47,915,000 in January 1936 to $29,629,000 in August,
and increased to $39,679,000 in March 1937. Although the number of
cases and the amount of relief extended moved in the same direction
during most of the 15-month period, monthly fluctuations in the
amount of relief were often more pronounced. This is in part at¬
tributable to the fact that individual families require larger al¬
lowances for such items as coal and clothing during cold weather.
Between January 1936 and March 1937 the amount of general
relief extended declined 17.2 percent in contrast to a drop of 24.1
percent in the number of cases. This points to an increase in the
average amount of general relief per case during the period. The
increase in average amounts of relief occurred despite the drop in
the relative number of family cases. Several factors contributed
to the rise in the average. During the period of rapid expansion
of the Works Program and of the public assistance program of the
Social Security Board (early in 1936), the case turnover was un¬
usually heavy, resulting in a high ratio of cases receiving general
relief during only a part of the month. This ratio dropped sharply
with the completion of these extensive interprogram transfers.
Available data also indicate that there has been a considerable
decline from January 1936 to March 1937 in the proportion of cases
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receiving general relief in supplementation of income from other
sources. The rise in the average was also influenced by the upward
adjustment of relief benefits in a number of States in order to
compensate for higher living costs. In many individual States,
however, changes in the average were largely determined by fluctua¬
tions in State and local funds available for general relief pur¬
poses .
TABLE B - ESTIMATED AMOUNT 0F OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR GENERAL RELIEF EXTENDED
TO CASES IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, BY SOURCES OF FUNDS
Monthly - January 1936 through March 1937
Federal
Month
Total
Amount
Yer—
oent
State
Amount
cent
Local
fsrr
Amount oent
TOTAL - 15-month period $553,453,000 $12,686,000 2.3 $310,886,000 56.2 $229,881,000 41.5
1936
First Quarter — Total
January
February
March
Second Quarter — Total
April
May
June
Third Quarter — Total
July
August
September
Fourth Quarter — Total
October
November
December
1937
First Quarter — Total
January
February
March
139,324,000
47,915,000
46,854,000
44,555,000
9,128,000 6.6
6,858,000 14.3
1,261,000 2.7
1,009,000 2.2
78,369,000 56.2
25,020,000 52.2
27,388,000 58.4
25,961,000 58.3
108,230,000 2,161,000 2.0 61,474,000 56.8
40,069,000 1,116,000 2.8 22,946,000 57.3
34,977,000 633,000 1.8 19,450,000 55.6
33,184,000 412,000 1.2 19,078,000 57.5
90,425,000 683,000 0.7 49,809,000 55.1
30,790,000 288,000 0.9 16,963,000 55.1
29,629,000 124,000 0.4 16,281,000 55.0
30,006,000 271,000 0.9 16,565,000 55.2
98,814,000 356,000 0.4 55,069,000 55.7
30,675,000 93,000 0.3 17,002,000 55.4
31,866,000 47,000 0.1 17,898,000 56.2
36,273,000 216,000 0.6 20,169,000 55.6
116,660,000 358,000 0.3 66,165,000 56.7
37,810,000 211,000 0.6 20,731,000 54.8
39,171,000 109,000 0.3 22,320,000 57.0
39,679,000 38,000 0.1 23,114,000 58.3
51,827,000 37.2
16,037,000 33.5
18,205,000 38.9
17,505,000 39.5
44,595,000 41.2
16,007,000 39.9
14,894,000 42.6
13,694,000 41.3
39,933,000 44.2
13,539,000 44.0
13,224,000 44.6
13,170,000 43.9
43,389,000 43.9
13,580,000 44.3
13,921,000 43.7
15,888,000 43.8
50,137,000 43.0
16,868,000 44.6
16,742,000 42.7
16,527,000 41.6
During the first quarter of 1937 the estimated amount of
relief extended from all sources was 16.3 percent below the corres¬
ponding amount for the first quarter of 1936. This decline was the
net result of declines in the amounts of Federal, State, and local
funds of 96.1, 15.6, and 2.2 percent, respectively. Between Jan¬
uary and February 1S36 the amounts of State and local funds used
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for general relief lnoreased markedly to compensate for a sharp
decline in the amount of Federal funds used.
A total of $653,453,000 was extended to cases for general
relief during the period January 1936 through March 1937. Of this
amount, only $12,686,000, or 2.3 percent, came from balances of
FERA funds remaining in the States, as compared with $310,886,000,
or 56.2 percent, from State funds and $229,881,000,or 41,5 percent,
from local public funds. The relationships between total amounts
of Federal, State, and local funds remained relatively stable
during the 14 months beginning -with February 1936, as indicated
in Table B, in spite of the marked instability shown by a number of
States in the extent of State and local participation.
TOTAL AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INCURRED
The total amount of obligations incurred includes the
amount of general relief extended to cases, the cost of the emer¬
gency education and transient programs financed with balances of
FERA funds, nonrelief wages and materials incident to work relief
)
CHART 2
ESTIMATED TOTAL AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR RELIEF
BY SOURCES OF FUNDS
January 1936 Through March 1937
12
TABLE C - ESTIMATED TOTAL AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FCR RELIEF
IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, BY SOURCES OF FUNDS kj
Month
Monthly - January 1936 through March 1937
Total
Amount
Per-'
cent
Amount
Per-'
oent
TS88F
Amount
Per-
oent
TOTAL - 15-month Period $662,895,000 $36,775,000 5.5 $362,997,000 54.6 $263,123,000 39.7
1936
First Quarter - Total
January
February
March
Second Quarter — Total
April
May
June
Third Quarter — Total
July
August
Septesfeer
Fourth Quarter - Total
October
November
Decent ex
1937
First Quarter — Total
January
February
March
169,898,000
59,881,000
56,375,000
53,642,000
131,758,000
48,461,000
42,821,000
40,476,000
109,743,000
37,552,000
36,029,000
36,162,000
116,993,000
36,956,000
37,703,000
42,334,000
134,503,000
43,777,000
45,095,000
45,631,000
20,327,000 12.0
12,199,000 20.4
4,723,000 8.4
3,400,000
7,233,000
3,086,000
2,407,000
1,740,000
3,918,000
1,454,000
1,168,000
1,296,000
2,971,000
1,021,000
856,000
1,094,000
2,326,000
1,026,000
693,000
607,000
6.3
5.5
6.4
5.6
4.3
3.6
3.9
3.2
3.6
2.5
2.e
2.3
2.6
1.7
2.3
1.5
1.3
91,156
29,302
31,350
30,504
73,611
27,201
23,370
23,040
59,476
20,427
19,513
19,536
63,875
19,992
20,786
23,097
74,879
23,552
25,362
25,965
000 53.6
000 48.9
000 55.6
000 56.9
000 55.9
000 56.1
000 54.6
000 56.9
000 54.2
000 54.4
000 54.2
000 54.0
000 54.6
000 54.1
000 55.1
000 54.6
000 55.7
000 53.6
000 56.3
000 56.9
58,415,000 34.4
18,380,000 30.7
20,297,000 36.0
19,738,000 36.e
50,914,000 38.6
18,174,000 37.5
17,044,000 39.8
15,696,000 38.e
46,349,000 42.2
15,671,000 41.7
15,348,000 42.6
15,330,000 42.4
50,147,000 42.9
15,943,000 43.1
16,061,000 42.6
18,143,000 42.8
57,298,000 42.6
19,199,000 43.9
19,040,000 42.2
19,059,000 41.8
a/ Includes general relief extended to cases, cost of emergency education and transient
programs conducted by emergency relief administrations, non-relief wages and materials
incident to work relief projects conducted by State and local relief a&ninistrations,
and cost of atoinistration.
projects conducted by State and local relief administrations, and
the cost of administration. The amount of relief extended, which
is by far the largest item entering into the total obligations,
represented 82.0 percent of that total for the first quarter of
1936. The proportion gradually rose to 86.7 percent for the first
quarter of 1937. This increase reflects the gradual liquidation of
the emergency education and transient programs l/ and other
activities of the emergency relief program whioh were financed in
large part with FERA funds.
l/ under the emergency education program 788 teachers were employed iu 36
States in January 1936 as compared with 15 teachers in 3 States in March 1937.
Under the Federal transient program relief wss being extended to 34,650 non¬
resident persons on January 15, 1936; by March 15, 1937, the number had de¬
clined to 4,504 persons. These recipient data are not included In tfce total
number of general relief cases.
13
The total amounts of obligations incurred for relief by
souroes of fund3 are shown in the accompanying table and chart for
each of the 16 months beginning with January 1936. During the en¬
tire period from January 1936 through March 1937, a grand total of
$662,895,000 was incurred for all purposes enumerated in the pre¬
ceding paragraph. Of this amount, $36,775,000, or 5.5 percent,
came from balances of Federal funds remaining in the States;
$362,997,000, or 54,9 percent, came from State funds; and ;;263,-
123,000, or 39.7 percent, from local public funds. A relatively
small portion of the total amount obligated from Federal funds
during this period was general relief extended to cases since a
considerable part of the Federal funds was used for special pro¬
grams and nonrelief items.
Between the first quarter of 1936 and the first quarter
of 1937 the total amount of obligations incurred declined 20.8
percent whereas Federal funds declined 88.6 percent, State funds
17,9 percent, and local funds 1.9 percent.
BASIS OF CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES ESTIMATES
Since it was impossible to obtain complete reports from
all States for this 15-month period, estimated totals have been
prepared for the continental United States. Inadequacy of reports
was due chiefly to lack of complete geographical coverage, lack of
data on general relief extended from local funds, or the inclusion
of items which by definition were not to be reported. For no month
during the period covered did the reported data represent less than
84 percent of the total estimates on number of cases and 89 percent
of the total estimates on amount of relief extended. In most
months the percentages were considerably higher.
Estimates of the number of cases which received general
relief and the amount of relief extended in the States for which
reports were inadequate were determined from the following basic
information: regularly reported data for certain areas or types of
cases within these States; data for certain urban areas reported to
the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Social Security
Board; data for sample rural areas obtained by the Social Security
Board and the Division of Social Research of the Works Progress Ad¬
ministration; publications of State and local agencies concerned
with general relief; and press releases.
In determining estimates of the number of families, sin¬
gle persons, and total persons receiving general relief, available
information concerning the composition of the general relief case
load; policies governing the acceptance of families, single persons,
employable cases, and unemployable cases; and the effect of trans¬
fers of cases to the Works Program and the special types of assis-
• tance administered under the Social Security Act was taken into
consideration.
14
Many States which reported adequate totals for amounts of
general relief extended to oases were unable to submit comparable
data on total amounts of obligations incurred. In some of these
States this was due to the fact that integrated departments admin¬
istered special types of public assistance under the Social Secur¬
ity Act in addition to general relief and did not allocate admin¬
istrative costs to the different programs. Information concerning
legislation relating to administrative oosts, financial reports on
balances of FERA funds, the relative importance of general relief
when administered by combined departments, and publications of
State agencies were utilized in arriving at the estimates of total
obligations incurred.
Although all estimates for the continental United States
are subject to revision on the receipt of more adequate data, it is
believed that these estimates are substantially correct and that
further revisions will be relatively small.
GENERAL RELIEF IN INDIVIDUAL STATES
17
GENERAL RELIEF IN INDIVIDUAL STATES
Tables 1 through 4 present monthly data for individual
States on the number of oases and persons receiving general relief
and the amount of relief extended to cases, and quarterly data on
the total amount of obligations incurred for relief for the period
January 1936 through March 1937. The statistical information
shown in these tables is restricted to those monthly or quarterly
periods for which reasonably oomplete and adequate reports were
submitted by the States.
By comparison with totals presented in the Statistical
Summary of Emergency Relief Activities, January 1933 through Decem¬
ber 1935, it may be noted that in a number of States total amounts
of obligations incurred dropped very sharply after 1935 since
relatively small amounts of State or local funds were made avail¬
able either before or after the termination of FERA grants. In
some States constitutional provisions prohibited the appropriation
of State funds for general relief purposes and in others the
sources of taxation were inadequate. In these States balances of
FERA funds represented a large portion of total obligations in¬
curred during the first part of 1936.
Unusually sharp fluctuations in case loads and amounts of
relief extended occurred in many States. An attempt has been made
to explain in the following section those changes in the number of
cases which are known to have been influenced principally by finan¬
cial or administrative factors, including transfers of cases to the
public assistance program of the Social Security Board. Changes
due to normal seasonal influences or to variations in public or
private employment are not covered. The effect of these factors on
the national trend was discussed in the general section of the text.
Explanations of important changes in the number of cases
receiving general relief are presented below for individual States.
Alabama - The decline in cases between January and March
1936 appears to have been due in part to a growing shortage of funds
available for general relief and to the inauguration in February of
the public assistance program of the Social Security Board.
Arkansas - The increase in cases between January and
February 1936 was due to the fact that the State Department of Pub¬
lic Welfare, which was to administer all general relief in the
State, did not begin operations until January 20. The sharp de¬
cline between April and July resulted from the curtailment of re¬
lief to employable cases which was administered from balances of
Federal funds. State funds were, by law, restricted to the care of
unemployable cases.
18
Delaware - During April 1936 the Temporary Emergency Re¬
lief Commission of New Castle County removed from the relief rolls
all single persons who were considered to be employable. This ac¬
counts for part of the deoline in oases between April and May 1936.
Effective May 31, 1936, all general relief was temporarily dis¬
continued in New Castle County to conserve funds for the autumn and.
winter months. During the last week of June 1936, however, the
administration of relief was resumed on a restricted basis.
District of Columbia - The discontinuation, effective
April 1, 1936, of general relief to oases considered to be employ¬
able explains the decrease in cases between March and April 1936.
Idaho - The transfer of cases to the public assistance
program of the Social Security Board accounts for the sharp decline
in cases between February and March 1936. A shortage of funds
available for general relief is partially responsible for the
steady decline from April through July.
Louisiana - The virtual discontinuance of general relief
to employable cases in New Orleans after the depletion of available
balances of Federal (FSRA) funds accounts for the decline in cases
between February and March 1936.
Maryland - The inauguration in February 1936 of the
public assistance programs of the Social Security Board accounts
for a large part of the decrease in cases between January and Feb¬
ruary 1936. The expansion of these programs was undoubtedly a fac¬
tor in the decline in cases from February to May. The drop in
cases between May and June 1936 occurred as a result of the closing
in Baltimore of the Emergency Relief Commission and the reinvesti¬
gation of relief clients before their acceptance by the newly or¬
ganized Emergency Charities Association.
Mississippi - The State Department of Emergency Relief,
which was extending relief to unemployable cases from State funds,
sharply curtailed its operations during February and Maroh 1936 and
by the end of March 1936 was forced to discontinue its activities,
due to the exhaustion of funds. This resulted in a considerable
decline in cases between January and March 1936,
Missouri - Beginning with the month of April 1936 the
Missouri Relief Commission temporarily ceased to provide funds for
general relief in a grent majority of the counties. During May re¬
lief from State and Federal funds was completely discontinued
throughout the State and the entire responsibility for general re¬
lief was transferred to the localities. Only local funds were avail¬
able for general relief until October 1936, when a policy was
inaugurated by the Commission of issuing commodities to a large
number of needy persons} these commodities were purchased with
available balances of Federal or State funds.
New Mexico - A shortage of State funds available for
general relief necessitated a curtailment of relief rolls during
19
Ootober and November 1936. Owing to the financial stringency,
general relief was restricted in March 1937 to the most needy un¬
employable oases.
South Carolina - The increase in cases between March and
June 1936 was due in large measure to the expansion of relief oper¬
ations under the new Temporary Department of Public Welfare, which
was created by executive order of the Governor in February 1936 to
replace the Emergency Relief Administration, By the end of Febru¬
ary 1937 lack of funds forced the Temporary Department of Public
Welfare to discontinue its relief operations throughout the State.
Texas - The Texas Relief Commission, which had been
extending general relief to cases considered to be unemployable,
discontinued its relief operations as of July 1, 1936, due to the
exhaustion of funds made available by State appropriation. During
that month the old-age assistance program of the Social Security
Board was inaugurated.
Utah - The transfer of cases to the public assistance
program of the Social Security Board accounts for the sharp decline
in the general relief rolls between February and March 1936.
20
TABLE I - NUMBER OF CASES RECEIVING GENERAL RELIEF IN STATES
FOR WHICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY MONTHS A/
January 1936 Through march 1937
1936
State
january
February
March
April
may
june
July
august
Alabama
8,227
5,629
3,628
3,019
2,865
3,259
2,651
2,123
Arizona b/
y
y
y
Arkansas
6,085
11,161
12,026
10,659
8,299
California
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
Colorado b/
Connecticut
22,199
26,304
26,254
23,681
20,989
19,347
19,132
18,601
Delaware
2,718
3,010
3,050
2,522
1,716
649
661
840
District of Columbia
9,865
10,244
9,157
3,343
3,625
3,988
3,276
3,242
Florida
y
y
y
y
11,141
10,977
10,028
9,739
Georgia
y
y
y
y
y
17,092
17,523
16,535
idaho b/
Illinois
195,149
190,431
174,357
168,205
159,591
146,179
144,781
148,399
Indiana
54,288
53,695
47,442
41,496
35,978
33,067
32,653
33,467
iowa
2/
5/
y
y
y
y
y
y
Kansas
24,743
26,386
23,509
20,662
19,545
18,602
18,021
19,152
kentucky b/
y
y
louisiana
20,907
21,351
17,845
17,627
y
y.
y
maine
15,157
15,022
15,033
14,760
14,183
y
y
maryland
19,761
12,792
11,480
8,717
7,542
5,074
4,942
5,089
Massachusetts
96,616
89,878
86,-101
76,993
69,286
65,432
63,819
61,943
Michigan
79,130
84,826
84,799
77,365
67,645
60,890
y
y
Minnesota
y
y
y
y
y
28,467
26,086
25,859
mississippi
14,431
5,095
1,945
y
y
y
y
y
Missouri
65,954
65,145
58,204
29,538
16,469
17,578
17,735
16,240
montana b/
nebraska y
nevada
727
994
868
1,008
993
960
938
923
new hampshire
11,429
10,306
9,623
8,952
8,276
7,595
6,978
7,086
new jersey
84,759
85,455
83,851
y
y
y
50,094
49,557
new mexico y
new york
339,033
346,525
354,208
247,716
331,831
316,661
295,706
286,271
north carolina
1/
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
north dakota
12,196
14,450
12,266
10,615
8,992
8,031
7,600
6,903
Ohio
141,743
138,346
133,809
126,561
116,897
108,535
103,907
100,805
Oklahoma b/
Oregon
13,411
12,927
12,161
11,061
10,354
8,814
7,098
6,847
penn8ylvan1a
261,670
231,415
220,513
211,019
203,689
195,674
190,718
183,187
Rhode Island 8/
south carolina
3,132
3,469
3,501
4,606
5,320
5,655
5,632
6,001
south dakota
8,885
11,408
10,390
8,213
6,794
6,203
6,603
6,739
tennessee b/
Texas
50,139
48,462
48,238
48,962
46,361
45,698
13,394
14,094
utah
8,397
7,927
4,373
4,391
3,796
3,681
3,625
3,589
vermont
5,711
5,412
5,227
4,756
4,058
4,648
4,650
4,235
virginia y
y
y
washington
y
y
y
y
y
y
west virginia
38,398
32,036
28,402
27,108
25,611
24,642
23,624
zi,sn
wisconsin
57,043
55,022
51,609
46,991
41,041
35,240
33,547
33,181
Wyoming
2,406
2,884
2,097
1,439
1,113
1,066
1,095
892
(Concluded on next Page)
21
TABLE I - NUMBER OF CASES RECEIVING GENERAL RELIEF IN STATES
FOR WHICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY MONTHS A/ (concludco)
January 1036 Through march 1937
1936
1937
state
september
october
november
December
january
February
march
Alabama
2,110
2,062
2,178
2,255
2,268
2,214
2,114
Arizona b/
Arkansas
3,713
4,242
4,488
5,186
5,352
5,636
5,803
california
2/
2/
2/
2/
103,073
110,914
109,021
Colorado b/
Connecticut
18,286
19,022
19,144
20,179
21,135
19,776
19,179
Delaware
852
856
929
1,213
1,754
2,005
2,125
District of Columbia
3,108
3,154
3,164
3,183
3,221
3,313
3,362
Florida
9,520
9,296
8,370
8,245
7,859
7,559
7,843
Georqia
15,561
16,019
15,834
16,976
15,736
15,567
14,826
Idaho b/
Illinois
137,123
139,204
142,756
157,082
169,656
173,630
177,382
Indiana
36,191
35,235
35,305
37,265
42,725
46,074
42,370
iowa
2/
2/
27,870
33,426
40,821
41,344
39,277
Kansas
19,439
19,566
19,370
20,126
26,805
27,791
27,472
Kentucky b/
louisiana
2/
2/
2/
7,015
7,695
8,449
8,925
maine
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
maryland
5,338
6,065
6,061
7,095
7,837
8,753
9,232
massachusetts
59,730
55,851
57,361
62,352
65,877
65,511
63,344
michigan
2/
53,608
54,330
57,817
66,997
76,525
75,595
minnesota
z7,694
29,418
31,000
35,009
41,997
43,886
42.200
missi6sifpi
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
missouri
14,619
42,162
42,161
45,883
52,601
55,478
55,199
montana b/
nebraska b/
Nevada
938
941
943
1,086
1,916
1,451
1,064
new hampshire
7,030
7,327
7,869
7,937
8,382
8,216
8,207
new jersey
48,570
49,734
51,379
56,431
2/
2/
2/
new mexico b/
new york
282,409
276,347
271,788
278,438
290,123
294,139
292,789
north carolina
£/
fi/
11,719
12,395
12,541
12,490
11,983
north dakota
6,689
6,582
6,866
9,243
11,871
10,033
9,733
Ohio
98,479
95,940
96,708
103,209
115,105
117,199
109,944
Oklahoma b/
Oregon
6,505
6,947
8,232
10,678
12,731
13,342,
12,235
Pennsylvania
166,373
158,448
149,691
156,759
165,660
175,257
181,190
Rhode Island b/
south carolina
5,868
5,852
5,971
6,050
5,787
5,977
2/
south dakota
5,398
5,029
6,740
9,408
9,362
8,085
tennessee 6/
texas
13,337
12,872
11,316
13,044
14,416
13,489
12,633
utah
3,577
3,901
5,305
6,128
6,604
7,343
7,307
vermont
4,008
4,111
4,038
4,318
4,478
4,192
3,900
virginia g/
washington
14,213
13,211
15,636
2/
32,490
38,265
38,219
west virginia
24,091
24,621
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
44,945
wisconsin
33,016
34,284
36,595
40,924
45,708
47,425
wyoming
924
994
1,007
1,132
1,693
1,752
1,660
A/ All data presented in this table are believed to be reasonably complete ano adequate although it 18 known that
figures for illinois, maryland, oregon, ano texas include a relatively small number of cases receiving relief only
in the form of hospitalization or burials.
bj Adequate data are not available.
22
TABLE 2 - NUMBER OF PERSONS RECEIVING GENERAL RELIEF IN STATES
FOR WHICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY MONTHS A/
January 1936 Through march 1937
1936
State
January
February
March
April
may
June
july
August
Alabama
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
5/
2/
Arizona b/
Arkansas b/
2/
california
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
Oolorado B/
Connecticut
90,121
95,392
94,634
87,591
79,139
72,637
67,883
64,337
OElarare
9,397
9,722
10,563
7,973
5,522
1,460
2,429
2,326
district of columbia
27,370
30,326
26,280
6,398
9,637
9,460
6,171
6,050
Florida
2/
2/
2/
2/
24,783
29,867
27,257
25,636
Georgia
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
42,785
43,586
40,814
Idaho b/
ILLINOIS
613,249
605,289
534,808
513,749
475,463
423,954
392,036
411,168
indiana
178,269
177,112
152,050
130,393
110,378
99,138
97,812
101,210
iowa
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
kansas
77,996
82,788
72,241
60,249
56,880
52,051
48,954
53,663
Kentucky b/
Louisiana y
maine
57,684
57,832
58,812
55,782
52,930
2/
2/
2/
Maryland y
massachusetts
341,329
307,550
293,864
257,179
226,586
213,016
205,406
195,840
Michigan
25B,619
285,569
286,936
249,814
217,894
195,659
2/
2/
Minnesota
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
87,688
79,368
77,305
Mississippi
47,862
13,259
4,386
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
Missouri
213,391
210,796
185,878
82,345
43,076
46,489
45,843
43,853
Montana y
nebraska y
nevada
1,400
1,908
1,512
1,760
1,720
1,632
1,493
1,492
new hampshire
42,833
39,783
37,156
34,108
30,182
28,621
26,091
25,509
new Jersey
269,890
271,696
264,741
2/
2/
2/
154,501
151,347
new Mexico y
New Yorac
1,106,797
1,123,930
1,149,669
1,116,016
1,046,788
983,789
896,358
967,670
North Carolina
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
y
north Dakota
47,462
55,841
47,130
37,588
31,503
29,087
28,089
25,311
Ohio
465,497
453,689
435,011
416,937
372,263
347,995
323,575
314,720
Oklahoma y
Oregon
39,135
36,041
33,691
30,037
26,723
22,863
16,182
15,453
Pennsylvania
900,446
786,479
741,055
721,558
695,156
651,597
627,309
396,886
Rhode island b/
South Carolina
10,995
8,633
6,956
8,281
9,987
10,874
10,689
11,688
South Dakota
30,177
40,000
35,776
26,846
21,658
19,345
20,181
19,803
Tennessee b/
texas
129,378
132,141
129,498
130,832
120,894
119,473
48,978
55,246
utah
23,838
22,066
12,596
12,759
10,520
10,122
9,595
9,239
vermont
21,321
20,572
19,630
17,937
14,242
17,581
18,199
16,173
virginia y
Washington b/
west virginia
141,648
114,393
101,298
96,089
88,513
83,302
79,145
76,341
wisconsin
198,579
185,433
182,717
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
Wyoming
5,305
6,732
4,791
3,604
2,627
2,304
2,624
1,919
(CONCLUDED ON NEXT PAOC)
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TABLE 2 - NUMBER OF PERSONS RECEIVING GENERAL RELIEF IN STATES
FOR WHICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY MONTHS A/ (concluded^
January 1936 Through march
1937
State
1936
1937
september
October
November
december
january
February
march
Alabama
y
y
3,994
3,997
3,917
3,897
3,955
Arizona b/
Arkansas b/
California
y
y
y
V
287,365
315,281
311,860
Coloraoo b/
Connecticut
63,697
64,525
64,570
67,865
70,183
67,753
65,401
Delaware
2,428
2,408
2,624
3,611
5,573
6,445
y
District of Columbia
5,901
5,685
6,518
7,027
7,135
7,381
7,281
Florida
* 25,631
25,292
23,108
23,619
21,293
21,238
22,062
Georgia
35,812
36,766
37,157
42,204
37,975
37,360
35,415
idaho b/
illinois
389,402
396,521
414,356
463,500
512,973
527,895
534,198
Indiana
119,279
112,818
108,749
116,047
137,662
149,326
135,330
iowa
y
y
95,650
118,634
145,669
145,721
137,313
kansas
54,876
54,799
53,474
56,648
83,897
85,303
82,422
kentucky B/
Louisiana b/
Maine
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
Maryland b/
massachusetts
191,602
181,101
189,439
210,315
223,507
221,578
221,250
michigan
y
177,660
170,734
185,895
227,908
258,422
254,249
Minnesota
85,833
93,693
99,176
115,325
139,399
145,200
138,548
mississippi
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
Missouri
40,581
137,430
137,277
152,897
180,041
185,557
187,454
montana B/
Nebraska b/
nevaoa
1,555
1,599
1,594
1,818
2,992
2,659
1,813
new hampshire
25,535
27,035
29,192
30,042
31,764
32,183
30,969
New Jersey
146,690
150,523
153,163
171,829
y
y
y
new mexico bf
new york
856,259
842,725
833,690
863,611
909,094
923,852
924,131
north carolina
y
y
30,398
33,426
34,180
33,936
32,194
North Dakota
24,571
24,956
27,338
39,412
51,556
41,175
39,943
Ohio
308,109
298,583
304,501
322,238
364,612
373,926
344,203
Oklahoma b/
Oregon
14,921
16,180
20,245
28,590
35,929
38,357
33,258
Pennsylvania
529,862
494,655
460,006
482,423
509,661
555,639
556,509
Rhode Island b/
South Carolina
11,185
11,093
11,336
11,653
11,158
11,548
y
South Dakota
18,092
y
16,560
22,273
34,212
33,770
29,328
tennessee b/
Texas
55,211
41,900
36,691
44,464
30,386
46,509
43,274
utah
9,558
11,071
16,928
20,351
22,316
25,485
24,678
vermont
15,143
14,423
14,524
14,857
15,629
14,795
13,864
virginia b/
Washington b/
west virginia
79,608
81,379
y
y
y
J/
y
wisconsin
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
wyoming
2,196
2,253
2,256
2,807
4,638
4,884
4,421
A/ All data presented in this table are believed to be reasonably complete ano adequate although it is known that
figures for illinois, oregon, and texas include a relatively 8mall number of per60ns receiving relief only in the
form of hospitalization or burials.
b/ Adequate data are not available.
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TABLE 3 - AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR GENERAL RELIEF EXTENDED TO CASES,
IN STATES FOR *HICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY MONTHS A/
January 1936 Through march 1937
1936
State
january
february
march
April
may
june
july
auoust
Alabama
* 34,477
t 24,539
t 18,088
t 17,018
• 15,887
• ®,?19
t 17,215
t 14,694
Arizona ^
y
Arkansas
38,624
64,577
69,753
62,313
38,918
y
y
California
2/
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
colorado B/
Connecticut
534,015
615,064
609,725
580,133
466,904
411,616
405,237
392,419
Delaware
50,197
61,473
65,661
38,353
31,262
9,165
14,219
14,641
District of Columbia
276,024
300,709
212,965
87,067
99,546
152,222
37,892
74,903
Florida
2/
y
y
y
88,932
78,263
74,575
62,240
georgia
y
y
y
y
y
125,660
120,370
99,002
idaho b/
Illinois
4,577,417
4,630,062
4,116,850
3,997,155
3,638,886
3,528,916
2,227,547
2,411,177
indiana
728,495
697,734
583,993
489,579
390,713
345,939
343,510
351,633
iona
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
kansas
323,715
356,988
284,257
250,632
229,649
212,611
213,762
220,388
kentucky B/
louisiana
205,550
208,600
194,838
194,077
y
y
y
y
maine
360,305
365,875
370,068
352,389
329,657
y
y
y
Maryland
378,095
246,118
268,886
220,154
185,425
93,462
111,362
107,714
massachusetts
2,608,009
2,411,574
2,336,667
2,030,573
1,671,938
1,602,002
1,621,669
1,523,241
Michigan
1,862,916
1,895,583
1,907,517
1,652,488
1,371,501
1,295,979
y
y
Minnesota
y
y
y
y
y
620,318
600,183
585,651
Mississippi
169,317
35,739
10,458
y
y
y
y
y
Missouri
806,247
836,637
704,634
382,720
181,998
245,093
254,580
220,144
Montana b/
Nebraska B/
nevada
16,762
19,793
15,987
17,255
15,063
14,985
14,236
13,443
men hampshire
329,304
290,564
268,526
224,901
192,399
183,712
162,453
162,690
me* jersey
2,100,923
2,133,741
2,060,214
y
y
y
978,701
965,691
{iew mexico B/
neb york
10,709,263
11,364,924
11,738,853
11,386,899
10,451,925
9,847,447
9,550,496
9,357,057
north carolina
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
north Dakota
206,202
248,734
206,075
167,445
149,190
131,826
120,756
111,140
Ohio
2,589,154
2,981,431
2,996,974
2,258,915
1,997,141
1,804,163
1,748,941
1,729,278
oklahoma b/
oregon
209,670
208,929
208,629
200,013
174,994
152,604
122,979
111,774
Pennsylvania
7,410,472
6,071,474
6,282,532
5,722,389
5,303,560
5,416,116
5,497,567
4,665,012
rhooe island b/
south carolina
26,557
22,195
28,647
38,793
44,321
44,206
42,937
45,941
South Dakota
144,652
262,842
172,544
108,271
86,040
79,064
81,568
80,400
tennessee B/
texas
526,788
503,309
519,423
522,600
383,051
373,539
91,111
95,487
utah
171,351
158,253
77,886
80,216
58,442
59,880
60,848
61,890
vermont
135,488
116,529
109,460
98,541
98,082
86,395
89,836
84,422
yiRBINIA b/
■ashington
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
■est virginia
421,208
296,845
324,894
243,308
239,325
230,531
261,246
214,980
wisconsin
1,228,570
1,186,042
1,097,859
956,971
751,255
670,381
634,841
640,887
■you1hq
41,529
45,762
29,331
23,260
18,966
17,396
23,458
14,488
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TABLE 3 - AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR GENERAL RELIEF EXTENOED TO CASES,
IN STATES FOR WHICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY MONTHS A/ (concluded)
January 1936 through march 1937
1936
1937
state
september
october
november
december
january
February
March
Alabama
8 14,165
8 17,218
I 17,366
I 17,879
I 18,219
| 17,984
I 16,257
Arizona b/
Arkansas
16,941
20,424
23,044
29,704
29,947
30,232
28,828
California
2/
2/
2/
2/
2,721,596
3,064,837
3,094,903
colorado B/
connecticut
405,357
426,008
425,733
474,049
472,640
451,172
478,487
delaware
16,900
16,270
18,509
25,166
37,431
45,619
51,704
district of Coluubia
69,843
74,510
83,616
86,562
85,061
90,603
91,599
florida
59,249
56,547
46,513
46,787
43,548
42,278
44,530
georgia
67,160
91,765
95,310
95,814
87,029
74,682
69,143
idaho B/
illinois
2,781,664
3,117,245
3,690,247
4,184,457
4,195,637
4,302,681
4,365,504
indiana
415,546
451,367
453,950
518,499
567,617
5b3,699
562,774
iowa
2/
2/
458,778
574,091
744,051
754,565
725,337
kansas
227,173
260,172
251,313
268,101
419,466
379,988
386,848
kentucky B/
louisiana
2/
2/
2/
99,441
107,082
116,448
123,0*7
maine
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
Maryland
122,617
146,535
148,946
180,619
195,953
210,170
239,385
massachusetts
1,519,820
1,474,699
1,468,033
1,783,033
1,759,833
1,744,308
1,880,604
Michigan
2/
1,258,940
1,263,643
1,409,521
1,484,015
1,672,764
1,513,687
Minnesota
653,484
752,849
832,420
1,037,921
1,150,027
1,188,828
1,161,692
mississippi
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
missouri
207,347
240,719
303,012
343,744
445,034
5b1,451
588,539
montana b/
nebraska b/
nevada
13,697
15,087
15,983
18,076
22,854
22,593
17,196
new hampshire
168,831
191,657
194,746
222,126
218,873
209,322
225,493
new jer6ey
976,638
1,066,800
1,164,932
1,367,835
2/
2/
2/
new mexico b/
new York
9,436,559
9,300,917
9,528,002
10,376,760
10,235,664
10,339,673
10,580,369
north carolina
2/
2/
56,373
59,688
59,702
59,232
58,670
North Dakota
115,713
120,960
124,034
159,840
187,260
169,675
159,911
Ohio
1,639,702
1,764,918
1,899,352
2,141,365
2,242,038
2,362,491
2,132,575
Oklahoma b/
Oregon
108,905
120,915
137,532
175,950
215,902
232,851
223,060
Pennsylvania
4,450,913
4,182,948
3,922,224
4,514,367
4,562,249
4,694,258
5,302,081
RHOoe Island b/
south Carolina
45,192
40,700
39,241
40,806
39,060
41,920
2/
South Dakota
81,049
2/
68,188
91,318
121,696
123,040
110,282
Tennessee b/
texas
96,932
91,688
94,031
105,734
99,414
96,295
102,067
utah
69,595
82,061
107,539
127,802
130,475
144,298
145,500
vermont
82,474
89,081
84,479
98,384
110,094
91,378
86,151
virginia b/
washington
202,742
192,067
227,450
2/
446,434
573,040
613,982
west virginia
273,293
254,113
2/
2/
2/
2/
1,075,533
2/
1,028,546
wisconsin
647,251
767,928
823,597
934,540
1,068,821
wyoming
16,255
17,547
18,710
22,270
27,194
28,409
26,985
A/ All data presented in this table are believed to be reasonably complete and adequate although it is known that
figures for maryland, 0reoon, and texas incluoe relatively small amounts of obligations incurred for relief in
the form of hospitalization or burials.
b/ Adequate data are not available*
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TABLE 4 - TOTAL AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INCURREO FOR ftELIEF IN STATES
FOR 1HICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPUTE AND ADEQUATE, BY SOURCES OF FUNDS AND BY QUARTERS ft/
January 1936 Through march 1937
Year and
Quarter
Alarama
1936 First Quarter
second ■
third •
Fourth •
% 186,930
110,076
102,531
101,830
t 107,754
64,220
53,916
41,571
57.6
57.9
52.6
40.8
• 41,487
20,112
23,180
20,120
22.2
10.1
22.6
28.6
• 17,669
26,544
25,446
31,130
20,2
24.0
24.8
30.6
1937 first quarter b/
Arizona g/
Arkansas
1936 First Quarter
Second " b/
Third • y
Fourth ■ §/
391,465
348,163
99.0
48,302
11.1
0
0
1937 First Quarter b/
california b/
colorado 8/
connecticut
1996 First Quarter
second •
Third •
Fourth •
2,238,677
1,799,674
1,513,353
1,628,504
226,044
133,743
113,482
94,619
10.1
7.4
7.5
5.2
480,322
454,601
400,814
400,099
21.5
25.3
27.1
24.6
1,582,311
1,310,270
990,057
1,143,706
88*4
07.3
03.4
you
1987 First Qimrter *
1,669,661
39,076
2.3
425,994
25.5
1,204,801
72+2
ncLAinr 8/
district or COLUMBIA
1996 first quarter
third "
fourth *
1,091,271
527,940
317,707
371,695
360,595
74,748
78,343
85,931
33.3
14.2
24.7
23.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
720,676
49,192
239,444
285,754
66.7
85a
753
76.9
1997 FIRST QUARTER
381,079
48,011
12.6
0
0
333,089
s7w4
Florida
1996 firs* quarter y
second • y
Third •
Fourth ■
330,106
286,595
197,745
140,643
55.1
49.1
0
0
0
o
161,301
149,942
44.9
50.9
1997 first Quarter
237,682
107,506
45.2
0.
0
130,176
54.8
m 1996 first Quarter y
third •
Fourth •
460,236
434,710
172,680
90,822
36^>
22.7
0
0
0
0
307,576
135,886
64»0
77^
1937 First quarter
307,399
91,096
24.9
0
0
276,267
75.2
idaho b/
illinois
1996 first quarter
second • y
third *
Fourth *
15,506,989
12,919,309
6,499,332
12,177,301
741,942
- 1,797
92,171
85,339
4.8
£/
1.0
0.7
14,494,**5
12,664,816
7,126,564
8,843,129
08.5
06.0
84.0
72.6
272,922
256,294
1,270,597
3,248,833
1.7
2.0
isa
26.7
1937 first Quarter
14,209,966
156,791
1.1
8,841,721
62.2
5,211,454
36.7
indiana
1936 first quarter
Second *
Third *
Fourth •
2,391,697
1,328,276
1,419,940
1,702,332
186,494
160,907
104,154
146,113
7.0
10.5
13.0
8.6
4,907
1,607
1,207
1,417
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
2,180,898
1,389,724
1,234,519
1,554,822
91.9
99.4
86.9
91 a
1937 first quarter
2,002,928
131,160
7.5
1,127
0.1
1,850,641
92.4
jome/
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TABIC 4 - TOTAL AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INOUARED FOR RELIEF IN 8TATE8
FOR VHICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY SOURCES OF FUNDS AND BY QUARTERS %/ (CONTINUED)
January 1036 Through march 1037
Year and
state Quarter
Total
federal fundi
Btate Funds
local
funds
Amount
percent
Amount
percent
Amount
percent
Kansas
1936 first quarter
8 1,371,652
8 101,445
7,4
| 96,449
7.0
8 1,173,758
85.6
seoond k
1*011,450
56,995
5.6
79,287
7.9
875,170
86.5
third "
942,088
16,838
1.8
87,000
9.2
836,250
89.0
Fourth •
1,044,741
8,791
0.9
88,001
0.4
947,949
90.7
1937 first Quarter
1,451,683
373
2/
87,402
6.0
1,363,828
94.0
kentucky 8/
Louisiana
1936 First Quarter
819,424
276,083
33.7
0
0
543,341
66.3
•econo " b/
Third ■ b/
Fourth • b/
1937 first Quarter b/
Maine
1936 first quarter
second " b/
Third * 8/
fourth ■ b/
1937 First quarter B/
Maryland
1936 f|r8t quarter
second *
Third "
Fourth ■
1937 First Quarter
Massachusetts
1936 First Quarter
second •
third ■
Fourth "
1937 First quarter
michican
1936 First quarter
second •
third • b/
Fourth • bf
1937 first Quarter 8/
Minnesota
1936 First Quarter E/
Second • b/
Third •
Fourth •
1937 First quarter
mississippi
1936 First quarter
Secono ■ 8/
Third ■ b/
Fourth " b/
1937 first Quarter b/
missouri
1,129,062
34,241
1,111,400
56,134
594,197
1,980
431,868
127
572,352
0
749,829
0
8,105,720
660,185
5,953,519
268,449
5,283,531
110,399
5,357,224
00,931
5,907,962
17,194
6,747,098
5,277,206
2,345,376
3,157,920
4,080,412
301,748
342,757
80,895
127,932
102,092
84,099
214,096
5.4
3.2
308,803
5.1
1,051,550
0.3
46,994
y
13,702
0
7,807
0
5,884
8.1
14,200
4.5
14,912
2.1
14,026
1.5
13,802
0.3
14,135
5.1
3,986,366
1.5
3,312,332
886,141
1,379,224
1,755,559
80,616
37.0
43.7
786,018
94.6
3,708
0.3
7.9
545,223
91.8
3.2
418,039
96.9
1.4
564,545
98.6
0.8
743,945
99.2
0.2
7,431,255
91.7
0.3
5,670,150
95*2
0.3
5,159,146
97.6
0.3
5,262,441
98.2
0.2
5,876,633
99.5
99.1
2,417,975
35.8
62.8
1,883,979
35.7
1,331,303
1,676,604
2,240,754
7,036
1936 first quarter
2,953,530
840,822
28.5
1,475,674
50.0
637,034
Second •
1,097,215
148,630
13.5
230,106
21.0
718,399
Third •
896,005
49,813
5.6
18,006
2.0
828,186
Fourth ■
1,091,925
43,504
4.0
128,204
11.7
920,217
1937 first quarter
1,047,818
206,625
11.2
1,052,124
56,9
589,069
56.8
53.1
21.5
65.5
92.4
84.3
31.9
Montana B/
(CONTINUED ON NEXT PAQE)
28
TABU 4 - TOTAL AMOUNT Of OBLIQATlONB INCURRED TOR RlLIEf IN ITATCS
FOR VHICN REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY SOURCES Or FUNDS AND BY QUARTERS (CONTINUCO)
january 1036 txrouqh march 1937
Year and federal funds state funds
Quarter Total Amount Percent Amount ' peroent
nebraska y
nevada
1936 First Quarter
Second ■
Third •
Fourth •
t 205,125
117,747
92,591
85,067
t 22,016
12,640
15,618
17,700
10.7
10,7
16.9
20.9
t 11,741
27,317
33,628
22,033
5.7
23.2
38.3
25.9
1 171,161
77,790
41,145
45,274
•3.6
66.1
44,6
53.2
1987 First quarter
96,522
29,791
30.9
17,704
18.3
49,027
30.8
new hampshire
1986 First quarter
second "
third *
Fourth ■
909,751
634,515
519,631
630,214
74,575
64,776
25,657
21,685
8.2
10.2
3.0
3.4
0
0
246,987
304,268
0
0
47.5
46.3
835,170
509,739
240,987
304,264
91 »q
89.8
47.5
463
1937 first quarter y
new jersey
1986 First Quarter
Second • */
this® • ~
fourth *
7,628,459
3,474,051
4,091,517
1,857,271
13,016
5,557
24.3
0.4
0.1
4,659,278
2,504,001
3,261,216
01.1
74.4
79.7
1,111,910
877,034
824,744
14.6
23.2
20.2
1987 FIRST QUARTER B/
New Mexico b/
new york
1986 First Quarter
Third •
FOURTH *
41,212,480
38,268,415
34,591,678
35,405,894
535,969
641,483
142,581
169,260
1.3
1.7
0.4
0.5
18,556,627
17,061,827
15,149,151
13,038,228
45.0
44.6
43.8
42.5
22,119,014
20,505,155
19,299,940
20,198,400
56.7
33.7
55.8
57.0
1937 First Quarter
37,019,614
45,562
0.1
15,106,540
41.0
21,785,512
58.9
north carolina %/
1936 First quarter
third * S/
Fourth * %/
885,672
900,041
65.5
95,011
10.7
210,620
23.0
1937 FIRST QlRRTEH y
»io
1996 First Quarts*
Third •
Fourth •
9,709,906
7,171,866
5,772,686
6,431,866
691,053
323,244
62,235
59,731
7.1
4.3
1.1
0.9
7,877,842
3,933,407
5,131,211
6,234,099
81.1
82.7
89.2
90.9
1,141,011
915,215
359,190
138,030
11.8
12.8
9.7
tmZ
1937 First Quarter
7,366,013
35,290
0,8
6,791,143
92.2
519,580
7.0
Oklahoma B/
Orcoor
1986 First quarter
Second • g/
Third • y
Fourth ■ g/
813,330
176,556
21.7
322,255
39.6
314,519
38.7
1937 First Quarter y
PENNSYLVANIA
1936 First Quarter
Second •
Third *
fourth •
22,789,597
19,069,439
16,882,952
14,174,227
4,986,343
420,922
175,383
195,744
21.9
2.2
1.1
1.4
17,732,496
18,643,100
16,703,924
13,977,770
77.9
97.8
98.9
98.6
50,750
5,429
4,045
713
0.2
K
!/
1937 first quarter
15,932,127
53,164
0.3
15,878,963
99.7
0
0
Rhode wa» 6/
(concluded on next PAQC)
29
State
Year and
Quarter
TABLE 4 - TOTAL AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR RELIEF IN 8TATE8
FOR VHICH REPORT! ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE* BY SOURCES OF FUNDS AND BY QUARTERS A/ (CONCLUDED)
Total
JANUARY 1996 THROUQH MAROM 1937
r»PCML fWP»
EE """"
local Fuwpg
south carolina
1936 fir6t Quarter
second ■
Third *
Fourth "
1937 First Quarter b/
south dakota
1036 First Quarter
secono *
Thiro *
Fourth " b/
1937 First Quarter
tennes8ee 8/
texas
1936 First Quarter
Second •
Thiro "
Fourth ■
1937 First Quarter
Utah
1936 first Quarter
Second "
Third ■
Fourth ■
1937 First Quarter
1936 First Quarter
second •
Third "
Fourth "
1937 first Quarter
virginia b/
■ash inqton 8/
■est virbinia
1936 first quarter
Second "
Third ■
Fourth ■ 8/
<937 First Quarter b/
■isconsin
1936 First Quarter
second "
Third ■
Fourth "
1937 First Quarter
Wyoming b/
I 334,331
406,620
928,330
• 310,020
378,420
7,231
92.7
93.1
23
0
2/
o
863,344
I 24,487
23,200
7.3
6.9
267,673
229,631
85. 6
0
0
38,042
14.2
234,996
195,130
83.0
0
0
39,858
17.0
716,893
112,727
15.7
217,660
30.4
386,478
53.9
381,931
78,103
20.5
65,008
17.0
238,e20
62.5
353,875
73,360
20.7
54,073
15.3
226,442
64.0
378,684
3,524
0.9
0
0
375,160
99.1
2,005,052
489,946
24.4
1,315,024
65.6
200,082
10.0
1,506,107
669,087
44.4
647,423
43.0
109,597
12.6
457,588
170,250
37.2
1,669
0.4
285,669
62.4
430,926
135,085
31.3
1,588
0.4
294,249
60.3
422,568
119,115
28.2
1,575
0.4
301,876
71.4
640,525
253,966
47.0
269,091
49.8
17,466
3.2
266,261
7,823
2.9
255,852
96.1
2,566
1.0
249,472
17,751
7.1
226,026
90.6
5,695
2.3
374,626
343
0.1
367,391
98.1
6,092
1.6
486,146
555
0.1
477,565
98.2
8,026
1.7
383,523
27,281
7.1
0
0
356,242
92.9
306,397
30,196
9.9
0
0
276,201
90.1
282,198
47,929
17.0
0
0
234,269
83.0
294,679
26,816
9.1
0
0
267,863
90*9
302,552
12,286
4.1
u
0
290,266
95.9
1,291,575
221,174
17.1
1,045,411
81.0
24,990
1.9
910,471
13,872
1.5
845,070
92.8
51,529
5*7
4,540,973
307,555
6.6
1,533,551
33.8
2,699,867
59.4
3,034,433
272,953
9.0
494,569
16.3
2,266,911
74.7
2,480,585
334,652
13.5
309,978
12.5
1,635,955
74.0
3,125,790
135,975
4.4
703,064
22.5
2,286,751
73.1
3,785,654
133,296
3.5
862,851
22.8
2,789,507
73.7
kf amounts include general relief extended to cases, cost or emergency education and transient programs conducted by emergency relief administrations, non-relief Man
and materials incident to work relief projects conducted by state and local relief administrations, and cost of aom|nb tration. all data presented arc believed to
be reasonably complete and adequate*
b/ adequate data arc not available*
q/ negative amounts of federal funds result from small cancellations or adjustments applicable to data reported for previous periods* states were advised to include
these items on current rep ats rather than to revise previous reports when the individual hems were so small that revisions would necessitate an unreasonable amount
of clerical work* state and local fund percentages were computed on the basis of the total of state ano local fund6 only.
0/ less than 0*03 percent*
67807 O—38-
GENERAL RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN AREAS
33
GENERAL RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN AREAS
Tables 5, 6, and 7 present available general relief data
concerning the number of cases, amounts of relief extended, and
total obligations incurred from Federal, State, and local funds for
major urban areas.
With the exception of areas for which no adequate reports
were received, figures are shown for all areas that are included in
one or more of the following groups:
1. The series formerly maintained by the FERA covering
146 urban areas.
2. The series of 116 urban areas for which relief sta¬
tistics are currently published by the Social Security
Board (formerly published by the U. S. Children's Bureau).
3. The 100 largest cities in the United States according
to the Census of 1930.
For some of these areas adequate reports were available
for only a part of the period extending from January 1936 through
March 1937.
34
TABLE 5 - NUMBER OF CASES RECEIVING GENERAL RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN AREAS
FOR BHICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE ANO ADEQUATE, BY MONTHS tJ
January 1936 thaouoh march 1937
State and 1036
urban area January February march April May June July Auoubt
Alabama
Birmingham (Jefferson) fi/
mobile (mobile) b/
Montgomery (Montgomery)
4,676
356
429
2,425
237
277
1,917
220
0
1,528
198
130
1,372
121
146
1,219
221
166
1,216
115
155
762
112
159
Arkansas
fort Smith (Sebastian)
Little Rock (Pulaski ) fi/
Pine Bluet (Jefferson) §/
414
2,141
29
503
1,579
348
498
1,627
420
445
1,417
358
361
1,247
189
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
California
Los Angeles (los Angeles) b/
Oakland (Alameda) s/
Sacramento (Sacramento) §/
San Diego (San Diego) b/
San Francisco (San Francisco) j|/
99,235
£/
£/
£/
16,639
69,301
£/
£/
£/
12,493
53,453
£/
£/
£/
11,164
45,329
U
S/
£/
11,227
41,926
£/
£/
£/
10,427
40,665
£/
£/
£/
9,147
39,464
£/
£/
£/
6,490
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
colorado
Denver (Denver ) b/
4,115
4,201
4,454
4,548
4,456
3,752
3,601
3,643
Connecticut
Bridgeport (fairficlo)
hartford (hartford)
neb britain (hartford)
neb haven (neb haven)
■aterbury (neb haven)
1,292
3,479
836
2,623
940
1,692
3,529
836
3,613
1,066
1,784
3,487
794
3,434
1,057
1,543
2,928
763
3,122
926
1,527
2,508
862
2,784
870
1,386
2,125
987
2,676
812
2,445
1,934
839
2,415
814
2,640
1,993
640
2,272
762
Oelabare
vilmington (neb castle) &f
2,675
2,971
3,014
2,466
1,627
562
791
768
District of Columbia
bashingtom
9,965
10,244
9,157
3,343
3,625
3,968
3,278
3,242
florica
Jacksonville (Duval) B/
Miami (mm.) &f
st. petersburg (pinellas ) %f
Tampa (Hillsborough) a/
1,749
1,049
1,354
1 ,635
£/
909
£/
c/
£/
88*
S/
s/
£/
£/
£/
£/
979
914
1,010
719
717
656
1,209
780
381
721
1,173
790
359
540
1,270
1,068
Georgia
Atlanta (Fulton) &/
Augusta (Richmond) b/
savannah (oiatham) b/
6,661
746
66
6,093
661
558
5,367
683
763
4,475
707
946
4,348
733
835
3,779
742
791
3,904
744
745
3,934
753
714
illinois
Chicago (Cook) b/
peoria (peoria) b/
rockford (BINMEBAGo) B/
Sprikgfielo (Sangamon) §/
112,454
3,368
3,549
2,032
110,651
2,635
3,470
2,081
100,507
2,630
3,259
1,984
100,213
2,643
2,750
1,766
96,253
2,370
2,696
1,507
89,967
2,539
2,456
1,400
61 ,662
2,397
2,412
1,661
79,713
2,500
2,512
1,847
indiana
Evamsville (yanoerourc ) b/
fort bayne (Allen) 8/
6arv (lake) b/
Indianapolis (Marion) B/
South bend (ST. joseph) b/
terre haute (vigo) b/
2,807
1,796
4,563
9,434
1,928
1,669
2,321
1,829
4,469
9,523
1,901
1,642
1,961
1,537
4,398
8,979
1,656
1,428
1,784
1,129
4,159
6,210
1 ,403
1,366
1,710
846
3,736
7,631
1,246
1,323
1,566
713
3,430
7,000
1,130
1,320
1,517
654
3,177
6,899
1,142
1,347
1,511
655
3,116
7,109
1,260
1,411
ioba
cedar rapids (linn) 6/
Davekport (Scott) $/
DEB moines (POLK) B/
Sioux city (boomiaty) g/
S/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
J
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
£/
&
£/
£/
£/
kansas
kansas city (tvandotte)
topeka (shabnee)
■ ichita (sedcvi CK )
2,732
1,246
2,823
2,927
1,188
3,068
2,398
1,060
2,786
1,664
1,018
2,377
1,789
997
2,093
1,613
1,047
2,022
1 ,456
1,073
2,079
1,291
1,109
2,177
kentucky
louisville (jefferson)
2,035
2,112
1,908
1,277
1,236
1,253
1,247
5/
louisiana
neb orleans (orleans) §/
skreveport (caodo) 8/
6,566
602
7,030
614
3,002
610
4,019
589
5,503
570
£/
£/
£/
£/
5/
£/
(CONTINUED oh next rase)
35
TABLE 5 - NUMBER OF CA8C8 BCCCIVINO GENERAL RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN AREAS FOR WHICH
REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY MONTHS fl/ (CONTINUED)
JANUARY 1030 THROUGH MARCH 1037
state AND
URBAN AREA
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
m
NOVEMBER
BIRMINGHAM (JEFFERSON) g,/
MOBILE (MOBILE) g/
MONTGOMERY (MONTOOMERY) g/
ARKAN6AB
FORT SMITH (SEBASTIAN) g/
LITTLE ROCK (PULASKI) g/
PINE BLUFF (JEFFERSON) g/
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles (los Angeles ) g/
Oakland (Alameda) g/
SACRAMENTO (SACRAMENTO) g/
SAN DIEGO (SAN DIEGO) g/
SAN FRANCISCO (SAN FRANC I SCO) §/
colorado
Denver (Denver) g/
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport (fairfield)
hartford (hartford)
new Britain (Hartford)
new haven (new haven )
• aterbury (new haven )
Delaware
Biluincton (new Castle) b/
01 strict qf columbia
bashington
FLORIDA
JACKSONVILLE (DUVAl) g/
Miami (Dade) §/
ST. Petersburg (Pinellas) b/
TAMPA (HILLSBOROUGH ) g/
Georgia
Atlanta (Fulton) g/
Augusta (Richmond) g/
Savannah (Chatham) g/
Illinois
CHICAGO (COOK) §/
PEORIA (PEORIA) g/
rockford (tlnnebago) g/
springfield (sangamon) g/
Evansville (Vanderburg) g/
Fort Bayne (Allen) g/
gary (lake) g/
INOIANAPOLI 8 (MARION) g/
SOUTH 8END (ST. JOSEPH ) §/
TERRE HAUTE (VIOO) g/
IOWA
cedar rapids (linn) g/
davenport (scott) g/
0e8 Moines (polk) g/
Sioux city (booobury) g/
KANSA6
Kansas city (byanootte)
Topeka (shawnee)
Bichita (Sedgwick)
kentucky
Louisville (jefferson)
Louisiana
new Orleans (Orleans) g/
shreveport (caddo) g/
790
805
907
920
938
920
857
116
99
92
95
93
94
99
159
161
159
157
161
153
139
127
116
149
141
147
145
146
366
334
347
367
374
360
380
126
105
117
125
165
221
203
2/
2/
2/
2/
42,171
42,607
41,206
£/
2/
2/
2/
7,711
8,511
8,496
2/
5/
2/
2/
2,611
2,667
2,894
£/
2/
2/
2/
4,265
4,596
4,695
£/
c/
2/
2/
14,433
15,270
13,356
3,570
3,287
3,552
4,515
4,300
5,285
5,309
2,580
2,510
2,278
2,587
2,698
1,996
1,903
1,972
2,772
2,779
2,887
3,134
2,893
2,941
719
651
850
883
639
622
515
2,260
2,165
2,023
2,137
2,213
2,117
2,076
734
709
692
686
727
721
612
792
789
061
1,133
1,666
1,909
2,011
3,108
3,154
3,164
3,183
3,221
3,313
3,362
418
442
428
439
469
472
473
589
554
597
548
530
598
555
1,220
1,148
884
849
892
785
787
1,105
1,105
949
1,047
901
954
990
3,959
4,113
4,184
4,289
4,096
3 ,671
3,361
724
707
709
709
687
678
685
735
710
668
669
491
554
591
67,380
70,445
75,250
83,802
87,602
89,652
93,922
2,565
2,281
2,381
2,707
3,063
3,523
3,563
2,233
2,178
2,046
2,239
2,527
2,494
2,534
1,905
2,021
2,169
2,498
2,914
3,026
3,477
1,053
2,048
1,900
1,817
1,936
1,961
1,891
708
746
775
861
924
1,006
947
3,184
3,259
3,352
3,368
3,538
3,513
3,438
7*, 159
7,306
7,663
7,922
8,631
9,153
9,114
1,176
1,129
1,199
1,314
1,566
1,654
1,591
1,752
1,652
1,448
1,245
1,502
1,659
1,638
£/
2/
789
1,018
1,243
1,395
1,343
2/
2/
1,172
1,291
1,447
1,379
1,292
£/
2/
3,675
3,887
4,720
4,935
4,606
2/
2/
2,041
2,211
2,822
3,011
2,969
1,124
1,137
1,153
1 ,189
1 ,475
1,666
1,788
1,170
1,094
1,125
1,238
1,557
1,675
1,818
2,278
2,462
2,377
2,569
3,243
2,893
2,971
£/
2/
1,043
1,084
1,173
678
904
2/
2/
2/
2,160
2,173
2,361
2,550
2/
2/
2/
331
323
325
332
(continued on next page)
36
TABLE b - NUMBER OF CASES REGCtVINQ GENERAL RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN AREAS FOR WHIOH
REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND AOCQUATE» BY MONTHS tJ (CONTINUED)
january
1936 through
MARCH 1937
state and
Urban Area
1036
january
FCWRUARY
March
APRIL
MAY
junl
july
ausuct
maine
Banoor (pcnomcott)
246
242
233
235
182
178
161
142
lew IS ton (androscoggin )
548
550
595
537
428
317
262
237
portland (cumberland)
2,121
1,991
1,965
1,982
1,870
1,601
1,531
1,660
Maryland
Baltimore
11,718
6,489
6,575
6,572
6,037
3,764
3,752
1,979
Massachusetts
Boston (Suffolk)
24,764
23,012
21,904
20,872
19,642
19,095
18,100
17,298
Brockton (Plymouth)
1,663
1,695
1,535
1,378
1,095
1,150
1,169
1,144
CANBRIDBE (MiOOLESEx)
2,620
3,780
3,540
3,247
2,584
1,997
2,057
2,094
fall river (Bristol)
3,040
3,199
3,145
3,032
2,696
2,558
2,469
2,427
Lawrence (Essex)
648
641
682
744
668
443
435
442
Lowell (Middlesex)
2,744
3,116
3,049
2,199
2,140
2,062
2,070
1,784
L*w (Essex)
3,508
3,140
3,062
2,297
2,038
1,732
1,498
1,586
maloen (middlesex)
1,186
1,132
1,137
1,102
1,015
911
953
902
new bedford (bristol)
1,667
1,567
1,532
1,546
1,582
1,547
1,329
1,543
newton (mioolesex)
775
863
854
795
742
606
578
566
somerville (middlesex)
2,240
1,721
1,547
1,436
1,381
1,739
1,346
1,397
sprinofielo (hampden )
4,851
3,681
3,298
2,523
2,287
2,037
2,106
2,102
worcester (worcester)
4,662
5,040
5,404
4,752
3,684
3,373
3,345
3,176
Ml ail can
detroit (watme)
22,927
26,851
27,951
25,535
23,858
22,859
21,976
22,305
Ftl-rr (GWCSEE) V
2,776
2,894
3,182
3,345
3,018
2,324
2,165
2,372
brain) rapids (kent) §/
4,523
4,964
6,081
4,714
4,374
4,116
4,240
3,991
pontiac (oakland) b/
3,291
3,724
3,828
3,487
2,554
1,957
1,782
1,787
Saginaw (Saginaw) b/
2,044
2,063
2,175
2,142
2,970
1,447
1,349
1,260
Minnesota
oulutm (st. louis) §/
3,775
3,722
4,359
4,512
4,535
3,713
3,292
3,077
minneapolis (hdnepm)
16,192
15,553
15,816
13,932
11,833
10,338
9,647
9,245
St. Paul (Ramsey) g/
9,218
9,038
0,495
8,133
7,325
6,364
6,022
6,243
Mlssgurl
Kansas City (Jackson)
9,592
8,822
7,659
5,963
0
0
0
0
st. louis
18,211
18,424
17,036
11,045
9,239
11,118
10,696
9,189
mevaoa
ROM (wasmoc) 9/
316
300
241
230
313
276
272
267
new hampshire
Manchester (Hillsborough) g/
5,499
4,467
3,776
2,743
3,654
3,577
3,305
3,509
NEW JERSEY
BAYOMiE (NUBOOh)
1,520
1,584
1,625
&/
1,511
1,456
1,520
1,607
camden (camden )
5,369
5,255
5,240
£/
4,394
3,601
3,206
3,022
Elizabeth (union)
1,006
1,100
1,069
930
803
694
969
648
Jersey city (Hudson)
6,787
6,947
6,687
0/
5,790
5,735
5,783
5,813
Newark (Essex)
13,645
13,498
13,758
12,774
12,843
12,047
11,257
11,486
Paterson (Passaic)
4,130
4,077
4,457
&/
3,737
3,456
3,327
3,273
morrow (mercer)
4,190
3,629
3,694
s/
2,072
1,753
1,730
1,799
new mexico
Albuquerque (Bernalillo) 8/
801
909
1,060
1,668
1,660
1,381
1,190
1,134
mew york
ALBANY (Albany)
1,862
1,884
1,800
1,612
1,370
1,252
1,128
1,098
Buffalo (Eric)
23,019
21,154
20,000
20,012
18,809
17,073
14,094
13,312
new rochcllc (westchester)
1,984
2,022
2,324
2,250
2,027
1,882
1,724
1,626
new york city (new york)
196,600
206,573
217,527
222,500
222,460
221,231
214,587
209,298
niagara falls (niabara }
2,353
1,646
1,569
1,342
1,161
1,125
979
907
rochester (monroe)
11,092
9,996
9,325
8,842
7,077
7,287
6,285
6,284
schenectady (schenectady )
2,119
2,158
2,079
2,055
1,956
1,739
1,387
1,280
Syracuse (Omnoaoa)
6,419
6,108
5,946
5,551
5,315
4,678
4,348
4,216
Utica (Oneida)
2,139
2,281
2,411
2,432
2,017
1,863
1,728
1,705
yorkers (westchester)
3,442
3,891
3,638
3,735
3,271
2,880
2,384
2,269
north dakota
faroo (cass) S/
1,044
1,080
817
766
635
572
539
510
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37
TABLE 5 - NUMBER OF CASES RECEIVING GENERAL RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN AREAS FOR WHICH
REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE ANO AOEQUATE, BY MONTHS A/ (CONTINUED)
JANUARY 1086 THROUGH MARCH 1037
scptcmicr
OCTOBER
november
december
january
february
march
maine
0/
bangor (penobscott)
141
144
170
0/
£/
251
lewiston (androbooqqin)
240
262
316
0/
0/
S/
484
Portland (Cumberland)
1 #647
t,637
1,647
a/
S/
£/
1,761
maryland
Baltimore
4,211
4,776
4,724
5,453
5,930
6,607
7,067
Massachusetts
Boston (Suffolk )
16,050
14,552
14,513
15,166
15,859
15,074
15,689
Brockton (Plymouth)
1,237
1,351
1,414
1,545
1,626
1,499
1,416
cambridge (middlesex)
1,042
1,836
2,551
2,597
2,710
2,761
2,768
Fall River (Bristol)
2,507
2,637
2,378
2,203
2,496
2,400
2,169
Lawrence (Essex)
464
452
435
428
451
448
404
Lowell (Middlesex)
1,668
1,489
1,281
1,410
1,536
1,470
1,297
Lynn (Essex)
1,642
1,455
1,770
1,941
2,075
2,007
1,784
mauden (Middlesex)
959
909
865
984
1,023
1,006
979
new Bedford (Bristol)
1,446
1,396
1,393
1,451
1,516
1,472
1,256
ncwton (Middlesex)
629
608
617
701
747
755
775
SOMERVILLE (MlODLESEx)
1,307
1,376
1,243
1,295
1,370
1,458
1,406
springfield (hampden)
2,023
1,979
2,041
2,156
2,187
2,215
2,116
w0rce8ter (worcester)
3,199
3,008
2,931
3,259
3,439
3,425
3,351
michigan
detroit (wayne) fi/
23,504
18,125
17,355
16,963
15,863
17,127
18,724
Flint (genesee) fi/
2,333
2,142
2,146
2,027
6,840
10,835
11,027
grand rapids (kent) b/
3,954
3,696
3,567
3,737
4,391
4,654
4,201
pont 1 ac (oaklano) §/
1,844
1,501
1,488
1,721
2,492
3,439
2,748
Saginaw (Saginaw) b/
1,318
1,377
1,418
1,565
2,023
2,700
1,946
minnesota
dulutm (ST. loul8) 8/
3,209
3,259
3,339
3,783
4,428
4,710
4,772
Minneapolis (Hennepin)
9,875
10,356
11,124
12,622
14,200
14,743
14,562
St. Paul (Ramsey) b/
6,477
7,004
7,274
7,710
0,553
0,905
8,171
missouri
Kansas city (Jackson)
0
2,834
2,628
2,828
3,877
3,611
3,989
st. louis
8,471
9,278
9,589
10,334
10,917
11,527
11,875
nevada
reno (washoe) b/
262
265
271
302
663
484
300
new hampshire
Manchester (Hillsborough) b/
3,335
3,432
3,571
3,271
3,474
3,39*
3,346
new jersey
Bayonne (Hudson)
1,673
1,776
1,770
1,992
2,139
2,123
2,079
camden (camden)
2,593
2,949
3,146
3,348
3,513
3 ,648
3,699
Elizabeth (union)
619
615
596
633
677
656
660
jer8ey city (hudson)
5,691
5,347
5,315
5,598
6,032
6,209
6,043
Newark (Essex)
11,539
11,584
11,787
11,916
12,296
12,860
12,920
Paterson (passais)
3,024
2,007
2,639
2,798
2,855
2,743
2,721
trenton (mercer)
1,775
1,750
1,873
2,124
2,314
2,411
2,501
new mexico
ALBuquERquE (Bernalillo) fi/
1,021
815
624
452
616
604
246
new YORK
Albany (Albany)
1,026
988
892
1,169
1,364
1,510
1,514
Buffalo (Erie)
13,136
12,730
11,964
13,013
14,799
16,198
16,442
new rochelle (fe8tchester )
1,529
1,253
1,136
1,308
1 ,472
1,607
1,629
new york city (new york)
206,280
201,493
194,484
190,005
190,137
189,088
187,692
niagara falls (niagara)
872
629
796
906
1,178
1,335
1,271
rochester (monroe)
6,218
6,643
7,328
7,795
8,095
7,962
8,057
schenectady (schenectady)
1,272
1,073
940
1,092
1,295
1 ,336
1,369
Syracuse (onan da aa )
4,245
4,211
4,121
5,105
5,706
5,865
5,618
utica (oneida)
1,662
1,782
1,476
1,748
2,074
2,160
2,152
yonkers (westchester )
2,309
2,315
2,202
2,216
2,528
2,565
2,574
north dakota
fargo (ca88) S/
569
477
663
759
928
887
793
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36
TABLE 5 - NUMBER OF CASES RECEIVING GENERAL RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN AREAS FOR WHICH
REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY MONTHS ft/ (CONTINUED)
JANUARY 1030 1HR0URH MARCH 1097
state and
urban area
FEBRUARY
MAROH
J22L.
A*£-
m*
OHIO
AKRON (SUNHIT) ft/
canton (stark) ft/
cincinnati (hanilton) ft/
cleveland (CUYAMO«a) ft/
columbus (franklin) ft/
dayton (montoohery) ft/
snrinopicld (Clark) ft/
Toledo (Lucas) ft/
younostow (Mahoning) ft/
Portland (Multnomah ) ft/
■owsylvania
n (lehigh ) ft/
Altdoma (blair) ft/
bethlehem (northampton ) ft/
Chester (oelabarc) ft/
ERIE (ERIE) ft/
johmstoma (cambria) ft/
lancaster (lancaster) ft/
Philadelphia (Philadelphia) ft/
pittsburgh (allegheny ) ft/
Reading (berks) ft/
Scram ton (lackabamna ) ft/
SHWW (HOtCER)
Wiuccs-Barrc (Luzerne) ft/
south carolina
charleston (charleston)
bia (Richland)
villc (okxrville)
south dakota
Sioux falls (minmehaha) ft/
btin (travis) ft/
(jefferson) ft'
(dallas) ft/
el paso (el paso) ft/
Fort worth (Tarrant) ft/
galveston (galveston) ft/
houston (harris) ft/
sam antonio (bexar) ft/
UTAH
salt lake ci tv (salt lake} ft/
BWN.IMTOR (CHITTEMOC*)
Rutland (Rutland}
WEST VlBSINIA
(kamamma) ft/
(cabell ) ft/
lino (Ouo) ft'
wisconsin
kenosha (kenosha) ft/
Madison (Dane) ft/
wilvaukce (mllvaukee) ft/
racine (racine) ft/
wtoniwp
casper (natrona) ft/
cheyenne (laramie) ft/
7 #094
7,257
9,783
9,561
5,711
4,749
4,568
4,157
3,136
3,288
3,322
9,521
9,265
2,910
2,806
2,796
14,532
14,752
13,202
12,555
12,401
12,231
11,952
11,847
39,134
35,382
34,318
33,616
32,480
90,261
27,462
26,633
7,885
7,920
7,778
7,780
7,427
6,937
6,772
6,686
5,731
5,664
5,072
4,500
4,086
9,966
9,849
3,911
1,549
1,498
1,395
1,487
1,413
1 ,416
1,376
1*473
12,218
11,727
10,901
9,626
8,294
7,399
6,546
6,609
4,994
4,567
4,504
4,012
4,198
3,633
3,908
3,030
5,368
5,484
5,344
4,943
4,352
4,017
9,291
3,360
4,855
4,207
4,433
4,751
4,178
3,494
3,181
2,678
2,710
1,817
1,622
1,371
1,538
2,082
2,054
1,996
3,772
3*427
3*432
2,940
2,467
2,284
2,244
2,032
2,906
2,920
2,303
1,597
1,238
969
896
877
5,026
4,745
4,429
4,395
4,302
3,925
3,493
3,311
4,088
3,609
3,561
3,599
3,304
3,788
4,410
4,560
3,100
2,853
2,752
2,354
2,286
2,095
1 ,853
1 ,637
86,650
75,192
74,543
71,715
64,802
63,432
62,657
62,242
58,670
52,212
46,060
37,097
33,873
30,466
29,251
28,090
4*019
3,777
3,675
3,143
3,211
3,000
2,794
2,490
8,842
8,220
8,255
9,257
10,513
10,227
9,758
8,757
1,685
1,671
1,611
1,356
1,555
1,338
1,180
984
■ft),T76
9,746
9,440
12,005
13,730
13,831
14,397
*4,027
160
294
407
423
434
479
483
479
187
138
&/
£/
£/
£/
5/
i/
260
133
116
129
140
157
156
158
184
114
126
143
162
162
164
143
790
1,009
1,300
883
729
636
623
650
805
848
874
859
844
823
259
202
759
771
768
741
695
004
320
413
3,905
3,428
2,804
2,684
1,201
1,275
1,289
1,603
776
695
674
669
682
637
165
160
4,321
4,905
5,081
3,771
4,282
4,535
2,958
3,399
656
662
674
696
701
690
345
345
3,952
3,911
3,977
4,433
3,539
5,080
2,691
2,529
3,296
3,184
2,900
3,043
3,038
3,020
0
0
3,032
2,675
1,571
1,629
1,586
1,519
1,516
1,610
745
722
613
323
386
317
284
380
517
521
455
387
321
393
232
234
1,370
936
698
611
566
571
570
955
1,818
1,516
1,360
1,355
1,241
1,246
965
960
1,433
1,301
981
918
866
811
764
779
2,134
2,012
1,919
1,786
1,685
1,553
1.597
1,603
2,404
2,272
2,175
1 ,825
1,401
1,135
1,006
1,087
19,607
19,821
19,066
17,329
15,156
13,168
12,994
12,495
1,960
1,668
1,417
1,215
1,073
*6
970
999
462
747
491
239
102
139
147
126
123
130
126
65
61
63
49
42
(CONCLUDCO (M NEXT PAOC)
39
TABLE 9 - NUMBER Of CAICI WOEIVINO GENERAL RELICT IN MAJOR URBAN AREA8 TOR BHIOM
REPORTS ARC REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE* BY MONTHS h/ (concluded)
STATE and
Unban Area
OHIO
Akron (summit) g/
Canton (stark) g/
Cincinnati (Hamilton) g/
CLEVELANO (CUVAHOOA) g/
COLUMBUS (FRANKLIN) b/
DAYTON (MONTOOMERY) B/
SPRINGFIELD (CLARK) g/
toledo (lucab) b/
youngstown (mahonino) §/
oregon
portland (multnomah ) s/
pennsylvania
Allentown (lehigh) §/
Altoona (blair) g/
bethlehem (northampton) b/
chester (delaware) §/
Erie (Erie) g/
Johnstown (Cambria) b/
lancaster (lancaster) g/
philadelphia (philadelpnta) g/
pittsburgh (allegheny) b/
reading (Berks) 6/
scranton (lackawanna) b/
Sharon (mercer) b/
wilkes-barre (luzerne) g/
south carolina
charleston (charleston)
Columbia (Richland)
Greenville (Greenville)
Spartanburg (Spartanburg)
South Qakota
Sioux falls (Minnehaha) b/
Texas
Austin (travis) b/
Beaumont (Jefferson) g/
dallas (dallas) b/
El Paso (El Paso) b/
Fort Worth (tarrant) b/
GALVESTON (GALVESTON) B/
Houston (Harris) b/
San Antonio (Bexar) b/
utah
salt lake city (salt lake) b/
vermont
Burlington (Chittenden)
Rutland (Rutland)
west virginia
CHARLESTON (KANAWHA) g/
Huntington (cabell) g/
wheeliho (Ohio) §/
WISCONSIN
Kenosha (Kenosha) g/
Maoison (dane) §/
Milwaukee (Milwaukee) g/
racine (racine ) b/
WYOMING
CASPER (NATRONA) g/
CHEYENNE (LARAMIE) g/
january 191a through maroh 1987
1916
1937
september
october
november
january
february
march
4,019
3,735
1,862
4,580
5,520
5,894
5,638
t,647
2,559
2,627
3,176
3,674
3,603
3,131
11,793
12,010
11,927
12,041
13,293
13,887
12,712
25,167
24,734
25,464
26,327
28,680
30,100
29,831
6,929
6,797
6,795
7,502
8,060
0,658
8,950
4,060
4,194
4,350
4,414
4,970
4,599
4,356
1.475
1,413
1,456
1,512
1,669
1,702
1,805
6,706
6,876
6,782
7,626
9,179
0,380
7,386
2,852
2,730
2,699
2,710
2,750
2,850
2,884
3,136
3,141
3,782
5,031
5,582
5,639
5/415
2,135
1,789
1,494
1,639
1,887
2,000
1,927
1,441
1,352
1,361
1,227
1,392
1,541
1,573
1,546
1,257
1,170
1,220
1/440
1,649
1,694
863
691
670
741
864
983
1 ,043
2,525
2,358
2,234
2,655
3,387
3,225
2,578
4,039
3,464
3,053
3,077
2,935
2,824
2,829
1,284
1,032
1,021
1,148
1,329
1,372
1,355
60,279
60,483
59,106
61,131
63,736
67,107
70,077
26,811
26,566
25,883
26,435
27,575
28,915
28,755
2,096
1,772
1,959
1,985
1,995
2,209
2,244
7,584
7,152
6,506
6,340
6/410
6,736
7,326
800
652
691
775
937
967
940
13,830
12,725
10,753
12,118
12,066
12,391
13,773
488
501
426
436
432
434
S/
&/
£/
s/
51
33
36
S/
162
170
173
169
173
181
s/
140
134
124
121
124
123
5/
668
603
593
654
908
929
786
190
166
159
166
169
156
144
411
458
£/
696
712
680
774
1,179
1,083
1,332
1,378
1 ,685
1,691
1 ,661
129
144
76
73
68
63
58
3,414
3,211
1,967
2,083
2,339
1,757
1,649
300
274
279
215
200
185
180
2,613
2 ,564
2,451
2,167
1,812
1,701
1 ,656
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,641
1,854
2,256
2,718
2,659
2,928
2,865
267
358
509
570
591
543
498
220
224
221
244
242
243
229
572
639
£/
c/
£/
s/
s/
914
942
s/
£/
S/
5/
£/
804
828
S/
5/
£/
5/
$/
1 ,495
1,467
1,398
1,353
1,313
1,318
1,281
1,024
1,145
1,213
1,310
1,427
1,482
1,492
12,530
12,789
13,297
14,244
14,798
15,243
14,965
1,014
1,005
1,388
1 ,461
1,484
1,472
915
98
135
130
174
333
285
260
42
47
54
46
70
91
66
a/ all data presented in this table are believed to be reasonably complete and adequate although it is known that figures for urban areas in illinois incluoe a rela¬
tively small number of cabe8 receiving relief only in the form of hospitalization or burials for months subsequent to june 1936. the counties in which cities are
located are shown in parentheses after city names, for an explanation of the method of selection of the urban area8 included in this table see page 33.
b/ Figures cover the entire county in which the city it located.
q/ adequate data are not available.
40
TABLE 6 - AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR GENERAL RELIEF CXTCNDCO TO 04lE8 IN MAJOR
URBAN AREAS FOR BNICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY MONTHS
JANUARY IBM THROUGH MARCH 1097
STATE AND
URBAN AREA
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APBIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUQUBT
t 18*646
9 10,576
• 12,949
1 9,112
1 7,346
• 53
• 6,7*7
I 4*800
1,9ft7
249
860
662
629
1,022
1,020
991
9,028
1,504
(-) ®
1,180
1,450
1,306
1,600
1,707
1,744
2,049
3,897
3,098
2,236
fi/
fi/
fi/
18,864
12,404
11,150
10,587
6,058
fi/
fi/
fi/
14ft
2,094
2,420
2,243
1,0*8
fi/
fi/
fi/
1,787,115
1,541,169
1,354,600
1,180,412
1,072,022
1,033,880
960,423
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi'
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
s/
fi'
347,482
292,690
201,081
306,004
285,872
255,933
238,690
£/
75,074
95,930
96,142
94,034
91,1*9
79,522
65,716
77,753
40,309
42,517
41,994
35,421
35,102
29,233
33,866
28,304
96,092
99,127
79,824
72,428
63,861
47,591
49,257
49,340
14,677
13,603
15,200
14,517
13,929
14,955
16,125
12,247
50,952
61,896
70,508
58,946
50,069
50,923
44,485
44,566
17,824
17,461
16,019
16,561
13,8*3
12,346
12,263
11,565
49,591
60,966
65,2(8
37,797
30,348
0,275
13,478
13,873
276,(324
300,709
212,965
07,060
99,5*6
152,223
37,892
74,904
18,17V
fi/
fi/
fi/
0,495
5,131
4,184
4,181
6,236
5,924
6,748
fi/
5,481
5,477
6,859
5,771
12,915
fi/
fi/
fi/
7,002
7,732
0,057
8,079
9,217
s/
£/
fi/
5,169
4,409
4,344
3,582
63,861
70,916
60,507
49,206
46,473
44,300
44,113
44,339
4,901
4,959
4,965
4,931
5,410
5,224
5,254
5,331
373
2,077
6,123
7,375
5,758
5,436
5,0*0
4,860
3,104,330
3,020,135
2,673,211
2,771,716
2,009,762
2,514,206
1,401,546
1,478,609
50,355
50,393
52,059
43,362
42,116
10,314
32,500
33,910
85,510
108,704
93,827
75,675
61,795
57,954
59,267
53,664
3«,535
4Z,A15
37,43*
27,162
22,512
19,846
3*,353
25,905
40,059
34,280
26,627
24,698
19,829
17,434
16,732
17,056
32,509
20,071
20,871
15,224
8,933
7,826
7,030
7,104
05,069
03,759
73,355
66,268
54,552
49,260
48,100
49,009
156,244
148,410
140,059
119,617
104,247
8*,714
87,812
88,608
28,064
27,463
24,430
21,090
13,901
13,638
14,130
16,334
14,105
15,077
11,262
11,250
9,9*0
9,347
10*114
10,604
fi/
fi/
fi/
s/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
6/
i/
fi/
S/
fi/
fi/
s/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
fi/
34,310
36,153
25,307
17,978
10,780
17,720
18,400
15,376
13,256
14,747
12,45*
11,921
11,892
12,772
13,109
13,349
61,359
60,320
41,9*2
40,762
29,543
28,018
33,775
30,746
39,236
39,453
35,681
21,060
19,590
20,209
20,729
fi/
60,954
76,913
62,128
71,889
97,656
fi/
fi/
fi/
6,731
6,809
7,073
6,845
6,655
fi/
fi/
fi/
Alabama
Birmingham (jeffcrson) %/
mobile (mobile) ft/
(Montgomery) g/
fort smith (Sebastian) ft/
Little rock (Pulaski) fi/
Pine Bluff (Jefferson) §/
califormia
los Angeles (lob Angeles) §/
Oakland (Alameoa) q/
Sacramento (Sacramento} %/
Sam Diego (San Diego) §/
Sam Francisco (san Francisco) ft/
bhm90rt (fairfield)
Hartford (hartfqrr)
med Britain (hartforo)
ncr haven (ned haven)
Batcnmay (med haver)
Wilmington (med castle) b/
restrict of colidmia
florida
Jacksonville (Duval) ft/
Miami (Dadc) ft/
sr. pctersnurb (Pinellas ) g/
Umpa (hiujBmorrusm ) ft/
atlanta (fulton ) f/
Savannah (Chatham) ft/
PEORIA (PCBMIA) ft/
smhkfiao (sangamon ) ft/
indiana
evanoviixe (yam ocr dim 0 } ft/
Fort bathe (Allen) ft/
gary (lake) ft/
imdianapolid (marion) ft/
South Bend (ST. Joseph) ft/
tenrc haute (VlOo) ft/
cedar rap i do (linn) ft/
Oayenport (Scott ) ft/
DCS koikes (polk) ft/
Sioux City (WOOOOury) ft/
kansas city (wyandotte)
top oca (sharnee)
WICHITA (SEOODiac)
louisville (jl
louisiana
ned Orleans (Orleans) g/
shreveport (caddo) ft/
(continued on next parc)
41
TABU 6 - AMOUNT OF OIL I OA Tl ONI INCURRED FOR GENERAL RELIEF EXTENDED TO CAGES IN MAJOR URBAN
AREAS FOR WHICH REPORTS ARC REASONABLY OOMPLCTE AND AOCQUATE, BY MONTHS A/ (OGNTINUSP)
JANUARY 1986 THROUGH MANOH 1987
state and jsjs 1S2Z—
urp*n *»c» WIMW octppgw Novcmt. jwepwo asmsi USSSiSl
alabama
BlRMINQHAU (jefferson) fi/
mobile (mobile) fi/
Montgomery (Montromcry) a/
1 4,789
1,036
1,962
• 8,265
898
1,606
1 7,916
652
1,503
1 6,114
885
1,456
9 8,410
651
1,490
» 8,139
913
1,378
| 6,716
1,002
1,128
arkanbab
fort SMITH (sebabtian) fi/
little ROCK (pulaski ) fi/
pine bluff (jeffcr80n) ft/
695
955
799
640
893
000
744
1,057
1,170
864
1,401
2,268
822
1,017
1,735
785
825
2,166
792
1,001
1,522
california
lob anqclc6 (lob anqelcs) ft/
Oakland (Alameda) fi/
Sacramento (Sacramento) b/
San oicbo (San Diebd) fi/
s*n francibco (san Francisco) fi/
9/
5/
5/
$/
S/
9/
9/
9/
S/
9/
£/
£/
£/
2/
9/
9/
9/
&
9/
1,132,237
222,795
55,888
111,595
365,737
1,218,091
223,929
68,373
124,454
361,593
1,185,092
242,311
75,958
131,188
330,677
colorado
Denver (Denver) fi/
76,783
108,982
82,719
104,275
102/462
126,065
108,502
Connecticut
Bridgeport (Fairfield)
Hartford (hartford)
new britain (hartford)
new haven (new Haven)
ta teh bury (new haven)
28,119
52,525
18,058
45,370
13,030
31,154
52,772
18,570
48,446
12,231
24,645
54,857
23,528
43,669
12,206
27,704
61>447
27,600
48,027
13,898
33,794
59,572
14,725
45,074
13,304
33/441
55,141
13,029
44/480
13,714
35,910
60,727
16,850
50,885
12,158
delaware
Vilminqton (new castle) fi/
16,178
15,535
17,676
23,975
36,301
43,971
50,074
district of columbia
bashington
69,843
74,509
83,616
86.562
85,061
90,602
91,599
florida
jacksonville (duval) fi/
Miami (Dade) fi/
st. peterbburb (pinellab) fi/
tampa (h1ll6b0r0uqh) fi/
4,807
5,575
8,006
4,135
5,401
5,532
8,787
4,379
3,B80
5,593
6,138
3,887
3,938
5,047
6,276
4,250
4,860
4,992
5,481
3,813
5,081
5,215
4,565
3,849
5,695
4,945
4,944
4,203
qeoroia
atlanta (fulton) fi/
auqu8ta (richmono) fi/
savannah (chatham) fi/
44,987
5,131
5,164
47,631
4,822
5,111
51,611
5,167
4,844
51 ,642
4,670
4,942
45,741
4,267
2,595
32,256
4,234
3/460
27,277
4/489
4,880
illinois
cmicabo (cook) fi/
peoria (peoria) fi/
Rockforo (Winnebago) 6/
Springfield (Sangamon) b/
1,719,486
33,100
64,720
33,278
2,060,786
32,337
57,296
33,515
2,585,015
32,936
65,633
34,066
2,974,096
41,351
64,354
37,427
2,837,930
50,224
72,917
39,785
2,924,928
54,401
75,510
41/494
2,990,791
50,541
78/435
47,359
Indiana
evan8v1 llc (vanderburo) fi/
fort wayne (allcm) fi/
flarv (lake) fi/
INDIANAPOLIS (MANIOh) fi/
SOUTH BEND (ST. JOSEPH) fi/
TERRE HAUTE (VIOO) fi/
21,965
8,947
54,165
94,739
16,159
14,308
28,465
10,614
60,374
115,216
17,445
14,682
26,282
12,531
60,048
115,055
18,738
12,449
28,005
12,275
63,665
132,634
24,066
10,474
27,967
13,027
65,423
137,585
26,156
16,186
27,149
13,275
65,045
143,329
27,876
16,847
24,966
14,166
64,701
150,244
29,809
15,799
tow a
cedar rapids (linn) fi/
davenport (Scott) fi/
dcs moines (polk) fi/
sioux city (woodbury) fi/
£/
9/
£/
9/
s/
£/
£/
13,035
23,505
66,835
33,409
16,995
24,481
77,568
41,344
22/433
26,738
89,596
54,149
24/402
24,557
98,352
57,988
23,747
21,793
101,187
56,137
kansas
Kansas City (Wyandotte)
Topexa (shawnee)
wichita (seoscwicx)
12,616
14,351
34,520
14,415
15,003
42,238
15,797
14,767
36,501
18,132
15,551
48,333
21,433
23,392
57,480
23,647
28,045
51,870
26,203
28,811
54,065
Kentucky
louisville (jcffersfln)
5/
£/
17,991
25,847
18,904
6,537
15,516
louisiana
new oilcans (orleans) fi/
shfieveport (caddo) fi/
&/
9/
9/
£/
£/
9/
35,718
5,699
35,540
5,725
38,595
5,722
43,812
5,960
(continued on next page)
42
TABLE 6 - AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR GENERAL RELIEF EXTENDED TO CASES IN MAJOR URBAN
AREAS FOR WHICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY MONTHS t/ (CONTINUED)
STATE ANO
URBAN AREA
january
1936 through
march 1037
1980
january
february
maron
April
may
june
july
auqubt
i 5,427
1 4,693
• 4,636
• 5,135
• 4,276
• 3,302
1 3,394
1 2,484
17,430
17,451
16,236
12,410
8,640
6,772
5,791
6,911
85,310
36,330
43,667
41,496
34,800
30,935
30,847
27,969
269,601
175,166
215,161
195,349
166,310
76,275
95,950
93,928
773,342
666,309
700,091
615,730
506,650
532,049
520,187
477,301
32,309
32,476
31,946
26,283
22,488
21,625
23,919
23,995
63,818
104,557
68,516
65,604
61,589
40,046
42,637
50,155
66,210
54,868
55,203
43,767
36,043
35,936
36,181
34,137
20,699
21,538
20,908
23,356
17,187
13,009
16,010
13,787
62,152
63,312
56,243
39,196
37,532
44,715
47,084
37,886
63,516
64,356
62,766
42,654
44,332
41,694
30,896
32,866
34,186
30,494
30,086
34,484
26,165
22,488
26,968
22,831
34,413
31,463
32,160
32,245
32,817
33,594
32,066
33,274
27,293
28,909
29,227
25,443
20,972
15,957
19,744
17,874
75,130
61 ,997
51,605
53,773
50,106
48,406
48,640
46,082
146,442
127,649
114,871
80,606
60,266
55,078
59,359
53,519
181,973
167,591
193,574
173,300
111,192
100,061
104,322
92,671
§33,592
832,322
896,658
801,310
699,540
688,597
713,063
660,109
66,816
71,981
82,797
80,444
61,478
53,868
52,933
51,401
101,071
105,413
108,532
91,833
79,729
63,420
59,336
57,731
78,167
94,013
94,109
70,121
47,693
35,128
33,216
33,565
33,876
37,704
39,662
35,423
30,338
23,291
20,322
19,624
88,146
94,413
123,978
107,317
92,360
74,557
70,069
65,286
468,494
445,222
466,363
371,157
271,672
249,023
246,687
223,544
269,057
279,698
237,721
221,834
191,935
163,500
162,523
175,225
134,466
119,126
54,690
68,023
0
0
0
0
383,975
424,976
309,805
219,652
126,668
200,232
204,600
175,255
9,263
7,963
6,755
5,961
4,173
5,044
4,007
3,830
189,752
149,801
136,444
108,100
98,139
102,540
87,630
86,223
30,658
37,569
36,316
0
26,034
24,743
26,143
27,440
146,561
143,006
137,818
0
09,142
72,230
62,342
59,283
24,845
27,157
27,383
22,880
16,714
13,904
15,638
13,281
160,963
157,394
141,961
0
110,268
108,637
111,619
114,121
385,670
392,067
394,378
349,184
305,571
286,391
278,692
276,087
104,006
110,504
116,642
0
61,303
66,231
69,742
63,093
100,770
95,542
99,486
0
31,658
34,750
34,857
37,019
6,445
6,890
8,600
12,412
11,129
10,238
10,790
9,996
35,936
35,119
39,059
29,507
24,611
24,241
21,631
21,243
595,282
585,268
615,521
595,585
510,316
445,036
385,733
353,206
67,244
72,620
09,557
61,139
68,317
65,408
60,800
54,986
6,914,510
7,520,159
7,752,029
8,029,692
7,719,538
7,512,022
7,469,558
7,451,255
44,770
37,343
41,695
38,344
32,148
29,420
27,869
24,182
369,145
325,530
310,670
267,927
224,135
200,402
190,908
173,741
62,662
61,778
64,136
60,693
50,191
44,474
35,274
33,828
186,385
167,709
171,339
151,061
126,607
111,894
109,009
102,740
68,748
72,061
77,312
69,518
57,284
49,833
47,065
44,137
97,806
105,736
116,095
102,520
88,227
80,370
72,312
67,068
16,525
22,315
13,851
12,680
10,942
10,485
9,421
8,765
■a | me
bangor (penobscott)
lew iston (Androscoggin)
Portland (Cumberland)
maryland
Baltimore
Massachusetts
BOSTON (SUFFOLK)
Brockton (Plymouth)
Cambridge (Middlesex)
Fall River (Bristol)
Lawrence (Essex)
Lowell (Middlesex)
Lynn (Essex)
MALOEN (middlesex)
NEW bedford (bristol)
Newton (Middlesex)
somerville (middlesex)
springfield (hanpden)
torcester (worcester)
octroi t (latke ) $/
Flint (Genesee) ft/
GRAND RAPIDS (KENT) B/
Pont i ac (Oakland) j/
SAGINAW (SAGINAW) %/
OuLinx (ST. Louis) §/
Minneapolie (hennepin)
ST. Paul (Ramsey) b/
kansas city (jackson)
st. louis
rem (washoe) §/
Albuquerque (Bernalillo) g/
Albany (Albany)
Buffalo (Erie)
new rochelle (Westchester)
new york city (new york)
niagara falls (niagara)
rochester (monroe)
schenectady (schenectady)
Syracuse (Qkawoaga)
utica (Oneida)
YONKER6 (WESTCHESTER)
north pakota
FARGO (CA66) fi/
(CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE)
43
TABLE 6 - AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INCURRED TOR GENERAL RELIEF EXTENDED TO CASES IN MAJOR URBAN
AREAS FOR WHIOH REPORTS ARC REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY MONTHS t/ (CONTINUCO)
JANUARY 1016
THROUGH MARCH
1937
STATE AND
URBAN AREA
1916
1937
SEPTEMBER
00TOWER
NOVEMBER
OCOEMBER
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
MAINE
BANGOR (PEN0B8C0TT)
1 3,114
I 2,842
9 9,073
£/
s/
s/
t 5/481
LEW16TON (ANDROSOOGQIN)
9,011
7,341
7,568
0/
£/
S/
12,134
Portland (Cumberland)
28,086
30,500
31,555
G/
£/
2/
38,614
MARYLAND
BALTIMORE
108,941
129,915
130,154
137,213
$ 169,609
t 179,611
209,681
MASSACHUSETTS
boston (Suffolk)
486,018
439,155
444,253
520,949
470,600
481,173
546,718
Brockton (Plymouth)
24,658
26,886
25,061
31,327
34,915
29,921
30,903
CAMBRIDGE (MIDDLESEX)
38,394
41,406
37,819
49,124
52,662
53,342
64,044
fall River (Bristol)
37,558
40,038
36,397
41,325
44,332
36,341
38,733
Lawrence (Essex)
17,004
20,705
16,053
17,673
19,819
18,146
18,412
Lowell (Middlesex)
38,544
34,396
30,555
33,402
36,864
36,127
34,001
Lynn (Essex)
28,656
33,109
33,541
37,317
39,055
37,919
34,214
Malden (Middlesex)
23,949
26,724
22,779
30,150
31,039
30,509
29,806
NEW BEDFORD (BRISTOL)
32,452
31,938
30,324
34,695
33,460
31,437
33,678
newton (Middlesex)
21,115
23,110
22,071
29,751
30,057
28,223
33,694
SOMERVILLE (MIDDLESEX)
44,996
50,558
40,789
64,497
51,086
55,598
62,784
springficlo (Hampden)
53,526
58,179
71,189
66,531
83,681
76,650
83/479
Worcester (Worcester)
102,627
100,467
88,635
116,032
106,431
116,756
128,823
MICHIGAN
DETROIT (WAYNE) B/
678,360
625,447
579,315
615,988
550,565
529,192
574,848
FLINT (GENESEE) B/
62,138
59,091
64,710
61,619
129,679
254,652
104,626
Grand rapids (Kent) §/
59,133
66,437
72,543
73,148
86,798
87,748
80,378
Pontiac (Oakland) §/
37,020
40,144
35,830
48,245
63,759
94,297
67,741
Saginaw (Saginaw) b/
22,325
23,030
27,880
32,371
36,466
49,227
34,717
Minnesota
DULUTH (ST. LOUIS) B/
68,325
71,386
85,069
97,506
111,902
116,882
119,747
Minneapolis (Hennepin)
261,015
308,725
342,116
468,929
435,617
463/458
462,154
St. Paul (Ramsey) b/
184,943
212,479
228,662
252,520
293,048
288,873
262,888
MISSOURI
KANSAS CITY (JACKSON)
0
62
3,520
3,396
10,610
52,664
50,451
St. louis
166,903
190,536
215,653
239,683
279,306
258,195
273,061
NEVADA
RENO (WASHOE) B/
3,974
4,912
5,010
5,404
10,257
7,650
5,151
NEW HAMPSHIRE
MANCHESTER (HILLSBOROUGH) B/
86,621
97,722
87,400
96,039
97,248
89,377
90,389
NEW JER3EY
Bayonne (Hudson)
29,367
31,890
35,584
41,240
43,167
44,464
45,755
Camden (camden)
58,166
58,196
71,492
77,998
80,505
06,755
87,891
Elizabeth (union)
13,882
16,252
15,659
18,735
17,423
16,803
18,728
Jersey City (Hudson)
110,920
107,714
109,849
116,189
123,740
123,961
132,230
Newark (Essex)
284,813
310,734
339,938
380,165
383,453
404,189
418,788
Paterson (Passaic)
62,004
64,314
59,874
71,803
66,777
62,196
69,197
Trenton (mercer)
35,674
40,410
49,762
57,008
62,825
64,995
68/495
NEW MEXICO
ALBUQUEROUC (BERNALILLO) B/
8,583
7,593
5,042
5,009
5,601
7,690
1,470
NEW YORK
Albany (Albany)
20,014
18,051
21,008
28,260
29,254
33,153
35,929
Buffalo (Erie)
360,628
330,075
360,193
452,724
460,636
521,823
622,600
NEW ROCHELLE (WESTCHESTER )
50,780
41,724
38,745
54,994
57,716
62,899
70,843
NEW YORK CITY (NEW YORK )
7,519,691
7,394,412
7,443,916
7,656,141
7,322,743
7,307,161
7,370,376
NIAGARA FALLS (NIAGARA)
23,794
25,444
25,058
33,488
35,059
39,564
40,779
ROCHESTER (MONROE)
177,753
207,585
224,994
272,278
260,020
260,298
265,922
Schenectady (Schenectady)
31,400
22,092
22,401
31,710
35,018
37,468
33,325
Syracuse (onandaca)
98,969
101,366
105,195
154,712
170,746
164,976
177,839
Utica (oneioa)
48,257
45,455
38,925
55,667
67,264
69,584
73,147
yonkers (Westchester)
73,392
68,054
58,927
69,131
71,095
68,275
70,641
NORTH 0AKOTA
FAROO (-CA86 ) B/
9,940
8,997
10,341
14,271
16,348
14,818
15,014
(CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE )
TABLE 0 - AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR GENERAL RELIEF EXTENDED TO OABCS IN MAJOR URBAN
AREAS FOR WHICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE* BY MONTHS (CONTINUED)
JANUARY 1938 THROUGH MARCH 1937
STATE AND
URBAN AREA
MARCH
1930
Ohio
Akron (Summit) %/
Canton (Starr) y
Cincinnati (Hamilton) fi/
Cleveland (Cuyahoga) fi/
COLUNBUS (FRANKLIN) fi/
Dayton (Montgomery) a/
Springfield (Clark) a/
toledo (lucas) y
younostovn (uahoninc) fi/
orcoon
Portland (Multnomah) 6/
pemwbylvania
Allentorn (lehich ) y
Altoona (blair) y
Bethlehem (Northampton ) y
Chester (delamare) y
erie (eric) y
Johnstorn (Cambria) &/
lancaster (lancaster) ft'
Philadelphia (Hiilaoclphia) a/
Pittsburgh (Allegheny ) y
reading (berks) y
scr an ton (lackagamu) y
(Mercer) y
(Luzerne) y
South Carolina
Charleston (Charleston)
Columbia (Richland)
Greenville (Greenville)
Spartanburg (Spartanburg)
South Dakota
Sioux Falls (miimowma) y
Austin (travib) b/
Se* uno*t (jefferson) y
Dallas (Dallas) y
EL Paso (El Paso) B/
fort worth (Tarrant) b/
Galveston (galvestom) fi/
houston (haacric) §/
san antonio (bexar) y
salt lake City (salt lake) fi/
I 133*964
t 147*913
9 197*978
• 196*449
Burlington (Chittenoch)
Rutland (Rutland)
Charleston (kamamha) y
HUNTINGTON (cabell ) ft/
■heeling (Ohio) fi/
kenosha (kenooha )y
Madison (Dane) fi/
■ ilsaucee (MIlMACKEE) fi/
Racine (Racine) fi/
■toning
casper (natrona) y
cheyenne (laramie) fi/
92,698
61,853
62,489
57,290
307,444
328,594
296,371
276,792
947,721
1,258,653
964,193
810,993
134,856
138,137
131,212
129,614
121,238
115,599
91,822
82,978
21,935
29,764
29,686
25,769
206,932
211 ,915
192,955
194,900
74,000
90,769
07,757
76,620
94,410
99,253
97,320
96,277
115,832
120,499
130,526
123,246
58,458
38,631
38,453
27,003
103,882
98,572
100,835
73,453
71,088
65,148
64,385
42,629
130,411
114,409
116,004
100,852
100,937
78,606
84,525
77,093
70,499
61,971
65,920
51,441
2,690,095
2,103,104
2,345,123
2,097,762
1,786,154
1,460,328
1,357,314
1,141,368
109,487
95,008
104,578
79,919
251,921
212,013
222,847
247,993
46,471
41,891
41,832
37,038
306,310
272,145
272,056
930,632
6,903
6,009
7,459
8,340
1,065
186
fi/
fi/
1,649
899
868
1,249
1,607
1,067
934
1,141
10,677
17,657
32,878
12,612
7,009
7,516
7,710
7,001
10,678
10,191
9,753
9,456
25,876
14,358
16,397
17,173
10,327
10,134
9,763
9,829
32,921
35,836
35,654
35,007
10,405
7,260
7,508
7,713
54,857
55,936
57,053
58,670
38,657
40,658
44,287
46,567
69,978
56,072
30,934
39,476
11,424
11,242
9,403
7,807
11,085
12,229
10,107
7,207
12,243
7,289
7,625
5,641
31,166
19,733
22,223
16,697
18,938
13,837
17,636
42,979
55,780
50,233
44,794
39,711
54,371
54,792
49,427
39,147
456,179
469,884
453,154
391,474
46,897
41,466
34,377
29,844
5,321
6,898
4,728
3,031
1,930
2,218
1,029
1,178
94.796
46*974
867,679
746,479
111*666
79,339
21.797
126,101
74,379
77,144
109,610
29,628
36,902
28,380
86,021
72,891
42,971
1,949,094
980,925
69,462
248,307
37,637
350,547
9,019
27,271
16,116
4,862
92,319
41,096
269,214
663,031
111,433
69,003
16,271
109,906
65,807
66,617
93,066
49,476
57,064
24,529
88,619
88,966
42,090
1,997,928
941,369
76,419
232,957
33,274
399,487
6,809
5,761
5,481
5,499
14,639
12,439
12,100
7,846
34,170
33,616
28,974
22,945
296,593
279,099
23,232
22,168
1,606
2,248
84,966
30,483
243,678
690,909
109,778
70,497
13,979
102,138
92,794
67,982
91,163
57,029
17,373
79,398
110,032
37,378
2,070,537
993,998
69,799
246,242
27,609
439,344
4,110
3,999
61,078
37,986
210,082
699,976
100,840
76,451
20,249
115,918
93,441
62,941
36,707
43,876
21,000
67,304
101,215
29,812
1,818,017
817,914
36,169
201,801
19,212
392,921
8,484
8,906
9,254
9,435
fi/
£/
S/
V
1,269
1,391
1,495
1,457
1,287
1,325
1,447
1,210
7,493
5,477
5,252
785
724
6,574
5,460
1,002
1,437
11,260
11,717
7,298
7,750
8,012
6,637
740
770
30,182
29,463
13,123
18,966
6,333
6,235
3,190
3,190
50,178
50,346
29,350
25,199
29,612
29,815
0
0
6,641
4,414
6,703
5,291
14,604
11,998
9,266
9,449
32,688
32,409
20,379
20,149
271,239
274,067
23,171
29,993
2,339
1,699
(concluded on next padc)
45
TABLE « - AMOUNT Of OOLIOATIONI INCUAfltD TON OINEBAl BEL IET EX TENOEO TO CASES IN MAJOR URBAN
AREAT TOR WHIOH RIRORTI ARE AUSONABLV OOMRLETE AND ADEOUATE, B* MONTHS tj (COMCEUDEO)
JANUARY 1938 THROUGH MARCH 1937
STATE ANO 1916 ">937
URBAN AREA SEPTEMBER QOTGWER NOVEMBER DECEfCn JANUARY FEBRUARY
Ohio
Akron (Suumit)b/
« 33,919
t 68,968
» 79,591
I 109,016
t 113,675
| 108,862
$ 117,627
canton (Stark) g/
40,111
40,045
41,003
33,786
59,623
54,096
49,336
Cincinnati (Hamilton) $/
263,710
265,141
277,314
282,732
294,786
290,010
292,503
Cleveland (Cuyahoga) g/
510,162
556,974
638,153
711,487
698,775
887,255
717,978
Columbus (franklin) §/
105,650
119,669
116,363
138,160
146,257
146,620
162,953
Dayton (Montgomery) $/
81,4*3
95,639
96,171
110,185
113,183
97,733
94,738
sprinqfielo (Clark) g/
23,013
23,8Z7
26,197
27,984
30,274
30,223
28,204
Toledo (Lucas) q/
133,451
149,541
146,112
177,980
202,749
180,648
156,551
young6town (mahoning) 8/
52,661
53,792
53,135
57,139
59,542
55,247
62,395
Oregon
Portland (Multnomah) §/
50,934
53,953
63,165
83,454
103,924
113,402
109,937
Pennsylvania
Allentown (lehigh ) g/
49,664
35,844
38,038
47,663
53/419
56,272
56,212
Altoona (Blair) g/
25,922
28,566
25,473
27,773
32,821
36,896
41,838
BETHLEHEM (NORTHAMPTON) g/
34,358
25,680
25,542
30,672
35,550
41,909
45,173
Chester (Delaware) g/
17,532
17,389
17,399
21,349
24,746
28,027
32,701
Erie (Erie) §/
51,156
55,158
50,256
66,638
79,967
72,040
67/416
JOHNSTOWN (CAMBRIA) g/
88,183
66,575
67,030
75,794
71,023
68,014
71,996
lancaster (lancaster ) g/
21,526
19,736
i9,846
27,764
32,934
34,116
36,252
Philadelphia (Philadelphia) g/
1,873,150
1,837,989
1,697,779
1,918,882
1,862,907
1,904,673
2,170,860
Pittsburgh (Allegheny) b/
803,918
790,509
736,427
029,784
809,465
811,501
069,757
Reading (berks) b/
47,032
37,542
44,290
52,409
53,338
57,556
63,198
Scranton (Lackawanna) b/
167,905
153,761
146,380
162,919
160,797
167,784
206,170
Sharon (mercer) g/
16,388
14,332
16,275
18,466
22,736
25,248
25,012
wilkes—6arre (luzerne) b/
380,171
307,01*
284,676
334,920
340,533
342,976
413,566
south carolina
charleston (charleston )
9,935
6,055
3,638
3,973
3,854
3,520
9/
Columbia (Richland)
£/
9/
9/
774
439
426
9/
greenville (greenville)
1,471
1,484
1,553
1,487
1,607
1,620
9/
spartanburg (spartanburg)
1,181
1,099
1,010
963
965
939
9/
South Dakota
Sioux fall6 (Minnehaha) b/
8,616
8,569
8,277
9,855
13,666
12,134
10/401
texas
Austin (Travis) b/
803
859
841
888
907
963
1,000
Beaumont (jefferson) b/
1,359
1,575
9/
1,932
2,190
2,601
2,360
Dallas (Dallas) b/
6,962
11,828
15,800
18,578
17,001
16,168
24,668
El paso (El pa60) b/
656
5*9
276
862
546
593
516
FORT WORTH (TARRANT) g/
19,733
12,003
12,043
14,973
15,786
11,619
12,681
Galveston (Galveston) b/
2,780
2,540
2,585
2,010
1,870
1,730
1,682
Houston (Harris) §/
26,285
26,228
26,384
25,720
21,554
19,993
19,154
San Antonio (bexar) b/
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
UTAH
SALT LAKE city (SALT LAKE) g/
35,519
45,833
54,737
66,539
67,247
73,056
73,656
vermont
Burlington (chittenoen)
6,763
5,903
7,641
9,318
6,666
6,291
7,844
Rutland (Rutland )
4,699
4,529
5,789
5,897
6,075
5,875
6/487
vest Virginia
Charleston (kanawma) g/
6,772
6,685
9/
S/
£/
9/
9/
Huntington (cabell) b/
14,804
13,618
9/
S/
9/
9/
9/
wheeling (Ohio) b/
13,388
8,362
S/
9/
9/
9/
9/
Wisconsin
Ken06ha (kenosma) b/
32,462
33,040
34,246
35,629
34,424
32,039
32,307
Maoison (Dane) g/
20,742
25,938
28,313
34,306
39,460
40,310
40,263
Milwaukee (Milwaukee) §/
263,918
335,159
329,163
326,915
363,204
370,480
371,666
Racine (Racine) g/
25,103
25,331
33,491
41,792
44,866
34,872
20,796
Wyoming
Casper (Natrona ) g/
1,853
2,954
2,939
3,209
4,295
3,375
2,314
Cheyenne (uramie) b/
767
731
964
750
1,166
1,796
1,597
A/ ALL OATA PRESENTED IN THIS TABLE ARE BELIEVED TO BE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE ALTHOUGH IT 16 KNOWN THAT FIOURES TOR PEORIA, ROCKFORD, MID SPRINGFIELD, ILLI¬
NOIS INCLUDE RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNTS OF OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR RELIEF IN THE FORM OF HOSPITALIZATION OR BURIAL8 IN JULY 1936. THE COUNTIES IN WHICH CITIES ARE
LOCATED ARE SHOWN IN PARENTME8E8 AFTER CITY NAMES. FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THE METHOD OF SELECTION OF THE URBAN AREAS INCLUOEO IN THIS TABLE, BEE PAGE 33.
8/ FIGURES COVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY IN SHICH THE CITY 16 LOCATED.
c/ Adequate data are not available.
46
State, Urban Area,
AND PERIOD
TABLE 7 - TOTAL AMOUNT OF OBL(OAT IONS INCURRED TOR RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN AREAS
FOR 9HICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, OY SOURCES OF FUNDS AND OY QUARTERS
January 1036 Through March 1037
Amount
Federal funds
Percent
Amount
STATE FUNOS
pe"cent
Amount
Alabama
B(RHINOHAN (JKTTERBON) B/
1086 FIRST QUARTER
Third
FOURTH
1937 firot quarter c/
mobile (mobile) b/
1937 first quarter c/
r (mohtoohery) b/
1937 first quarter c/
t 78*400
17,062
17,725
26.053
t 43,632
4,043
3,380
33
33.6
27.3
10.1
0.1
1936 first quarter
3,341
413
12.4
scoono ■
3,060
204
6.7
third • 2/
3,374
36
fi/
fourth "
2,968
0
0
« 18,748
4,383
6,306
12,243
21.0
24.1
37.2
47.0
I 16,080
8,666
7,740
13,777
1936 first Quarter
8,999
4,921
95.1
2,262
23.5
1,736
stow •
10,925
6,683
61.2
1,974
18.1
2,268
THIRD •
6,560
1,573
24.0
2,465
37.3
2,981
Fourth •
5,802
871
15.0
2,465
42.3
2,466
6.7
32.0
1,560
46.9
1,390
40.7
1,366
44.6
1,400
48.7
1,703
30.0
1,709
90.0
1,470
49.8
1,489
90.2
10.4
20.7
38^
42.3
Port Smith (Sebastian) b/
1936 first quarter
Third ■ c/
1997 FIRST QUARTER C/
little rock (nuoci) B/
1936 FIRST QUARTER
Third " c/
fourth ■ c/
1937 FIRST QUARTER C/
10,922
62,699
9,395
8,924
58,346
8,665
4,333
brimerort (Fairfield)
1996 first quarter
170,732
12,703
7.4
37,664
22.2
120,185
70^
•
132,780
762
0.6
49,912
37.1
82,706
62.3
Third •
123,060
4,993
3.7
81,805
90.2
55,66
46.1
Fourth •
115,672
471
0.4
44,472
38.4
70,720
61.2
1937 first Quarter
133,921
0
0
49,680
37.1
84,241
62.9
Hartford (hartford)
1996 first quarter
330,931
21,310
6.4
124,405
37.6
185,216
56.0
Second •
230,061
827
0.3
115,898
90.4
113,336
4w
Third •
196,540
4,837
2.5
88,761
45.1
102,942
6.4
fourth •
214,031
1,385
0.7
79,241
37.0
133,405
62.3
1937 first quarter
216,823
0
0
82,242
37.9
134,981
6.1
NED britain (hartforp)
1936 first quarter
68,063
6,266
9.2
6,973
10.3
54,824
80.5
second *
51,987
1,209
2.5
8,974
17.4
41,320
' 80.1
third •
55,154
3,329
7,119
12.9
44,786
81.1
fourth "
79,093
2,560
3.2
12,644
16.0
63,889
80.8
1937 first quarter
32,733
1,006
1.9
13,851
26.3
37,876
71.8
NEW haven (hew haven)
1936 first quarter
224,73b
7,210
3.2
39,896
17.9
177,682
79.0
second *
188,429
3,784
2.0
36,607
10.4
148,038
78.6
third ■
160,102
7,818
4.9
32,202
20.1
120,082
75.0
fourth •
166,314
5,73b
3.5
31,957
10.2
128,799
77 .3
1937 first quarter
170,078
3,873
2.3
33,378
10.6
132,827
78.1
(CONTINUED ON NEXT PAflC)
47
table 7 - total amount Of OIL I wat i ONI incurred for relief in major urban areas
for which reports are reasonailv COUPLE ft and adequate, 8y sources of funds and by quarters a/ (continued)
Mm*
mv 1986 through manor 1937
State, Urban Area
/iowal Funds
state
funds
Local
funds
and period
total
Amount
PCnOENj
Amount
percent
Amount
pcacdflt
connecticut (continued)
iatcrbury (nct haven)
1036 first quarter
second ■
third »
fourth *
1 63,115
36,270
49,431
30,613
« 1,028
445
3,510
1,000
1.6
o.e
7,1
2.0
t 13,673
13,154
12,043
13,067
21.7
23.4
24.4
25.8
| 48,414
42,671
33,878
36,546
76.7
75.8
68.5
72.2
1937 firm Quarter
30,332
0
0
15,709
31.4
34,543
66.6
district of columbia
Washington
1936 first quarter
second "
thiro ■
fourth •
1,081,271
327,940
317,787
371,685
360,595
74,748
78,343
85,931
33.3
14.2
24.7
23.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
720,676
453,192
239,444
285,754
66.7
85.0
75.3
76.9
1937 fir6t quarter
381,079
48,011
12.6
0
0
333,068
87.4
illinois
chicaqo (cook) */
1936 first quarter
second ■
Third *
fourth *
10,123,879
8,954,576
5,043,221
8,227,849
918,753
17,029
0
0
9.1
0.2
0
0
9,204,676
8,936,992
4,980,197
5,926,761
90.9
99.8
98.7
72,0
450
555
63,024
2,301,088
0
1.3
28.0
1937 first quarter
9,471,491
0
0
5,922,683
62.5
3,548,808
37.5
Peoria (peoria) b/
1936 first quarter
second •
third ■
fourth "■
183,958
151,872
110,562
116,863
3,459
1,276
0
0
1.9
0.8
0
0
169,946
137,154
14,450
80,603
92.4
90.3
13.1
69.0
10,553
13,442
96,112
36,260
5.7
8.9
06.9
31.0
1937 First quarter
165,167
0
0
123,504
74.8
41,663
25.2
rockford (winnebaqo) b/
1936 first quarter
second *
third •
fourth *
313,702
214,850
189,989
199,859
16,843
2,973
0
0
5.4
1.4
0
0
284,781
203,684
116,926
144,030
90.8
94.8
61.5
72.1
12,078
8,193
73,063
55,829
3.8
3.8
38.5
27.9
1937 first quarter
240,706
0
0
136,235
56.6
104,471
43.4
sprinofielo (sangamon) b/
1936 first quarter
second •
thiro "
fourth •
134,333
85,216
99,263
113,205
- 16,881
804
0
0
2/
0.9
0
0
151,214
83,731
60,072
81,871
100.0
98.3
60.5
72.3
0
681
39,191
31,334
0
0.8
39.5
27.7
1937 first Quarter
137,298
0
0
88,210
64.2
49,090
35.8
indiana
evanbville (vanoerburo) g/
1936 First Quarter
seoond ■
thiro •
fourth "
135,121
94,744
81,804
108,091
5,199
5,921
7,541
5,533
3.8
6.2
9.2
5.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
129,922
88,823
74,263
102,558
96.2
93.8
90.8
94.9
1937 first quarter
102,700
5,896
5.7
0
0
96,804
94^
fort wayne (Allen) b/
1936 firm quarter
second "
third »
Fourth ■
107,342
51,939
39,339
51,766
2,578
3,221
3,378
2,533
2.4
6.2
8.6
4*9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
104,764
48,718
35,961
49,233
97.6
93.8
91.4
95.1
1937 first quarter
60,426
3,032
5.0
0
0
57,394
95j)
gary (lake) b/
1936 firm quarter
second "
thiro *
fourth •
340,311
269,329
244,033
260,582
5,287
5,810
6,177
4,924
1.6
2.2
3.5
1.9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
335,024
263,519
237,856
255,658
98*4
97.8
97.5
98.1
1937 first quarter
277,294
5,993
2.2
0
0
271,301
97.8
indianapolis (|iar|0n) b/
1936 first quarter
second "
third *
fourth "
306,583
369,961
330,765
418,824
25,508
18,916
21,101
18,800
5.0
5.1
6.4
4.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
a3
481,080
351,045
309,664
400,024
95.0
94.9
93.6
95.5
1937 first quarter
— 493,822
22,549
4.6
0
0
471,273
95^
(CONTINUED ON NEXT PACE)
TABU 7 - TOTAL AMOUNT or OBLIGATIONS! INCURRtO TON AtLltf IN UAJON URBAN AULAS
FOR tHICH RtPORTS ARt REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY SOURCES OF FUNDS AND BY QUARTERS tj (CONTINUED)
january 1030 through maaoh 1037
state, Urban area
ano period
Total
FtMWl Funds
Ijaie Funds
local funot
Amount
percent
amount
percent
"amount
percent
(mdiana (continued)
south 8cn0 (st. joseph) b/
1936 first quarter
« 99,623
» 3,079
3.1
i 0
0
1 96,544
96.9
second *
66,562
3,712
5.6
0
0
62,050
94.4
Third "
65,222
4,600
7.1
0
0
60,622
92.9
FOURTH •
78,396
2,941
3.8
0
0
75,495
96.2
19»7 first quarter
103,684
4,3/4
4.2
0
0
99,310
99*6
timrc haute (VISO) 8/
1986 first quarter
51,820
5,153
10.0
0
0
46,670
90.0
second •
39,397
4,190
10.6
0
0
35,207
09.4
third *
45,417
5,150
11.3
0
0
40,267
00.7
fourth *
46,057
5,031
10.9
0
0
41,026
09.1
1937 First Quarter
58,773
5,694
9.7
0
0
58,079
90.3
caspar mapi os (linn) s/
1930 first QUARTO c/
sisaKo • y
Third • z/
fwjhtm " C/
1937 First Quarto,
(scott) y
1930 first quarts* c/
Third • c/
fourth • y
1937 first quarter
DCs Aninfs {Raul} y
1936 first Quarter c/
second • y
Third • c/
* y
1937 first quart at
KANSAS Cm (tlARUUME?
NTO 0/
' K
third ■ d/
fourth * c/
1937 fioot quarter
TOREK* (Stovcc)
1936 Floor qui wren 0/
■ £/
1937 ftrot quarter
76,927
323,397
117,675
72,643
64,807
00,739
56,030
49,040
53,032
94,745
90
296
15
0
259
44,079
39,767
s/
145,024
0.1
63,040
2/
0,107
K
6,400
2/
5,526
0
5,035
2/
4,461
0
3,55b
2/
3,000
32,499
43,360
100,336
13.9
122,079
6.9
110,097
0.9
66,80
0.3
59,657
6.6
82,904
7.9
51,504
7.1
46,282
7.0
90,291
42.2
91.1
91.5
3,758
vichita (sewmac)
1936 first quarter 0/
second *
This® * 0/
Fourth ■ 0/
1937 first quarter
196,343
265
2/
6,616
3.4
189,972
125,902
0
0
5,578
4.4
120,324
122,022
298
2/
4,567
3.7
117,753
188,014
4,944
183,070
9%6
96.3
^0u|»|awa
m Orleans (Orleans) b/
1936 first quarter
SECOND * C/
THIRD * C/
Fourth * c/
1997 First quarter c/
256,631
*4,343
(Continued on next Pare)
49
TABIC 7 - TOTAL AMOUNT Of OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN AREAS
FOR WHICH REPORT! ARC REASONABLY COMPUTE ANO ADEQUATE, bv SOURCES OF FUNDS AND BY QUARTERS A/ (CONTINUED)
JANUARY 1086 THROUQH MARCH 1037
state, urban area
federal Funds
state
Funds
Local Funds
and period
Total
Amount
Peroent
Amount
peroent
Amount
percent
louisiana (continued)
shrevcport (caodo)
1936 first quarter
second " c/
Third " 0/
fourth • C/
• 68,781
t 15,702
26.7
• 0
0
t 43,079
73.3
1937 first quarter c/
kentucky
louisville (jefferson)
1936 First quarter c/
second ■ c/
Third • c/
fourth ■ c/
1937 First Quarter
56,806
0
0
0
0
56,906
100.0
maine
banoor (penobscott)
1936 First Quarter
second * c/
thiro ■ c/
Fourth • c/
14,755
0
0
2,113
14.3
12,642
85.7
1937 First Quarter c/
Lewiston (Androscoggin)
1936 First quarter
Second ■ c/
Third " c/
Fourth • c/
51,117
0
0
9,84o
19.3
41,271
80.7
1937 first quarter C/
Portland (Cumberland}
1936 first Quarter
second • c/
Third ■ c/
Fourth ■ c/
115,404
98
0.1
14,740
12.6
100,566
87.1
1937 first quarter C/
maryland
balt(more
1936 First Quarter
second ■
Third •
Fourth •
752,283
503,413
371,666
486,976
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
752,283
0
0
0
100.0
0
0
0
0
503,413
371,666
466,976
0
100.0
100.0
100.0
1937 First quarter
632,970
0
0
0
0
632,970
100.0
massachusetts
boston (Suffolk)
1936 first Quarter
second •
Third *
Fourth ■
2,322,320
1,831,520
1,681,079
1,621,524
76,858
10,897
7,797
4,190
3.3
0.6
0.5
0.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,245,482
1,820,623
1,673,282
1,617,334
96.7
99.4
99.5
99.7
1937 first quarter
1,208,030
1,039
0.1
0
0
1,206,979
99.9
Brockton (Plymouth)
1936 First quarter
second •
Third •
fourth "
103,144
76,867
79,364
90,057
150
15
0
0
0.1
£/
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
102,994
76,852
79,384
90,057
99.9
100.0
100.0
100.0
1937 first quarter £/
103,164
22
2/
0
0
103,186
100.0
Caubrioge (Middlesex)
1936 first quarter
second »
Third •
fourth •
240,866
172,205
139,480
136,608
1,967
0
0
10
0.8
0
0
1/
>
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
238,899
172,205
139,480
136,598
99.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
1937 first quarter
178,021
0
0
0
0
178,021
100.0
fall rfver (bristol)
1936 first Quarter
secono "
third *
fourth ■ 0/
183,715
124,597
117,220
127,775
5,626
1,141
1,360
79
3.1
0.9
1.2
2/
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
178,089
123,456
115,668
127,854
96.9
99.1
98 .8
100.0
1937 first quarter
128,534
0
0
0
0
128,534
100.0
(continued on Next page)
50
TA0LC 7- TOTAL AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN ANCAI
FOR BNICN REPORTS ARE RCABQNA8LV COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE* BY SOURCES OF FUNDI AND BY QUARTERS (CONTINUlo)
January 1930 Through march 1037
state, urban area fcdcbal funob state funob local fwpb
and period Total Amount Pbpocnt Amount Pirocnt Amount Pcwocnt
Massachusetts (continuso)
LAWRENCE (ESSEX)
1936 FIRST QUARTER
t 67,069
« 1,762
5.6
• 0
0
I 63,327
94.4
SECOND *
54,677
296
0.5
0
0
54,391
99.5
THIRD "
30,930
0
0
0
0
93,930
100.0
FOURTH "
54,677
296
0.3
0
0
54,381
99.5
1937 First Quarter 1/
58,216
163
2/
0
0
38,379
100.0
xwll (middlesex)
1936 First quarter
188,111
13,451
7.2
0
0
174,660
92.0
second •
127,499
234
0.2
0
0
127,265
99.8
THIRD "
130,679
0
0
0
0
130,679
100.0
fourth ■ 0/
106,346
47
2/
0
0
106,393
100.0
1937 First Quarter
115,873
0
0
0
0
115,073
100.0
inn (Essex)
1936 FIRST Quarter
199,218
1,167
0.6
c
0
198,051
99.4
SECOND •
137,302
0
0
0
0
137,502
100.0
Third •
100,302
0
0
0
0
100,302
100.0
FOURTH "
111,284
0
0
0
0
111,204
100.0
1937 First Quarter
118,243
0
0
0
0
118,243
100.0
wider (Middlesex)
1536 first Quarter
96,907
342
0.4
0
0
96,565
99.6
Second •
86,037
0
0
0
0
86,037
100.0
third •
77,630
0
0
0
0
77,630
100.0
fourth ■
83,103
0
0
0
0
83,108
100.0
1937 FIRST quarter
95,353
0
0
0
0
95,353
100.0
ie* Bedford (Bristol)
1936 First Quarter
103,047
5,322
5.2
0
0
97,725
94.0
Second "
101,958
105
0.1
0
0
101,853
99.9
Third •
104,100
0
0
0
0
104,100
100.0
Fourth • of
102,713
127
2/
0
0
102,040
100.0
1937 first quarter
103,477
0
0
103,477
100.0
ettoi (Middlesex)
1996 First Quarter
90,033
775
0.9
0
0
89,258
99.1
second *
66,416
0
0
0
0
66,416
100.0
Third *
62,126
0
0
0
0
62,126
100.0
Fourth •
78,327
0
0
0
0
78,327
100.0
1937 First Quarter
95,138
0
0
0
0
95,138
100.0
&herville (Middlesex)
1996 first quarter
193,678
4,908
2.5
0
0
188,770
07.5
second *
154,894
4,255
2.7
0
0
130,699
97.3
Thirp ■
146,426
0
0
0
0
146,426
100.0
Fourth •
162,227
0
0
0
0
162,227
100LO
1937 First quarter
174,663
0
0
0
0
174,003
100.0
sprimerirlo (wma)
1936 First quarter
second "
Third ■
Fourth •
415,717
222,215
199,406
232,796
7,460
0
0
0
t.b
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
408,257
222,215
190,408
232,796
90.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
1937 First quarter 0/
269,599
- 3,065
2/
0
0
272,624
100.0
wccster (bob
1936 First C
second
THIRD
fourth
(tester)
amrter
• 9/
501,905
426,366
346,499
345,996
52,464
27,109
104
9.0
6#4
%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
529,501
399,777
346,476
046,100
91.0
98.6
1<XM>
100.0
1937 first quarter 0/
394,754
300
2/
0
0
395,060
100.0
MICWISAH
detroit (wtic) e/
1036 FIRST QUARTER 2,091,470 75,781 2.5 1,297,040 43.4 1,617,841 54.1
SECOND • 2,604,058 0 0 1,309,775 30.1 IjfOOgMt 49.9
Third • g/
Fourth ■ c/
1937 FIRST quarter c/
(continued on next Pane)
51
table 7 - total amount Of obligation! inourrcd for relief in major urban area8
for which report! arc reasonably complete and adequate, by sources of funds and by quarters a/ (continued)
ja
nuary 1986 through maroh 1937
state, urban area
Federal Funds
state
funds
local
Funds
and per 100
total
am<w«t
Percent
Amount
percent
Amount
percent
mich iran (continued)
flint (qenesce) b/
1936 flrbt quarter
second "
thiro " 0/
fourth • g/
•231,519
221,944
fr- 1,084
0
2/
0
•189,061
155,469
74.8
70.0
1 63,542
66,475
25.2
30.0
1937 f*st quarter g/
grano rap 108 (kent) b/
1936 first quarter
second "
Third " C/
Fourth ■ g/
361,437
280,004
8,299
0
2.3
0
295,842
205,577
81.9
73.2
57,296
75,227
15.8
26.8
1937 first quarter c/
pontiao (Oakland) o/
1936 first Quarter
second "
Third ■ g/
Fourth • c/
301,622
185,066
17,252
300
5.7
0.2
209,129
155,607
69.3
84.1
75,241
29,159
25.0
15.7
1937 First Quarter c/
Saginaw (Saginaw)
1936 first quarter
second "
third " c/
Fourth " c/
127,263
104,918
0
0
0
0
78,062
67,299
61.3
64.1
49,201
37,619
38.7
35.9
1937 first Quarter c/
minnesota
Ouluth (St. Louis) b/
1936 first quarter
second *
third "
fourth "
375,011
336,280
253,902
302,584
1,692
1,384
0
0
0.5
0.4
0
0
163,232
105,378
82,884
149,268
43.5
31.3
32.6
49.3
210,087
229,518
171,018
153,316
56.0
68*3
67.4
50.7
1937 first Quarter
404,092
0
0
187,859
46.5
216,233
53.5
Minneapolis (hcnnepin)
1S06 first quarter
Second "
Third •
fourth "
1,500,878
1,003,344
843,365
1,252,413
19,587
5
0
0
1.3
1/
0
0
674,769
397,730
291,135
487,171
45.0
39.6
34.5
38.9
806,522
605,609
552,230
765,242
53.7
60 .4
65.5
61.1
1937 first quarter
1,502,669
0
0
547,214
36.4
955,455
63.6
st. paul (ramsey) 8/
1936 first quarter
second "
Third •
Fourth ■
882,876
660,666
596,437
768,896
6,391
12
0
0
0.7
y
0
0
423,745
352,034
314,068
487,479
48.0
53.3
52.7
63.4
452,740
308,620
282,369
281,417
31.3
46.7
47.3
36.6
1937 first Quarter
921,520
0
0
469,715
51.0
451,805
49.0
hissicsippi
jackson (hinds) b/
1936 first Quarter
second • c/
THIFO " C/
Fourth " c/
18,008
13,924
77.3
4,084
22.7
0
0
1937 First Quarter c/
meridian (Lauderdale) b/
1936 first quarter
secono • c/
third * C/
fourth ■ c/
13,648
10,372
76.0
3,276
24.0
0
0
1937 first quarter c/
vick6burg (barren) g/
1936 first quarter
second • c/
third * £/
fourth " c/
13,639
12,086
88.6
1,553
11.4
0
0
1937 first quarter c/
(Continued on next page)
52
TAME 7 - TOTAL AMOUNT Of OMI OAT IONS INCURRED TOR RCLIlf IN MAJOR URBAN ARCAI
fOR «HICN REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, by SOUROEB Of fUNDB AND by QUARTER! fl/ (continued)
JANUARY 1938 Tnhouqh MAROH 1937
State, Urban Area
anp per 100
federal fUNOl
btate fUNOA
Amount
Pkrqcnt
sssm-
fv0UPT,,
Local Funds
esasggg
Missouri
Kansas City (Jackson)
1936 First Quarter
second ■
Third ■
Fourth •
1937 first Quarter
st. Louis
1936 First Quarter
Second •
Tmiro ■
Fourth •
1937 first Quarter
RENO (mashoe) y
1936 First quarter
Third
Fourth
1937 First Quarter
RANCHESTER (HlLUSSOROI
1996 First quarter
«)!/
Tmiro
Fourth
1937 First quarter
iayomne (Hudson)
1936 first quarter
Third
Fotsmi
1937 First Quarter c/
«-n (»m»)
1936 First Quarter
Third •
FOl**TH •
1937 FIRST QUARTER C/
elizabeth ((rum)
1936 First Quarter
Tmiro
Fourth
£/
1937 first quarter c/
City (Hudson)
1936 First Quarter
Third
Fourth
£/
1937 First Quarter C/
(Essex)
1936 First Quarter
second • c/
THIRD •
Fourth •
1997 First Quarter C/
Paterson (Passaic)
1936 First Quarter
SECOND " C/
THfRO *
fourth •
1331,400
1165,540
73,154
5,131
576
411
7,428
1,028
113,724
13,153
l,30?,205
296,906
664,761
23,342
644,945
3,042
742,428
6,067
916,643
26,035
77,257
9,295
48,324
8,672
45,251
5,937
34,057
7,236
36,422
15,727
477,610
44,838
300,779
31,274
261,197
723
282,407
1,335
270,525
1,510
115,404
17,406
91,318
0
120,399
0
427,830
110,046
201,027
0
231,710
0
79,306
10,848
50,114
0
58,906
0
535,835
149,616
354,342
0
352,966
0
1,286,009
302,071
1,027,107
0
1,206,037
357,562
209,401
210,749
47.1
1185,940
52.9
» o
0
7.0
60,028
93.0
0
0
71.4
165
28.6
0
0
13.8
6,400
86.2
0
0
11.6
100,571
06.4
0
0
21.5
3.3
0.5
0.9
2.0
12.0
17.9
13.1
21.2
43.2
9.4
10.1
0.3
0.5
0.6
15.1
0
01,107
643,753
46.5
100,000
15.0
0
0
12,283
1.7
525,217
57.3
0,106
10.5
21,725
45.0
29,737
65.7
15,969
46.9
8,722
23.9
0
0
0
0
130,237
49.8
140,581
49.0
138,506
49.7
55,962
48.5
71,992
78.0
97,854
81.3
292,234
60.3
171,555
05.0
199,704
86.2
32,753
41.2
32,133
64.1
40,048
66.4
354,707
66.2
290,966
82.1
286,362
81.7
793,052
01.7
770,047
75.0
962,402
79.9
231,800
64.8
182,575
87.2
182,749
86.7
442,626
32.0
541,419
81.5
641,903
99.5
723,270
97.4
365,391
39.9
59,856
77.5
17,927
37.1
9,577
21.2
10,852
31.9
11,973
32.9
432,780
90.0
277,505
89.9
130,237
49.9
140,581
49.7
138,507
49.7
42,036
36*4
19,326
21.2
22,505
18.7
17,550
4.1
30,272
15.0
31,926
13.0
35,785
43.1
17,981
33.9
16,540
31.6
31,512
5.9
68,376
17.9
64,604
18.3
190,066
14.0
257,060
23.0
243,558
20.2
44,655
12.3
26,906
12.8
28,000
13.3
1937 first quarter C/
(CONTINUED ON NEXT PAOE)
53
TABLE 7 - TOTAL AMOUNT Of OM. I BAT I ONI INOURRCD FOR RCLICF IN MAJOR URBAN AREAS
FOR WHICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPUTE AND ADEQUATE, BY BOUNCES OF FUNOS AND BY lJuARTCRB (J (Oontinucd)
january 1916 tmaouoh maroh 1987
state, Urban Area
and period
rmvk rw°t
62.5
• 41,100
75.0
31,670
80.8
32,071
46.0
72,690
48.1
56,076
46.8
47,708
44.0
49,654
40.7
72,430
43.9
1,166,663
43.8
1,005,640
43.4
764,652
41.2
782,798
40.4
1,005,413
42.8
142,628
43.2
136,169
42.8
110,094
41.5
89,767
40.4
129,241
45.2
14,739,014
44.1
15,046,409
43.2
15,105,873
42.3
15,543,454
40.8
15,469,276
47.3
88,890
46.5
74,759
43.2
62,432
40.4
66,116
38.4
90,430
42.1
643,760
42.5
452,339
42.1
373,049
40.4
476,790
39.9
537,966
45.4
119,128
44.8
99,801
44.3
74,142
41.7
56,953
39.4
81,713
45.2
345,758
45.5
261,238
44.1
226,613
42.0
257,878
40.4
360,704
44.9
141,218
45.1
115,462
44.4
96,473
42.5
98,099
NCR jersey {continued)
trenton (mercer)
1936 flrbt quarter
second ■ £/
thiro "
Fourth "
1937 Firbt Quarter c/
NCR york
Albany (Albany)
1936 First quarter
second •
Third "
fourth *
1937 Firbt quarter
Buffalo (Erie)
1936 Firbt quarter
second ■
Third *
Fourth "
1937 First quarter
new rochelle (westchester
1936 firbt quarter
third *
fourth "
1937 First quarter
new York City (new York)
1936 First quarter
second ■
thiro ■
Fourth *
1937 First Quarter
niagara falls (nlaqara)
1936 first quarter
second *
Third »
fourth "
1937 firbt quarter
rochester (monroe)
1936 Firbt Quarter
second "
Third ■
Fourth ■
1937 Firbt Quarter
Schenectady (Schenectady)
1936 First Quarter
Third •
FOURTH "
1937 Firbt Quarter
Syracuse (Onandaoa)
1936 Firbt quarter
second •
THIRO ■
Fourth ■
1937 First quarter
utica (oneida)
1936 First quarter
Second ■
third •
fourth ■
1937 first quarter
1330,RSI
126,600
166,627
141,155
107,996
89,614
91,162
122,165
2,123,567
1,836,312
1,350,322
1,368,068
1,822,388
256,603
243,476
193,912
158,636
216,794
27,073,563
27,710,099
26,607,588
26,924,966
26,109,250
1,134,417
804,567
644,734
811,831
895,218
224,574
186,260
133,050
100,199
184,731
| 83,180
3,475
0
0
1,345
25,401
26,053
0
21,230
4,073
2,247
0
3,085
97,979
451,558
57,991
0
174,619
3,058
140,358
252
110,010
0
112,777
1,087
146,724
0
13,418
10,244
0
6,885
3,528
2,908
0
1,501
646,428
8,530
49) ,056
6,370
405,101
0
432,728
4,645
605,238
0
260,646
2,498
215,801
3,062
173,580
0
174,520
2,269
244,403
0
•206,601
94,922
134,556
2.5
64,990
0
51,920
0
41,906
1.5
40,1®
0
49,755
1.2
931,483
1.4
803,819
0
585,670
1.6
564,040
0
736,975
1.6
109,902
0.9
105,060
0
83,018
1.9
65,784
0
87,553
0.4
12,236,570
1.6
12,212,132
0.2
11,523,724
0
11,381,512
0
10,®9,974
1.8
82,671
0.2
65,347
0
47,578
1.0
45,574
0
56,294
1.2
477,239
1.3
341,984
0
271,685
0.9
328,156
0
357,252
1.6
101,918
1.6
83,551
0
58,908
1.5
41,745
0
53,018
1.9
292,140
1.3
223,450
0
178,488
1.0
190,205
0
244,554
0.9
116,930
1.4
97,277
0
77,107
1.3
74,151
0
99,064
145,339
25,0
19.2
51.5
51.9
53.2
54.5
59.3
54.9
54.8
56.6
57.2
99.6
55.6
55.9
57.2
56.6
59.6
54.4
54.3
56.6
57.7
59.2
50.9
53.3
56.8
58^
61.6
56.7
56^
57.9
58. 7
60.1
53.0
53.6
55.7
56.8
60.6
53.5
33.2
55.9
57.0
54.2
53.5
55.6
56.2
59.5
(continued on next pafle)
54
MILE 7- TOTAL AMOUNT OF OIL I OA T IONS INCURRED TOR RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN AREAS
FOR IHICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY SOUROES OF FUNDI AND BY QUARTERS A/ (CONTINUED)
JANUARY 1036 THPOUQH MARCH 1037
State, Ursan Area
and per 100
rCPCRAL FUNOI
Amount
pcrocnt
Amount
pcrocnt
AMOUNT
Km York (Continued)
vonker® (westchester)
1936 first Quarter
second ■
Third •
FOURTH "
1937 First quarter
1390,434
300,292
240,726
225,376
246,784
• 4,398
4,640
0
2,999
1.2
1190,974
41.1
•199,062
95.7
1.5
131,403
43.0
164,249
94.7
0
104,045
43.6
139,681
96*4
1.3
94,841
42.1
127, 96
56.6
0
98,320
40.0
147,964
60.0
worth Dakota
Fargo (Cam) 8/
1936 first quarter
second * C/
Third • c/
fourth • c/
1937 first quarter c/
Ohio
Akron (Summit) b/
1936 First quarter
Third
1937 first Quarter
CANTON (STARK) B/
1936 first Quarter
Third •
Fourth •
1997 First quarter
Cincinnati (Hamilton) b/
19S6 FIRST Quarter
Third ■
Fourth •
1s07 first quarter
Cleveland (cuvahooa) b/
1936 first quarter
Third
FOURTH "
1937 first quarter
Columbus (franklin) E/
1936 First quarter
1937 first Quarter
DAYTON (Montgomery) S/
1936 FIRST QUARTER
Third ■
fourth ■
1937 first Quarter
Spring field (Clap*) b/
1936 first quarter
THIRO *
fourth ■
1937 first quarter
Toledo (Lucas) 0/
1936 first quarter
second *
third *
fourth
1937 First Quarter
62,078
590,741
397,540
223,426
276,787
364,997
196,841
160,669
125,003
144,753
173,173
1,103,675
903,074
901,469
946,955
3,657,593
2,625,998
2,033,233
2,003,309
2,469,204
36,875
17,501
9,903
0
0
10,642
5,031
0
0
61,898
20,573
0
0
79,01j
40,299
0
0
0.4
406,530
32,293
411,429
19,332
347,879
0
412,036
0
496,003
0
384,139
20,916
279,920
13,443
250,893
0
324,430
0
326,640
0
82,115
4,426
71,298
1,991
64,167
0
84,044
0
96,729
0
710,003
41,609
470,968
16,260
394,809
0
516,041
0
584,092
0
3.2
927,100
2.9
329,921
• 0
220,869
0
277,199
0
364,524
5.4
177,813
3.1
150,654
0
120,726
0
141,948
0
170,786
5.6
1,036,466
2.3
591,198
0
010,065
0
901,469
0
831,076
2.2
2,749,813
1.0
2,232,019
0
1,627,465
0
2,065,084
0
2,297,271
6.6
426,212
3.7
369,714
0
336,141
0
409,957
0
487,569
9.4
399,710
4.9
236,969
0
240,690
0
321,006
0
323,440
5*4
77,407
2.8
69,012
0
63,925
0
03,713
0
96,323
5.9
658,449
3.5
438,478
0
379,037
0
900,007
0
571,917
95.7
6,060
1.1
82.0
61,716
15.5
98.8
2,557
1.2
99.4
1,628
0.6
99.9
473
0.1
90.3
0,366
4.3
93.8
4,984
3.1
96.6
4,277
3*4
98.1
2,005
1.9
96.6
2,307
T.4
93.6
6,291
0.6
65.4
292,103
32.3
98.4
13,158
1.6
100.0
0
0
87.0
115,079
12*2
75.2
028,767
22.6
85.0
345,200
13.2
00.0
405,766
20.0
99.2
17,425
0.8
91.4
211,933
8.6
87.6
20,025
5.8
88.9
30,379
7.4
96.6
11,730
3.4
98.3
6,079
1.7
98.3
8,438
1.7
92*6
7,509
2.0
86.9
23,912
8.6
95.9
10,243
4.1
98.9
3,424
1.1
99.0
3,192
1.0
94*4
202
0.2
96.0
295
0.4
99.6
242
0.4
99.6
331
0.4
99.6
406
0^
92.6
10,665
1.5
93.1
16,230
3.4
96.0
15,772
4.0
96.9
16,034
3.1
97.9
12,175
2.1
(Continued on next paoe)
55
TABLE 7 - TOTAL AMOUNT Of OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN AREAS
FOR WHICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE, BY SOURCES OF FUNDS ANO BY QUARTERS £/ (CONTINUED)
1937 First Quarter c/
Erie (Erie) b/
1936 FIRST QUARTER 0/
second • c/
THIRO * C/
Fourth * c/
Johnstown (Cambria) b/
1936 First Quarter c/
Second ■ c/
Third • c/
Fourth " c/
v 1916 Through Marom 1937
and perioo
Total
Amount
perocnt
Amount
Peroent
Amount
percent
Ohio (Continued>
younqbtown (uahonino) 8/
1936 First Quarter
$284,500
9 17,610
6.2
$256,256
90.1
$ 10,642
3.7
second "
235,105
6,232
3.5
217,316
92.4
9,557
4.1
third "
176,172
0
0
170,935
97.0
5,237
3.0
Fourth "
183,076
0
0
180,175
98.4
2,901
1.6
1937 First Quarter
197,249
0
0
193,520
99.1
1,729
0.9
pennsylvania
Altoona (blais) b/
1936 First quarter c/
second " c/
Third • c/
FOURTH " c/
1937 First Quarter
121,703
121,703
che6tcr (Delaware) b/
1936 First quarter
Second ■ c/
Third ■ c/
Fourth •
95,108
93,507
1937 First Quarter
239,663
239,609
1937 First Quarter
231,282
8
1/
231,274
100.0
0
0
Lancaster (Lancaster) b/
1936 First quarter
Second "
Third "
fourth "
230,811
165,428
111,305
76,806
66,010
2,340
814
879
28.6
1.4
0.7
1.1
164,801
163,088
110,491
75,927
71.4
98.6
99.3
98.9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1937 first quarter
112,808
5
1/
112,803
100.0
0
0
Philadelphia (Philadelphia) 0/
1936 First Quarter
secono ■
Third *
fourth *
7,721,672
6,505,678
6,246,192
5,750.664
449,096
33,901
26,597
6,480
5.8
0.5
0.4
0.1
7,271,776
6,551,475
6,219,293
5,744,184
94.2
99.5
99.6
99.9
0
302
3oe
0
0
y
y
0
1937 First quarter
6,236,286
2,110
%/
6,234,176
100.0
0
0
Pittsburqh (Allegheny) b/
1936 First Quarter
secono "
Third •
fourth ■
5,115,431
3,468,592
2,866,925
2,328,341
447,839
40,854
20,302
20,153
8.6
1.2
0.7
0.8
4,634,682
3,427,575
2,846,143
2,508,186
90.6
98.8
99.3
99.2
32,910
163
480
0
0.6
%
0
1937 first quarter
2,652,554
2,421
0.1
2,650,133
99.9
0
0
reading (berks) b/
1936 First Quarter
Second *
Third •
Fourth •
351,661
265,368
203,770
149,837
157,791
1,408
1,004
811
44.9
0.5
0.5
0.5
193,870
263,980
202,766
149,026
55.1
99.5
99.5
99.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1937 First quarter
189,082
0
0
189,082
100.0
0
0
scranton (Lackawanna) b/
1936 first quarter C/
Second * c/
Third " c/
fourth " C/
1937 First quarter
584,043
108
%/
583,935
100.0
0
0
(continued on next paae)
56
TABLE 7 - TOTAL AMOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN AREA!
FOR VNICH REPORTS ARC REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE. BY SOURCES OF FUNDS ANO BY QUARTERS fj (CONTINUED)
JANUARY 1936 THROWN MAROH 1937
State, Urban Area
mcMi. runo«
state funds
looal
Funds
ano per100
Total
Amount
PCRQCNT
amount
peroent
Amount
percent
Pennsylvania (continued)
Sharon (merger) y
1936 FIRST quarter C/
second • y
third • y
Fourth • y
1937 first quarter
t 80,070
t o
0
I 80,070
100.0
1 o
0
■tuccs-oarrc (luxcrnc) »/
1936 first quarter
second •
thiro "
Fourth •
979,686
1,222,312
1,346,563
1,022,577
207,436
22,000
12,373
10,263
29.3
1.0
0.9
1.0
692,252
1,200,314
1,334,190
1,012,314
70.7
96.2
99.1
99.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1997 first Quarter
1,101,520
161
y
1,101,399
100.0
0
0
south carolina
charleston (charleston) s/
1936 First Quarter C/
second • y
third "
fourth *
56,333
34,094
50,262
•",671
09.2
81.3
0
0
0
0
6,071
6,383
10.6
16.7
1937 first quarter c/
greenville (greenville)
1936 first qwrtcr c/
second • y
third *
Fourth •
0,429
0,436
6,573
6,430
70.0
76.2
0
0
0
0
1,856
2,006
22.0
23.6
1997 First Quarter C/
SPARTAN— (SRARTAMBUNb)
1996 first quarter y
Second ■ y
third •
fourth ■
10,045
9,230
7,467
6,952
74.3
75.3
0
0
0
0
2,578
.2,278
25.7
24.7
1997 first quarter c/
South Dakota
Sioux falls {simaehaha) y
1936 First quarter
Second •
Third •
Fourth • c/
66,564
35,444
29,526
2,596
1,996
1,971
3.9
5.6
6.7
22,100
6,703
4,906
33.2
18.9
16.6
41,860
26,745
22,649
62.9
75.5
76.7
1997 f|r«t quarter c/
If—
SALT LAKE CITY (SALT LAKE) g/
1936 first quarter
W97 First Quarter
it ¥|rbisla
Third
Fourth
(kamarma) y
1936 First Quarter
S/
1937 FIRST QlRRTCR C/
hunt|nbdon (cabelt) b/
1936 First quarter
second "
THIRD ■
Fourth • c/
1937 First quarter C/
199,897
91,782
4m
97,680
99,959
0
0
99,779
107,563
5,979
5.0
90,402
101,294
0
0
177,858
231,061
0
0
226,611
97,206
23,096
23.0
74,110
71,078
89
0.1
63,902
75,762
0
0
67,544
92,813
10,612
11.4
01,946
56,665
4
y
56,256
51,843
0
0
51,410
50 v4
2,489
99.0
180
91.5
3,182
90.1
l,4bfl
98^
4,250
7lt
0
60.9
7,093
89.2
8,218
80.3
255
99.3
405
1.3
ojt
1.9
0
10.0
0.3
0.7
0.6
1936 First Quarter
67,173
0,000
13.1
51*319
second ■
46,064
205
0.4
35,134
tmiro ■
45,364
0
0
33,219
fourth ■ y
1997 first Quarter £/
76.4
7,046
10.5
75.2
11,425
24.4
77.6
10,145
22.4
(CONCLUDED ON NEXT MM)
57
TABLE 7- TOTAL AMOUNT Of OBLIGATION! INCURRED FOR RELIEF IN MAJOR URBAN AREAS
FOR NHICH REPORTS ARE REASONABLY COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE* BY S0UR0E8 OP FUNDS AND BY QUARTERS A/ (Concluded)
JANUARY 1918 TNROUSH maroh 1937
state, urban ancA PKOgWAL punpb StATC funob LOCAL FUNOB
and period total Amount Psrccnt Amount percent Amount percent
KENOSHA (KENOSHA) §/
1936 first Quarter
1181,368
9 3,825
2.0
| 35,489
19.6
1142,254
78.4
second *
132,518
2,000
1.5
0
0
130,536
98.5
third ■
120,873
1,800
1.5
0
0
119,073
99.5
Fourth "
125,339
600
0.5
1,200
0.9
123,539
98.6
1937 first quarter
117,824
0
0
1,813
1.5
116,011
98.5
Madison (Dane) b/
1936 First Quarter
180,957
1,577
0.9
40,740
22.5
138,640
76.6
Second •
110,684
2,652
2.4
0
0
108,032
97.6
Third •
77,752
1,800
2.3
0
0
75,932
97.7
fourth ■
106,042
600
0.6
1,200
1.1
104,242
98.3
1937 first quarter
139,605
0
0
1,800
1.3
137,805
98.7
Milwaukee (Milwaukee) 8/
1936 first Quarter
1,784,830
6,723
0.4
428,576
24.0
1,349,531
75.6
Second "
1,182,361
9,155
0.8
905
0.1
1,172,301
99.1
Third •
991,731
6,001
0S6
0
0
985,730
99.4
fourth ■
1,170,072
2,000
0.2
4,000
0.3
1,164,072
99.5
1937 first quarter
1,287,610
0
0
6,000
0.5
1,281,610
99.5
Racine (Racine) b/
4936 First Quarter
173,732
2,750
1.6
78,561
45.2
92,421
53.2
second •
93,696
2,875
3.1
0
0
90,821
96.9
third •
87,448
1,900
2.2
0
0
85,548
97.9
Fourth •
119,720
650
0.5
1,400
1.2
117,670
96.3
1937 first Quarter
118,158
0
0
2,100
1.8
116,056
98.2
A/ Amounts include general relief extenoed to cases, cost of emergency education and transient programs conoucted by emergency relief aoministrations, non-belief wages
aw materials incident to work relief projects conoucteo by State and local relief administrations, and cost of administration. All data presented arc believed to
be reasonably complete and adequate. the counties in"which cities are locatco are shown in parentheses after city names.
Figures cover the entire county in which the city is located.
c/ Adequate data are not available.
0/ Negative amounts of Federal funds result from small cancellations or adjustments applicable to data reported for previous periods, states were advised to include
these items on current reports rather than to revise previous reports when the individual items were so small that revisions would necessitate an unreasonable amount
of clerical work.
£/ less than 0.05 percent.
U- S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE i 1938