| Food
Stamp Participation 1-Month Change* (Data as of March 24, 2005) |
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| State
/ Territory |
December 2004 |
January 2005 |
1-Month % Change |
| North Dakota | 40,666 | 43,180 | 6.20% |
| Alaska | 53,995 | 55,911 | 3.50% |
| South Dakota | 54,506 | 56,263 | 3.20% |
| Iowa | 198,188 | 203,524 | 2.70% |
| Wyoming | 26,019 | 26,537 | 2.00% |
| Wisconsin | 338,755 | 343,919 | 1.50% |
| Minnesota | 254,011 | 257,620 | 1.40% |
| New Hampshire | 51,062 | 51,793 | 1.40% |
| Washington | 497,501 | 504,582 | 1.40% |
| Missouri | 758,625 | 766,730 | 1.10% |
| Ohio | 997,064 | 1,007,914 | 1.10% |
| Pennsylvania | 1,026,438 | 1,037,237 | 1.10% |
| Kentucky | 565,121 | 570,871 | 1.00% |
| Michigan | 1,022,977 | 1,032,892 | 1.00% |
| Indiana | 552,835 | 557,686 | 0.90% |
| Vermont | 45,032 | 45,340 | 0.70% |
| Mississippi | 382,022 | 384,360 | 0.60% |
| Montana | 80,176 | 80,673 | 0.60% |
| Idaho | 94,192 | 94,699 | 0.50% |
| Massachusetts | 355,609 | 357,406 | 0.50% |
| Oregon | 427,152 | 429,270 | 0.50% |
| Utah | 132,152 | 132,765 | 0.50% |
| New York | 1,759,350 | 1,766,730 | 0.40% |
| California | 1,982,354 | 1,988,759 | 0.30% |
| West Virginia | 262,163 | 263,066 | 0.30% |
| Connecticut | 202,546 | 202,827 | 0.10% |
| Hawaii | 96,591 | 96,581 | 0.00% |
| Kansas | 176,713 | 176,801 | 0.00% |
| Rhode Island | 75,594 | 75,586 | 0.00% |
| Tennessee | 849,128 | 848,789 | 0.00% |
| Virginia | 485,987 | 486,014 | 0.00% |
| New Mexico | 241,090 | 240,866 | -0.10% |
| North Carolina | 797,005 | 795,879 | -0.10% |
| South Carolina | 520,044 | 519,288 | -0.10% |
| Maine | 149,192 | 148,927 | -0.20% |
| Georgia | 922,312 | 919,932 | -0.30% |
| Nebraska | 117,811 | 117,498 | -0.30% |
| Maryland | 286,913 | 285,809 | -0.40% |
| Nevada | 124,166 | 123,674 | -0.40% |
| Texas | 2,458,601 | 2,448,737 | -0.40% |
| Alabama | 535,678 | 532,858 | -0.50% |
| New Jersey | 389,186 | 386,588 | -0.70% |
| Arkansas | 375,039 | 372,049 | -0.80% |
| Colorado | 269,396 | 267,334 | -0.80% |
| Louisiana | 740,312 | 733,299 | -0.90% |
| Oklahoma | 428,725 | 425,058 | -0.90% |
| Delaware | 61,558 | 60,716 | -1.40% |
| Illinois | 1,153,084 | 1,136,683 | -1.40% |
| Arizona | 554,937 | 543,648 | -2.00% |
| Florida | 1,385,961 | 1,326,100 | -4.30% |
| District of Columbia | 91,074 | 85,932 | -5.60% |
| TOTAL | 25,487,403 | 25,458,113 | -0.10% |
* The following areas receive Nutrition Assistance Grants which provide benefits analogous to the Food Stamp Program: Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas. Data are subject to revision.