| Food
Stamp Participation 1-Year Change* (Data as of March 24, 2005) |
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| State / Territory |
January 2004 |
January 2005 |
1-Year % Change |
| Iowa | 170,100 | 203,524 | 19.60% |
| Michigan | 907,178 | 1,032,892 | 13.90% |
| Washington | 446,523 | 504,582 | 13.00% |
| New Mexico | 213,605 | 240,866 | 12.80% |
| New York | 1,568,547 | 1,766,730 | 12.60% |
| Colorado | 238,522 | 267,334 | 12.10% |
| Missouri | 688,074 | 766,730 | 11.40% |
| California | 1,798,172 | 1,988,759 | 10.60% |
| Florida | 1,199,925 | 1,326,100 | 10.50% |
| Texas | 2,226,047 | 2,448,737 | 10.00% |
| Virginia | 442,866 | 486,014 | 9.70% |
| New Hampshire | 47,311 | 51,793 | 9.50% |
| Pennsylvania | 947,488 | 1,037,237 | 9.50% |
| North Carolina | 728,856 | 795,879 | 9.20% |
| Alaska | 51,265 | 55,911 | 9.10% |
| Delaware | 55,952 | 60,716 | 8.50% |
| Arkansas | 343,286 | 372,049 | 8.40% |
| Massachusetts | 330,126 | 357,406 | 8.30% |
| Utah | 122,541 | 132,765 | 8.30% |
| Ohio | 932,221 | 1,007,914 | 8.10% |
| Alabama | 493,167 | 532,858 | 8.00% |
| New Jersey | 359,988 | 386,588 | 7.40% |
| Indiana | 521,174 | 557,686 | 7.00% |
| Vermont | 42,459 | 45,340 | 6.80% |
| Georgia | 861,830 | 919,932 | 6.70% |
| Maryland | 268,313 | 285,809 | 6.50% |
| Wisconsin | 323,021 | 343,919 | 6.50% |
| Illinois | 1,068,205 | 1,136,683 | 6.40% |
| Tennessee | 797,576 | 848,789 | 6.40% |
| Kentucky | 541,432 | 570,871 | 5.40% |
| South Carolina | 493,491 | 519,288 | 5.20% |
| Kansas | 168,241 | 176,801 | 5.10% |
| North Dakota | 41,095 | 43,180 | 5.10% |
| Minnesota | 245,291 | 257,620 | 5.00% |
| Montana | 76,826 | 80,673 | 5.00% |
| Louisiana | 700,142 | 733,299 | 4.70% |
| Connecticut | 193,816 | 202,827 | 4.60% |
| Maine | 142,798 | 148,927 | 4.30% |
| Idaho | 90,907 | 94,699 | 4.20% |
| Nebraska | 112,821 | 117,498 | 4.10% |
| Oklahoma | 408,186 | 425,058 | 4.10% |
| South Dakota | 54,224 | 56,263 | 3.80% |
| Nevada | 119,491 | 123,674 | 3.50% |
| West Virginia | 255,269 | 263,066 | 3.10% |
| Arizona | 528,401 | 543,648 | 2.90% |
| Oregon | 417,621 | 429,270 | 2.80% |
| Mississippi | 377,006 | 384,360 | 2.00% |
| Wyoming | 26,208 | 26,537 | 1.30% |
| Rhode Island | 76,387 | 75,586 | -1.00% |
| District of Columbia | 86,872 | 85,932 | -1.10% |
| Hawaii | 99,943 | 96,581 | -3.40% |
| TOTAL | 23,489,100 | 25,458,113 | 8.40% |
* 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.