| Food
Stamp Participation 5-Year Change* (Data as of March 24, 2005) |
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| State
/ Territory |
January 2000 |
January 2005 |
5-Year % Change |
| Arizona | 254,060 | 543,648 | 114.0% |
| Nevada | 58,138 | 123,674 | 112.7% |
| Indiana | 296,402 | 557,686 | 88.2% |
| Delaware | 32,773 | 60,716 | 85.3% |
| Missouri | 420,044 | 766,730 | 82.5% |
| Wisconsin | 189,549 | 343,919 | 81.4% |
| Texas | 1,368,008 | 2,448,737 | 79.0% |
| Oregon | 241,663 | 429,270 | 77.6% |
| South Carolina | 296,741 | 519,288 | 75.0% |
| Washington | 294,233 | 504,582 | 71.5% |
| Colorado | 158,092 | 267,334 | 69.1% |
| Michigan | 612,095 | 1,032,892 | 68.7% |
| Tennessee | 503,475 | 848,789 | 68.6% |
| Oklahoma | 255,163 | 425,058 | 66.6% |
| North Carolina | 478,213 | 795,879 | 66.4% |
| Iowa | 123,665 | 203,524 | 64.6% |
| Ohio | 614,203 | 1,007,914 | 64.1% |
| Georgia | 565,675 | 919,932 | 62.6% |
| Idaho | 59,244 | 94,699 | 59.8% |
| Utah | 83,557 | 132,765 | 58.9% |
| Kansas | 114,692 | 176,801 | 54.2% |
| Massachusetts | 236,876 | 357,406 | 50.9% |
| Arkansas | 247,897 | 372,049 | 50.1% |
| Florida | 885,434 | 1,326,100 | 49.8% |
| Louisiana | 496,039 | 733,299 | 47.8% |
| Maine | 103,183 | 148,927 | 44.3% |
| New Hampshire | 35,927 | 51,793 | 44.2% |
| Illinois | 793,446 | 1,136,683 | 43.3% |
| Virginia | 339,754 | 486,014 | 43.0% |
| Alaska | 39,673 | 55,911 | 40.9% |
| Nebraska | 83,885 | 117,498 | 40.1% |
| Kentucky | 407,648 | 570,871 | 40.0% |
| New Mexico | 172,229 | 240,866 | 39.9% |
| Mississippi | 275,995 | 384,360 | 39.3% |
| Montana | 59,798 | 80,673 | 34.9% |
| Alabama | 397,719 | 532,858 | 34.0% |
| North Dakota | 32,474 | 43,180 | 33.0% |
| Pennsylvania | 791,435 | 1,037,237 | 31.1% |
| Minnesota | 197,640 | 257,620 | 30.3% |
| Maryland | 221,234 | 285,809 | 29.2% |
| South Dakota | 43,734 | 56,263 | 28.6% |
| Connecticut | 167,019 | 202,827 | 21.4% |
| New York | 1,464,525 | 1,766,730 | 20.6% |
| Wyoming | 23,128 | 26,537 | 14.7% |
| West Virginia | 229,301 | 263,066 | 14.7% |
| New Jersey | 353,131 | 386,588 | 9.5% |
| Vermont | 41,719 | 45,340 | 8.7% |
| California | 1,866,598 | 1,988,759 | 6.5% |
| District of Columbia | 81,990 | 85,932 | 4.8% |
| Rhode Island | 74,048 | 75,586 | 2.1% |
| Hawaii | 120,321 | 96,581 | -19.7% |
| TOTAL | 17,305,411 | 25,458,113 | 47.1% |
* 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.