| Food Stamp Participating 1-Month Change* (Data as of April 26, 2005) |
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| State/ Territory |
January 2005 |
February 2005 |
1-Month % Change |
| Alaska | 55,911 | 57,557 | 2.9% |
| District of Columbia | 85,932 | 88,355 | 2.8% |
| Maine | 148,927 | 152,705 | 2.5% |
| Rhode Island | 75,586 | 77,128 | 2.0% |
| Indiana | 557,686 | 563,206 | 1.0% |
| North Dakota | 43,180 | 43,516 | 0.8% |
| Iowa | 203,524 | 204,992 | 0.7% |
| Montana | 80,673 | 81,212 | 0.7% |
| New Hampshire | 51,793 | 52,177 | 0.7% |
| Washington | 504,582 | 507,839 | 0.6% |
| Wisconsin | 343,919 | 345,878 | 0.6% |
| Michigan | 1,032,892 | 1,037,966 | 0.5% |
| New Jersey | 386,588 | 387,570 | 0.3% |
| New York | 1,766,730 | 1,772,304 | 0.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 1,037,237 | 1,039,750 | 0.2% |
| Illinois | 1,136,683 | 1,137,841 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | 45,340 | 45,392 | 0.1% |
| Connecticut | 202,827 | 202,837 | 0.0% |
| Massachusetts | 357,406 | 357,238 | 0.0% |
| Oregon | 429,270 | 429,414 | 0.0% |
| Arizona | 543,646 | 543,041 | -0.1% |
| Missouri | 766,730 | 766,138 | -0.1% |
| Kansas | 176,801 | 176,385 | -0.2% |
| Nebraska | 117,498 | 117,283 | -0.2% |
| California | 1,988,759 | 1,983,187 | -0.3% |
| Delaware | 60,716 | 60,519 | -0.3% |
| Louisiana | 733,299 | 731,438 | -0.3% |
| Virginia | 486,014 | 484,387 | -0.3% |
| Arkansas | 372,049 | 370,080 | -0.5% |
| New Mexico | 240,866 | 239,593 | -0.5% |
| Idaho | 94,699 | 94,124 | -0.6% |
| South Carolina | 519,288 | 515,994 | -0.6% |
| Utah | 132,765 | 132,001 | -0.6% |
| Kentucky | 570,871 | 566,601 | -0.7% |
| West Virginia | 263,066 | 261,232 | -0.7% |
| North Carolina | 795,879 | 788,836 | -0.9% |
| Tennessee | 848,789 | 841,247 | -0.9% |
| Georgia | 919,932 | 910,390 | -1.0% |
| Maryland | 285,809 | 282,878 | -1.0% |
| Texas | 2,448,737 | 2,424,074 | -1.0% |
| Nevada | 123,674 | 122,284 | -1.1% |
| Alabama | 532,858 | 526,276 | -1.2% |
| Oklahoma | 425,058 | 419,982 | -1.2% |
| Wyoming | 26,537 | 26,061 | -1.8% |
| Minnesota | 261,396 | 256,544 | -1.9% |
| Ohio | 1,007,914 | 988,560 | -1.9% |
| South Dakota | 56,263 | 54,988 | -2.3% |
| Hawaii | 96,581 | 93,329 | -3.4% |
| Mississippi | 384,360 | 369,314 | -3.9% |
| Florida | 1,326,100 | 1,259,644 | -5.0% |
| Colorado | 267,334 | 240,139 | -10.2% |
| TOTAL | 25,461,887 | 25,272,657 | -0.7% |
* 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.