| Food Stamp Participation 1-Year Change* (Data as of April 26, 2005) |
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| State / Territory |
February 2004 |
February 2005 |
1-Year % Change |
| Iowa | 177,012 | 204,992 | 15.8% |
| Michigan | 917,969 | 1,037,966 | 13.1% |
| Washington | 449,159 | 507,839 | 13.1% |
| New York | 1,583,954 | 1,772,304 | 11.9% |
| Missouri | 693,412 | 766,138 | 10.5% |
| New Mexico | 218,474 | 239,593 | 9.7% |
| Pennsylvania | 948,923 | 1,039,750 | 9.6% |
| California | 1,812,244 | 1,983,187 | 9.4% |
| North Carolina | 723,971 | 788,836 | 9.0% |
| Texas | 2,225,384 | 2,424,074 | 8.9% |
| Delaware | 55,677 | 60,519 | 8.7% |
| Alaska | 53,020 | 57,557 | 8.6% |
| Virginia | 447,249 | 484,387 | 8.3% |
| Illinois | 1,052,887 | 1,137,841 | 8.1% |
| New Hampshire | 48,327 | 52,177 | 8.0% |
| Massachusetts | 331,356 | 357,238 | 7.8% |
| Indiana | 522,926 | 563,206 | 7.7% |
| New Jersey | 359,809 | 387,570 | 7.7% |
| Utah | 122,732 | 132,001 | 7.6% |
| Alabama | 490,277 | 526,276 | 7.3% |
| Arkansas | 346,736 | 370,080 | 6.7% |
| Florida | 1,180,273 | 1,259,644 | 6.7% |
| District of Columbia | 82,975 | 88,355 | 6.5% |
| Vermont | 42,683 | 45,392 | 6.3% |
| Georgia | 857,440 | 910,390 | 6.2% |
| Wisconsin | 326,043 | 345,878 | 6.1% |
| Maine | 144,383 | 152,705 | 5.8% |
| Ohio | 935,554 | 988,560 | 5.7% |
| Tennessee | 797,194 | 841,247 | 5.5% |
| Louisiana | 694,047 | 731,438 | 5.4% |
| Maryland | 268,562 | 282,878 | 5.3% |
| Montana | 77,373 | 81,212 | 5.0% |
| Minnesota | 244,485 | 256,544 | 4.9% |
| Kansas | 168,493 | 176,385 | 4.7% |
| Arizona | 518,990 | 543,041 | 4.6% |
| Connecticut | 193,966 | 202,837 | 4.6% |
| Kentucky | 542,637 | 566,601 | 4.4% |
| South Carolina | 494,991 | 515,994 | 4.2% |
| Nebraska | 112,791 | 117,283 | 4.0% |
| Oklahoma | 405,415 | 419,982 | 3.6% |
| South Dakota | 53,469 | 54,988 | 2.8% |
| Oregon | 420,261 | 429,414 | 2.2% |
| North Dakota | 42,693 | 43,516 | 1.9% |
| Nevada | 120,065 | 122,284 | 1.8% |
| West Virginia | 257,591 | 261,232 | 1.4% |
| Idaho | 93,716 | 94,124 | 0.4% |
| Wyoming | 26,176 | 26,061 | -0.4% |
| Mississippi | 373,188 | 369,314 | -1.0% |
| Colorado | 243,377 | 240,139 | -1.3% |
| Rhode Island | 78,182 | 77,128 | -1.3% |
| Hawaii | 99,129 | 93,329 | -5.9% |
| TOTAL | 23,516,588 | 25,272,657 | 7.5% |
* 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.