| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of April 26, 2005) |
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| State / Territory |
February 2000 |
February 2005 |
5-Year % Change |
| Arizona | 251,342 | 543,041 | 116.06% |
| Nevada | 60,271 | 122,284 | 102.89% |
| Indiana | 299,050 | 563,206 | 88.33% |
| Missouri | 420,667 | 766,138 | 82.12% |
| Wisconsin | 191,765 | 345,878 | 80.37% |
| Delaware | 33,623 | 60,519 | 79.99% |
| Oregon | 238,929 | 429,414 | 79.72% |
| Texas | 1,356,907 | 2,424,074 | 78.65% |
| South Carolina | 294,130 | 515,994 | 75.43% |
| Michigan | 609,426 | 1,037,966 | 70.32% |
| Tennessee | 497,218 | 841,247 | 69.19% |
| Washington | 302,619 | 507,839 | 67.81% |
| Oklahoma | 251,175 | 419,982 | 67.21% |
| Iowa | 123,087 | 204,992 | 66.54% |
| North Carolina | 476,886 | 788,836 | 65.41% |
| Georgia | 555,826 | 910,390 | 63.79% |
| Ohio | 604,471 | 988,560 | 63.54% |
| Utah | 84,440 | 132,001 | 56.33% |
| Idaho | 60,404 | 94,124 | 55.82% |
| Kansas | 113,855 | 176,385 | 54.92% |
| Massachusetts | 234,240 | 357,238 | 52.51% |
| Colorado | 159,183 | 240,139 | 50.86% |
| Arkansas | 246,467 | 370,080 | 50.15% |
| Maine | 103,446 | 152,705 | 47.62% |
| Louisiana | 499,520 | 731,438 | 46.43% |
| Florida | 873,987 | 1,259,644 | 44.13% |
| Illinois | 789,493 | 1,137,841 | 44.12% |
| Virginia | 339,063 | 484,387 | 42.86% |
| New Hampshire | 36,565 | 52,177 | 42.70% |
| Nebraska | 83,159 | 117,283 | 41.03% |
| Kentucky | 404,922 | 566,601 | 39.93% |
| New Mexico | 172,134 | 239,593 | 39.19% |
| Mississippi | 266,002 | 369,314 | 38.84% |
| Alaska | 41,768 | 57,557 | 37.80% |
| Pennsylvania | 765,932 | 1,039,750 | 35.75% |
| Montana | 60,179 | 81,212 | 34.95% |
| Alabama | 395,364 | 526,276 | 33.1% |
| Minnesota | 193,006 | 256,544 | 32.92% |
| North Dakota | 32,833 | 43,516 | 32.54% |
| South Dakota | 42,485 | 54,988 | 29.43% |
| Maryland | 218,911 | 282,878 | 29.22% |
| New York | 1,422,277 | 1,772,304 | 24.61% |
| Connecticut | 166,505 | 202,837 | 21.82% |
| Wyoming | 22,911 | 26,061 | 13.75% |
| West Virginia | 230,579 | 261,232 | 13.29% |
| New Jersey | 350,214 | 387,570 | 10.67% |
| Vermont | 41,781 | 45,392 | 8.64% |
| District of Columbia | 81,329 | 88,355 | 8.64% |
| California | 1,861,705 | 1,983,187 | 6.53% |
| Rhode Island | 74,813 | 77,128 | 3.09% |
| Hawaii | 118,041 | 93,329 | -20.94% |
| TOTAL | 17,192,984 | 25,272,657 | 46.99% |
* 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.