| Food Stamp Program: 5-Year Participation Change (Data as of May 25, 2004) |
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| State / Territory |
March 1999 |
March 2004 Initial |
5-Year % Change |
| Arizona | 252,550 | 517,129 | 104.76% |
| Nevada | 62,132 | 122,138 | 96.58% |
| Oregon | 231,428 | 424,515 | 83.43% |
| Wisconsin | 184,450 | 328,304 | 77.99% |
| Indiana | 303,832 | 530,759 | 74.69% |
| Missouri | 413,139 | 700,099 | 69.46% |
| Texas | 1,402,079 | 2,261,201 | 61.27% |
| South Carolina | 308,263 | 496,930 | 61.20% |
| Delaware | 34,871 | 55,950 | 60.45% |
| Idaho | 59,716 | 95,519 | 59.96% |
| Tennessee | 517,497 | 808,341 | 56.20% |
| Washington | 294,644 | 457,261 | 55.19% |
| Oklahoma | 269,800 | 408,016 | 51.23% |
| North Carolina | 490,255 | 734,610 | 49.84% |
| Kansas | 113,880 | 167,949 | 47.48% |
| Ohio | 653,128 | 957,904 | 46.66% |
| Iowa | 126,785 | 182,239 | 43.74% |
| Georgia | 614,522 | 862,202 | 40.30% |
| Utah | 90,496 | 125,984 | 39.21% |
| Arkansas | 255,339 | 350,271 | 37.18% |
| Michigan | 686,836 | 940,091 | 36.87% |
| Louisiana | 509,970 | 697,117 | 36.70% |
| Kentucky | 400,034 | 546,496 | 36.61% |
| Colorado | 186,881 | 248,464 | 32.95% |
| New Hampshire | 36,913 | 49,042 | 32.86% |
| Maine | 112,477 | 147,013 | 30.70% |
| Illinois | 832,464 | 1,069,282 | 28.45% |
| Mississippi | 287,880 | 369,234 | 28.26% |
| Massachusetts | 263,002 | 333,284 | 26.72% |
| Florida | 936,827 | 1,174,012 | 25.32% |
| Virginia | 365,593 | 454,636 | 24.36% |
| Montana | 62,787 | 77,942 | 24.14% |
| North Dakota | 34,474 | 42,668 | 23.77% |
| New Mexico | 183,153 | 223,757 | 22.17% |
| Alabama | 406,449 | 493,569 | 21.43% |
| South Dakota | 44,514 | 53,467 | 20.11% |
| Minnesota | 211,396 | 247,207 | 16.94% |
| Alaska | 47,240 | 55,075 | 16.59% |
| Nebraska | 98,733 | 114,405 | 15.87% |
| Pennsylvania | 850,091 | 958,039 | 12.70% |
| Connecticut | 179,611 | 197,179 | 9.78% |
| Wyoming | 24,633 | 26,448 | 7.37% |
| New York | 1,560,948 | 1,603,591 | 2.73% |
| West Virginia | 255,566 | 261,758 | 2.42% |
| Maryland | 265,812 | 271,349 | 2.08% |
| Rhode Island | 77,720 | 78,634 | 1.18% |
| District of Columbia | 86,217 | 83,273 | -3.41% |
| Vermont | 44,912 | 42,881 | -4.52% |
| New Jersey | 391,938 | 367,715 | -6.18% |
| California | 2,051,856 | 1,863,140 | -9.20% |
| Hawaii | 127,332 | 97,896 | -23.12% |
| TOTAL* | 18,340,025 | 23,815,664 | 29.86% |
* Total includes the territories of Guam and Virgin Islands. 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. |
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