| Food Stamp Participation 1-Year Change (Data as of May 25, 2005) |
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| State/ Territory |
March 2004 |
March 2005 |
1-Year % Change |
| Washington | 457,261 | 522,503 | 14.3% |
| Iowa | 182,239 | 208,138 | 14.2% |
| Michigan | 940,091 | 1,046,617 | 11.3% |
| New York | 1,603,591 | 1,782,930 | 11.2% |
| Delaware | 55,950 | 62,126 | 11.0% |
| Missouri | 700,099 | 769,847 | 10.0% |
| Pennsylvania | 958,039 | 1,043,744 | 8.9% |
| New Hampshire | 49,042 | 53,185 | 8.4% |
| Illinois | 1,069,282 | 1,157,657 | 8.3% |
| Texas | 2,248,394 | 2,423,446 | 7.8% |
| Massachusetts | 333,284 | 358,773 | 7.6% |
| Alabama | 493,569 | 530,652 | 7.5% |
| California | 1,863,140 | 2,002,945 | 7.5% |
| New Mexico | 223,757 | 239,958 | 7.2% |
| North Carolina | 734,610 | 787,552 | 7.2% |
| Virginia | 454,636 | 486,971 | 7.1% |
| Utah | 125,985 | 134,723 | 6.9% |
| District of Columbia | 83,273 | 88,719 | 6.5% |
| Alaska | 55,075 | 58,585 | 6.4% |
| Arkansas | 350,271 | 372,293 | 6.3% |
| Ohio | 957,904 | 1,018,259 | 6.3% |
| Vermont | 42,881 | 45,546 | 6.2% |
| New Jersey | 367,715 | 390,010 | 6.1% |
| Wisconsin | 328,304 | 347,938 | 6.0% |
| Florida | 1,174,012 | 1,242,766 | 5.9% |
| South Dakota | 53,467 | 56,636 | 5.9% |
| Minnesota | 247,207 | 261,449 | 5.8% |
| Arizona | 517,129 | 545,903 | 5.6% |
| Georgia | 862,202 | 908,667 | 5.4% |
| Indiana | 530,759 | 558,870 | 5.3% |
| Louisiana | 697,117 | 733,769 | 5.3% |
| Maine | 147,013 | 154,652 | 5.2% |
| Maryland | 271,349 | 284,512 | 4.9% |
| Montana | 77,942 | 81,739 | 4.9% |
| Tennessee | 808,341 | 847,780 | 4.9% |
| Kansas | 167,949 | 175,779 | 4.7% |
| Kentucky | 546,496 | 570,155 | 4.3% |
| South Carolina | 496,930 | 517,734 | 4.2% |
| Connecticut | 197,179 | 203,689 | 3.3% |
| Nebraska | 114,405 | 118,065 | 3.2% |
| Oklahoma | 408,016 | 420,797 | 3.1% |
| Colorado | 248,464 | 254,542 | 2.4% |
| Mississippi | 369,234 | 376,151 | 1.9% |
| North Dakota | 42,668 | 43,389 | 1.7% |
| Oregon | 424,515 | 431,067 | 1.5% |
| Idaho | 95,519 | 96,744 | 1.3% |
| West Virginia | 261,758 | 262,754 | 0.4% |
| Nevada | 122,138 | 121,901 | -0.2% |
| Wyoming | 26,448 | 26,248 | -0.8% |
| Rhode Island | 78,634 | 77,821 | -1.0% |
| Hawaii | 97,896 | 95,181 | -2.8% |
| TOTAL | 23,802,229 | 25,443,097 | 6.90% |
* 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.