| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of May 25, 2005) |
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| State/ Territory |
March 2000 |
March 2005 |
5-Year % Change |
| Arizona | 256,009 | 545,903 | 113.2% |
| Nevada | 61,711 | 121,901 | 97.5% |
| Delaware | 33,573 | 62,126 | 85.0% |
| Indiana | 302,242 | 558,870 | 84.9% |
| Missouri | 422,347 | 769,847 | 82.3% |
| Texas | 1,332,855 | 2,423,446 | 81.8% |
| Oregon | 239,459 | 431,067 | 80.0% |
| Wisconsin | 194,700 | 347,938 | 78.7% |
| South Carolina | 294,712 | 517,734 | 75.7% |
| Michigan | 603,266 | 1,046,617 | 73.5% |
| Tennessee | 496,955 | 847,780 | 70.6% |
| Washington | 307,599 | 522,503 | 69.9% |
| Oklahoma | 250,755 | 420,797 | 67.8% |
| Iowa | 125,985 | 208,138 | 65.2% |
| Ohio | 616,923 | 1,018,259 | 65.1% |
| North Carolina | 479,536 | 787,552 | 64.2% |
| Georgia | 555,315 | 908,667 | 63.6% |
| Utah | 83,225 | 134,723 | 61.9% |
| Colorado | 157,756 | 254,542 | 61.4% |
| Idaho | 61,103 | 96,744 | 58.3% |
| Massachusetts | 235,511 | 358,773 | 52.3% |
| Arkansas | 246,156 | 372,293 | 51.2% |
| Kansas | 117,698 | 175,779 | 49.3% |
| Maine | 103,968 | 154,652 | 48.7% |
| Louisiana | 497,597 | 733,769 | 47.5% |
| Virginia | 335,111 | 486,971 | 45.3% |
| New Hampshire | 36,930 | 53,185 | 44.0% |
| Illinois | 816,536 | 1,157,657 | 41.8% |
| Nebraska | 83,363 | 118,065 | 41.6% |
| Florida | 877,556 | 1,242,766 | 41.6% |
| Kentucky | 407,259 | 570,155 | 40.0% |
| Mississippi | 269,179 | 376,151 | 39.7% |
| New Mexico | 172,838 | 239,958 | 38.8% |
| Alaska | 43,224 | 58,585 | 35.5% |
| North Dakota | 32,018 | 43,389 | 35.5% |
| Montana | 60,484 | 81,739 | 35.1% |
| Alabama | 394,795 | 530,652 | 34.4% |
| Minnesota | 197,760 | 261,449 | 32.2% |
| Pennsylvania | 794,948 | 1,043,744 | 31.3% |
| South Dakota | 43,499 | 56,636 | 30.2% |
| Maryland | 220,061 | 284,512 | 29.3% |
| New York | 1,432,336 | 1,782,930 | 24.5% |
| Connecticut | 167,822 | 203,689 | 21.4% |
| West Virginia | 229,583 | 262,754 | 14.4% |
| Wyoming | 23,311 | 26,248 | 12.6% |
| New Jersey | 352,708 | 390,010 | 10.6% |
| Vermont | 41,644 | 45,546 | 9.4% |
| District of Columbia | 81,286 | 88,719 | 9.1% |
| California | 1,866,047 | 2,002,945 | 7.3% |
| Rhode Island | 74,955 | 77,821 | 3.8% |
| Hawaii | 119,830 | 95,181 | -20.6% |
| TOTAL | 17,290,581 | 25,443,097 | 47.2% |
* 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.