Food Stamp Program Participation
Five Year Change
Five Year Change
| State | November 1998 | November 2003 | Percent change over past five years Nov. 1998 - Nov. 2003 |
| Hawaii | 125,225 | 100,871 | -19.4% |
| California | 2,089,154 | 1,763,826 | -15.6% |
| New Jersey | 393,845 | 356,404 | -9.5% |
| Maryland** | 294,420 | 266,758 | -9.4% |
| Vermont | 44,979 | 41,514 | -7.7% |
| New York | 1,586,224 | 1,528,848 | -3.6% |
| Rhode Island | 76,545 | 76,903 | 0.5% |
| West Virginia | 252,945 | 254,706 | 0.7% |
| D.C.** | 85,193 | 87,312 | 2.5% |
| Connecticut | 183,818 | 190,639 | 3.7% |
| Wyoming | 23,908 | 25,589 | 7.0% |
| Pennsylvania | 863,055 | 934,122 | 8.2% |
| Alaska* | 41,333 | 45,489 | 10.1% |
| Nebraska | 98,521 | 111,833 | 13.5% |
| Minnesota | 212,893 | 241,791 | 13.6% |
| Virginia** | 372,909 | 430,349 | 15.4% |
| New Mexico | 178,454 | 209,502 | 17.4% |
| Florida | 957,530 | 1,139,853 | 19.0% |
| Massachusetts | 273,572 | 325,697 | 19.1% |
| Alabama | 414,070 | 494,375 | 19.4% |
| South Dakota | 44,295 | 53,309 | 20.3% |
| New Hampshire | 37,839 | 45,586 | 20.5% |
| Illinois | 838,524 | 1,020,157 | 21.7% |
| Delaware | 41,468 | 50,727 | 22.3% |
| Iowa | 131,513 | 163,156 | 24.1% |
| North Dakota | 33,124 | 41,373 | 24.9% |
| Mississippi | 302,666 | 378,366 | 25.0% |
| Michigan | 711,141 | 898,191 | 26.3% |
| Montana | 59,813 | 75,624 | 26.4% |
| Arkansas | 254,145 | 322,602 | 26.9% |
| Maine | 107,637 | 137,761 | 28.0% |
| Colorado | 177,471 | 230,982 | 30.2% |
| Georgia | 647,177 | 847,659 | 31.0% |
| Louisiana | 522,287 | 692,731 | 32.6% |
| Utah | 88,529 | 117,455 | 32.7% |
| Washington | 320,024 | 428,772 | 34.0% |
| Kentucky | 395,307 | 529,775 | 34.0% |
| Ohio | 653,307 | 903,821 | 38.3% |
| Kansas | 114,587 | 163,256 | 42.5% |
| Oklahoma | 279,997 | 411,498 | 47.0% |
| North Carolina** | 498,311 | 733,056 | 47.1% |
| Tennessee | 518,682 | 780,349 | 50.4% |
| Texas | 1,458,777 | 2,203,001 | 51.0% |
| South Carolina | 321,123 | 488,676 | 52.2% |
| Idaho | 56,160 | 86,369 | 53.8% |
| Missouri | 403,457 | 668,128 | 65.6% |
| Indiana | 298,525 | 509,109 | 70.5% |
| Wisconsin | 183,968 | 317,885 | 72.8% |
| Nevada | 64,354 | 117,601 | 82.7% |
| Oregon | 218,840 | 412,347 | 88.4% |
| Arizona | 260,882 | 532,679 | 104.2% |
| United States | 18,612,523 | 23,026,700 | 23.7% |
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* Abnormally low activity in October 2003 reflects Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend Program--a direct payment to all state residents from petroleum development revenues (the increase in income temporarily reduces eligibility). ** State totals include recipients of Hurricane Isabel disaster relief in October. Excluding disaster relief states and Alaska, the October to November percentage change is +0.5 percent. |
Source: Preliminary Summary of Food Assistance Program Results
for November 2003, FNS Data Base Monitoring Branch, 1/23/04
Prepared by Food Research and Action Center
1875 Connecticut Ave., NW #540, Washington, DC 20009
ph: (202) 986-2200; fax: (202) 986-2525; e-mail
foodresearch@frac.org.
February 6, 2003
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