Food Stamp Program Participation
Five Year Change
Five Year Change
| State | October 1998 | October 2003 | Percent change over past five years October 1998 - October 2003 |
| Alaska* | 42,315 | 10,210 | -75.9% |
| Hawaii | 124,873 | 100,121 | -19.8% |
| California | 2,107,298 | 1,764,064 | -16.3% |
| New Jersey | 398,797 | 356,635 | -10.6% |
| Maryland** | 299,632 | 276,124 | -7.8% |
| Vermont | 44,946 | 41,789 | -7.0% |
| Rhode Island | 79,156 | 77,185 | -2.5% |
| New York | 1,533,375 | 1,515,884 | -1.1% |
| West Virginia | 251,767 | 252,959 | 0.5% |
| Connecticut | 186,009 | 190,387 | 2.4% |
| Pennsylvania | 872,010 | 909,087 | 4.3% |
| Wyoming | 23,426 | 25,248 | 7.8% |
| Nebraska | 98,446 | 109,588 | 11.3% |
| Minnesota | 211,655 | 241,752 | 14.2% |
| Florida | 962,447 | 1,107,839 | 15.1% |
| New Mexico | 176,701 | 207,829 | 17.6% |
| Illinois | 844,921 | 994,649 | 17.7% |
| South Dakota | 44,088 | 51,934 | 17.8% |
| Delaware | 42,539 | 50,286 | 18.2% |
| Georgia | 705,708 | 839,718 | 19.0% |
| Alabama | 413,998 | 493,708 | 19.3% |
| Iowa | 132,400 | 159,522 | 20.5% |
| Massachusetts | 268,349 | 324,231 | 20.8% |
| New Hampshire | 37,800 | 45,673 | 20.8% |
| North Dakota | 32,155 | 39,547 | 23.0% |
| Mississippi | 306,584 | 377,676 | 23.2% |
| Michigan | 723,307 | 896,004 | 23.9% |
| Maine | 108,927 | 137,479 | 26.2% |
| Montana | 59,123 | 75,069 | 27.0% |
| Arkansas | 254,527 | 323,972 | 27.3% |
| Louisiana | 541,442 | 689,219 | 27.3% |
| Colorado | 181,027 | 230,982 | 27.6% |
| Utah | 89,245 | 116,289 | 30.3% |
| Washington | 322,981 | 428,947 | 32.8% |
| Kentucky | 396,880 | 528,587 | 33.2% |
| Ohio | 665,572 | 903,658 | 35.8% |
| North Carolina** | 539,663 | 738,307 | 36.8% |
| D.C.** | 84,946 | 118,391 | 39.4% |
| Oklahoma | 282,675 | 412,497 | 45.9% |
| Kansas | 115,497 | 169,518 | 46.8% |
| Texas | 1,483,947 | 2,230,401 | 50.3% |
| South Carolina | 323,074 | 485,601 | 50.3% |
| Tennessee | 519,265 | 785,372 | 51.2% |
| Idaho | 56,167 | 86,058 | 53.2% |
| Missouri | 402,014 | 662,123 | 64.7% |
| Indiana | 299,359 | 508,903 | 70.0% |
| Wisconsin | 182,758 | 316,615 | 73.2% |
| Nevada | 65,183 | 118,876 | 82.4% |
| Oregon | 218,105 | 410,774 | 88.3% |
| Arizona | 264,317 | 529,122 | 100.2% |
| Virginia** | 372,160 | 810,613 | 117.8% |
| United States | 18,827,657 | 23,315,024 | 23.8% |
| * The sharp decline 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 September and/or October 2003. Excluding disaster relief states and Alaska, the September to October percentage change is 1.2%, and the October to October change is 13.8%. |
Source: Preliminary Summary of Food Assistance Program Results
for October 2003, FNS Data Base Monitoring Branch, 12/19/03
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.
January 6, 2003
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