| Food Stamp Participation 1-Month Change* (Data as of June 22, 2005) |
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| State/ Territory |
March 2005 |
April 2005 |
1-Month % Change |
| South Dakota | 56,636 | 57,732 | 1.9% |
| Alaska | 58,585 | 59,239 | 1.1% |
| New Jersey | 390,010 | 393,962 | 1.0% |
| Kansas | 175,779 | 176,923 | 0.7% |
| Iowa | 208,138 | 209,328 | 0.6% |
| Pennsylvania | 1,043,720 | 1,050,195 | 0.6% |
| Michigan | 1,046,617 | 1,051,803 | 0.5% |
| North Carolina | 787,552 | 791,338 | 0.5% |
| Vermont | 45,546 | 45,770 | 0.5% |
| Connecticut | 203,689 | 204,219 | 0.3% |
| District of Columbia | 88,719 | 88,973 | 0.3% |
| Wisconsin | 347,938 | 348,988 | 0.3% |
| Maryland | 284,512 | 285,183 | 0.2% |
| Massachusetts | 358,773 | 359,667 | 0.2% |
| Mississippi | 376,151 | 376,987 | 0.2% |
| Alabama | 530,652 | 531,326 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | 53,185 | 53,247 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | 239,958 | 240,314 | 0.1% |
| Oregon | 431,067 | 431,423 | 0.1% |
| Virginia | 486,971 | 487,673 | 0.1% |
| Minnesota | 261,449 | 261,336 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | 118,065 | 118,028 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | 420,797 | 420,797 | 0.0% |
| Utah | 132,001 | 132,001 | 0.0% |
| Washington | 522,503 | 522,677 | 0.0% |
| Maine | 154,652 | 154,498 | -0.1% |
| South Carolina | 517,734 | 517,047 | -0.1% |
| Arizona | 545,903 | 544,740 | -0.2% |
| Georgia | 908,667 | 906,613 | -0.2% |
| Louisiana | 733,769 | 732,432 | -0.2% |
| Missouri | 769,847 | 768,350 | -0.2% |
| Illinois | 1,157,657 | 1,154,342 | -0.3% |
| Nevada | 121,901 | 121,537 | -0.3% |
| New York | 1,782,930 | 1,776,762 | -0.3% |
| Arkansas | 372,293 | 370,749 | -0.4% |
| California | 1,998,531 | 1,990,739 | -0.4% |
| Rhode Island | 77,821 | 77,523 | -0.4% |
| West Virginia | 262,754 | 261,691 | -0.4% |
| Indiana | 558,870 | 556,058 | -0.5% |
| Kentucky | 570,155 | 567,410 | -0.5% |
| Montana | 81,739 | 81,317 | -0.5% |
| Hawaii | 95,181 | 94,636 | -0.6% |
| Tennessee | 847,780 | 840,776 | -0.8% |
| Texas | 2,423,446 | 2,398,676 | -1.0% |
| Idaho | 96,744 | 95,656 | -1.1% |
| North Dakota | 43,389 | 42,866 | -1.2% |
| Ohio | 1,018,259 | 1,006,365 | -1.2% |
| Florida | 1,242,766 | 1,226,093 | -1.3% |
| Delaware | 62,126 | 61,040 | -1.7% |
| Wyoming | 26,248 | 25,757 | -1.9% |
| Colorado | 254,542 | 248,888 | -2.2% |
| TOTAL | 25,435,347 | 25,362,395 | -0.3% |
* 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.