| Food Stamp Participation 1-Year Change (Data as of June 22, 2005) |
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| State/ Territory |
April 2004 |
April 2005 |
1-Year % Change |
| Washington | 459,094 | 522,677 | 13.8% |
| Iowa | 185,115 | 209,328 | 13.1% |
| Michigan | 952,173 | 1,051,803 | 10.5% |
| New York | 1,613,217 | 1,776,762 | 10.1% |
| Missouri | 700,970 | 768,350 | 9.6% |
| Pennsylvania | 965,242 | 1,050,195 | 8.8% |
| New Hampshire | 49,098 | 53,247 | 8.5% |
| Alabama | 492,963 | 531,326 | 7.8% |
| Massachusetts | 334,183 | 359,667 | 7.6% |
| Texas | 2,240,467 | 2,398,676 | 7.1% |
| Illinois | 1,078,347 | 1,154,342 | 7.0% |
| Delaware | 57,194 | 61,040 | 6.7% |
| Wisconsin | 327,151 | 348,988 | 6.7% |
| New Jersey | 369,626 | 393,962 | 6.6% |
| Arkansas | 348,328 | 370,749 | 6.4% |
| North Carolina | 743,875 | 791,338 | 6.4% |
| Virginia | 459,439 | 487,673 | 6.1% |
| Ohio | 950,493 | 1,006,365 | 5.9% |
| New Mexico | 227,169 | 240,314 | 5.8% |
| Alaska | 56,142 | 59,239 | 5.5% |
| Arizona | 516,487 | 544,740 | 5.5% |
| Georgia | 860,817 | 906,613 | 5.3% |
| California | 1,892,315 | 1,990,739 | 5.2% |
| Maine | 146,819 | 154,498 | 5.2% |
| Florida | 1,166,685 | 1,226,093 | 5.1% |
| Vermont | 43,579 | 45,770 | 5.0% |
| Indiana | 529,903 | 556,058 | 4.9% |
| Tennessee | 802,476 | 840,776 | 4.8% |
| South Dakota | 55,122 | 57,732 | 4.7% |
| Louisiana | 700,606 | 732,432 | 4.5% |
| Utah | 126,362 | 132,001 | 4.5% |
| Minnesota | 250,275 | 261,336 | 4.4% |
| Kansas | 169,557 | 176,923 | 4.3% |
| South Carolina | 495,563 | 517,047 | 4.3% |
| Kentucky | 544,364 | 567,410 | 4.2% |
| Maryland | 273,827 | 285,183 | 4.1% |
| Montana | 78,115 | 81,317 | 4.1% |
| Connecticut | 197,780 | 204,219 | 3.3% |
| Oklahoma | 408,616 | 420,797 | 3.0% |
| North Dakota | 41,753 | 42,866 | 2.7% |
| District of Columbia | 86,694 | 88,973 | 2.6% |
| Nebraska | 115,466 | 118,028 | 2.2% |
| Oregon | 422,877 | 431,423 | 2.0% |
| West Virginia | 256,988 | 261,691 | 1.8% |
| Mississippi | 375,123 | 376,987 | 0.5% |
| Idaho | 95,374 | 95,656 | 0.3% |
| Colorado | 248,306 | 248,888 | 0.2% |
| Nevada | 121,941 | 121,537 | -0.3% |
| Wyoming | 26,110 | 25,757 | -1.4% |
| Rhode Island | 78,664 | 77,523 | -1.5% |
| Hawaii | 98,510 | 94,636 | -3.9% |
| TOTAL | 23,876,422 | 25,362,395 | 6.2% |
* 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.