| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of June 22, 2005) |
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| State/ Territory |
April 2000 |
April 2005 |
5-Year % Change |
| Arizona | 256,017 | 544,740 | 112.8% |
| Nevada | 61,252 | 121,537 | 98.4% |
| Delaware | 32,134 | 61,040 | 90.0% |
| Indiana | 299,507 | 556,058 | 85.7% |
| Missouri | 418,563 | 768,350 | 83.6% |
| Oregon | 235,308 | 431,423 | 83.3% |
| Texas | 1,312,470 | 2,398,676 | 82.8% |
| Wisconsin | 194,451 | 348,988 | 79.5% |
| South Carolina | 289,935 | 517,047 | 78.3% |
| Michigan | 597,971 | 1,051,803 | 75.9% |
| Washington | 301,409 | 522,677 | 73.4% |
| Tennessee | 489,524 | 840,776 | 71.8% |
| Oklahoma | 247,621 | 420,797 | 69.9% |
| Iowa | 125,259 | 209,328 | 67.1% |
| Ohio | 603,306 | 1,006,365 | 66.8% |
| North Carolina | 474,757 | 791,338 | 66.7% |
| Georgia | 546,686 | 906,613 | 65.8% |
| Colorado | 154,143 | 248,888 | 61.5% |
| Utah | 82,229 | 132,001 | 60.5% |
| Idaho | 59,831 | 95,656 | 59.9% |
| Massachusetts | 227,261 | 359,667 | 58.3% |
| Arkansas | 244,016 | 370,749 | 51.9% |
| Kansas | 116,889 | 176,923 | 51.4% |
| Maine | 102,182 | 154,498 | 51.2% |
| Louisiana | 491,021 | 732,432 | 49.2% |
| Virginia | 331,441 | 487,673 | 47.1% |
| New Hampshire | 36,620 | 53,247 | 45.4% |
| Nebraska | 81,384 | 118,028 | 45.0% |
| Illinois | 805,686 | 1,154,342 | 43.3% |
| New Mexico | 168,238 | 240,314 | 42.8% |
| Florida | 864,800 | 1,226,093 | 41.8% |
| Kentucky | 401,939 | 567,410 | 41.2% |
| Mississippi | 268,593 | 376,987 | 40.4% |
| Alabama | 390,717 | 531,326 | 36.0% |
| Alaska | 43,595 | 59,239 | 35.9% |
| Montana | 60,060 | 81,317 | 35.4% |
| Pennsylvania | 785,875 | 1,050,195 | 33.6% |
| Minnesota | 196,843 | 261,336 | 32.8% |
| Maryland | 216,692 | 285,183 | 31.6% |
| South Dakota | 43,924 | 57,732 | 31.4% |
| North Dakota | 32,709 | 42,866 | 31.1% |
| New York | 1,408,318 | 1,776,762 | 26.2% |
| Connecticut | 164,900 | 204,219 | 23.8% |
| West Virginia | 224,376 | 261,691 | 16.6% |
| New Jersey | 345,035 | 393,962 | 14.2% |
| Wyoming | 22,909 | 25,757 | 12.4% |
| District of Columbia | 80,357 | 88,973 | 10.7% |
| Vermont | 41,644 | 45,770 | 9.9% |
| California | 1,840,870 | 1,990,739 | 8.1% |
| Rhode Island | 74,471 | 77,523 | 4.1% |
| Hawaii | 117,614 | 94,636 | -19.5% |
| TOTAL | 17,051,853 | 25,362,395 | 48.7% |
* 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.