| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of July 25, 2005) |
State/Territory | May 2000 | May 2005 | 5-Year % Change |
Arizona |
257,155 | 547,671 | 113.0% |
Delaware |
31,130 | 61,143 | 96.4% |
Nevada |
62,334 | 121,260 | 94.5% |
Indiana |
300,059 | 556,605 | 85.5% |
Missouri |
417,184 | 766,325 | 83.7% |
Oregon |
236,878 | 430,995 | 81.9% |
Texas |
1,320,420 | 2,386,465 | 80.7% |
South Carolina |
291,075 | 519,706 | 78.5% |
Wisconsin |
195,968 | 349,270 | 78.2% |
Michigan |
595,400 | 1,057,950 | 77.7% |
Iowa |
121,224 | 209,189 | 72.6% |
Washington |
302,012 | 520,401 | 72.3% |
Tennessee |
493,037 | 839,269 | 70.2% |
Oklahoma |
248,591 | 419,493 | 68.7% |
North Carolina |
472,128 | 796,007 | 68.6% |
Georgia |
545,690 | 913,301 | 67.4% |
Ohio |
617,334 | 1,023,603 | 65.8% |
Utah |
81,428 | 134,586 | 65.3% |
Idaho |
59,246 | 95,502 | 61.2% |
Massachusetts |
226,069 | 361,990 | 60.1% |
Colorado |
153,305 | 242,306 | 58.1% |
Kansas |
113,156 | 176,929 | 56.4% |
Arkansas |
244,276 | 372,916 | 52.7% |
Louisiana |
484,627 | 731,103 | 50.9% |
Maine |
102,492 | 153,654 | 49.9% |
Virginia |
328,512 | 489,284 | 48.9% |
New Hampshire |
36,491 | 53,104 | 45.5% |
Florida |
858,798 | 1,249,673 | 45.5% |
Nebraska |
80,894 | 117,290 | 45.0% |
New Mexico |
167,573 | 240,497 | 43.5% |
Kentucky |
400,518 | 569,180 | 42.1% |
Mississippi |
267,784 | 379,911 | 41.9% |
Illinois |
830,431 | 1,153,470 | 38.9% |
Pennsylvania |
759,001 | 1,049,944 | 38.3% |
Alaska |
42,871 | 58,934 | 37.5% |
Alabama |
391,467 | 533,982 | 36.4% |
Minnesota |
192,165 | 261,218 | 35.9% |
Montana |
60,017 | 81,360 | 35.6% |
Maryland |
214,360 | 287,225 | 34.0% |
North Dakota |
32,030 | 42,917 | 34.0% |
South Dakota |
42,293 | 56,596 | 33.8% |
Connecticut |
163,438 | 205,078 | 25.5% |
New York |
1,432,758 | 1,772,242 | 23.7% |
New Jersey |
336,127 | 393,966 | 17.2% |
West Virginia |
224,377 | 261,917 | 16.7% |
Vermont |
40,489 | 45,041 | 11.2% |
Wyoming |
22,866 | 25,234 | 10.4% |
California |
1,811,434 | 1,996,754 | 10.2% |
District of Columbia |
78,378 | 85,051 | 8.5% |
Rhode Island |
74,275 | 76,744 | 3.3% |
Hawaii |
116,746 | 93,391 | -20.0% |
| TOTAL | 17,016,671 | 25,408,930 | 49.3% |
* 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.