| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of August 24, 2005) |
State/Territory | June 2000 | June 2005 | 5-Year % Change |
Arizona |
260,929 | 551,080 | 111.2% |
Delaware |
30,897 | 62,891 | 103.6% |
Nevada |
62,729 | 120,614 | 92.3% |
Indiana |
300,712 | 557,207 | 85.3% |
Missouri |
419,006 | 771,589 | 84.1% |
Oregon |
237,007 | 431,171 | 81.9% |
Texas |
1,315,251 | 2,392,320 | 81.9% |
South Carolina |
291,446 | 523,727 | 79.7% |
Wisconsin |
197,205 | 349,194 | 77.1% |
Washington |
294,405 | 517,000 | 75.6% |
Tennessee |
491,520 | 854,150 | 73.8% |
Michigan |
617,002 | 1,063,550 | 72.4% |
Iowa |
122,921 | 209,331 | 70.3% |
North Carolina |
472,545 | 804,136 | 70.2% |
Oklahoma |
249,365 | 421,694 | 69.1% |
Georgia |
546,725 | 920,022 | 68.3% |
Ohio |
607,696 | 1,010,979 | 66.4% |
Utah |
81,337 | 135,237 | 66.3% |
Colorado |
152,037 | 248,113 | 63.2% |
Idaho |
58,246 | 94,956 | 63.0% |
Massachusetts |
225,029 | 364,363 | 61.9% |
Maine |
100,235 | 154,104 | 53.7% |
Kansas |
117,371 | 177,503 | 51.2% |
Louisiana |
493,698 | 740,440 | 50.0% |
Virginia |
328,167 | 491,945 | 49.9% |
New Hampshire |
36,190 | 52,840 | 46.0% |
Nebraska |
80,894 | 117,651 | 45.4% |
Florida |
870,263 | 1,264,328 | 45.3% |
New Mexico |
166,785 | 241,389 | 44.7% |
Kentucky |
400,551 | 571,980 | 42.8% |
Alaska |
41,082 | 58,513 | 42.4% |
Mississippi |
277,132 | 393,445 | 42.0% |
Arkansas |
245,547 | 346,841 | 41.3% |
Illinois |
840,460 | 1,176,006 | 39.9% |
Montana |
59,456 | 81,508 | 37.1% |
Alabama |
392,950 | 537,897 | 36.9% |
Maryland |
214,207 | 292,340 | 36.5% |
Pennsylvania |
772,405 | 1,050,413 | 36.0% |
North Dakota |
31,398 | 42,609 | 35.7% |
South Dakota |
42,317 | 56,508 | 33.5% |
Minnesota |
199,761 | 260,098 | 30.2% |
Connecticut |
161,976 | 205,081 | 26.6% |
New York |
1,424,102 | 1,765,359 | 24.0% |
West Virginia |
218,980 | 263,683 | 20.4% |
New Jersey |
334,822 | 397,142 | 18.6% |
Vermont |
39,697 | 45,275 | 14.1% |
Wyoming |
22,438 | 25,333 | 12.9% |
District of Columbia |
79,579 | 89,438 | 12.4% |
California |
1,789,943 | 1,995,931 | 11.5% |
Rhode Island |
73,754 | 75,582 | 2.5% |
Hawaii |
115,745 | 92,079 | -20.4% |
| TOTAL | 17,044,076 | 25,507,695 | 49.7% |
* 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.