| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of September 28, 2005) |
State/Territory | July 2000 | July 2005 | 5-Year % Change |
Delaware |
29,116 | 62,334 | 114.1% |
Arizona |
264,434 | 556,592 | 110.5% |
Nevada |
62,283 | 118,789 | 90.7% |
Missouri |
419,159 | 772,398 | 84.3% |
Indiana |
301,187 | 554,776 | 84.2% |
Texas |
1,303,980 | 2,397,798 | 83.9% |
Oregon |
234,449 | 428,213 | 82.6% |
South Carolina |
291,657 | 524,291 | 79.8% |
Washington |
287,754 | 513,126 | 78.3% |
Massachusetts |
220,526 | 392,052 | 77.8% |
Wisconsin |
198,071 | 349,467 | 76.4% |
Iowa |
122,248 | 210,660 | 72.3% |
Michigan |
620,044 | 1,067,795 | 72.2% |
Tennessee |
494,331 | 848,308 | 71.6% |
North Carolina |
470,284 | 805,920 | 71.4% |
Utah |
79,191 | 134,332 | 69.6% |
Georgia |
544,285 | 919,555 | 68.9% |
Oklahoma |
249,739 | 421,053 | 68.6% |
Ohio |
606,876 | 1,014,775 | 67.2% |
Idaho |
56,530 | 92,936 | 64.4% |
Maine |
98,812 | 157,266 | 59.2% |
Arkansas |
244,300 | 376,308 | 54.0% |
Colorado |
149,343 | 228,535 | 53.0% |
Kansas |
118,315 | 179,643 | 51.8% |
Louisiana |
491,938 | 743,772 | 51.2% |
Illinois |
788,051 | 1,185,658 | 50.5% |
Virginia |
329,298 | 491,376 | 49.2% |
New Hampshire |
35,381 | 52,791 | 49.2% |
Nebraska |
79,555 | 117,435 | 47.6% |
Florida |
864,227 | 1,268,620 | 46.8% |
Mississippi |
275,437 | 402,270 | 46.0% |
New Mexico |
165,477 | 240,204 | 45.2% |
Kentucky |
398,901 | 573,731 | 43.8% |
Alaska |
39,719 | 56,857 | 43.1% |
Pennsylvania |
762,977 | 1,056,104 | 38.4% |
Maryland |
212,491 | 292,994 | 37.9% |
Montana |
59,547 | 81,942 | 37.6% |
Alabama |
392,450 | 539,892 | 37.6% |
South Dakota |
43,015 | 57,396 | 33.4% |
Minnesota |
197,828 | 263,255 | 33.1% |
North Dakota |
31,756 | 41,727 | 31.4% |
Connecticut |
161,286 | 205,904 | 27.7% |
New York |
1,411,517 | 1,744,352 | 23.6% |
New Jersey |
327,714 | 399,383 | 21.9% |
West Virginia |
221,414 | 261,333 | 18.0% |
District of Columbia |
78,420 | 90,988 | 16.0% |
Vermont |
39,474 | 45,295 | 14.7% |
California |
1,756,434 | 1,991,121 | 13.4% |
Wyoming |
21,798 | 24,636 | 13.0% |
Rhode Island |
73,182 | 73,977 | 1.1% |
Hawaii |
115,219 | 92,944 | -19.3% |
| TOTAL | 16,878,369 | 25,564,100 | 51.5% |
* 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.