| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of October 25, 2005) |
State/Territory | August 2000 | August 2005 | 5-Year % Change |
Delaware |
29,253 | 63,842 | 118.24% |
Arizona |
265,931 | 556,639 | 109.32% |
Nevada |
62,267 | 119,543 | 91.98% |
Texas |
1,322,293 | 2,429,462 | 83.73% |
Indiana |
308,081 | 563,146 | 82.79% |
Missouri |
427,624 | 777,434 | 81.80% |
Michigan |
599,428 | 1,081,270 | 80.38% |
Oregon |
238,147 | 429,043 | 80.16% |
South Carolina |
295,178 | 530,942 | 79.87% |
Massachusetts |
222,394 | 398,392 | 79.14% |
Iowa |
120,775 | 213,650 | 76.90% |
Washington |
292,621 | 514,211 | 75.73% |
Wisconsin |
201,431 | 352,053 | 74.78% |
Tennessee |
502,313 | 864,188 | 72.04% |
North Carolina |
477,903 | 818,411 | 71.25% |
Oklahoma |
254,603 | 430,928 | 69.25% |
Ohio |
608,958 | 1,029,376 | 69.04% |
Utah |
80,485 | 134,916 | 67.63% |
Georgia |
554,259 | 928,479 | 67.52% |
Colorado |
151,742 | 245,776 | 61.97% |
Idaho |
56,986 | 90,920 | 59.55% |
Maine |
99,388 | 157,470 | 58.44% |
Kansas |
118,438 | 181,355 | 53.12% |
Arkansas |
248,144 | 376,308 | 51.65% |
New Hampshire |
35,565 | 53,256 | 49.74% |
Virginia |
331,358 | 495,244 | 49.46% |
Louisiana |
501,004 | 744,230 | 48.55% |
Mississippi |
277,269 | 408,513 | 47.33% |
Nebraska |
80,036 | 117,648 | 46.99% |
New Mexico |
167,004 | 243,350 | 45.72% |
Kentucky |
401,868 | 582,231 | 44.88% |
Alaska |
39,033 | 56,307 | 44.25% |
Florida |
877,879 | 1,259,562 | 43.48% |
Illinois |
833,476 | 1,192,846 | 43.12% |
Pennsylvania |
746,372 | 1,060,718 | 42.12% |
Maryland |
213,884 | 297,101 | 38.91% |
Minnesota |
192,601 | 263,678 | 36.90% |
Montana |
59,633 | 81,581 | 36.81% |
Alabama |
396,990 | 541,754 | 36.5% |
North Dakota |
31,567 | 42,552 | 34.80% |
South Dakota |
42,795 | 57,155 | 33.56% |
Connecticut |
164,223 | 207,021 | 26.06% |
New York |
1,407,181 | 1,744,085 | 23.94% |
New Jersey |
330,188 | 399,159 | 20.89% |
West Virginia |
222,699 | 266,510 | 19.67% |
Vermont |
39,443 | 45,470 | 15.28% |
California |
1,746,574 | 1,998,974 | 14.45% |
District of Columbia |
78,172 | 87,248 | 11.61% |
Wyoming |
22,080 | 24,296 | 10.04% |
Rhode Island |
73,313 | 74,199 | 1.21% |
Hawaii |
113,370 | 91,943 | -18.90% |
| TOTAL | 24,612,845 | 25,765,739 | 4.68% |
* 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.