| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of March 24, 2006) |
State/Territory | January 2006 |
January 2001 |
5-Year % Change |
Delaware |
65,775 | 31,607 | 108.1% |
Arizona |
543,625 | 272,394 | 99.6% |
Massachusetts |
431,181 | 220,731 | 95.3% |
Michigan |
1,117,547 | 617,054 | 81.1% |
Iowa |
223,584 | 125,546 | 78.1% |
Missouri |
796,935 | 452,045 | 76.3% |
North Carolina |
852,426 | 483,852 | 76.2% |
Washington |
540,012 | 307,673 | 75.5% |
Wisconsin |
366,392 | 209,259 | 75.1% |
South Carolina |
535,077 | 308,448 | 73.5% |
Indiana |
575,726 | 337,617 | 70.5% |
Tennessee |
873,214 | 514,526 | 69.7% |
Georgia |
948,465 | 567,475 | 67.1% |
Ohio |
1,051,528 | 630,057 | 66.9% |
Nevada |
117,986 | 70,898 | 66.4% |
Oregon |
435,768 | 266,135 | 63.7% |
New Hampshire |
56,351 | 34,753 | 62.1% |
Utah |
134,530 | 83,350 | 61.4% |
Idaho |
92,926 | 59,744 | 55.5% |
Virginia |
508,113 | 329,370 | 54.3% |
Illinois |
1,216,433 | 801,413 | 51.8% |
Kansas |
184,268 | 122,705 | 50.2% |
Alaska |
58,054 | 38,967 | 49.0% |
Nebraska |
119,785 | 80,521 | 48.8% |
Maine |
154,501 | 103,883 | 48.7% |
New Mexico |
245,179 | 165,522 | 48.1% |
Maryland |
306,073 | 206,821 | 48.0% |
Mississippi |
433,951 | 294,009 | 47.6% |
Arkansas |
386,384 | 261,814 | 47.6% |
Florida |
1,274,384 | 864,798 | 47.4% |
Colorado |
222,862 | 151,421 | 47.2% |
Pennsylvania |
1,095,907 | 755,465 | 45.1% |
Kentucky |
595,320 | 417,243 | 42.7% |
Minnesota |
263,972 | 193,156 | 36.7% |
Louisiana |
678,770 | 508,551 | 33.5% |
Connecticut |
209,550 | 157,141 | 33.4% |
South Dakota |
59,492 | 44,729 | 33.0% |
Montana |
81,999 | 62,005 | 32.2% |
New York |
1,791,168 | 1,363,735 | 31.3% |
Alabama |
539,944 | 411,320 | 31.3% |
New Jersey |
402,944 | 320,426 | 25.8% |
West Virginia |
269,790 | 223,134 | 20.9% |
Vermont |
46,948 | 39,142 | 19.9% |
District of Columbia |
86,820 | 72,664 | 19.5% |
North Dakota |
43,366 | 37,812 | 14.7% |
California |
1,945,967 | 1,700,576 | 14.4% |
Oklahoma |
439,352 | 386,221 | 13.8% |
Wyoming |
25,349 | 23,425 | 8.2% |
Rhode Island |
71,187 | 70,824 | 0.5% |
Hawaii |
88,832 | 110,183 | -19.4% |
| TOTAL | 26,614,529 | 17,298,136 | 53.9% |