| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of October 2004) |
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| State / Territory |
July 1999 |
July 2004 Initial |
5-Year % Change |
| Arizona | 262,784 | 539,586 | 105.33% |
| Nevada | 58,883 | 120,129 | 104.01% |
| Oregon | 221,426 | 420,816 | 90.05% |
| Wisconsin | 178,913 | 332,283 | 85.72% |
| Indiana | 293,730 | 534,255 | 81.89% |
| Missouri | 408,989 | 719,882 | 76.02% |
| Texas | 1,355,784 | 2,327,410 | 71.67% |
| South Carolina | 299,754 | 503,435 | 67.95% |
| Idaho | 55,502 | 91,667 | 65.16% |
| Tennessee | 497,951 | 818,569 | 64.39% |
| Washington | 290,661 | 468,886 | 61.32% |
| North Carolina | 478,732 | 760,759 | 58.91% |
| Oklahoma | 263,781 | 414,598 | 57.18% |
| Ohio | 618,471 | 961,844 | 55.52% |
| Delaware | 37,515 | 58,326 | 55.47% |
| Michigan | 639,854 | 980,573 | 53.25% |
| Georgia | 587,817 | 883,173 | 50.25% |
| Kansas | 115,444 | 172,600 | 49.51% |
| Iowa | 127,068 | 189,667 | 49.26% |
| Colorado | 164,930 | 243,932 | 47.90% |
| Utah | 85,890 | 125,708 | 46.36% |
| Arkansas | 248,884 | 357,077 | 43.47% |
| Louisiana | 511,871 | 724,845 | 41.61% |
| Kentucky | 391,876 | 553,949 | 41.36% |
| Illinois | 798,638 | 1,104,469 | 38.29% |
| Mississippi | 280,869 | 383,175 | 36.42% |
| Florida | 914,584 | 1,239,824 | 35.56% |
| Massachusetts | 254,383 | 342,372 | 34.59% |
| Virginia | 350,219 | 468,740 | 33.84% |
| New Mexico | 175,101 | 231,123 | 31.99% |
| New Hampshire | 37,997 | 49,991 | 31.57% |
| Montana | 60,411 | 79,100 | 30.94% |
| Nebraska | 89,029 | 114,678 | 28.81% |
| Maine | 106,058 | 135,514 | 27.77% |
| Alaska | 42,423 | 53,739 | 26.67% |
| Alabama | 397,800 | 498,645 | 25.35% |
| South Dakota | 43,462 | 54,079 | 24.43% |
| North Dakota | 32,682 | 40,054 | 22.56% |
| Minnesota | 206,953 | 252,117 | 21.82% |
| Pennsylvania | 819,313 | 988,682 | 20.67% |
| Maryland | 241,719 | 278,324 | 15.14% |
| Connecticut | 173,413 | 198,587 | 14.52% |
| Wyoming | 22,380 | 24,966 | 11.55% |
| West Virginia | 236,754 | 256,005 | 8.13% |
| District of Columbia | 82,954 | 89,647 | 8.07% |
| Rhode Island | 76,000 | 77,616 | 2.13% |
| Vermont | 43,524 | 43,735 | 0.48% |
| New Jersey | 377,071 | 378,799 | 0.46% |
| California | 1,974,212 | 1,932,892 | -2.09% |
| New York | 1,674,959 | 1,636,092 | -2.32% |
| Hawaii | 125,248 | 98,146 | -21.64% |
| TOTAL | 17,872,562 | 24,395,106 | 36.49% |
| 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. | |||