| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of November 26, 2004) |
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| State / Territory |
September 1999 |
September 2004 Initial |
5-Year % Change |
| Arizona | 260,441 | 543,581 | 108.7% |
| Nevada | 59,057 | 121,164 | 105.2% |
| Oregon | 221,775 | 425,911 | 92.0% |
| Indiana | 294,621 | 539,332 | 83.1% |
| Texas | 1,332,659 | 2,392,895 | 79.6% |
| Wisconsin | 181,688 | 325,344 | 79.1% |
| Missouri | 414,184 | 737,807 | 78.1% |
| South Carolina | 298,090 | 510,746 | 71.3% |
| Tennessee | 496,776 | 834,759 | 68.0% |
| Washington | 284,762 | 471,969 | 65.7% |
| Idaho | 54,836 | 89,543 | 63.3% |
| Oklahoma | 263,328 | 422,780 | 60.6% |
| Michigan | 629,481 | 999,170 | 58.7% |
| Ohio | 612,824 | 966,994 | 57.8% |
| Iowa | 124,105 | 194,857 | 57.0% |
| Delaware | 38,240 | 59,412 | 55.4% |
| Georgia | 584,664 | 895,770 | 53.2% |
| Florida | 913,310 | 1,394,862 | 52.7% |
| Utah | 83,951 | 126,522 | 50.7% |
| Kansas | 115,232 | 173,182 | 50.3% |
| Arkansas | 249,511 | 361,377 | 44.8% |
| Colorado | 165,615 | 239,233 | 44.5% |
| Massachusetts | 248,359 | 351,753 | 41.6% |
| Illinois | 795,445 | 1,125,162 | 41.5% |
| Louisiana | 514,978 | 726,948 | 41.2% |
| Kentucky | 395,783 | 556,565 | 40.6% |
| Mississippi | 277,854 | 385,366 | 38.7% |
| New Hampshire | 36,381 | 49,963 | 37.3% |
| Maine | 103,393 | 141,843 | 37.2% |
| Virginia | 347,605 | 474,002 | 36.4% |
| New Mexico | 173,113 | 236,060 | 36.4% |
| Alaska | 39,477 | 53,142 | 34.6% |
| Montana | 59,106 | 78,271 | 32.4% |
| Nebraska | 87,856 | 115,092 | 31.0% |
| Alabama | 401,175 | 520,022 | 29.6% |
| Pennsylvania | 785,948 | 1,000,534 | 27.3% |
| North Dakota | 32,281 | 40,966 | 26.9% |
| Minnesota | 199,514 | 251,517 | 26.1% |
| South Dakota | 42,180 | 52,763 | 25.1% |
| Maryland | 232,194 | 282,109 | 21.5% |
| Connecticut | 171,009 | 200,862 | 17.5% |
| Wyoming | 21,455 | 25,091 | 16.9% |
| North Carolina | 687,220 | 789,140 | 14.8% |
| New York | 1,502,730 | 1,683,379 | 12.0% |
| West Virginia | 235,838 | 258,609 | 9.7% |
| District of Columbia | 84,331 | 90,019 | 6.7% |
| New Jersey | 366,697 | 387,126 | 5.6% |
| Rhode Island | 75,740 | 77,507 | 2.3% |
| Vermont | 43,172 | 44,073 | 2.1% |
| California | 1,924,820 | 1,959,086 | 1.8% |
| Hawaii | 122,543 | 97,332 | -20.6% |
| Total | 17,687,347 | 24,922,076 | 40.9% |
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.