| Food Stamp Participation 1-Month Change* (Data as of February 28, 2005) |
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| State / Territory |
November 2004 |
December 2004 |
1-Month % Change |
| Colorado | 239,139 | 269,396 | 12.7% |
| Hawaii | 88,485 | 96,591 | 9.2% |
| District of Columbia | 86,453 | 91,074 | 5.3% |
| Florida | 1,340,278 | 1,385,961 | 3.4% |
| Illinois | 1,115,622 | 1,153,084 | 3.4% |
| Alaska | 52,253 | 53,995 | 3.3% |
| Delaware | 59,584 | 61,558 | 3.3% |
| Idaho | 91,505 | 94,192 | 2.9% |
| Washington | 484,098 | 497,501 | 2.8% |
| New York | 1,716,699 | 1,759,350 | 2.5% |
| Arkansas | 367,717 | 375,039 | 2.0% |
| Texas | 2,418,671 | 2,458,601 | 1.7% |
| Nebraska | 116,127 | 117,811 | 1.5% |
| New Hampshire | 50,333 | 51,062 | 1.4% |
| Ohio | 983,705 | 997,064 | 1.4% |
| Utah | 130,433 | 132,152 | 1.3% |
| Louisiana | 731,511 | 740,312 | 1.2% |
| Montana | 79,216 | 80,176 | 1.2% |
| Oklahoma | 424,178 | 428,725 | 1.1% |
| Vermont | 44,533 | 45,032 | 1.1% |
| Arizona | 549,254 | 554,937 | 1.0% |
| Indiana | 547,530 | 552,835 | 1.0% |
| New Jersey | 385,234 | 389,186 | 1.0% |
| Michigan | 1,014,253 | 1,022,977 | 0.9% |
| Missouri | 752,063 | 758,625 | 0.9% |
| Maine | 147,944 | 149,192 | 0.8% |
| New Mexico | 239,118 | 241,090 | 0.8% |
| Pennsylvania | 1,018,019 | 1,026,438 | 0.8% |
| Alabama | 531,698 | 535,678 | 0.7% |
| Kentucky | 561,350 | 565,121 | 0.7% |
| North Carolina | 791,586 | 797,005 | 0.7% |
| West Virginia | 260,319 | 262,163 | 0.7% |
| Georgia | 916,736 | 922,312 | 0.6% |
| Maryland | 285,177 | 286,913 | 0.6% |
| Wisconsin | 336,619 | 338,755 | 0.6% |
| Virginia | 483,502 | 485,987 | 0.5% |
| South Carolina | 517,944 | 520,044 | 0.4% |
| Connecticut | 201,876 | 202,546 | 0.3% |
| Minnesota | 253,351 | 254,011 | 0.3% |
| Wyoming | 25,947 | 26,019 | 0.3% |
| California | 1,977,716 | 1,982,354 | 0.2% |
| Kansas | 176,276 | 176,713 | 0.2% |
| Massachusetts | 355,005 | 355,609 | 0.2% |
| Tennessee | 848,022 | 849,128 | 0.1% |
| Nevada | 124,114 | 124,166 | 0.0% |
| Oregon | 427,075 | 427,152 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | 54,595 | 54,506 | -0.2% |
| Iowa | 199,336 | 198,188 | -0.6% |
| Mississippi | 386,678 | 382,022 | -1.2% |
| North Dakota | 41,460 | 40,666 | -1.9% |
| Rhode Island | 77,178 | 75,594 | -2.1% |
| TOTAL | 25,147,983 | 25,487,768 | 1.4% |
* 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.