| Food Stamp Participation 1-Year Change* (Data as of February 28, 2005) |
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| State / Territory |
December 2003 |
December 2004 |
1-Year % Change |
| Iowa | 161,723 | 198,188 | 22.5% |
| Delaware | 51,306 | 61,558 | 20.0% |
| Florida | 1,179,393 | 1,385,961 | 17.5% |
| Colorado | 237,041 | 269,396 | 13.6% |
| New Mexico | 212,270 | 241,090 | 13.6% |
| Washington | 437,857 | 497,501 | 13.6% |
| New York | 1,556,121 | 1,759,350 | 13.1% |
| Michigan | 906,354 | 1,022,977 | 12.9% |
| California | 1,766,683 | 1,982,354 | 12.2% |
| Arkansas | 334,991 | 375,039 | 12.0% |
| Missouri | 677,263 | 758,625 | 12.0% |
| Texas | 2,194,727 | 2,458,601 | 12.0% |
| Alaska | 48,745 | 53,995 | 10.8% |
| Utah | 119,272 | 132,152 | 10.8% |
| New Hampshire | 46,217 | 51,062 | 10.5% |
| Virginia | 440,100 | 485,987 | 10.4% |
| Pennsylvania | 933,458 | 1,026,438 | 10.0% |
| Illinois | 1,050,542 | 1,153,084 | 9.8% |
| District of Columbia | 83,004 | 91,074 | 9.7% |
| Massachusetts | 325,603 | 355,609 | 9.2% |
| Vermont | 41,475 | 45,032 | 8.6% |
| New Jersey | 358,933 | 389,186 | 8.4% |
| North Carolina | 737,641 | 797,005 | 8.0% |
| Alabama | 498,502 | 535,678 | 7.5% |
| Georgia | 858,774 | 922,312 | 7.4% |
| Tennessee | 796,614 | 849,128 | 6.6% |
| Indiana | 518,922 | 552,835 | 6.5% |
| Maryland | 269,525 | 286,913 | 6.5% |
| Wisconsin | 318,435 | 338,755 | 6.4% |
| Louisiana | 696,374 | 740,312 | 6.3% |
| Ohio | 937,731 | 997,064 | 6.3% |
| Kansas | 166,329 | 176,713 | 6.2% |
| Maine | 140,465 | 149,192 | 6.2% |
| Minnesota | 240,032 | 254,011 | 5.8% |
| Kentucky | 535,709 | 565,121 | 5.5% |
| South Dakota | 51,643 | 54,506 | 5.5% |
| Connecticut | 192,377 | 202,546 | 5.3% |
| South Carolina | 494,006 | 520,044 | 5.3% |
| Montana | 76,488 | 80,176 | 4.8% |
| Oklahoma | 409,185 | 428,725 | 4.8% |
| Nevada | 118,544 | 124,166 | 4.7% |
| Idaho | 90,051 | 94,192 | 4.6% |
| Arizona | 535,206 | 554,937 | 3.7% |
| West Virginia | 253,360 | 262,163 | 3.5% |
| Nebraska | 113,895 | 117,811 | 3.4% |
| Mississippi | 369,873 | 382,022 | 3.3% |
| Oregon | 415,986 | 427,152 | 2.7% |
| Wyoming | 25,927 | 26,019 | 0.4% |
| Rhode Island | 76,067 | 75,594 | -0.6% |
| North Dakota | 41,571 | 40,666 | -2.2% |
| Hawaii | 99,414 | 96,591 | -2.8% |
| TOTAL | 23,280,083 | 25,487,768 | 9.5% |
* 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.