| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change* (Data as of February 28, 2005) |
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| State / Territory |
December 1999 |
December 2004 |
5-Year % Change |
| Alaska | 15,950 | 53,995 | 238.5% |
| Arizona | 256,481 | 554,937 | 116.4% |
| Nevada | 60,340 | 124,166 | 105.8% |
| Oregon | 227,580 | 427,152 | 87.7% |
| Indiana | 296,368 | 552,835 | 86.5% |
| Wisconsin | 185,519 | 338,755 | 82.6% |
| Texas | 1,358,808 | 2,458,601 | 80.9% |
| Missouri | 419,483 | 758,625 | 80.8% |
| Delaware | 34,288 | 61,558 | 79.5% |
| South Carolina | 303,998 | 520,044 | 71.1% |
| Tennessee | 497,869 | 849,128 | 70.6% |
| Washington | 291,724 | 497,501 | 70.5% |
| Michigan | 617,141 | 1,022,977 | 65.8% |
| Colorado | 162,990 | 269,396 | 65.3% |
| Oklahoma | 260,008 | 428,725 | 64.9% |
| Ohio | 606,625 | 997,064 | 64.4% |
| North Carolina | 486,884 | 797,005 | 63.7% |
| Iowa | 122,458 | 198,188 | 61.8% |
| Georgia | 575,581 | 922,312 | 60.2% |
| Idaho | 58,879 | 94,192 | 60.0% |
| Utah | 83,958 | 132,152 | 57.4% |
| Kansas | 113,720 | 176,713 | 55.4% |
| Florida | 912,351 | 1,385,961 | 51.9% |
| Arkansas | 248,679 | 375,039 | 50.8% |
| Massachusetts | 240,300 | 355,609 | 48.0% |
| Maine | 102,912 | 149,192 | 45.0% |
| Louisiana | 515,550 | 740,312 | 43.6% |
| New Hampshire | 36,105 | 51,062 | 41.4% |
| Virginia | 346,806 | 485,987 | 40.1% |
| Kentucky | 406,207 | 565,121 | 39.1% |
| New Mexico | 173,431 | 241,090 | 39.0% |
| Nebraska | 84,882 | 117,811 | 38.8% |
| Illinois | 840,266 | 1,153,084 | 37.2% |
| Mississippi | 280,332 | 382,022 | 36.3% |
| Montana | 59,213 | 80,176 | 35.4% |
| Alabama | 401,734 | 535,678 | 33.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 783,882 | 1,026,438 | 30.9% |
| Minnesota | 194,013 | 254,011 | 30.9% |
| North Dakota | 31,711 | 40,666 | 28.2% |
| South Dakota | 42,725 | 54,506 | 27.6% |
| Maryland | 226,959 | 286,913 | 26.4% |
| Connecticut | 167,051 | 202,546 | 21.2% |
| New York | 1,494,593 | 1,759,350 | 17.7% |
| Wyoming | 22,620 | 26,019 | 15.0% |
| West Virginia | 234,717 | 262,163 | 11.7% |
| New Jersey | 356,279 | 389,186 | 9.2% |
| District of Columbia | 84,007 | 91,074 | 8.4% |
| Vermont | 41,719 | 45,032 | 7.9% |
| California | 1,882,556 | 1,982,354 | 5.3% |
| Rhode Island | 74,046 | 75,594 | 2.1% |
| Hawaii | 120,461 | 96,591 | -19.8% |
| TOTAL | 17,481,269 | 25,487,768 | 45.8% |
* 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.