| Food Stamp Participation 1-Month Change (Data as of September 23, 2004) |
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| State / Territory |
June 2004 Preliminary |
July 2004 Initial |
1-Month % Change |
| District of Columbia | 82,872 | 89,647 | 8.20% |
| Mississippi | 372,256 | 383,175 | 2.90% |
| Florida | 1,213,617 | 1,239,824 | 2.20% |
| Hawaii | 96,152 | 98,146 | 2.10% |
| Illinois | 1,082,473 | 1,104,469 | 2.00% |
| South Dakota | 53,008 | 54,079 | 2.00% |
| Texas | 2,283,360 | 2,327,410 | 1.90% |
| Wisconsin | 326,086 | 332,283 | 1.90% |
| Arizona | 530,440 | 539,586 | 1.70% |
| California | 1,902,140 | 1,932,892 | 1.60% |
| Louisiana | 714,038 | 724,845 | 1.50% |
| Washington | 462,133 | 468,886 | 1.50% |
| Vermont | 43,129 | 43,735 | 1.40% |
| Iowa | 187,215 | 189,667 | 1.30% |
| Massachusetts | 337,977 | 342,372 | 1.30% |
| South Carolina | 497,231 | 503,435 | 1.20% |
| Delaware | 57,718 | 58,326 | 1.10% |
| Montana | 78,247 | 79,100 | 1.10% |
| Pennsylvania | 977,733 | 988,682 | 1.10% |
| Missouri | 712,809 | 719,882 | 1.00% |
| Maryland | 275,938 | 278,324 | 0.90% |
| New York | 1,621,043 | 1,636,092 | 0.90% |
| Michigan | 972,588 | 980,573 | 0.80% |
| New Jersey | 375,775 | 378,799 | 0.80% |
| Oklahoma | 412,077 | 414,598 | 0.60% |
| Georgia | 878,739 | 883,173 | 0.50% |
| Kansas | 171,686 | 172,600 | 0.50% |
| Alabama | 496,834 | 498,645 | 0.40% |
| Connecticut | 197,781 | 198,587 | 0.40% |
| Kentucky | 551,475 | 553,949 | 0.40% |
| Minnesota | 251,048 | 252,117 | 0.40% |
| New Hampshire | 49,769 | 49,991 | 0.40% |
| New Mexico | 230,107 | 231,123 | 0.40% |
| North Carolina | 757,637 | 760,759 | 0.40% |
| Indiana | 532,402 | 534,255 | 0.30% |
| Virginia | 467,238 | 468,740 | 0.30% |
| Utah | 125,532 | 125,708 | 0.10% |
| Arkansas | 356,995 | 357,077 | 0.00% |
| Rhode Island | 77,656 | 77,616 | -0.10% |
| Tennessee | 819,851 | 818,569 | -0.20% |
| Nevada | 120,854 | 120,129 | -0.60% |
| Ohio | 967,221 | 961,844 | -0.60% |
| Oregon | 423,580 | 420,816 | -0.70% |
| Nebraska | 115,587 | 114,678 | -0.80% |
| Colorado | 246,184 | 243,932 | -0.90% |
| West Virginia | 259,386 | 256,005 | -1.30% |
| Idaho | 92,963 | 91,667 | -1.40% |
| Wyoming | 25,468 | 24,966 | -2.00% |
| Alaska | 55,088 | 53,739 | -2.40% |
| North Dakota | 41,675 | 40,054 | -3.90% |
| Maine | 142,645 | 135,514 | -5.00% |
| TOTAL | 24,163,504 | 24,395,106 | 1.00% |
| 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. | |||